It Senior Project Manager, Infrastructure

At Saputo, our best comes from our people. We’re a talented and caring team with a longstanding history of excellence. Since our first days delivering cheese on a bicycle, we’ve grown into a leading global dairy processor by staying true to the culture that defines us. Each of our employees is committed to uphold our tradition of care, quality, and passion through food, and together, we foster an environment where we can all make contributions that matter–from our manufacturing plants to our office locations and everywhere in-between.

Overview Of The Role

Reporting to the IT Director PMO, Project Delivery, as an IT Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for leading projects of different types and complexities with a focus on infrastructure, cybersecurity and/or technical platforms, providing quality assurance and preventing / mitigating project management risks and issues.

How You Will Make Contributions That Matter:

We are looking for experienced and diversified project management expertise. Moreover, due to our rapidly growing global organization, we are looking for a Project Manager with proven and successful infrastructure integration experience.

• Manage the day to day delivery of the project and setup required meetings to track progress, risks and issues
• Establish the project scope and ensure communication and understanding by all stakeholders
• Ensure products and deliverables are of the highest caliber
• Ensure proper governance is in place to best meet project objectives
• Manage the health of other projects under the Infrastructure portfolio by evaluating key delivery metrics and establishing reviews with the various project leads.
• Build and lead a team that will function in a matrix environment to develop and implement the project deliverables with a focus on quality, productivity and consistency
• Communicate a clear vision of the project objectives and motivate the team to reach them
• Plan and manage reporting of Live solution
• Develop and apply techniques to improve productivity and efficiency, reduce risk, solve problems, enable customers to realize significant cost savings, and ensure deliverables are created on time and within the budget
• Manage the resources assigned to the project
• Plan and execute Gate meetings to approve work continuation
• Provide leadership and manage stakeholders at all levels
• Ensure proper use of PMO methodology, tools and procedures
• Manage the financial aspects of the project: budget and financial tracking
• Identify and supervise critical path activities and solve problems or raise them to immediate supervisor as needed
• Build a detailed project plan based on clear assumptions and efforts, and taking into consideration constraints
• Work with the customer and project team to determine technical/functional requirements

You Are Best Suited for The Role If You Have the Following Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Vmware, Disaster Recovery Processes and Tools, Data Migration processes, IT security protocols, cloud solutions an asset.
• Strong communication and inter-personal skills; ability to provide updates to Director and VP levels; adept at building relationships with internal teams and external partners;
• Experience working with global teams;
• Advanced project management skills (develop project objectives and charter, determine resource allocation, track progress, etc.);
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, Accounting or other related field or equivalent work experience;
• ITIL certification an asset or formal Project Management Training;
• Experience working in multiple time zones an asset;
• Proficient in MS Office (i.e. Word, PowerPoint, and Excel) and Sharepoint. Quantitative focus, advanced Excel analytic capability;
• Experience in cybersecurity or OT (Operational technology) projects a strong asset.
• Experience with Microsoft Project, Microsoft Project Server of Project Online is nice to have;
• Strong analytical, organizational and multi-tasking skills;
• Ability to collaborate at all levels of the Program. Demonstrated ability of being a self-starter;
• Bilingual English/French;
• Strong ability to simultaneously manage multiple deliverables and projects;
• Extensive use of MS Excel, MS Project Server and Sharepoint;
• Ability to operate in complex, fast pace project environment with interdependencies spanning multiple work-streams, teams, business divisions, geographies, time zones, & languages;
• Strong knowledge of IT program financials and accounting;
• 10 years or more experience in project management, including a minimum of 5 years successfully managing large scale and/or complex infrastructure projects;
• Experience in infrastructure projects (hardware refresh, cloud optimization/migration/protection, site infrastructure setup).
• Excellent communication and presentation skills;

As part of his duties, the incumbent will have to communicate and collaborate in English, both orally and in writing with colleagues or other stakeholders in Quebec as well as in the rest of Canada or in North America.

We support and care for our employees and their families by providing:

• Purchase option of company stocks
• Assistance program for employees and their families
• Competitive salaries
• Full range of group insurance benefits
• Health and wellness program in the workplace
• Group retirement pension plan with employer contribution
• Saputo products at a discounted price
• Group RRSP
• Advantageous corporate agreements

We support employment equity. Saputo strives to embed diversity and inclusion in its operations and invites candidates from all horizons to join its family.

Our story began in Canada in 1954, when the Saputo family's hard work and dedication created a thriving dairy business. More than 65 years later, our roots in this country remain strong with our Corporate Headquarters in Montréal. Today, we are a leading cheese manufacturer and fluid milk and cream processor in Canada with well-loved brands, such as Saputo, Alexis de Portneuf, Armstrong, Baxter, Dairyland, Joyya, Milk2Go, Milk2Go Sport, Neilson, Nutrilait, Scotsburn* and Woolwich Goat Dairy. Thanks to our national footprint, we're proud to bring our best to our customers and consumers, and have plenty of opportunities for our employees to grow in their own way. And we do it while also striving to build a healthier future for our people and the communities where we operate, guided by our values and the Saputo Promise. To learn more about Saputo in Canada, please click here. (http://saputo.com/en/our-products/canada-sector)

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