W2 Role
Location-Remote
Job Description
Project Manager to lead KTD technical implementation for development projects to enhance items for optimized use within RMS (Oracle Retail Merchandising System).
Work cross-functionally to deliver technology with multiple dependencies and teams; work with Product Managers, Business and Engineering teams to ensure technical delivery.
Encourage synergy and alignment in delivery, provide clarity, and foster collaboration with stakeholders in a consistent way.
Documents issues, risks, decisions and leads team to develop mitigations and escalations.
Creates and communicates reporting to stakeholders to highlight progress and readiness for delivery/rollout; recommends and strategizes plan adjustments; and implements plan changes based on stakeholder alignment.
Key Responsibilities
Serve as technology project manager to lead the build-out of item enhancements required to ensure that RMS (Oracle Retail Merchandising System) functions optimally for purchasing operations in a multitude of distribution facilities across the Kroger organization. Participate in enhancement programs to make supplier setup systems more accurate, vendor-friendly, and dependable. Recognize the connections between item maintenance tasks and cost & deals setup tasks, flowing the data into purchasing and replenishment programs.
The solutions being implemented contain third-party tools integrations, process enhancements, and new functionality. There is a product roadmap being built by the Merchandising item product management team and this role would support the execution of that roadmap in coordination with the execution of the supply-chain's rollout of RMS to Kroger's many distribution centers (DC's)
Note to Vendors
Top 3 skills:
' -Experience with complex, multi-tiered programs and coordination requirements.
- Executive level communication and program tracking skills (providing stakeholder visibility, managing risks, etc)
- Creating, maintaining and aligning project plans
Length of Initial Contract- 12 months –strong possibility to extend anticipating multi year project
Team details – Hundreds of People, interface with dozens of people every day, Big matrixed and complicated environment
Project - Data and process focus (no data management but understand foundational necessities)
Recognize when there are coordination needs, Timeline of projects – knowing where things are and will be – have foresight, have alternative delivery plans
Work Location (in office, hybrid, remote) – remote; potential for periodic meetings in Cincinnati depending on location, Will be working Cincinnati hours, EST
Interview process and when will it start – 1 round, 30 minutes, meeting with HM and member from the team they will be working closest with
Prescreening Details – standard
When do you want this person to start – February, Please make note if candidate needs 2 weeks or more from offer date
This contractor is joining an existing large program where there are already contractors, this role is not a backfill
In interview, HM will ask about size of teams and budget the candidates have worked with, be ready to speak on this
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