Process Specialist-WHS Project Management Office

Job ID: 8543Position Title: Process Specialist-WHS Project Management OfficeWorking Location: Illinois-DeerfieldEmployment Status: Full-Time RegularRequired Experience: 5 yearsRequired Education: Bachelors DegreeJob Description:Walgreens is the nation’s largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2007 sales of $53.8 billion. The company operates over 6,000 stores in 49 states and Puerto Rico, including 77 Happy Harry’s stores in Delaware and surrounding states. With 500 store openings per year, Walgreens will operate over 7,000 stores by 2010. Walgreens is expanding its patient-first health care services beyond traditional pharmacy through Walgreens Health Services, its managed care division, and Take Care Health Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary that manages convenient care clinics inside drugstores. Walgreens Health Services assists pharmacy patients and prescription drug and medical plans through Walgreens Health Initiatives, Inc. (a pharmacy benefits manager), Walgreens Mail Service Inc., Walgreens Home Care Inc., and Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy LLC. Ranked 2nd among food and drug retailers on Fortune's "Most Admired Companies in America" list. We offer challenging and rewarding opportunities in a friendly, diverse, inclusive and respectful environment, with excellent benefits including:• Company-matched profit sharing contributions• Stock discount purchase program• Employee discount plan • Train shuttle service• On-site childcare • Flex-pay• Medical/Dental planAs the nation's leading pharmacy, we seek professional individuals to fill key positions at Walgreens, ensuring our leadership and taking us to even higher levels of growth, profitability, innovation and customer service. Walgreens is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes individuals of diverse talents and backgrounds. Walgreens promotes and supports a drug-free and smoke-free workplace. Essential Skills:Authors and maintains the Walgreens Health Services (WHS) Project Management Office (PMO) project management process methodology; Maintains Demand Management Processes; Maintains WHS project portfolio; Maintains WHS demand inventory; Understands strategies of each business unit and aids business in portfolio alignment to those; Defines, implements, and manages a formal change control process and change control board to receive and disposition requests from the project management user community for additions, deletions and updates to the WHS PMO project management process methodology; Develops the training materials that will be used to educate WHS resources on the WHS PMO process methodology; Serves as a change agent to help explain, encourage and drive implementation of the new WHS PMO methodology across the division; Serves as a resource to the project management community to provide project management and process development expertise; Coaches and supports WHS project managers who need help learning or implementing the WHS PMO project management processes; Facilitates discussions with the functional areas participating on project teams, utilizing group dynamics and facilitation skills; Develops an understanding of the “as is� and develops a path to the new way of working via the new WHS Project Management Process Methodology adhering to Sarbanes Oxley requirements.Qualifications:Bachelor’s Degree; 5 or more years of Project Management experience, leading and managing large, complex cross functional business unit projects with both IT and business components; 2 years demonstrated expertise in process development and documentation (technical writing ); Strong knowledge of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), and of the Organizational Transformation, Process Development, Understanding of Strategic Management Concepts, Group Dynamics, Facilitation, and Coaching fields; Strong MS Office Skills and Visio skills.. Company: Walgreens Location: Deerfield, IL 60015 Status: Full Time, Employee Job Category: Project/Program Management Career Level: Experienced (Non-Manager) Education Level: Bachelor's Degree Company: Walgreens Reference Code: PCK347-41356