Project Manager at Schneider Electric

Job description

Mission

Manage executions of Customer projects (Category C/B: project within a single business with rather low organisational and technical complexity, level of risk, simple contractual context...) following applicable company polices and processes (main one being CPP: Customer Project Process)

Lead functionally the project team (<5 people) to insure full customer satisfaction and financial performance.

Manage the relationship with the customer and third parties within project scope and accountable for the execution of the project in line with the contract

Scope & Environment

Within a Zone or Regional Application Center, as part of a Project Management team

Key responsibilities / activities

1 Manage the project team allocating tasks to team members, following their progress in line with Project plan (scope, schedule and budget) till completion.

Animate the communication within the team.

2 Manage project contract insuring fulfilment 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.

3 Monitor and control Project progress versus budget spending. Ensure full & effective reporting to management (reports, project reviews, …).

Inform timely the management about project events impacting project performance or compliance with governance principles

4 Identify and take all necessary actions to manage risks and address opportunities. Manage claims & variation orders.

5 Act as primary point of contact for the customer organising all project team interaction with the customer (correspondences, emails, calls, meetings, ...).

Insure highest level of customer satisfaction.

6 Take full accountability over project profitability (cost, cash flow & margin) including forecasting, engagements follow-up & re-forecasting. Ensure timely revenue recognition as per forecast.

7 Ensure 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.

8 Be actively involved with Sales & Tendering team to get a successful project handing over.

9 Conduct Lessons Learned session with Project team to share feedbacks. Be active in PM Community of Practice.

Qualifications Requirements

Education

1 University Degree (Engineering and/or Business)

2 University Master Degree is a plus

Language requirements

1 English fluency is a must

2 Another language will be valuable