GBS Project Manager

Konica Minolta is hiring a GBS Project Manager to lead complex customer implementations and enterprise transformation initiatives. The role manages cross-functional projects from planning through delivery, coordinating customers, executives, technical teams, and operations to meet business objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Establish realistic goals and implement action plans for achieving set objectives
• Guide and direct project team members to ensure compliance with set standards, procedures, and guidelines
• Ensure availability of financial, material and human resources required to complete a project successfully
• Evaluate the progress of a project to detect limitations or faults to seek solutions to a more efficient process
• Develop internal communication strategies useful in ensuring communication between various stakeholders, departments of an organization
• Use specialized tools and techniques to delegate and ensure even distribution of tasks to project team members
• Participate in educational programs to update job knowledge and expand personal network
• Motivate team members to meet project goals by effectively carrying out their responsibilities
• Offer solutions effective in meeting set targets and satisfying client requirements
• Manage every aspect of a project, including its planning, communication, risk assessment, and resources

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in project management or related discipline
• Project Management Certification (PMI PMP/ Prince2 Practitioner PMP and/or Agile and/or Six Sigma certification)
• 5+ years of experience in people and resource management are essential to the position
• 5+ years of experience in solutions integration, global operations, software development, document management, managed print services, IT operations, or business process management
• Proven track record of meeting and exceeding project goals and objectives
• Strong leadership, organizational and interpersonal skills; the ability to work well with people from different disciplines and cultures; competence in clear concise, and tactful communication with senior executive management, clients, peers, and team members
• Strong writing, mentoring, decision making, communication, and meeting facilitation skills
• Ability to train and mentor junior project managers and operational management teams in project and process management methodologies
• Leadership Skill: able to direct the operations of a project unit to ensure set goals are achieved
• Knowledge of and competency in project management processes including planning, resource allocation, risk management, time management, financial management, HR management, quality management, monitoring, and reporting, documenting, and record keeping
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, including Teams, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project
• Experience utilizing Smartsheet for project planning, tracking, reporting, and resource management
• Problem-solving skills: apply project management principles and methodologies in seeking solutions to project problems
• Can conform to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Adaptability and flexibility to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity, and change
• Prior experience managing multi-country programs/projects is highly desirable