Executive Manager Salary in Marlborough, MA

This position is responsible for leading and delivering complex, large-scale programs/projects from beginning to end, including development of project delivery strategies, planning, budgeting, scheduling, resourcing and resource management, risk/issue identification, management, and resolution, and comprehensive communications and reporting to stakeholders.Major Tasks, Responsibilities, and Key Accountabilities:As the "face of the project," the Program Manager helps define and manages project scope, goals, and deliverables in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders; develops, maintains, and manages full-scale project plans and associated communications documents; identifies and manages project dependencies and critical path work; plans, schedules, and tracks project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.Estimates the resources needed to achieve project goals; develops and maintains demand and resource capacity models; determines and assesses need for additional internal and/or external staff and makes the appropriate recommendations during the project lifecycle.Develops and delivers to stakeholders and the organization meaningful project status reports and corresponding presentations that clearly set forth project health, risks and issues, mitigations and impacts, and key next steps.Proactively identifies and manages changes in project scope and devises contingency plans.Helps develop initial budget requests and recommends subsequent budget changes where necessary; manages project and program budgets; participates in vendor selection and contract negotiation; and manages vendors supporting projects.Leads development of business cases for proposed projects; conducts project retrospectives and develops recommendations to implement improvement opportunities.Maintains and demonstrates exceptional knowledge and capabilities related to industry best practices for project delivery methodologies.Responsible for developing and implementing project delivery methodologies that result in optimization of project schedules, cost, timing, and quality.The Program Manager builds, develops, and grows internal and external business relationships; proactively interfaces with project stakeholders on a regular basis; communicates standards for project execution and reporting; and communicates project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely, consistent, and meaningful manner.Develops and communicates to stakeholders via program and project level information reports, helps define project success criteria and disseminates them to involved parties throughout the project lifecycle; supports the processes and communications related to project execution; responds to customer and business partner requests for service; and contributes to development and implementation of leading practices for project delivery and communications.Proactively identify current and future business needs and advocate for the optimal solution.Develop strategies and approaches for complex projects or programs to ensure integration across BJ's. Identify resource requirements including people, organizations, financial, hardware, software and services for multiple projects or a program.Provide program management direction and leadership to other project managers.Facilitate and communicate resolution to complex, strategic issues with executive level management. Establish documentation requirements and ensure compliance.Develop strategies for continuous improvement of operational performance.Qualifications10 + years of related experience leading large scale projects in an enterprise environment.Managed project expectations with team members and other stakeholders. Coach, mentor, and motivate team members.Defined project success criteria and disseminate to stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.Ability to Communicate expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely, consistent, and meaningful manner.Demonstrated capability to build, develop, and grow internal and external business relationships.Take a leadership role in training other project managers and project participants in project participation and delivery.Keep pace with emerging project and portfolio management trends and best practices.

The Sourcing Category Manager (IT & e-commerce) will develop winning sourcing strategies and execution plans to drive total cost reduction in assigned categories. This person will communicate and champion strategies to C-level and Senior level executives and their teams to gain support to successfully execute projects and deliver results.This person will leverage prior sourcing expertise and conduct extensive research and analysis on market conditions, industry best practices, vendor performance, and BJ's business to successfully select the best strategic partners for BJ's business needs.This person will utilize appropriate negotiation methods to drive cost reductions and increase value to BJ's. Additionally, they will build strong relationships with the business stakeholders to further extend the influence of the Strategic Sourcing and Procurement team throughout the BJ's IT and Omni departments, and work cross-functionally with other business partners throughout the organization.They will take ownership of all assigned projects from start to finish to ensure BJ's interests are represented at every step and ultimately included in all RFP, Term sheets, and coinciding agreements; Identify opportunities to drive total cost savings through research and analysis, engagement with key stakeholders, and with direction from the leadership team; Establish benchmarks to quantify savings; Develop sourcing project plans and timelines to set expectations, and manage accordingly.Partner with the technical and/or business experts to develop specifications, statements of work, and scorecards; Perform research utilizing market intelligence and other tools to identify qualified vendor options; Create RFP documents to communicate specifications and procurement practices to the selected vendors; Identify and refine selection criteria with key stakeholders; Capture responses and evaluate to determine which vendors will be eliminated from the process; Hold cross functional meetings with each of the remaining vendors to evaluate their capabilities, utilizing scorecards. Eliminate vendors deemed unacceptable; Conduct multiple rounds of negotiations to achieve the best total cost; Perform the final scorecard review and award the business to the vendor with the highest score; Lead the negotiation of business terms with the selected vendor ensuring all negotiated items are included, and that all of BJ's interests are represented in the finished contract, including service levels and success criteria; Quantify savings based on benchmarks and final pricing; Transition vendor management responsibilities to the appropriate division; Recommend Key Performance Indicators / service level metrics to business owners to maximize value for BJ's.RequirementsBachelor's degree in IT, sourcing, business management or related field5-8 years in a strategic sourcing role with 2-3 years specialized in IT/e-commerce sourcingOutstanding technical skills (PC, Excel, Word, Access, E-Sourcing software, basic Financial Accounting).Strong negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills requiredUnderstanding of total costs associated with procurement. Ability to identify and negotiate based on total cost. Ability to formulate a strategic and effective negotiation and develop and implement effective Requests for Quote/Proposal/Information.Ability to cultivate good vendor relationsFinancial and business acumenStrong analytical skillsAbility to maintain a positive attitude when challenging situations arise.Organizational procedures and policy knowledgeAbility to create and deliver impactful presentations to gain the support of the business stakeholders, senior and c-level executives, and the vendor community.