
Product Project Expert
- Cambridge, ON
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- A continuous learning environment that develops your individual career goals
- A continuous improvement environment where all ideas are explored
- Engaged coaches and mentors who will provide guidance but also allow autonomy
- Team atmosphere
- Competitive and comprehensive total rewards package including company paid group benefits and company sponsored retirement savings plan
- Support of professional memberships and certifications
- Standard office hours; Monday to Friday from approximately 8:00am to 5:00pm
- Support the entire lifecycle of specific projects, ranging from strategic planning initiatives to tactical activities.
- Develop, manage and control project schedules by updating and communicating timelines with the working team.
- Follow up on outstanding tasks, manage/mitigate risks in the project escalating issues if and when necessary.
- Leveraging ‘Stage-Gate’ approach to projects where applicable.
- Schedule meetings with internal groups and external vendors as needed.
- Facilitate meetings, document the minutes of the discussion, communicate in a timely manner, and follow up on actions for completeness prior to the next meeting.
- Assist in establishing a Project Charter for the specified project, defining the project's goals, objectives, risks, assumptions, staffing levels, roles and responsibilities, work breakdown structure, milestones, and deliverables.
- Document project requirements and scope, project resources, and monitor the efforts of project team members.
- Efficient delivery of project deliverables, effective quality control, clear communication of expectations to stakeholders and upward reporting to senior management.
- Conduct project postmortems to identify areas for improvement; make recommendations based on findings.
- Closely monitor the efforts and billing of third-party workers such as consultants, contractors, and other specialists.
- Conduct cost-benefit analyses, risk analyses, and ROI calculations to determine project feasibility.
- Promote and use the Software Requirement Specification (SRS) for relevant projects.
- Perform other duties as required
- Conduct interviews with business users to understand their situation and potential needs
- Analyze user feedback to define the problem that needs to be solved
- Create ideas to solve the identified problems and solicit user feedback on potential solutions
- Based on user feedback create solutions that can be tested with the end user until a user and business approved solution is created
- Act as the primary contact between business end users and product developers
- Investigate IT errors in consultation with programmers to test modifications and develop solutions prior to moving to production
- Partner with IT peers and team to provide training and assistance to business users including helping them understand the who, what, where, why, how and when functions and/or systems are not performing as expected
- Coordinate with project managers and change management teams on a variety of corporate projects that require IT solutions
- Develop and maintain process documentation for new system or product implementations
- Provide application support for business end users (including TMW)
- Process Mining/ Process Mapping
- Project management
- Change management.
- SQL & Data Management
- Process Standardization
- Six Sigma Practices
- Perform other duties as required
- University or Community College education in Tech relevant major
- 1-2 years of related experience (including experience in an analytical or process-oriented position, or experience in a technical helpdesk position)
- ERP implementation experience is an asset
- SQL database querying and configuration is an asset
- Project Management Professional (PMP) and/or Disciplined Agile Scrum Certification may be advantageous
- Transportation experience / knowledge or a strong interest in network / capacity optimization may be beneficial.
- Scrum master experience may be advantageous
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, in-depth knowledge of Excel required.
- Knowledge of Smartsheet required.
- Time management skills: ability to prioritize and comfortable handling competing priorities.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Strong interpersonal and learning skills
- Able to be resourceful and seek out answers via learning forums and Google
- Highly developed written and verbal communication skills, with the potential interest to prepare and deliver presentations
- Ability to apply critical thinking and problem solving
- Ability to translate client requirements or Use cases to actual working solutions