Project Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager, Operations Manager

Overview

ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client. This Project Manager 2 position works closely with the Logistics Manager to develop special projects and support implementation across organizations. This role requires providing support in supply chain strategies, including long range and intermediate planning, and the development of programs, systems, and work processes necessary to fully implement right cost solutions.

It is essential that this position works with all organizations, supporting data and industry sources to ensure the viability of these solutions and recommendations.
This full-time position is located in Vancouver, WA.

Pay range: $43.05 - $61.50

• Paid holidays: 11
• PTO: Starting at 10 days
• Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date)
• EAP: Employee Assistance Program
• Benefit Options Available: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, Hospital Indemnity, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions - employer match up to 4%)
• Other benefits include the following: Calm App, Life Balance Discount Program

• Help facilitate and coordinate the completion of training and change management efforts supporting the process changes implementation and adoption.
• Provide project management skills to support project planning and process, providing guidance on the PMI-based project management methodology and best practices, including:
• Investigate ways to integrate project constraints into the business portfolio decision-making process.
• Identify and request necessary subject matter experts needed during the project.
• Recommend/request appropriate project resources to fulfill project needs. (
  
  Note:
  
  resource requests must be submitted to, coordinated with, and provided by appropriate performance managers.)
• Collaborate with business units and performance managers to identify any resource allocation issues and make suggestions to resolve.
• Schedule and lead project team meetings ranging from recurring working meetings to requirements gathering across organizational units to varying levels of program/project management stakeholders.
• Recommend an overall roadmap of efforts required to achieve program initiatives and project objectives.
• Suggest improvement(s) to project expectations, approach, roadmaps, work plans, deliverables, and goals.
• Draft project plans, suggest resource strategies, and help with funding estimates required to advance each assigned project / defined effort.
• Alert manager of and obtain appropriate authorization for any potential changes to project cost, schedule, or performance.
• Serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects, including recommending project stages and assessing business potential risks for each stage.
• Organize, coordinate, and help monitor progress of assigned projects to track timelines, milestones, deadlines, standards, and targets, alerting personnel of any obstacles / potential delay to project timelines, targets, or success. Provide corrective action recommendations for consideration.
• Coordinate activities for assigned projects that enable goals or objectives to be accomplished within the prescribed time frame and funding parameters, escalating concerns to appropriate manager / personnel.
• Collaborate with manager and internal stakeholders to facilitate the tasks and activities of project team(s) and to properly understand related business needs, dependencies on other initiatives, and how best to effectively deploy end products.
• Provide background information, technical input, options, and recommendations for project decisions as requested by personnel; work with appropriate parties to help facilitate resolution of conflicting team positions.
• Draft and distribute project status reports on a regular or as requested basis.
• Maintain consistent communication with project sponsors, performance managers, and clients on the progress of the project vis-a-vis the work plan.
• Collaborate and work with project…