Project Manager

Location: Wayzata MN

Onsite Flexibility: Onsite

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 8 months
• Pay Rate: $85.00$93.00 / Hour (USD)
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

This Project Manager role is tasked with coordinating a large-scale global IT support transformation across thousands of manufacturing plants. The ideal candidate must balance strategic problem-solving with tactical execution to manage approximately 25 workstreams. This is a high-visibility role reporting to the project lead with updates that reach the CIO. The position acts as the right hand to the project lead focusing on day-to-day coordination identifying risks and managing dependencies across thousands of global plants. The focus is on general IT service management (ITSM) including hardware application access and onboarding rather than ERP-specific technical expertise. This role will oversee the global transition of the companys IT managed services provider from one external vendor to another affecting all regions and requiring significant coordination and project management. This is strictly a project oversight and management role; the candidate will not perform IT execution programming system configuration or sprint management.

• Develop detailed project plans and manage project scope schedules costs staffing resource requirements and overall status reporting.
• Organize project teams assign responsibilities and coordinate activities across multiple workstreams.
• Lead large global implementations and ensure all workstreams remain aligned with project timelines and deliverables.
• Maintain accurate project data in project and performance management tools ensuring required documentation is collected and archived for future use.
• Provide stakeholders with timely updates and detailed information regarding project progress risks issues and decisions.
• Identify and resolve obstacles that may affect the projects ability to remain on schedule and within budget.
• Manage vendor communications and partnerships to ensure adherence to agreed-upon timelines schedules and deliverables.
• Identify manage and mitigate implementation risks throughout the project lifecycle.

• Minimum of four years of relevant project management experience; typically five or more years of relevant experience.
• Large-scale transformational experience within a global organization.
• Strong background in manufacturing/plant IT support environments.
• Direct experience with IT managed services implementation or provider transition.
• Oversight of large global IT implementations involving multiple regions and vendors.
• Coordination of approximately 15 simultaneous workstreams including dependencies milestones and deliverables.
• Strong vendor management experience including maintaining schedules driving accountability and escalating issues.
• Ability to work within one hour of the Minneapolis (CST) time zone; ideally local to Minnesota or within the Central (CST) or Eastern (EST) time zones.

• Previous experience at the client organization (highly prioritized for culture fit and understanding of the organizations scale).
• Previous experience implementing or transitioning IT managed services within a plant support environment.
• Based in Wayzata Minnesota (preferred but not required).

• Ability to problem-solve and think strategically rather than just acting as a taskmaster.
• Willingness to handle hands-on tasks such as SharePoint and access management for onboarding vendors.
• Ability to manage a matrixed environment involving verticals (network hosting database) and horizontals (governance identity access management).
• Disciplined use of project or performance management tools and proper documentation practices.
• Detailed project planning and consistent reporting on cost timing staffing risks and overall status.
• Ability to remove obstacles mitigate implementation risks and bring the appropriate stakeholders together for major decisions.

• ITIL certification (not required but considered a beneficial asset).

• Medical Vision and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

This client is a global food and agriculture company the largest privately held enterprise in the United States with a presence in more than 70 countries and customers in 125. Operating across the full spectrum of agricultural supply chains the company manages the movement processing and marketing of grains oilseeds sugar and other commodities while also producing starches sweeteners proteins and natural ingredients used across food fuel and consumer products sectors. With a Glassdoor rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars across more than 5700 reviews the organization is consistently recognized for its collaborative culture and strong work-life balance. Teams here include agronomists supply chain and logistics specialists food scientists commodity traders risk analysts finance professionals and technology and project management leaders who collaborate across a globally interconnected enterprise.

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking financial services technology life sciences biotech utilities and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-12450

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