• Company
  Guitar Center, Inc. 
• Job Category
  Internet/E-Commerce
• Job Subcategory
  All
• Location
  United States, California, Westlake Village
• Short description

Job details:

Guitar Center is the world's largest retailer, e-commerce, and cataloger of musical instruments and related products. Our success is based on core values that embody a winning attitude and incorporate the highest standards of ethics and integrity. We're proud to do whatever it takes to satisfy our customers and seek leaders for our Support Center in Westlake Village, CA who want to be an integral part of our team.

• Developing and managing medium to large programs/project plans.


• Facilitate weekly team status meetings.


• Monitoring and controlling scope, risk, issues and dependencies.


• Escalating project issues up through the PMO as required.


• Measuring and report on various KPIs and the overall health of the project.


• Delivering programs (and/or multiple projects) on time and within budget. 


• Managing and working with PM tools such as VPMI, MS Project, etc.


• Successful candidate must:


• Communicate effectively to all levels of the IT and Business organizations.


• Understand and be able to apply PMI’s standard project management methodology.


• Effectively manage project scope and budget.


• Effectively manage large matrix managed teams (both IT and Business).


• Possess the ability to be flexible if required to fill other responsibilities on a project.


• Be organized and detail oriented.


• Actively produce and update all proper PM required documentation [project schedules through lessons learned].


• Be accountable for the overall program / project success.


• Demonstrate strong leadership and interpersonal skills.


• Have an aptitude for retail / MI business.

• Completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management, Information Systems or related field required; MBA preferred.


• Active PMP Certification


• Active participation in local PMI Chapter preferred


• 3 years of Retail Industry experience AND/OR strong ecommerce - web experience


• 3-5 years of experience in managing multi-faceted medium to large technical and business focused delivery projects


• Must have demonstrated success in a project lead role


• Strong project management skills.


• Ability to effectively manage large matrix teams and budget.


• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing to all levels of management and staff.


• Strong analytical skills, including ability to see the overall project picture at any point in time.


• Ability to assess risk and identify mitigation strategies.


• Must understand the business aspects of a project as well as the technical requirements and implications.


• Must be able to effectively communicate with the business teams to understand business requirements and objectives.


• Must understand SDLC processes from business requirements gathering through development, testing and implementation.


• Must understand PMI’s project management methodology and be able to apply it in projects.


• Must be a strong public speaker/presenter


• Ability to be flexible help in various areas on the project as required.


• Possesses leadership skills taking ownership and being accountable for the projects.


• General knowledge of SOX controls


• In depth knowledge and practical application of SDLC and PM processes.


• Ability to work effectively with 3rd party resources.


• Proficiency in MS Project.

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