Posting Title

Professional III- Business Systems Project Manager

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Location

CO - Golden

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Position Type

Regular

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Hours Per Week

40

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Working at NREL

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Golden, Colorado is the nation's primary laboratory for research and development of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.

From day one at NREL, you’ll connect with coworkers driven by the same mission to save the planet. By joining an organization that values a supportive, inclusive, and flexible work environment, you’ll have the opportunity to engage through our ten employee resource groups, numerous employee-driven clubs, and learning and professional development classes.

NREL supports inclusive, diverse, and unbiased hiring practices that promote creativity and innovation. By collaborating with organizations that focus on diverse talent pools, reaching out to underrepresented demographics, and providing an inclusive application and interview process, our Talent Acquisition team aims to hear all voices equally. We strive to attract a highly diverse workforce and create a culture where every employee feels welcomed and respected and they can be their authentic selves.

Our planet needs us! Learn about NREL’s critical objectives, and see how NREL is focused on saving the planet.

Note: Research suggests that potential job seekers may self-select out of opportunities if they don't meet 100% of the job requirements. We encourage anyone who is interested in this opportunity to apply. We seek dedicated people who believe they have the skills and ambition to succeed at NREL to apply for this role.

Job Description

The Acquisition Services Technology, Projects, and Systems (TPS) Team provides NREL, the OCFO and Acquisition Services the data analytics, systems, and project management support necessary for the transition and continued growth. The Acquisition Services TPS Team has an inside look into your business, including current processes, challenges, and goals. They communicate that knowledge to the requisite stakeholders in propelling AS' important project forward to completion.

The ‘Business Systems Project Manager’ on the TPS team is responsible for overseeing the operability, functionality, and enhancement of AS’ internal systems as well as improvement of legacy systems.

The Business Systems Project Manager is responsible for user support, design, enhancement, triage, resolution, and solution for system-related issues and projects.

• Provides guidance to functional and technical staff regarding procurement business processes.
• Investigates, reviews, and prioritizes incoming user requests for technical support/enhancement requests. Provides functional oversight to the contracts and contractors responsible for delivering NREL's business systems, enhancements, and support.
• Provides procurement systems analysis and administration for NREL’s Acquisition Services Group with the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO).
• Provides project support for the continued development of NREL's ASIQ system, functional support of the 'Rapid Purchasing' (catalog) system, analysis of new functional requirements for all Acquisition Services systems, and design of functional solutions where feasible.
• Provides day-to-day user support and fields user requests, performs triage and assigns or resolves enhancement request and design solutions based on system configurations.
• Prepare, design, and maintain internal process documents related to the using the ASIQ, Rapid Purchasing, and to some extent Oracle Procurement Cloud and Oracle Enterprise Business Systems.
• Support project management processes to include planning, scheduling, tracking, and reporting on-going system activities.
• This includes creating training material as necessary for AS, OCFO, and lab wide users of NREL's systems (including website content) to ensure success of the 'user interface' of the systems.
• Perform functional data configuration and system administration for procure