Strategic Growth, Project Manager

Kroger

  • Cincinnati, OH
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 6 days ago
Job Category: Category Management/MerchandisingJob Description:Lead team to create, maintain and execute a critical path schedule, as it relates to enterprise and category programs, inclusive of core Merchandising Execution initiatives and timing. Counsel across cross-functional teams to ensure successful implementation and rollout of programs to drive business results and shepherd all aspects of category strategy from development to execution, while remaining on time and on budget. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.Responsibilities:- Oversee and develop process managers in creating, managing, and ensuring execution of project plans, including identification of cross-functional team members, key project deliverables, milestones, dependencies, and risk mitigation
- Lead continuous process improvements such as Project Management innovation, recommendations for enhancements through technology and clearly defined and documented RASCI
- Build, manage and maintain strong relationships across Merchandising as well as with vendors and lead cross functional teams to develop and deliver project requirements
- Oversee strategy implementation by developing strategic business cases, setting milestones, managing project timelines, preparing schedules, agreements, and coordination of internal and external cross-functional partners
- Own the creation and maintenance of enterprise-wide calendars with cross-functional teams
- Develop capacity thresholds for category managers and interdependent teams
- Identify and evaluate where Control Tower support is needed across categories based on reset/activity timing
- Oversee the creation and continued updates of a dashboard to for aggregate status updates
- Manage and facilitate strong, clear, and ongoing communication and project performance updates, including sub work-streams within projects, across project teams and key stakeholders
- Create recommendations on course-corrective actions if/when deadlines are missed
- Implement and develop assigned projects, including developing scope and approach for each project, managing project timelines, preparation of schedules, agreements, and coordination of contractors, vendors, consultants, and internal resources
- Maintain enterprise communications plan and roadmap, communicating critical updates to appropriate cross-functional teams
- Use established project management methodology to ensure formal tracking and analysis of projects with clear documentation of approvals given and actions taken
- Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodationQualifications:Minimum
- Any experience delivering large and/or complex projects across matrixed organization
- 5+ years project management experience
- Ability to influence and drive collaboration across teams with different goals and priorities
- Excellent communication and presentation skills to effectively communicate information to business owners and to all levels within the organization
- Demonstrated ability in team motivation and delegation
- Proven problem solving and organizational skills
- Proven track record of delivering objectives on time and within budget
- Ability to make difficult decisions backed by data and guardrails
- Leadership and prioritization skills to effectively manage team and capacity constraints
- Understanding of time requirements, by process and implications on team workloadsDesired
- Bachelor's Degree
- PMP Certification or willingness to obtain

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