Senior IT Project Manager

Hajoca Corporation is one of the country’s largest privately-held wholesale distributors of plumbing, heating & cooling, and industrial supplies. Founded in 1858, Hajoca is a company based on the principles of “Service, Integrity, Reliability,” and on relationships of trust and support with teammates, customers, and suppliers. Throughout its history, Hajoca has played an active role in shaping advances in plumbing. However, we attribute our success to two simple truths; a unique business philosophy and talented people. Hajoca is all about the people, who give us our advantage, and who will guide us successfully into the future.

Hajoca has over 400 locations nationwide, called Profit Centers; and at the foundation of our family of businesses is a National Support Center (NSC) where Centers of Excellence are dedicated to enabling the success of our Profit Centers.

The Project Management team in our National Support Center (NSC) is looking for a Senior IT Project Manager at their Lafayette Hill, PA office.

This is a hybrid role, requiring two+ days in office. Candidates must be local to Lafayette Hill, PA as this is a hybrid role. No relocation assistance provided.


Do you have experience managing IT business projects? Do you enjoy collaborating with other stakeholders to facilitate crucial projects? Are you a problem solver and an excellent communicator? If so, then we’d like you to join our dedicated team as Senior IT Project Manager.


About the Role:
The Senior IT Project Manager oversees complex, cross-functional IT projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and in alignment with organizational goals. They apply system analysis techniques and procedures, including consulting with sponsors, stakeholders and end users to determine hardware, software or system functional specifications. Using this information, they recommend project plans – directing the design, development, documentation, analysis, creation, and testing for the implementation or modification of technology systems and software.

In addition, the person in this role will design key training sessions based on and related to user or system design specifications, while maintaining accountability for managing scope, risks, cost, schedule, internal/external staffing, vendors, deliverables, lessons learned and project closure. Throughout the process, they’ll monitor project milestones and generate periodic status reports for the project team and leadership.


In this role, you will:

• Develop proposals for the implementation of new software, hardware, and operating procedures in coordination with sponsors and stakeholders.
• Determine the cost of development and implementation of new methods of operation, including staffing requirements.
• Develop comprehensive project plans, detailing scope, timelines, and resource allocation.
• Lead and participate in various IT projects, including software and hardware system installations, upgrades, and conversions. Obtain resources from other departments depending on specialties.
• Coordinate key relationships with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and sponsors, establishing an appropriate meeting cadence with applicable team(s) and leadership.
• Ensure accountability with all members of the project team.
• Maintain coordination with the IT Development Department to ensure all technical aspects of software/hardware implementations and upgrades are completed adequately and on time.
• Coordinate with subject matter experts to ensure project deliverables meet requirements and align with organizational strategies.
• Partner with Training to ensure that end users are trained appropriately, including documentation.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Protect operations by keeping information confidential.
• Successfully complete required safety and compliance training programs as assigned.
• Perform other reasonably related duties as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required.


About You:


• Bachelor's degree in business, IT, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 7 or more years of IT project management experience
• PMI or other project management type certification preferred (e.g., PMP, Scrum Master, Six Sigma).


Our ideal candidate will also:

• Have experience in operations in a wholesale distribution business.
• Knowledge of business operations in Sales, Inventory Management, and Purchasing.
• Have experience with Microsoft Office 365 (MS Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and OneDrive), as well as Jira and/or other project management softwar