Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Resource and Capacity Manager--Portfolio Manager


Resource and Capacity Manager--Portfolio Manager
 
 
Job ID: Job-2823
location:       Lexington, PA or Chesterbrook, PA
Jobtype:        Permanent
Rate:   $120K - $140K
 
Description:   
The role is an IT person who will have a portfolio of 200 projects and determine how to resource those projects - have relationships with 3rd parties, understand demand, skill requirements, available capacity and match the demand with the resources.
 
RESPONSIBILITIES
.Operate as a 'clearing house' for the identification and assignment of all IT project resources, i.e. not limited to Project Managers. Manages the optimization of resources required to deliver functional and enterprise IT Portfolios.
.Develops processes, systems and tools to optimize IT (and ultimately business) resources in terms of skill, caliber and capacity in order to underpin the improvement in quality of project delivery. Provides appropriate analysis in order to inform portfolio project schedule planning.
.Defines, implements and monitors the IT Human Capacity Plan KPI's on an enterprise wide basis so as to ensure that the resource plan will meet the current demand plan, and that the future planned capacity and requirements are understood.
.Identifies skill demand trends and works with HR and IT leaders to identify resource fulfillment strategies.
.Optimizes resource mix (in-source / out-source, on-shore / off-shore) in order to meet IT Transformation (Clean Sheet) cost targets
.In collaboration with Procurement, develops a sustainable sourcing strategy for project management specifically, and other skill sets as identified.
.Manages development of associated SOWs for specific project specific resources (unless bundled as part of an RFP)
 
Responsibilities:
30%: Develops and maintains enterprise wide IT Human Capacity plan reflecting current and planned resource demand. Analyses resource requirements, identifies appropriate candidate(s), sourcing externally when appropriate. Liaises with requester and candidate to ensure best fit (skill, capacity) for role. Provides recommendations in the event of a resource conflict
15%: Analyses and provides insight to Portfolio Managers about resource constraints and opportunities in order to inform portfolio schedule planning, and provides recommended solutions, arbitrating on resource conflicts where appropriate
15%: Develops, manages and continuously improves processes, systems and tools, e.g. requirements analysis and sourcing processes, skills database, capacity planning tool
10%: Develops and manages (re)sourcing KPIs and metrics, e.g. fulfillment, sources, trends
10%: Develops and manages (global) project resource Sourcing Strategy
20%: Manage 3rd party sourcing and accompanying SOWs
 
Education and Experience Requirements:
.Bachelor's degree in computer science, system analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience
.Knowledge / qualification in IT standards such as ITIL
.Knowledge of Pharmaceutical industry preferred
.Demonstrable knowledge, experience and capabilities in resource and capacity planning and analysis, and Request, Project and Program methodologies and lifecycles, e.g. SDLC
.Demonstrable experience of working with on-shore and off-shore IT providers
 
Key Skills, Abilities, and Competencies:
.Strong communication and presentation (verbal and non verbal) skills
.Strong collaboration skills: highly collaborative mindset
.Strong analytical skills and demonstrable competence in planning tools, e.g. resource / capacity planning, analytics, dashboards
.Advanced Business Analysis ability - including process analysis skills and process mapping experience
.Project management experience
.Advanced influencing and negotiation (and conflict management) skills
.Financial acumen (resource contracts)
.Project Portfolio Analysis -management of key project and program inter-relationships and constraints, i.e. resources
 
Email resume in Word to JeffAltman@TheBigGameHunter.us. Please include the job code for the position with your resume.
 
NOTE: WE WILL ONLY RESPOND IF YOUR RESUME APPEARS TO FIT A ROLE
 
NO PAID RELOCATION. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES. Applicants for employment in the US must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship from the employer for a visa.
 
