Project Manager
Every day, ANDRITZ continues to deliver successful innovative solutions to our customers globally. Why are we so successful? Because we are passionate and love what we do! We are at the forefront of future engineering technologies, with solutions that ensure the success of our clients in key industries that are shaping the future of the world we live in.
ANDRITZ is looking for a Project Manager to manage all communications between the customer, and Andritz from a point in time pre-dating the formal quotation and negotiation; until the system is commissioned and operating to design, with the objective of maintaining profit margin, schedule, design intent, and customer satisfaction.
A Project Manager will be nominated and become actively involved in the review, approval, presentation, and negotiation of the project at such time as determined by the sales team and project director. After receipt of a firm purchase order a project handoff will take place and the project manager assumes full project responsibility.
Major responsibilities are listed but not necessarily limited to the following duties:
Specifics
- Reviews initial specifications from both a technical and a cost standpoint with Sales/Engineering/Service.
- Participates in end of sales phase project hand-off process.
- Acts as primary contact for both internal and external parties.
- Reviews customer P.O.’s and requirements to ensure compliance and agreement between documentation.
- Communicates project scope and requirements to all affected parties at the time of the sale (project kick-off).
- Prepares and maintains all project documentation as required by the sales contract.
- Prepares and enters customer orders in SAP. Controls project budget, scope, sales order, invoicing, and purchasing in SAP.
- Reviews project risks and develops a risk mitigation strategy for all potential problem areas.
- Maintains cost, schedule, scope, and quality control throughout the project life cycle.
- Reviews the contract requirements and schedule with engineering/manufacturing and consultant/customer.
- Takes whatever steps are necessary to ensure that all deliverables are met.
- Closes project after deliverables are met and all requirements completed.
Requirements:
- A degree professional with a minimum of a B.S. in a technical engineering or management discipline.
- A minimum of 5-10 years' project management experience, managing medium scale, complex projects in the pulp and paper industry.
- PMP certification desirable.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills, which includes internal/external status reporting.
- Excellent interpersonal, facilitation, collaboration, and presentation skills. A team-based approach to results is required.
- Skilled negotiator.
- Superior organizational skills, which include planning, scheduling, and controlling processes.
- Experienced meeting manager.
- Significant experience with budget preparation, budget adherence, and cost control.
- Expeditiously handles all project-related financial matters.
- Proficient in Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- SAP experience is an advantage
- Solid service-orientation with experience managing customer relationships, which includes regular and concise customer communication.
- Ability to bring autonomous groups together for common purpose.
- Willingness to travel.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.