IT Senior Project Manager

At Saputo, we bring good to the table by making high-quality products, investing in our people, and supporting communities around the world. As a top 10 global dairy processor, we value contributions that matter and strive to foster an inclusive, growth-driven work environment. Ready to bring your best?

Overview of the role: Saputo is looking for an IT Senior Project Manager (SAP / Business Transformation specialization) to join our IT PMO team. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic global team in a company leveraging technology, enterprise platforms, SAP solutions, SaaS applications, and business transformation initiatives to modernize processes and create value across the organization. As a member of the Saputo PMO, you will be expected to lead through influence, bring teams together, and drive the successful delivery of strategic technology initiatives.

Your recipe for delivering successful projects in a dynamic and fast-paced environment includes being versatile and maintaining strong relationships with IT leaders, the business, and project core teams.

As a Project Manager, you will:

• Define and lead the project approach from concept through execution, including translating ambiguous business objectives into a clear delivery strategy, work breakdown structure, staffing model, deliverables, and integrated project plan.
• Provide the Saputo IT Leadership Team with weekly progress reports including risks, issues, decisions as well as recommendations for adjustments as necessary.
• Have strong leadership skills and provide guidance and support to optimize the performance of a diverse team.
• Manage internal and external relationships and coordinate work between different teams globally.
• Lead the end-to-end management of third-party vendors and system integrators.
• Have a well-rounded Project Management knowledge base and the ability to quickly pick up and deliver projects across various applications and platforms.
• Coach and support other IT resources assuming Project Lead roles, contribute to the development of PMO Processes, Tools and Methodology.

How you will make contributions that matter:

• Work Planning and Deliverable Management: You will adapt the PMO Work Planning processes and tools to the projects at hand and will maintain work plans, continuously monitoring actuals, and resolving/addressing cost and schedule variances.
• Scope Management: You will operationalize the pre-defined PMO Scope Management Process to control the project scope and requirements.
• Performance and Reporting Management: You will leverage the pre-defined PMO processes, tools, and techniques to ensure timely and appropriate generation, and distribution of project progress and status information to project stakeholders.
• Resource Management: You will be responsible for managing the resources of the project, including the capacity, defining the roles and responsibilities, creating a staffing plan, obtaining appropriate skilled resources, and managing shared capacity.
• Issue/Risk Management/Quality: You will enforce the timely capture of project risks and issues by all team members.
• Vendor and System Integrator Management: You will lead relationships with external vendors and system integrators.
• Contribute to the improvement of the PMO Tools and Processes, coach, and support IT resources in the development of their project management skills.

You are best suited for the role if you have the following qualifications:

• Experience in manufacturing environments (Consumer Packaged Goods preferred) or related industry.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to motivate in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Experience reporting to and working with senior management and steering committees.
• Strong Business Acumen.
• Experience managing Projects end to end from Initiation to Project Closure.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Systems, Engineering, Business Administration, or equivalent work experience.
• Project Management certification or successful completion of a recognized project management curriculum (i.e. PMP, Prince II).
• A minimum of 12 years of total IT project delivery experience, of which 5 years include leading full delivery lifecycle.
• Experience delivering large projects or programs with complex application delivery.
• Ability to multitask and manage competing priorities under pressure.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Expert-level proficiency in MS Office and SharePoint.

We support and take care of our employees and their families by offering:

• Generous and complete benefit coverage with group insurance.
• Group retirement plan with employer contribution.
• Telemedicine and assistance program for employees and their families.
• Employee Share Ownership Plan with an employer match.
• Paid Parental Leave program.
• Paid time off: Sick days, floater days and volunteer day off.
• Opportunity to contribute to a collective RRSP & TFSA.
• Training and development programs.
• Saputo Flex Program, flexible work environment.
• Organized activities for employees and their families.
• Advantageous discounts on Saputo products.