IT Project Manager – Data and Analytics
Łódź, Poland – possible to work remotely from Poland
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop comprehensive project plans, including timelines, milestones, and resource allocation. Coordinate with Analytics Product Owners to ensure project deliverables align with business requirements. Monitor project progress, identify potential risks, and implement mitigation strategies.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment of project goals. Facilitate regular project meetings, providing updates on progress, challenges, and next steps. Gather feedback from stakeholders and incorporate it into project planning to enhance outcomes.
- Ensure project team conducts thorough testing and validation of data solutions before deployment and all project deliverables meet quality standards and adhere to company policies and procedures.
- Work with EDS engineers to implement best practices for data quality, security, and compliance.
- Oversight, development, communication, and deployment of consistent project management best practices, including processes, tools, and reports.
- Defines key project metrics. Assists in the development of a consolidated portfolio management dashboard supported by standardized project metrics.
- Participates in sprint reviews to assess and communicate project performance of key project milestones and adjusting project plans and/or resources to meet the needs of customers. Provide regular updates to senior management on project status, key metrics, and outcomes.
- Analyze completeness of financial budgets established prior to project approval. Maintain detailed project documentation, including project plans, status reports, and post-project evaluations. Document lessons learned and best practices to improve future project execution.
- Perform other responsibilities as assigned by the Supervisor.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Business, or related field. May consider 5 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.
- PMP Certification.
- Fluent English is a must.
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or other Agile certification.
- Experience with projects including Azure analytics, Azure Fabric, SAP and other ERP systems as data source, and ServiceNow for tracking user support tasking are desirable.
- Knowledge of FMCG and Consumer Package Goods environments is nice to have but not mandatory.
- Strong experience in managing projects required; managing or leading dynamic work teams required; experience in team management, supervision and/or change management is desired.
- Proven IT business experience required. Demonstrated ability to exercise good judgment under pressure and sensitive situations. Strong business and industry knowledge working with commercial, financial, or supply chain functions.
- Experience delivering projects using Agile Methodology and Azure DevOps for sprint planning and tracking.
- Ability to work with cross-functional and cross-regional teams. Ability to influence and lead without direct authority.
- Expertise in negotiating with external service providers and internal business partners.
COMPANY
At McCormick, we bring our passion for flavor to work each day. We encourage growth, respect everyone's contributions and do what's right for our business, our people, our communities and our planet. Join us on our quest to make every meal and moment better.
Founded in Baltimore, MD in 1889 in a room and a cellar by 25-year-old Willoughby McCormick with three employees, McCormick is a global leader in flavour. With over 14,000 employees around the world and more than $6 Billion in annual sales, the Company manufactures, markets, and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments and other flavourful products to the entire food industry, retail outlets, food manufactures, food service businesses and consumers.
While our global headquarters are in the Baltimore, Maryland, USA area, McCormick operates and serves customers from nearly 60 locations in 25 countries and 170 markets in Asia-Pacific, China, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and the Americas, including North, South and Central America with recognized brands including Polish brand Kamis.
At McCormick, we have over a 100-year legacy based on our “Power of People” principle. This principle fosters an unusually dedicated workforce requiring a culture of respect, recognition, inclusion, and collaboration based on the highest ethical values.
Agencies: McCormick as needed will work with external recruitment vendors through our Agency Portal. Unless previously contacted, McCormick does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting agencies.
McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, colour, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies.
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