Project Manager - Strategic Projects at Compass Group Usa in Charlotte, NC

Job Description

This Project Manager position, reporting into Strategic Projects, offers a unique opportunity to gain exposure leading impactful enterprise wide business initiatives in a Fortune 500 company. Projects include business mergers, enterprise wide process change, large scale solution delivery and operation support to strategic accounts. Each project is carefully selected to achieve a significant return for the company and adds value to the growth of the Compass Group. A successful candidate will own the complete life cycle of key projects and drive necessary change throughout.

Responsibilities:

• Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with all stakeholders, including senior executives, sponsors, business owners and field operations
• Document and analyze information and processes to solve critical business issues
• Build and manage (directly and indirectly) teams to meet the resource needs required of each project
• Create and execute end-to-end project plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements
• Proactively communicate project details across all levels of the organization and across multiple departments in a clear and concise manner
• Coordinate project activities between team members, while maximizing their productivity to achieve project goals
• Build internal and external business relationships vital to the success of the project
• Resolve and/or escalate issues in a timely fashion
• Identify, assess and minimize risks throughout the project life cycle
• Create and maintain all project documentation pertinent to the project, including but not limited to, status reports, work plans, presentations
• Understand team dynamics and adapt project management methodology as needed to ensure project success
• Identify opportunities for improvement and make recommendations for change; identify flaws in logic or assumption errors
• Enhance department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments
• Assist in developing project management best practices
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Graduate degrees preferred - MBA/ CPA /MSOD
• PMP and/or Lean Sigma certifications preferred
• 5 years experience managing large, complex enterprise projects, particularly those involving a medium to significant degree of change across the organization
• “Big 4” consulting experience preferred
• Proven ability to define and execute change strategies
• Proven ability to influence and manage external resources in a highly matrix’ d environment
• Proven ability address competing priorities within a single project with a positive, can-do attitude
• Proven business analytical capabilities to solve complex business issues
• Proven ability to work efficiently and effectively under pressure in a fast paced environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills needed to communicate with all levels of the organization
• Proficiency Microsoft Office, Project and Visio programs
• Travel as needed (less than 25%)