Project Manager EMEA

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Job Description

Todays business landscape requires companies to flex with changing global requirements and to leverage digital capabilities to meet customer expectations. Fortna helps clients solve the most complex distribution challenges and ensure business continuity. We are an end-to-end design-build firm, delivering data-driven solutions supported by engineering expertise, intelligent software, and best-fit technologies. Our solutions help improve performance, enable growth, and ultimately, drive profitability.

Fortna | Pierau is known for planning and implementing solutions in the areas of intralogistics, supply chain and logistics IT. In 60 years, we have successfully completed more than 2,000 projects for a wide variety of customers in retail and manufacturing. Well-known German and international companies rely on our services.

Fortna | Pierau is a subsidiary of the globally successful US consulting company Fortna - The Distribution Experts.

POSITION SUMMARY :The Project Manager manages the coordination and completion of Material Handling System (MHS) projects. The Project Manager assures all deliverables are on time, on budget, and within scope.

Primary Responsibilities Include

• Delivery of a project in accordance with the project business plan from the initial kick-off until final acceptance and handover to lifecycle-service
• Developing project plans and schedules and continuously monitor and manage the critical path
• Creating project organization plans and manage all internal and external stakeholders
• Financial management and analysis of projects including budgets, cash flow, expenses, and staffing.
• Administering and maintaining all project documentation.
• Follow and execute on the contractual obligations
• Continuously execute risk management (identify, assess, control, review)
• Focus on change management throughout the entire project
• Lead and manage deliverables from client and suppliers in coordination with the client and procurement
• Fostering positive communication between internal teams, building general contractors, sub-contractors and the client
• Making tactical decisions and ensuring the fruition of those decisions
• Supporting and driving high levels of performance both internally and externally
• Apply broad understanding of supply chain concepts, processes, and trends in the design and implementation of solutions
• Leverage progressive experience and knowledge to evaluate and compare material handling alternatives and technologies when supporting the design and implementation of solutions
  

Required Experience

• Intermediate business acumen competencies, demonstrating general understanding and intermediate skills with demonstrated application
• Can clearly assign responsibility for tasks and decisions. Sets clear objectives and measures. Monitors progress and results. Provides feedback to other to help them develop and complete tasks
• Intermediate understanding of listening, verbal, and written communication competencies and skills with demonstrated intermediate application of skills
• Broad understanding in the use of rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems and create effective solutions
• Demonstrated knowledge and ability to develop and manage project budgets and perform level of financial analysis to evaluate a project. Can meet with and discuss project financials with Project Accountants and has a clear understanding of project financial acumen
• Advanced time management competencies, with progressive experience delivering projects of increased scope and complexity on-time and on-budget
• Intermediate to advanced project management skills, demonstrated through requisite knowledge and experience
• Intermediate presentation development and delivery skills
• Intermediate client management and project leadership skills demonstrated through broad consultative experience and knowledge
• Basic understanding of Microsoft Office software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).
  

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or higher in one of the following disciplines: industrial, mechanical or civil engineering; industrial or construction management
• Experience with project management & collaboration software such as Microsoft Project
• Controls troubleshooting skills
  

Bachelors degree and three to six years of experience and/or six to eight years of work experience in one of the following disciplines: industrial, mechanical, or civil engineering; industrial or construction management, project management

Keyword: Project Manangement, supply chain, project planning, MS Project, MS Office, problem solving, financial analysis, project documentation, effective communicator