Project Manager at Airflo Limited

The overall purpose of the job:

The Project Manager plays a central role and is responsible to ensure that digitalization initiatives meet their objectives, are completed on time, and deliver measurable value to our international organization.

Key Tasks
GENERAL

•  Takes all necessary steps to ensure clear communication to all (international) stakeholders involved.
•  Has the ability to construe, mid and long term plan on business requirements.
•  Has the ability to set goals and objectives.
•  Motivates and coaches teams to improve performance.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

•  Conduct end-to-end business process reviews to assess success and continuously align/identify improvements areas in close collaboration with colleagues across the organization’s international entities and functions.
•  Acting as an escalation point and managing corrective actions for service delivery failures.
•  Develop and implement project management structure and processes to ensure tasks are tracked, monitored and completed on time.
•  Define objectives, scope, roles & responsibilities.
•  Define resource requirements and manage resource availability & allocations.
•  Outline a budget based on requirements and track costs to deliver on budget.
•  Translate digitalization initiatives to detailed project plans to schedule key milestones, workstreams and activities.
•  Coordinate with internal functions and/or external (international) parties by translating initiatives into clear, actionable activities.
•  Manage delivery of the project according to plan.
•  Report weekly on goals, priorities, milestones, status, potential risks and mitigating actions.
•  Manage and adjust for any changes in scope, schedule and/or budget.
•  Leverage feedback and insights to refine processes and inform initiatives for continuous improvement.
•  Foster a culture of accountability and follow-through among international teams.
•  Engage and collaborate with relevant stakeholders to gather & document requirements and provide clear direction on digitalization goals.
•  Address resistance to change, manage international relationships and communication and promote positive experience to motivate all stakeholders to reach goals as one team.

Skills & Competencies

•  Apply analytical thinking to identify root-causes and takes a hands-on approach for solving problems.
•  Able to translate business challenges into technical opportunities.
•  Exceptional communication skills, Ability to clearly articulate messages to diverse audiences.
•  Facilitate clear and effective communication between business and technical teams, acting as a translator to ensure a mutual understanding of project objectives and requirements.
•  Ability to consider different perspectives and develop multiple scenarios with solutions for a challenge.
•  Ability to prioritize and distinguish between essential and non-essential tasks.
•  Maintain a forward looking perspective with a holistic approach.
•  Flexible and resilient, thriving in uncertain and challenging situations and embracing change.
•  A team player, emphasizing collaborative work.

Educational background / Work experience

•  Bachelor of Business Information Technology, Business Administration or equivalent.
•  A strong interest and understanding of logistics information systems and technology; specific to freight forwarding.
•  2-3 years’ Project management experience with clear methodology

Language Skills

•  English: fluent in written and spoken
•  Must be comfortable explaining complex technical & procedural requirements in  straightforward language

Computer Literacy

•  Proficiency in Microsoft® Office Software (Excel®, Word, PowerPoint®, and others)
•  Experience with CargoWise or a similar TMS will be an advantage