Retail IT Project Manager (Digital, Omnichannel, POS)

Clarkston is growing in retail! Do you want the opportunity to leverage your skills to help leading retailers win in this competitive, rapidly changing landscape? Are you looking to join a firm that values its culture and people as its biggest strengths?

Join Clarkston Consulting as a Retail IT Project Manager to develop and deploy innovative business solutions across a variety of areas including Digital, Omnichannel / Enterprise Order Management Systems (OMS), Merchandise Planning & Allocation (MP&A), Point of Sale (POS), and Analytics.

We’re looking for exceptional people who thrive in a fast paced, dynamic, team environment, and have a passion for shaping the future of retail. You will have the opportunity to make an impact from day one and grow with the company to take on greater responsibility over time.

What You’ll Do

Our retail project managers bring expertise in retail business processes and a variety of technology implementations, along with the ability to drive complex, cross-functional enterprise implementations, sometimes leading multiple projects within a specific program simultaneously.

Clarkston gives you the opportunity to deliver great solutions, become recognized as an industry expert, and help build a great practice.

As a Retail IT Project Manager you will:

• Bring expertise to review the client’s current business processes and enabling technology, oversee the implementation of the retail technology to enable and support new or improved business processes, and ensure successful and timely delivery of the project
• Drive program planning efforts and lead projects ranging from basic platform enhancements to complex enterprise implementations and upgrades
• Be responsible for cross-workstream status reporting, creating visibility and confidence in the project to executive stakeholders
• Focus on aligning business strategy with process and technology enablement
• Earn trusted client status and build relationships that extend beyond the project’s lifecycle
• Work with market leading technology platforms, including but not limited to ERP, Order Management Systems (OMS), Point of Sale (POS), Merchandise Planning & Allocation (MP&A), and Ecommerce Platforms (including Mobile)

At Clarkston, you'll be able to continue to advance your career in a variety of solution, process, and consulting disciplines

How You’ll Grow

At Clarkston, we feel that we provide the greatest value to our clients through a combination of our industry expertise, business process knowledge, and consulting excellence.

Beyond your day-to-day responsibilities, throughout your career at Clarkston you will:

• Have the support and mentorship of your Clarkston colleagues and leaders
• Own your career – you'll be able to take charge of your career journey with diverse opportunities to lead and expand your skillset both at the client site and within the firm
• Have the opportunity to make a real and positive impact not only the clients you work with, but on the firm as well

Travel Requirement

Travel is an integral part of this role and is estimated to average 30-50%. This may vary based upon client and project needs. While travel is a requirement of the role, due to COVID-19 restrictions, all non-essential travel has been limited and any on-site requests are subject to review. When not traveling, consultants work from their home office. Relocation is not required.

Requirements

What We’re Looking For:

Successful candidates will have a strategic mindset along with bias for action and strong ability to manage a project from planning through delivery.

An ideal Retail IT Project Manager candidate would have the following qualifications and experience:

• Ability to manage complex consulting projects and deliver true value to our clients
• Understanding of retail industry trends, retail processes, and enabling technology
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, written and verbal communication skills with a demonstrated ability to gain the confidence and respect of a variety of audiences, including senior executives.
• Strong analytical skills, organizational skills; Proven ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Strong client services orientation and accustomed to taking an active role in executing engagements and project plans/tasks.
• Excellent team-building, mentoring, and leadership abilities.
• Experience in retail or consumer products industry is required.
• Experience using Agile methods is a plus
• Five plus (5+) years prior consulting or equivalent industry experience.
• Experience selecting and implem