Job Description

About Northern Tool + Equipment, India

Northern Tool + Equipment is a US-based retailer and manufacturer of superior quality tools that recently reached over $1.5 billion in revenue. Founded more than 40 years ago, Northern Tool is making a significant investment in business transformation to elevate the customer experience. Northern Tool + Equipment, India, located in Hyderabad, is Northern Tools investment that will enable it to expand its internal capabilities in Finance, Merchandising and Pricing, Product Engineering, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Integration, Manufacturing Ops, Quality Assurance, Marketing, Contact Center, and Information Technology. Northern Tool + Equipment, India will provide value and improve efficiencies across the value chain of the business.



PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF POSITION:

To provide leadership, management and coordination on all activities related to the project management teams assigned projects including in the areas of: goal setting, planning, estimating, resource allocation and assignments, project health and reporting, problem resolution and collaboration with key stakeholders.

MAJOR AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

• Provide oversight and guidance for IT team in keeping PMO templates, tools, and data up-to-date and accurate.
• Lead IT in the use of the PMOs PPM tool, ensuring proper procedures are followed.
• Partner with our PPM vendor to support or enhance our PPM tool as needed.
• Build and run standard and ad-hoc reports or data extracts from PMO tools in support of IT data requests.
• Guide new requests for IT work through a standard IT intake process.
• Train new team members in the use of our PPM tools and procedures.
• Identify hotspots or bottlenecks in the use of people resources within IT in support of projects and other IT work.
• Communicate effectively to team members in a timely and clear fashion.
• Assist with PMO financial management processes including budgeting, cost analysis, project cost reporting, etc.
• Provides coaching and mentoring to individuals and teams related to Project Management best practices and continuous process improvement.
• Collect and report on PMO performance metrics.

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• At least 3 years of Project Management experience demonstrated by a proven track record of success in multiple complex projects and/or programs preferred.
• At least 2 years of professional, related experience in consulting, software development, client management, team management, business relationship management and resource management preferred.
• Must have experience in all phases of project life cycle and have a demonstrative understanding of project management.
• Strong data analysis and data management experience, including SQL and reporting, is required.
• Current thorough knowledge of technical skills as they relate to objectives of position.
• Demonstrated ability to keep up-to-date on new software/hardware technology and other advancements.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with a wide variety of Company personnel.
• Demonstrates Northern Tool + Equipments 12 Core Competencies.