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Description

Home24 is Europe’s largest online destination for home furniture and decor. Being a dynamic, fast-growing market leader, our goal is to consistently provide our customers with the best service and assortment.

Home24 is currently active in 8 countries in Europe and Latin America. We employ more than 1,000 people worldwide and are looking to expand our team with dedicated top talents and experts who are ready to grow with us. Our dynamic and international team works with great passion and enthusiasm towards a great goal: To revolutionize the Home & Living market.

We are hiring for our IT Department:

Senior IT Project Manager (f/m)

Home24 is searching for a Senior IT Project Manager with long-term experience in managing multiple large-scale and cross-functional projects in Technology. In this position, you will be responsible for driving multi-national teams, supporting the continuous development of our fulfillment platform

What we can offer you

• Strategic IT projects that build the basis for the next level of growth at Home24
• Ownership for topics and direct interaction with Senior Management
• Opportunity to work with great inspiring people
• Openness to new ideas and creativity
• Access to the Rocket Internet technology network
• International colleagues from over 30 different countries
• Skill-dependent, negotiable salary – don’t hesitate to approach us
• Benefits as employee discount, team events, free fruit, drinks and more

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic transformation project for order fulfillment platform from an IT perspective, as well as other cross-functional IT projects
• Coordinate IT teams, third party providers, vendors and business stakeholders for projects which are continuously improving our fulfillment platform
• Ensure that all dependencies on developing a distributed, service-oriented system landscape are addressed
• Drive Make-or-Buy decisions for selecting suitable solutions for the order fulfillment platform
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Manage changes to the project considering defined scope, schedule and budget
• Measure project performance using appropriate KPIs and techniques
• Report and escalate to the Management Team as needed
• Set up risk management and execute measures for minimizing project risks
• Create and maintain a proper project setup and documentation
• Successfully manage the relationships within teams and stakeholders
• Contribute towards developing a project management framework and guidelines at Home24

Skills and experience you have

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Management Information Systems, Computer Science,  Business Engineering or similar field
• 5+ years of experience in managing IT projects for ERP integration, software migration and application landscape transformation projects based on a combination of standard and custom solutions in close alignment with business stakeholders
• Knowledge of project management standards and techniques (PRINCE, PMI or other)
• Good understanding of agile project management frameworks like Scrum or Kanban
• Specific technical understanding of  Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems,Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA), interface design and/or implementation of microservices
• Experience within either Retail or Logistics sector
• Solid business process knowledge in Operations (i.e., supply chain management, warehousing, distribution)
• Experience of building relationships and managing senior stakeholders in challenging, evolving environments
• Proficiency in operating at a senior management level in IT
• Ability to deal with complexity and develop a strategy in a fast paced environment
• Ability to engage and influence employees, peers and stakeholders
• Ability to plan and conduct complex negotiations reaching lasting valuable agreements and commitments
• Excellent communication, presentation and moderation skills
• Structured and analytical thinking
• Languages: German (fluent), English (business fluent)