IT PMO Project Manager

Florida Crystals / ASR Group•West Palm Beach, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Florida Crystals Corporation is a fully integrated cane sugar company. Florida Crystals regeneratively farms sugarcane and rice in South Florida, where it owns two sugar mills, a sugar refinery, a packaging and distribution center, Florida's only rice mill, a compost facility, and one of the largest renewable power plants of its kind in the U.S., which uses sugarcane fiber to generate eco-friendly energy that powers its sugar operations. Florida Crystals owns one of the largest Regenerative Organic Certified® farms in the U.S. and its Florida Crystals® products are the only ROC™ sugar grown and milled sugar in the country. Florida Crystals owns ASR Group International, Inc., a holding company that conducts operations through its subsidiaries. The ASR Group® family of companies make up the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar. Florida Crystals is headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida. Learn more at www.FloridaCrystalsCorp.com. OVERVIEW Lead and manage successful delivery of transformational IT and business projects. This will include project planning, execution and successful delivery of the planned outcomes on time, on budget and within scope in accordance with business priorities. May be assigned to multiple projects simultaneously. This candidate should be able to work in the environment with multiple vendors. The candidate needs to have expertise in project management and change management. He/she needs to be able to manage and influences business and IT stakeholders to select the best approach to ensure objectives of projects are accomplished. This role is accountable for engaging and working with key IT and business partners and driving to successful outcomes within a given timeline. This roles reports to IT PMO organization.

Requirements

BA/BS from College/University
Minimum 10+ years of experience in IT
Minimum 5+ years of experience in Project Management in IT
Extensive knowledge and expertise in the use of project management methodologies and tools, resource management practices and change management techniques
Knowledge of the software development process, including requirements gathering, analysis and design, development tools and technologies, release and version control, contemporary testing methodologies, and deployment management
Solid project management skills, and the ability to multitask and manage multiple small to large projects in a cross-functional environment
Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills at all levels of management
Ability to blend creativity, problem solving, and technical skills for refining existing theories or developing new approaches
Ability to present and explain technical information in a way that establishes rapport, persuades others, and gains understanding
Ability to communicate needs and schedules to IT and business clients
Ability to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence
Highly proficient in MS Project, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Visio

Nice To Haves

Knowledge with SAP platform is a plus
PMP certification

Responsibilities

Ensures that projects follow the established IT PMO Governance and System Development Life Cycle standards to meet the project and audit standards
Build and track the Project Plan in collaboration with the project team
Drives the execution of project plans and teamwork assignments, directs and monitors work efforts on a daily basis, identifies resource needs, performs quality review; and escalates functional, quality, timeline issues appropriately and ensures issue resolution.
Responsible for tracking key project milestones and adjusting project plans and/or resources to meet the needs of the project. Prepares status reports to the key stakeholders on the regular basis. Adheres to standards and procedures for project reporting and documentation.
Drives the communication for key stakeholders regarding the scope, budget, risk and resources of the projects.
Drives the business process change activities to ensure successful projects implementation
Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, adheres to high quality standards and meets customer expectations.
Coordinates request for changes from original specifications and ensures proper change communication and impact analysis are assessed and in support of the project’s overall goals
Drives project scheduling, resource allocation and forecasting, time entry, and project controls through the standard project management tools to ensure proper budget allocation and capitalization
Track financials (actuals and forecast) of the projects
Leads project Steering Committee meetings with senior leadership; uses good judgment to escalate issues to leadership
Manages Risk, Issues, Escalation, Action and Dependency logs
Ensure benefits realization is maximized through successful deployment
Works independently with minimal supervision