Job Description

Title - Project Specialist

Location - Hyderabad, India

ABOUT ADVANCE AUTO PARTS:

Founded in Roanoke, VA in 1932, Advance Auto Parts is a leading automotive aftermarket retail parts provider that serves both professional installer and do-it-yourself Customers. As of July 13, 2019, Advance operated 4,912 stores and 150 Worldpac branches in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Company also serves 1,250 independently owned CARQUEST branded stores across these locations in addition to Mexico, the Bahamas, Turks, and Caicos and the British Virgin Islands. The company has a workforce of over 70,000 knowledgeable and experienced Team Members who are proud to provide outstanding service to their Customers, Communities, and each other every day.

ABOUT AAP GLOBAL CAPABILITY CENTER:

We are continually innovating and seeking to elevate the Customer experience at each of our stores. For an organization of our size and reach, today, it has become more critical than ever, to identify synergies and build shared capabilities. The AAP Global Capability Center, located in Hyderabad, is a step in this strategic direction that enables us to access a larger talent pool, unlock operational efficiencies and increase levels of collaboration.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Business understanding and program management support to org level initiatives

• Critical analysis and solutioning for business and IT concerns

• Understand, review and analyze the operational and delivery methodologies of Advance IT Projects, in comparison with industry standards

• Practical understanding and execution support for IT Project execution using waterfall and Agile practices

• Support the organizational base line metrics for aligned projects, scope, cost, quality, resources and schedule

• Stakeholder management cutting across multiple geographies and departments

• Identify and apply important strategies and business processes across the organization

• Understand company’s functions and operations and support management team with allocating budget and crafting performance reports

• Shadow a senior level project manager / Scrum Master and provide coordination support for project management

• Drive adherence to org wide / department level governance framework

• To maintain the project plan, updating of the project tools and provide administrative support to the Project manager and the Project team

• Project coordination and support on assigned projects

• Manage, support and update project tools

• Translate management information requirements into reporting and metrics solutions to generate fact-based insights and trends

• Participates / set up project governance meetings and identifies additional follow up as needed

• Project monitoring and reporting

• Prepares and maintains project plans and tracks activities against the plan, providing regular and accurate reports as appropriate

• Adhoc Project management activities as required

SKILLS:

• Advance presentation skills to present across multiple levels in the organization (including C – Level)

• Hands on experience of MS office Suite

• Basic knowledge of Project management, SDLC and Agile methodology

• High levels of communication skills (verbal & written)

• Any relevant Project Management/Scrum/tools certification (Good To Have)

QUALIFICATION:

• Mandatory: MBA (Operations/IT/Systems/Marketing), Good to Have: Science Background (B.Tech/B.Sc)

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

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