Overview
Senior Project Manager Jobs in Kempton Park at DHL
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And not just for our customers, but for every member of our Group too.
At DHL Supply Chain South Africa, we’re looking for…
Senior Project Manager
Role Outline
To manage medium to large projects in line with the project management methodology to achieve successful project delivery.
Manage the overall planning, control, status reporting, stability and project delivery.
Develop detailed project plans, schedules, estimates, resource plans, and status reports to maintain customer satisfaction.
Responsible for managing the budget and reporting progress of the project on an ongoing basis.
Obtain feedback from key stakeholders and provide accurate reporting at critical milestones and manage stakeholder relationships.
Establish reporting structures inside the project team, ensure team engagement and review the performance of project team members.
Projects delivered on time, on budget, within scope and within agreed quality standards.
Key Responsibilities
Customer:
Implement strategic project management initiatives.
Manage the overall planning, control, status reporting, stability and delivery of local medium / large projects (single / multi area or product) to ensure that project goals and objectives are met within agreed upon time, scope, budget and resource requirements.
Manage the issues on the project, drive resolution of issues for a satisfactory outcome and escalate issues as appropriate.
Manage the scope of the project. Document scope changes and gain approval by required parties to ensure benefit realization.
Manage the budget of the project and resolve all spending issues.
Function as a subject matter expert in area where the project manager has expertise (e.g. automation, specific IT systems, inventory control etc.).
Stakeholder:
Manage project progress to all stakeholders in accordance with a well-structured communications plan and ensure all communication is tailored to stakeholder needs.
Ensure the health of the project, manage project risks and mitigation plans and ensure these risks are proactively communicated.
Process:
Responsible for implementing the DePICT project management methodology and risk management process. Ensuring the Plan View system reflects the projects status at the end of every week.
Deliver best practice project documentation, completed to quality standards, kept up to date, available throughout the project and maintained in the project database.
Manage the application of the ACT change management methodology and approach. Identify, manage and influence stakeholders to achieve business benefits.
Provide project management support to the sales / bid management process.
Manage project performance against the business cases and implement action plans to ensure benefit realization.
Manage performance to health and safety standards.
Implement previous lessons learnt output and feedback to drive continuous improvement.
To fully understand and measure the compliance to O2D.
People Management:
Identify the project resource, roles and responsibilities, SMEs required to deliver the business benefits.
Lead the project team to accomplish the tasks as outlined, manage change and deliver business benefits.
Manage the performance of project team members.
Qualifications & Experience
Education:
Matric.
University degree (essential).
Professional project management certification e.g. PMP, Prince 2 Practitioner.
Change Management qualification (advantageous).
Experience:
6+ years of experience in logistics (desirable).
Agile project management experience (beneficial).
DePICT project management methodology, PM101 (essential).
ACT change management methodology (essential).
DMAIC process improvement methodology (desirable).
Knowledge of the O2D process via in-house training.
Functional Competencies
Defines the project scope and influences senior stakeholders based on required timescales, resource and budget availability and with consideration to project challenges and risks.
Establishes a project plan and critical path, resolving issues to achieve business benefits.
Sets, negotiates, agrees and manages financial budgets and targets, regularly taking a strategic overview of activities and market developments to reduce costs, grow revenue and maximize profits.
Advocates the use of a wide range of project management tools and techniques centered around the project management methodology (DePICT).
Selects appropriate tools and methodologies from a wide tool set and effectively applies to project planning, delivery and progress reviews.
Defines the project data requirements and able to run more complex project modelling scenarios.
Facilitates risk workshops and conducts risk assessment, quantifies impact and mitigates the risk probability and/or impact. Manages risks throughout the life of the project.
Uses the business case to identify risks and scope change to meet the business and customer requirements.
Uses effective communication style and channels to sell and influence appropriate stakeholders and support business investment.
Designs and facilitates effective project meetings to ensure effective contribution from all participants and manage conflict to achieve project goals.
Validates and challenges the quality of the data analysis and able to assess related business implications.
Directs the implementation of change programs taking appropriate action to ensure success.
Uses a wide range of change management skills and is fully conversant with a wide range of ACT tools and techniques.
Builds relationships and advises key project stakeholders.
Establishes the project governance framework and ensures adherence to an appropriate resolution.
DPDHL Core Competencies & Skills
Maintains effective relationships with customers.
Develops and delivers high quality / innovative products, services or solutions.
Focuses on customer needs and gains their commitment.
Gains management / colleague support to meet customer needs.
Ensures strategies / plans are aligned and reflect others’ views.
Develops strategies / plans aligned to broader organizational strategy.
Communicates strategy.
Establishes clear, challenging and achievable objectives.
Aligns resources and the organization within own area of responsibility to achieve objectives.
Regularly reviews and communicates progress against objectives and adjusts as needed.
Champions continuous improvement and innovation.
Inspires results and respect by empowerment, accountability recognition and rewards recognizing the contribution of others.
Provides employees, colleagues and business partners with candid and regular feedback.
Provides employees with development opportunities.
Supports employees with career opportunities.
Inspires others to develop themselves.
Conveys a clear sense of personal goals and values.
Actively seeks feedback to improve performance.
Develops new skills and modifies behaviors based on feedback.
Takes personal responsibility for career and development.
Languages
English – verbal and written.
Title: Senior Project Manager
Company: DHL
Location: Kempton Park
