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Our direct client in NJ is seeking a Sharepoint Engineer for a contract role of 4 plus months.   This position can be worked in NJ or Charlotte, NC.  Local candidate preferred to these locations. 

Role Summary
Fortune 100 company in NYC is looking for a Consultant/Project Manager to support several marketing programs. This role is responsible for managing and driving project management for a number of large scale, complex initiatives (marketing business and/or MarTech) working with marketing leaders and managers.   This leader demonstrates command of project scope, measured outcomes, project plans, risks, and dependencies proactively engaging with team members to ensure deliverables are met on time and on budget. 
 
Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing project management services and driving execution by building and motivating cross-functional teams to ensure deliverables are produced on time, with quality results, that incorporate stakeholder feedback.
• Collaborate, influence, and negotiate with Marketing leaders, Technology teams, external vendors, and stakeholders to drive outcomes that achieve Marketing’s objectives across a portfolio of projects.
• Experienced project manager with high attention to detail, the ability to manage multiple programs at the same time with cross-functional teams, resulting in on-time, on-budget delivery and a teamwide sense of accomplishment.
• Passionate, team-oriented problem solver and leader who understands and differentiates between what users want vs. what they need to meet Marketing’s goals (not afraid to influence and negotiate with Product Managers and stakeholders).
• Demonstrate a hybrid of business, technical, and data acumen.
• Drive work across multiple complex projects with ability to identify and manage risks, problem solve, and identify alternative paths.
• Based on command of project vision, scope, and understanding of budget and KPIs, hold a “seat at the table” and proactively drive towards accurate completion of project milestones.
• Responsible for directly driving the following activities for several projects:

 
 
Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience which must include managing large scale projects  
• Must have experience working in a scaled agile delivery framework (SAFe)
• Project management of large, complex projects involving multiple stakeholders with on-time, on-budget delivery bringing clear collaboration and communications skills
• Diplomacy and gravitas that brings people together to solve common challenges using marketing technology for speed to market, efficiency, scalability and business impact
• System/process-oriented problem solver, ability to manage multiple initiatives and balance the need to work strategically and hands-on
• Strong verbal and written communications combined with technical acumen
• Self-starter, comfortable with navigating ambiguity, and passionate about driving change
• Internal influencer, culture carrier, negotiating, and consulting skills
• High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
• Ability to create structure, set pace to drive and manage project activities, and establish governance processes
• Drive and guide project teams to make decisions and alternative paths forward, especially in periods of ambiguity
• Ability to pivot team direction as needed and see connectivity and dependencies across related projects
• Ability to manage stakeholder engagement and appropriately set expectations

Develop and write SOWs for new RFPs, Perform initial request QA review to ensure SOWs are complete and concise, containing all required criteria
• Ensure that all completed packages comply with Procurement guidelines
• Work with Project Managers to further develop SOWs where needed and establish vendor milestones and deliverables
• Prepare RFPs based on the above and ensure they are ready for solicitation via Procurement
• Participate in vendor evaluation and selection process
• Track vendor progress against milestones and deliverables, and compare to received invoices
• Track and report on pipeline actions
• Provide activity metrics and statistics
• Work with vendors, procurement staff, and Project Managers to resolve issues that arise
• Data management

PMO Analyst
Someone with program management office experience, as opposed to a project manager. There are both financial and administrative aspects.
 
Specifically looking for someone to help with: 

• Financial Responsibilities
• Forecast vs Monthly Actuals
• Work with accounting on: Monthly Accruals, Reclasses of expenses when needed
• Entering Purchase Requisitions into PeopleSoft
• Invoice to SOW reconciliations
• Manage internal resource tracker
•  Microsoft Project Portal
• Updates to milestone project plan in Project Portal based on inputs from teams
• Keep program risks and issues updated based on inputs from teams
• Help maintain documents for Audit inquiries
• Ad hoc program-related questions
• Manage shared program mailbox in Outlook, help with shared program calendar

Looking for someone with 2-5 years of experience, of which 1-3 should be program management office experience. i.e. the central group on a large project that tracks and manages the whole program. This is different than a Project Manager, who runs a project (or several). Also different from a PMO which typically oversees all the projects in a company.
 
Required:

• 2-5 years of experience, of which 1-3 should be Program Management Office (PMO) experience
• Intermediate level - Microsoft Project Portal
• Intermediate level - PeopleSoft
• Forecast vs Monthly Actuals, Invoice to SOW reconciliations
• Help maintain program documents, answer inquiries
• Possible conversion to perm.

