Senior Director, PMO

Position Summary

Restaurant Supply Chain Solutions, LLC, a Yum! Brands Co-op, is currently seeking a Senior Director, PMO, to join the Business Technology team.

This position leads project management, business analysis, ERP administration, and ERP development. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented person who adapts quickly and earns credibility and trust by building relationships and collaborating with leaders and delivers projects on time/budget.

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Retirement
• Vacation
• Holidays
• Floating Holidays
• Life Insurance
• Free lunch on Wednesday
• And much more

Hybrid

Schedule:

3 days in the office, 2 days remote

• Lead and manage projects in support of applications and systems.
• Support information collection from all supply chain partners to deliver on supply chain visibility objectives.
• Work with IS and Departmental leadership and IS functional committees to identify and lead IT initiatives.
• Lead ERP administration and development team, working with business partners in the equipment and accounting teams to understand their needs and develop and/or implement solutions that meet their objectives.
• Work with internal clients and team members to deliver results on‑time/on‑budget.
• Work with Vice President, Business Technology, to forecast needs, requirements, and future technology plan/roadmap.
• Collaborate with Vice President, Business Technology and Department heads to approve, prioritize, budget, and schedule projects.
• Use project management principles and methodologies to projects that span multiple functional departments.
• Work directly with senior leadership to manage all phases of the project lifecycle, including planning, design, configuration, testing, implementation, documentation, training, and closure.
• Monitors project status, while adhering to established project management policies and procedures, including meeting project budgets, accurate documentation, status reports, and following change management procedures.
• Creates and updates detailed project plans that outline specific tasks that need to be accomplished to ensure successfully deployed initiatives.
• Determines resource requirements and ensures that the project achieves the expected results on time/budget.
• Coordinates project tasks and manages resources from start to completion, documenting significant variations from originally estimated timeline and costs.
• Provides leadership and support by working with project sponsors and SMEs to analyze information, document critical processes, and identify improvement opportunities.
• Identifies areas of risk, escalates and communicates as appropriate, develops risk mitigation strategies, and implements mitigation actions for the risks identified.
• Meets with and presents to key executives and managers to coordinate meetings, assignments, and deadlines.
• Facilitates complex team meetings involving business and technical resources.
• Demonstrates credibility to ensure business and technology decisions are reached to support business goals and objectives.
• Recommend process improvements that result in more efficient, cost‑saving procedures for future projects.
• Document, maintain and update system‑level customizations as well as training documentation.
• Assists with data cleansing, deduplication, and data maintenance efforts.
• Test program release upgrades.
• Establishes responsible deadlines and personal work plans.
• Accept other like responsibilities as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 10+ years of IT/IS‑related project management, business analyst experience.
• Leading multiple projects simultaneously as a team lead or project manager implementing large‑scale systems, with experience developing project plans and delegating and tracking tasks based on the plan.
• 3+ years in a leadership role.
• Experience managing large projects (resources and budget).
• Strong technical knowledge and supply chain understanding/experience.
• PMP certification completed or desire to pursue PMP certification.
• Experience in using project management tools and methodologies, and a proven ability to develop successful collaborative working relationships.
• Ability to define problems, collect…