Sr. Project Manager, D&F

Designed Conveyor Systems•Franklin, TN

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll be the person our customers think of when they think of us, and we know they’ll think highly of you. Because you’ll be the partner they trust to bring their project to life. You’ll be there for them, providing communication and clarity, staying calm and solving problems, leading and guiding your team, and overseeing all phases of your project’s life cycle. In this role, you will coordinate all phases of the project life cycle including initiation, planning, execution, and closure. You will develop schedules using Microsoft Project that accurately reflect the scope of the work and confirm alignment with priorities and resource allocation. Critical path must be defined. You will develop, refine and lead the overall direction, coordination, implementation and execution leveraging life-cycle management process and procedures to ensure consistency with commitments and goals. You will provide leadership and guidance to a cross functional team to ensure process role, clarity, support, accountability and transparency, review projects and resources weekly and make suggestions when needed to align resources more effectively with project leads. You will gather and define project requirements from internal and/or external teams and translate requirements to technical teams. You will work with cross functional partners to align resources against project needs and/or work collaboratively to identify and address gaps. You will be responsible for setting clear expectations with the cross functional team for their respective role in delivering the defined Project(s) on time and budget; ensuring organizational transparency, accountability and risk mitigation. You will develop strong relationships with internal team members at all levels to further foster collaboration, transparency, accountability and risk mitigation. You will manage day-to-day client interaction and expectations for large-scale projects. You will manage and maintain budget and cash flow. You will identify billing issues when they arise.

Requirements

10+ years or more of Project Management experience in MHE with 6+ years focused on D&F.
PMP certification.
Ability to manage a team through all phases of a $70+ million material handling project.
Proficient in MS Office environment, including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, and Calendar.
Ability to speak and write clearly and accurately.
Willingness to cooperate with others and work to the greater good.
Superior multi-tasking capabilities.
Ability to adapt to work changes/work environment and adjust effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
Focus on accomplishing work objectives for yourself and your team.
Ability to coordinate technical requirements with non-technical personnel.

Responsibilities

Coordinate all phases of the project life cycle including initiation, planning, execution, and closure.
Develop schedules using Microsoft Project that accurately reflect the scope of the work and confirm alignment with priorities and resource allocation. Critical path must be defined.
Develop, refine and lead the overall direction, coordination, implementation and execution leveraging life-cycle management process and procedures to ensure consistency with commitments and goals.
Provide leadership and guidance to a cross functional team to ensure process role, clarity, support, accountability and transparency, review projects and resources weekly and make suggestions when needed to align resources more effectively with project leads.
Gather and define project requirements from internal and/or external teams and translate requirements to technical teams.
Work with cross functional partners to align resources against project needs and/or work collaboratively to identify and address gaps.
Be responsible for setting clear expectations with the cross functional team for their respective role in delivering the defined Project(s) on time and budget; ensuring organizational transparency, accountability and risk mitigation.
Develop strong relationships with internal team members at all levels to further foster collaboration, transparency, accountability and risk mitigation.
Manage day-to-day client interaction and expectations for large-scale projects.
Manage and maintain budget and cash flow.
Identify billing issues when they arise.