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The role of the Program Manager, Retail Systems is to oversee the Retail Systems Modernization projects which Information Technology is implementing for the Retail group within Skechers.  Under the direction of the Information Technology team, this person will be responsible for all aspects of functional program management for the modernization projects and hold a key position for aligning people, projects, and programs across multiple divisions to ensure flawless execution of the strategic initiative for Skechers.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESULTS

The incumbent will oversee the project management aspects of each retail modernization project, acting as the conductor for the overall program. They must bring relevant Retail Systems experience to the table and will utilize past experiences at other Retail organizations to provide business knowledge and insight for the retail modernization program. They will be required to partner with both the Information Technology team and the Retail business partners.  Duties include:

• Work with the PMO to develop project and program plans, which will include staffing, responsibilities, and schedule
• Provide insight and guidance on retail processes and operations
• Establish themselves as the primary point of contact for the project teams across various components of the program.
• Understand the cultural, regional and process differences for the global environment and work to act as a broker to ensure consistent processes for a global project, whilst identifying region-specific differences and requirements.
• Partnering with the I.T. team to define team member roles and expectations, and ensuring timely feedback

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Facilitate consensus-building conferences, workshops, and team meetings
• Maintain and communicate rules of engagement for new and existing projects that make up the program
• Synthesize analytics, experience, and intuition to produce good judgment calls in support of Retails’ strategic direction
• Balancing scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risks from a business perspective
• Review and manage all changes to the requirements through a formally defined scope change process
• Ensuring that project resources are used effectively
• Oversee the daily management of each project within the program with respect to requirements gathering, design, development, test, and deployment
• Coordinating all project activities with business owners/stakeholders and other support, technical infrastructure, and application teams
• Communicating frequently with executive leadership to provide program risk analysis, status, and analysis of requirements that might impact strategic direction
• Collaborating closely with the business owners/stakeholders and technical teams to identify and document detailed requirements, process flows, and data sources
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned
• Provide project oversight/audit compliance related to established department processes and standards for projects managed by others
• Facilitate as escalation point to Sr Management, Stakeholders and Steering Committees for risks, mitigations and resolutions related to the modernization effort

The successful candidate will be both self-motivated and collaborative as is necessary to operate in the realm of retail technology projects, interacting with team members and vendors to resolve issues quickly.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Skechers project personnel as needed
• Matrixed lines of responsibility between multiple IT departments functions
• Vendor resources as part of project personnel

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Extensive Retail Systems project management experience is absolutely required – the right candidate must have managed several large-scale Retail Systems implementations.
• Proven ability to execute high-profile, multi-million-dollar Retail transformation projects and to provide thought leadership to the organization
• Demonstrated excellence in communications (verbal and written), presentation, financial management, analytical and customer focus skills
• Proven track record with both working with technical & functional teams
• Experience with the unique issues and needs of enterprise-wide retail technology projects
• Able to document and communicate progress against plans, taking corrective action as necessary
• Able to review project deliverables for completeness, quality and compliance with established project standards
• Expertise in managing client relationships and negotiating changes to commitments/requirements
• Experience with formal SDLC and business analysis methodologies
• Ability to work well with technical and non-technical resources
• Able to take strategic direction from executive management and participate in strategic planning activities throughout the lifetime of the project
• Able to see tasks through to completion with minimal guidance

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Master’s Degree preferred
• Candidate certification in one of the following PgMP, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSPO, A-SCM
• 6-10+ years of project management or program management experience in a retail organization managing IT System Implementations
• Subject matter expertise with at least 15 years of work experience desired

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The skills, abilities and physical demands described are representative of those duties that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified for the job position, to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, stoop, and kneel. The employee is occasionally required to sit for long period of times.  

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