Colruyt Group has more than 30,000 employees and over 20 companies. These include not only various retail formats, such as Colruyt, OKay, Bike Republic, but also our own communications agency, meat processing plant, technical service department, and more. This makes the group one of the largest private employers in the country. We are a stable company that places a high value on humanity and our core values. That is why we believe in and invest in our employees.
Colruyt IT Context
The Symphony program aims to continue the implementation and automation of IT processes using out-of-the-box ServiceNow solutions. We apply a strong platform ADOPT strategy to be future proof when new features get released.
As an IT provider, you must ensure solutions are correctly set up within the broader environment and context, requiring dynamism, maturity, and diplomacy.
Your team consists of diverse profiles from different departments and external partners, necessitating effective team dynamics to achieve successful results. An assertive, though connecting communication style is critical.
You will also be taking the role of change manager to embed the solution well in our organization and monitor the user acceptance.
The main project is to transition from our legacy IT asset management systems to ServiceNow Hardware Asset Management module. It also contains the transition from a customized ServiceNow Field Service Management to a fully out of the box implementation that integrates well with our SAP environment.
Every year, there are more than 500 projects at Colruyt Group. As IT Project Manager, you have the final responsibility for a project in one of our retail activities or for one of the supporting services. You work together with multifunctional teams to realise your project successfully.
What do you do as an IT Project Manager?
The IT Project Manager (IT PM) and his team is responsible for successfully completing projects. The IT PM manages diverse teams of experts located in Belgium and India and coordinates with multiple senior management stakeholders (C-level).
Responsibilities
As an IT Project Manager, you are responsible for:
* Delivering Project Output: Ensuring project deliverables are completed within the agreed scope, time, and cost.
* Guaranteeing Project Progress: managing the project team, coordinating project work. and enforcing decisions.
* Monitoring and Managing: scope, planning, and cost of the project.
* ServiceNow platform ADOPT strategy within the project: escalating changes to the agreed scope, time, and cost according to expected processes.
* Managing Stakeholder Expectations: Mapping and maintaining an overview of stakeholders and following up and managing project-related communications.
* Managing Business Change: Overseeing the transition and integration of business changes resulting from the project according the Colruyt Group IT change framework (ADKAR).
Expected Output
As an IT Project Manager, you will deliver the following (non exhaustive list):
* A high-quality, up-to-date, and validated project sheet in the standard format.
* A list of project deliverables in a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
* A project decision matrix
* A risk register
* A stakeholder mapping
* A qualitative and up-to-date project plan with mapped dependencies and milestones.
* A project status report in the standard format
* Short-, medium-, and long-term resource demand and mobilization plan
* A business change and release plan
Evaluation
The execution of the assignment will be evaluated at regular intervals, at least every 3 months.
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You will work in Halle and you can work from home 3 days a week.
Profile:
* Knowledge and experience – You have at least 5 years' experience in IT Project Management and knowledge of PMBoK, Agile or Prince2.
* Entrepreneurship and enthusiasm – You are driven and dynamic. You know how to mobilise people, bringing projects to a successful conclusion. You can empathise with the world of the end user and your team.
* Analytical insight – You can think strategically, are solution-oriented, and pay attention to simplicity and efficiency in processes.
* Stakeholder management and change management – You can easily talk to stakeholders to understand their needs, requirements, and expectations. Moreover, you know better than anyone how to manage change during a project.
* Language skills – You communicate fluently in English. Knowledge of Dutch is a plus.
We offer:
* Impact – As IT Project Manager, you will have an exciting and challenging job with a lot of variety and responsibility. Moreover, you will have the opportunity to think strategically with a strong national retailer.
* Training opportunities – At Colruyt Group, you are continuously given the opportunity for further training. You follow training courses according to your level and interests.
* Pleasant working atmosphere – You will work in an informal environment where your colleagues support you and where you can have a good laugh together.
* Attractive salary package – On top of your net salary, you will also receive fringe benefits such as a company car, profit-sharing, hospitalisation insurance and meal vouchers.
You will be working at Colruyt Group IT, our internal IT department. From building applications to managing projects from A to Z, we have all IT jobs in-house. With a team of 2,000 IT professionals in Belgium, France, and India, we pioneer new technologies and digital innovations. Whether you are an application architect or data science engineer, together with your colleagues you make our organization agile.