Resource Manager

About You

You're the master of organization and always have a plan. Resource management is your playground; you excel at ensuring everything and everyone is in the right place at the right time. Whether it's managing project timelines, coordinating with vendors, or forecasting labour needs, you handle it all with precision and confidence. You’re not just good at keeping things running smoothly – you thrive on it. You have a talent for understanding the bigger picture while keeping track of the finer details, making you a natural at leading our resource management efforts.

About The Role

As a Resource Manager at Metric Marketing, you will take charge of resource planning & allocation management, ensuring efficient allocation of resources across projects. You’ll manage project timeline approval, maintain day-to-day traffic & priority management, and coordinate with vendors & contractors. Your role is key in maintaining resource efficiency and timeline reporting and monthly/yearly labour (AGI) forecasting, keeping our projects on track and our teams aligned.

Core Duties

• Timeline & Deadline Management: Ensure project timelines are practical and achievable, leveraging your analytical skills to keep our capabilities in check.

• Organize Traffic for Production: Maintain up-to-date task priorities in Workamajig (our project management platform), with your attention to detail ensuring all deadlines are met.

• Hiring & Contractor Network Planning: Develop and adjust the annual hiring and contractor plans according to labour needs, using your strategic planning abilities.

• Understand In-House Expertise & Skill Set: Stay updated on the team's capabilities to match projects efficiently, aided by your quick learning skills.

• Advise, Update & Negotiate with Stakeholders on Timeline Issues: Serve as the main contact for timeline discussions, where your proactive communication keeps everyone on the same page.

• Maintenance of Vendor Relationships: Manage relationships with freelancers and vendors for outsourced work, where your persistence ensures strong partnerships.

• Project Management Director Support: Aid the Director in managing production capacity and workflow scheduling, with your multitasking prowess facilitating project success.

About Us

Metric Marketing is a highly creative, digitally focused marketing agency headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada with a full time staff of 50 creative, digital, and marketing professionals. Metric develops modern marketing and advertising solutions for private and independent schools in North America.

We have developed specific differentiators and capabilities that set us apart: measurement and analytics expertise, high-level technical capabilities for digital advertising and web, dedicated account executives focused on growing our schools, a unique campaign execution model and talented associates who love what they do and continue to train for their passions.

Metric has been in business since 1999 and we’ve built a strong corporate culture based on our fundamental core values of passion, balance, and camaraderie. We offer a range of flexible work options including remote work / work from home options.

To apply for this position, please submit your resume to [email protected] – subject line: “Resource Manager.”