Business Project Manager

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Job Details
We're hiring the Business Project Manager to join our Global Supply Chain team at Cencora.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides timely and concise communications to functional leadership regarding project status and pending issues; analyzes processes and makes recommendations for optimizing resources and product delivery.
• Responsible for continuous improvement of processes and methodologies used in fulfilling responsibilities; contributes to refinement of program management methodology.
• Develops project plans based on specifications provided by the Portfolio Management staff and manages effective execution of the initiatives.
• Builds consensus among multiple process leads relative to project scope, task execution, staffing and issue resolution.
• Brokers services within IT and ABC vendors on behalf of the business area represented.
• Assists with overall financial direction for the projects to manage the development of budgets, controls and measurements to monitor project progress.
• Identifies potential risks within the project; proactively manages issues.
• Assists with participation in identifying project costs, resource allocation, project schedule changes and issue escalation.
• Interacts with IT staff including business area management, portfolio managers, vendors, consultants and other contractors.
• Must be willing to travel up to 35% of the time.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Requires some training in fields such as business administration, accountancy, sales, marketing, computer sciences or similar vocations generally obtained through completion of a four year Bachelor's Degree program, technical vocational training, or equivalent combination of experience and education; PMI certification or equivalent project management methodology training and hours.
• Extensive proven experience of (5 to 7) years directly related and progressively responsible experience, including at least two (2) years experience at a senior manager or equivalent level; normally requires a professional license or certificate in specialized field.

MINIMUM SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS:

• Good interpersonal skills
• Excellent relationship building skills
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Good group presentation skills
• Good analytical and problem solving skills
• Good mathematical skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent leadership skills
• Good staff development skills
• Knowledge of computers to operative effectively with computer hardware such as general mainframe, midrange, network and desktop technologies; computer software includes application development lifecycle, MS Office Suite, Outlook

What Cencora offers
Benefit offerings outside the US may vary by country and will be aligned to local market practice. The eligibility and effective date may differ for some benefits and for team members covered under collective bargaining agreements.
Full time
Affiliated Companies
Affiliated Companies: AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation
Equal Employment Opportunity
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The company's continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.
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