• Monitor and support company's technology platforms, including Windows Server (hardware, operating systems), networks, Active Directory Services, DNS, VMWare Ensure system security and compliance to company Standards. Evaluate system performance to develop and implement recommendations to address issues.  Ensure system integrity and availability Analyze and resolve hardware/software problems. Act as a resource to Applications teams to resolve technical issues. Manage / update Server Certifications. General (Baseline) Systems Administration and Technical Support (maintenance and problem resolution). Design, institute, and manage and maintain well-documented Backup & Recovery procedures. 2nd and 3rd Level Technical Support for escalated issues and questions. Provide guidance to other technical teams based on areas of expertise.

• Capacity planning and performance tuning Interact with IT Support personnel, applications/systems analysts, manufacturers and vendors representatives and business personnel to implement enhancements, participate as SME in managed-Projects and support. Design and specification development. Experience with Veritas backup products (e.g. Netbackup, System Recovery). Software package Integration: review, installation, configuration and maintenance Research, planning and coordination for implementation of new technologies.

• Disaster Recovery planning and documentation. Ensure that all systems/technical and procedural documentation is up-to-date; create new documentation to support implementation efforts. Assists in ensuring that the users are adhering to operating and security procedures and requirements Performs other assignments to comply with the Business strategies and initiatives. Provide after-hours on-call support and overtime work as-needed

• 5 plus years of hands-on experience in Windows Systems Administration/Operations
• Current MCSE Windows 2008 or above
• Expert knowledge of medium-to-large Windows Server installations
• Hands-on experience planning and maintaining HP ProLiant or similar hardware installations.
• Monitor, configure, and tune Windows servers, software and utilities; significant hands-on OS installation, configuration, upgrade experience required with Win2k8 and above
• Strong Active Directory and Group Policy Object Design and Management experience
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP networking
• Skilled at monitoring performance of software and hardware and recommending and implementing changes to maintain acceptable performance
• Experience anticipating future performance requirements to support growth and scalability
• Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills and methodology
• Superior communications skills and the ability to self-manage

• VMWare certified WMI / ADSI scripting for administrative purposes
• Enterprise tape backup (hardware/software) technology
• Server replication technologies (e.g. Doubletake)
• HP iLO SharePoint Administration
• Technical Project Management experience
• 4 year degree optional/preferred

• Transact routine non-financial activity on client accounts with both expediency and accuracy
• Ability to explain basic information in functional area
• Ability to multi-task and leverage organizational skills
• Assist team members daily to complete work in order to meet departmental and regulatory standards
• Effective decision making based on comprehensive case analysis
• Demonstrate valuable interpersonal skills

• Associates, or Bachelors degree preferred, or equivalent years of related experience
• Accountable, ethical, good decision making ability
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required
• Good computer skills and ability to multitask

Citrix Administrator
Livingston, NJ,  Charlotte, NC or Pasadena, CA
start for this role is first or second week of December
6 month
 Excellent understanding and administration of Citrix XenApp / XenDesktop / Provisioning Services / Director / StoreFront Services and NetScaler Architecture
• Excellent understanding of Microsoft RDS Architecture
• Experience Migrating and Troubleshooting Applications moving from Windows Server 2008 R2/2012 R2 to Windows Server 2016.
• Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop application troubleshooting skills.
• The ability to create and maintain documentation as it relates to architecture, design, and support procedures.
• The ability to Monitor, Maintain and troubleshoot Network environments running XenApp.
• Excellent understanding of:
- Active Directory
- Group Policy and Citrix Policy Management
- TCP/IP
- DNS
- DHCP
- WINS
- SQL (as it relates to Citrix)
- ICA protocols
• Monitoring Citrix environment health
• Ability to recommend and execute proactive health checkups (Daily/Weekly/Monthly)
• Excellent communication skills to interface with Application Support, the Business, and other areas of the IT organization.
• Excellent time management, organizational and troubleshooting skills.
• An understanding of Change Management procedures.
• Disaster recovery strategies
• Flexible and able to adapt to a rapidly changing environment
• A broad range of technical skills with a strong desire to constantly expand skillset
• Positive, self-motivated individual who can complete goals independently
• Mentor / cross-train team members on existing and new technologies
• Must be a team-player

