PMO Project & Portfolio Analyst

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Location: Eindhoven Duration: 1 year (followed by perm) Industry: Manufacturing

PMO Project & Portfolio Analyst

Job Description

The IT Project Management Office (PMO) enables IT to deliver successful projects. As a Project & Portfolio Analyst you pro-actively initiate, lead and execute improvements in project & portfolio reporting. You drive the roll-out and embedding of project/program/portfolio standards and processes related to a.o. project planning, effective decision making, reporting, change control, risk management and quality. By providing clear analysis and insight on project progress (triple constraint), portfolio health and issues and risks, you support project managers and senior management in effective decision making.

You lead PMO initiatives to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of projects, and pro-actively contribute to the realization of the PMO improvement roadmap. You help strengthening IT's project management capabilities and actively share knowledge within and contribute to the growth of the IT PMO team.

Education

Relevant Bachelor or Master degree

Experience

* Extensive (5-10 years) of working experience in project/portfolio management in a large, international organization, working as project/portfolio analyst, or project management officer, or a similar position

* Experience in data analysis and creation of reports/dashboards, with a customer focused design (look-and-feel)

* Experience with implementation of change and improvement projects, or ability to do so

* Sound knowledge of project & portfolio management methodologies like PMBOK/Prince2 and MoP

* Thorough knowledge of Agile/Scrum, preferably with working experience in Agile/Scrum projects

* Experience in facilitation of workshops

* Experience with project financials

* Working knowledge of MS Office products: Excel, Word, PowerPoint and SharePoint

* Preferably, you have working experience with Microsoft Project Online and Spotfire

* Nice to have: working knowledge of SAP

Personal skills

* Communicate clearly, concisely and directly to team lead, peers and customers, listen actively, show empathy to others, strive to achieve a shared understanding of your own tasks, issues and goals and speak up.

* Understand and consistently question the status quo and analyze existing processes and data within your own area of responsibility, based on knowledge and experience

* Proven stakeholder management capabilities; skills to support, advise and challenge project managers and middle and senior management to effect sustainable change by influencing without power

* Excellent presentation skills and a convincing personality

* Fluent in English and preferably in Dutch

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