Project Manager, Procurement Solutions

Company Description

Working at Allegis Global Solutions (AGS) is more than just a job. It’s a career. It’s a community of people who invest in your development and empower you to blaze your own trail. Each of us is here to create real, measurable impact that moves needles. We operate beyond "roles" or "jobs" to realize the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to a bigger idea. Because we believe that when you build a workforce that’s designed to harness human enterprise, you design a workforce that’s built for impact.

At AGS, we help companies all over the world transform their people into a competitive advantage. It’s not about filling seats. It’s about designing workforces to meet missions and unleash the most transformative power in business today: The power of human enterprise.

With services around the globe, we have a point of view on the future of work that enables us to be a transformative partner in the way work gets done for our clients’ organizations. Meeting clients where they are, we design a plan and guide them along a transformational journey, applying bold actions and diverse minds to solve the most complex challenges – from permanent and extended workforce management to services procurement, consulting, direct sourcing and our Universal Workforce Model™.

We also represent over 100 countries and speak dozens of languages. So as you’re building relationships and doing your job, you’ll be exposed to other cultures and advancement opportunities while expanding your knowledge of global markets and strategies.

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Job Description

The Project Manager is a member of the Service Excellence, Procurement Solutions team and is accountable to and works in conjunction with the Executive and Director, Service Excellence and, where appropriate, partners with the functional leader(s) to define scope, articulate deliverables, and manage the execution of Workforce Classification projects.  The PM will have management responsibility of the Consultants, Procurement Solutions who will execute AGS deliverables as required.   The PM is the primary owner of the project plan for all stated deliverables for client workforce classification projects.  The PM will identify and work closely with work stream leads to set the timeline and deliverables and cadence of touchpoints.  The PM determines the tasks that must be completed, manages overall project plan execution, and is responsible through recommendation and may be required to assist with change management and implementation.

Responsibilities

• Partners with Service Excellence Executive(s), client delivery teams, and the client to define classification project scope, goals and deliverables that support client business goals.
• Clarifies project success criteria and disseminates them to stakeholders throughout the project life cycle.
• Leads the development and management of the project work plan, including work sequencing, work breakdown structure, work delivery schedule, and resource allocation.
• Estimates the resources needed to achieve project goals. e.g. project team members, subject matter experts and technology tools.
• Identifies and resolves issues and conflicts within the project team.
• Manages the project team and deliverables and advises senior leadership of project status, recommendations, and how and when to course correct. 
• Adheres to methods, procedures and quality objectives including metrics for assessing progress and provides recommendations on process improvements.
• Monitors project milestones and critical dates to identify potential jeopardy of project schedule.
• Builds, develops, and grows any business relationships vital to the success of the project.
• Communicates risks, needs, and status to stakeholders
• Leads and develops Consultants against portfolio of active projects and future career development.
• Serves as a consultant to business partners on effective classification and reclassification execution best practices
• Takes a lead role in aligning to internal change management practices and collaborates with internal functional teams through the process including informing impacted GBS support teams and soliciting support as needed.

Qualifications

Essential Abilities/Skills:

• Ability to think critically and solve problems
• Exceptional interpersonal skills; the ability to work well with people from many different disciplines
• Ability to develop consensus amongst diverse groups
• Partner and advise senior leadership
• Strong planning experience and project management certification preferred
• Strong presentation and written communication skills
• Knowledge of organizational change management principles