Experience, Academic:
Must possess a minimum of 5 years of recent, relevant experience with the Citrix remote computing products, services, and tools, and preferably, all core Microsoft technologies.
Bachelors degree or equivalent working experience

The Sr. Category Manager (SCM) will be the lead for negotiations and supplier management with the supply base, driving the strategic sourcing process on a global basis. The SCM will lead; support the development, implementation and management of global strategies to provide the segment with optimal supply assurance, pricing, flexibility, quality and delivery performance.  The SCM benchmarks new processes, approaches, and technology that will continually drive improvements on performance and business results.  The SCM researches, identifies and analyzes current and emerging procurement trends, develops a deep understanding of market conditions, develops proposed global supply chain solutions focusing on total cost of ownership.  The SCM presents proposed Supply Chain solutions to gain leadership understanding and support.  The SCM negotiates major and/or global agreements which include negotiating prices, terms and conditions, risk mitigations and warranties in support of those agreements and is the primary supplier relationship owner.  The SCM builds and leverages strong working relationships with internal customers and key suppliers to assure cost, quality, and delivery targets are met. Working closely with the Global Supply Chain Team / Local Management, the SCM will communicate and implement strategies, contracts and pricing to all regions with an overall focus on maintaining good supplier relationships and total costs of ownership to a minimum to achieve maximum advantage for the company and its customers. 
 
Responsibilities:
 
Category Management:

• Address all areas of Category management including Category business plans, global market and pricing analysis and procurement support.
• Contribute to development of the company's strategic Category objectives and goals.
• Develop global Category strategies with defined plans for cost savings, risk assessment and mitigation and service level agreements.
• Lead in the development and execution of Category negotiation strategies with suppliers, including specific targets for pricing, service, quality, intellectual property, tool ownership, exclusivity and inventory.
• Monitor current Category market conditions, technology roadmaps and identify supply/demand challenges & opportunities.
• Develop subject matter expertise in assigned commodities through external research, benchmarking and analyzing cost drivers and life cycle costs. Provide market intelligence and Category price trends. Develop deep understanding where our competition sources their components and materials, as well as determining the respective costs of same.
• Recognized as the Center of Knowledge for respective Category areas, and shares this information with key stakeholders to enable more effective planning, forecasting and execution.
• Develop and maintain should-cost models that are relevant to the global marketplace.

Sourcing Management:

• Utilize strategic sourcing process to manage assigned commodities and finished products for multiple locations and subsidiaries. Identify all stakeholders for each major category and form cross-functional team to define and implement strategy that reduces cost, improves quality and delivery performance and improves company’s competitive position. Build case for significant change and develop consensus among key stakeholders.
• Provide rigorous analysis of spend data and market trends and dynamics to prioritize and launch sourcing initiatives within designated spend/Category categories
• Analyze current spend and evaluate current suppliers. Consolidate spend across multiple manufacturing locations to create leverage, analyze purchasing trends and develop sourcing alternatives. Identify new high potential suppliers on global basis.
• Deliver 5% year over year net cost reductions for commodities and program that fall within assigned responsibility.
• Manage respective supplier relationships and performance, including but not limited to dispute resolution

KPI’s Or Metrics:

• Develop key performance measures for chosen suppliers and negotiate on multiple variables to award longer-term strategic contracts that result in significant cost reduction and improved service levels.

Project Management:

• Support new product introduction (NPI) programs as Program Manager by coordinating all sourcing and supplier qualification activities on a global basis.
• Manage multiple projects, coordinate activities of team and track progress/schedules.
• Monitor current Category market conditions, technology roadmaps and identify supply/demand challenges and opportunities.
• Participate on special projects in Sourcing area as appropriate.

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, or Supply Chain Management from an accredited college or university is required.
• Minimum of 8-10 years of relevant, progressive Strategic Sourcing, Category Management or equivalent work experience and expertise.
• Demonstrated knowledge of strategic sourcing process and tools and their application in restructuring purchases of a Global Supply Chain and Global Multi-plant manufacturing business.
• Track record of delivering significant cost reduction and service level improvements.
• Expertise in negotiation of long term contracts with safeguards against identified risks.
• Ability to identify key performance measures and evaluate alternatives.
• Demonstrated ability to build and lead teams attaining cross-functional consensus.
• Excellent communication skills at all levels – clearly articulate position with clarity at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work with key stakeholders in multiple global locations and at various levels.
• Strong analytical problem solving abilities through the use of contemporary tools and methods
• Willing to travel up to 25%.