CANDIDATES MUST BE LOCAL TO HOUSTON NO THIRD PARTIES
Alava Consulting has a client in the Galleria are that is looking for a IT Project Manager to join the team. It is a 6-12 month contract position with 3 days a week in the office.
- Help conduct fast-paced RFP for a large transformation program involving ERP, CRM, Procurement and other Application platforms.
- Manage engagement and coordination between selected bidder, various software vendors, IT (mostly Application and Infra) and a wide range of stakeholders including: Finance, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Procurement, Travel & Expense, HR & Payroll, Marketing, Legal.
- Monitor time, risk, scope, and satisfaction of customer + sponsors.
- Establish and maintain dependencies, Gantt and critical path at the macro level, and at a more granular level as needed.
- Ensure sensitive and proprietary information is safeguarded throughout the program lifecycle
- Ensure deliverables at provided on time by various stakeholders
- Monitor budget, and alert on potential deviation
- Help manage scope, to ensure any variance is identified early and addressed through proper change management
- Help organize change management
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or related field of study
- Strong MS project - or equivalent
- Strong PowerPoint. Figma a plus
- Data manipulation, Excel Pivot
- User level experience with SAP S4, Coupa, SalesForce, Boomi, Concur, OneSource, Okta and AD a plus.
- RFP: Preparation of RFP package, Analysis of responses and offer Selection for application systems implementation or transformation
- Project management: experience with all aspects of project management: Scope, Quality, Schedule, Risk, Procurement, Stakeholder management
- Planning: Prioritize tasks, organize sub projects, and documenting ev
- Analytical skills: They should be able to analyze problems and devise solutions.
- Documentation and writing skills: Excel at writing concise and precise memos, documents and presentations
- Programing or configuration skills a plus
- Business/System Analysis experience a plus
