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Project Manager

 K3, The Retail People, are currently looking for a Project Manager, to join their team, based in Oxfordshire. 

A Project Manager is appointed to all K3 projects at the start of the initiation phase and acts as the single point of contact between the customer organisation and K3. This includes K3 appointed sub-contractors where applicable.

A key responsibility of the Project Manager is production of the Project Initiation Document. This determines, with the agreement of the customer, the organisation and governance methods to be used throughout the project.

K3 make extensive use of the Microsoft Office suite of applications in the management and administration of projects including Microsoft Project for planning and control purposes.

Key responsibilities of the Project Manager include:

• Ensuring a timely and comprehensive handover from the sales team is completed
• Day to day management of the K3 project team
• Regular reviews and reporting of progress against plan and budget
• Maintenance of the project plan and the management of changes to the plan where necessary
• Obtaining the commitment of resources from management at each stage of the project
• Managing the involvement of K3 and customer management and other stakeholders
• Communication with all project stakeholders
• The regular review of project risks and issues including escalation through the agreed channels where necessary
• Management of a project change log and application of the agreed change control process
• Scheduling of meetings at appropriate points in the project
• Ensuring that quality checks are performed throughout the project
• Ensuring that all authorisations are obtained before moving from one stage to the next
• Maintenance of a project file

The successful candidate needs to possess the following skills and experience:

• Knowledge and experience of structured project management methodologies
• PRINCE2 certification or accreditation
• Knowledge of cost to completion and earned value methods
• Has managed multiple concurrent projects
• Experienced user of Microsoft Project
• Experienced user of Microsoft Office products
• Previous experience of managing projects with ongoing development requirements (ie not just straightforward roll out)
• Use of project management software
• Has worked in a retail environment or has worked in a software supplier environment – Retail or ERP
• Understanding of Retail ERP systems
• Management of budgets
• Exposure at senior management levels
• Responsibility for or involvement in, business improvement programmes

Candidates would also benefit from experience and skills in the following:

• Knowledge and experience of MS Dynamics NAV Financials would be useful
• Proven track record of application configuration and testing
• Experience of SQL – ideally with MS Dynamics NAV

Personal qualities should include:

• Self-motivated and able to work with minimum of supervision
• Ability to multi-task effectively
• Good time management skills
• Confident in own ability and able to contribute effectively to business development activities
• First class communication skills
• Willing to travel to Customer sites anywhere in the UK (and potentially abroad)
• Good education background, preferably to degree level or equivalent in a related discipline
• Ability to build and maintain customer relationships including responsibility for commercial activity
• Presentation skills

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