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Cognos Report Writer Providence RI


Cognos Report Writer
 
 
Job ID: Job-2822
location:       Providence RI
Jobtype:        Permanent
Rate:   $70K - $75K + bonus
 
Experience
•         5+ years of experience of report writing in IBM Cognos BI engine
•         Experience in MS Reporting Services, Crystal or other reporting frameworks
•         Experience with SQL Query writing
•         SSRS
•         Experience with other BI frameworks
•         Advanced MS Excel skills
•         Experience in the financial and banking industry nice to have
 
Be a key contributor in the IT group. Design and maintain reports based on business needs and to continuously communicate with user groups and business. The Cognos report writer will run ad hoc reports and use reporting tools to pull down data from multiple databases.
 
Email resume in Word to JeffAltman@TheBigGameHunter.us. Please include the job code for the position with your resume.
 
NOTE: WE WILL ONLY RESPOND IF YOUR RESUME APPEARS TO FIT A ROLE
 
NO PAID RELOCATION. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES. Applicants for employment in the US must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship from the employer for a visa.
 
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Technical Project Manager Overland Park KS


Technical Project Manager
 
 
Job ID: Job-2819
location:       Overland Park KS
Jobtype:        Contract-to-Hire
Rate:   $75K - $90K
 
REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor’s Degree in related field or equivalent work experience
5-6 years IT project management
5 years business analysis experience
2-3 years of Object Oriented Programming; C+ +, Java or others
Strong knowledge of relational database and SQL 
 
This is a hands-on position where primary duties of the Project Manager include managing the delivery of projects, driving long term architecture, and innovating on new technology to make systems more scalable for the future.
 
Requires background in software programming and technical management. We seek candidates who have grown from the ranks of hands-on software developers. The successful candidate will run the day-to-day operations of a software programming team and successfully execute on multiple projects simultaneously.
 
RESPONSIBILITIES
 
Manage cross-functional systems and environments team supporting multiple software delivery, software maintenance and second line technical support environments.
Validating and managing project scope.
Project tracking, reporting and auditing
Resolve project issues, communicate status and coordinate activities with peer teams across geographies.
Ensure successful implementation, integration, testing and roll-out of software and environments.
Meet delivery milestones according to roll-out plans.
Enforce established processes, technical and QA standards.
Resource and project roadmap planning.
Drive long term systems architecture vision for domain
Hire and build high caliber IS employees
Career development of people and team administration
 
Email resume in Word to JeffAltman@TheBigGameHunter.us. Please include the job code for the position with your resume.
 
NOTE: WE WILL ONLY RESPOND IF YOUR RESUME APPEARS TO FIT A ROLE
 
NO PAID RELOCATION. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES. Applicants for employment in the US must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship from the employer for a visa.
 
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Business Analyst | JD Edwards Pittsburgh, Montreal or Toronto


Business Analyst | JD Edwards
 
 
Job ID: Job-2818
location:       Pitsburgh, PA, Montreal or Toronto
Jobtype:        Permanent
Rate:   90K - $10K
 
Description:   
Location can be: Montreal, Toronto or Pittsburgh
 
Responsibilities:
 
Reporting to the Director of ERP Integration, you will be responsible to support and develop business processes and systems in the manufacturing area. 
 
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Investigate, gather and define business processes and requirements.
• Develop and test new processes/system functionalities.
• Create/maintain test scripts, execute the tests scripts and ensure proper supporting documentation to meet FDA validation requirements.
• Provide maintenance, troubleshooting, problem solving and support for the back office.
• Develop functional specifications for development purposes working with the users, project managers/directors and the programmers.
• Support users in understanding the various business systems.
• Support Project Managers/Directors in executing project implementations or implementing new processes/functionalities.
• Maintain system/process/training documentation and ensuring proper sign-offs.
 
REQUIREMENTS
• Business/Functional analysis experience in a JDE environment.
• Experience in Manufacturing OR Distribution environment.
• Excellent analytical, critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills and proven experience successfully interfacing with all levels of resources/ management
 
Email resume in Word to JeffAltman@TheBigGameHunter.us. Please include the job code for the position with your resume.
 
 
NOTE: WE WILL ONLY RESPOND IF YOUR RESUME APPEARS TO FIT A ROLE
 
PAID RELOCATION CAN BE NEGOTIATED. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES. Applicants for employment in the US must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship from the employer for a visa.
 
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