Senior Project Manager-East Africa(Pipeline Requisition) at Schneider Electric

Senior Project Manager

• Responsible for management of customer projects across East Africa involving all departments (Site Management, Engineering, Logistics, Purchasing, Finance, Services)

Job Purpose

• Manage large Customer projects following applicable company policies and processes (the main one being CPP: Customer Project Process).
• Manage the relationship with the customer and third parties within the project scope and accountable for the execution of the project in line with the contract.
• Contribute to project managers' community of practice.

Key responsibilities

• Organize & manage the project team and suppliers. Monitor their progress in line with the Project plan (scope, schedule, and budget) till completion.
• Ensure effective communication within the team for best team coordination and motivation."            
• Manage project contract ensuring fulfillment of Schneider Electric contractual obligations and application of its contractual rights.
• Ensure all appropriate actions to timely recover customer receivables (payments…) are done with the support of shared functions."            
• Monitor, control & report project execution status, progress & KPIs. Ensure full & effective reporting to management (reports, project reviews, …).
• Inform timely the management about project events impacting project performance or compliance with governance principles."            
• Assess the analysis of all kinds of risks & opportunities (Financial, technical, commercial, ...) then define and carry till successful completion of necessary actions to avoid or mitigate risks and achieve opportunities. Manage claims & variation orders.            
• Drive customer relationships (including end-user if applicable), leading and organizing all project team interaction with customer organizations (correspondences, emails, calls, meetings, ...). Ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction.            
• Take full accountability over project profitability (cost, cash flow & margin) including forecasting, engagements follow-up & re-forecasting. Ensure timely revenue recognition as per the forecast. Implement profitability improvement actions.            
• Ensure the project team and suppliers are executing the project in full compliance with Schneider-Electric processes, quality instructions, and governance principles. Take all necessary actions to correct any deviations or quality issues occurring during project execution.            
• Handle successfully Project transfer from Selling to Execution phases via proactive involvement with the Sales & Tendering team prior to the transfer.            
• Contribute to the PM Community of Practice within his Execution Center and globally within the Execution Center network. Identify, formalize, share, and promote lessons learned and best practices.

Role Requirement

• Engineering qualification
• Minimum 10 years of solid experience in a Customer Project environment            
• Experience in managing equipment or transactional orders is a plus            
• Cross-functional and cross border experiences is a plus            
• Strong communication skills, effective in a cross-cultural environment to foster collaboration toward a common goal            
• Proven leadership skills in project context focusing despite stress and headwinds on business objectives            
• Ability to understand, influence & convince in a complex matrix organization