HR Project Manager, North America
Hitachi
- Saint-Laurent, QC
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Leads assigned project and process improvements, defining mission statement, allocating project tasks, motivating and monitoring internal and external resources to accomplish all tasks and milestones wholly and timely.
- Develops project charter and plans describing how the project will be executed for communication to project team members and key stakeholders, approval, and as the basis for execution.
- Plan and tracks all project and process improvement activities.
- Maintain RAID Log
- Effectively organizes, monitors, and controls activities to ensure achievement of planned gates and efficient utilization of available resources.
- Monitors and controls project costs and finances. Identifies, contains, and reduces risk and ensures all opportunities are captured and acted upon
- Ensures Compliance and projects follow the sound methodology and execution practices per standard Hitachi Energy internal directives and procedures.
- Effectively communicates appropriate information to project stakeholders.
- Formalizes acceptance of the project and concludes all project activities.
- Delivers project documentation and ensures handover to the BAU organization.
- Maintains project portfolio and provides updates to the HR Leadership Team
- Recommend changes to HR system functionality and support systems implementation/upgrade in functional responsibility.
- Recommend and participate to the enhancements and simplification of existing processes and procedures based on feedback and experience within the HR Services Organization
- Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Management or related discipline
- At least 8 years experience in HR, 5 of which functionally leading HR projects and process improvement initiatives
- Proven experience in HR / HR Shared Services (Payroll, Compensation & Benefits, Employee Lifecycle)
- Excellent project and process management skills and experience
- SHRM preferred
- Lean Six Sigma, quality and process improvement experiences, ideally holder of a Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or higher)
- High degree of client orientation and service mind-set
- Strong analytical approach to problem solving, high degree of proactive behavior and result orientation
- Excellent communication skills (oral, written and presentation skills) with demonstrated ability in managing stakeholder.
- Outstanding structured thinking and self-organization, deadline focused
- Excellent PowerPoint and Excel skills
- Ability to build relations and work efficiently across various countries / cultures