Project Manager - Johannesburg at Vontier

PURPOSE OF POSITION

• GVR is in the market leader in downstream petroleum segment. We play major role in value chain of Retail fuel stations like fuel dispensers, mobile Bowsers, Fuel station automation, Automatic Level and flow meters and many more. Spread across all the MENA with Project and service network.
• We are carrying of multi geography rollout of these projects and we are looking for highly experienced project managers who has worked in similar environment and government contracts.
• This position is responsible for end-to-end and on-time delivery of large-scale payment projects; Solutions spanning design, requirements, contract development, estimating, engineering development, verification, system integration, and into installation and deployment. Provide managerial leadership to a Project team.
• The incumbent will serve as Project Manager for major projects with responsibility for the overall justification, design, management, control, execution and closeout of assigned projects.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

•   Project planning and co-ordination with customer & internal teams on overall and weekly basis.
•   Assemble and manage a project team of internal and external professionals.
•   Monitor and review the workload of PDS Managers.
•   Operating Visual Project Management techniques in daily practice.
•   Daily management and monitoring, reporting of important milestones to keep close control.
•   Risk management by Issue Tracking, mitigation actions.
•   Create and evaluate project reporting; provide timely and accurate project status reporting to internal and external parties.
•   Coordinate with Global Product Management & Global Engineering for signoff on project scope.
•   Develop a Master Project Plan with detailed Weekly action plan, detailing the resource and time committed for the assigned project.
•   Complete all technical integration evaluation of various elements forming an end-to-end solution.
•   Define clear product and solutions specifications and drive gap analysis / estimating of work content.
•   Develop Functional Specifications and Change Notices.
•   Act as the Program Technical Customer Interface.
•   Oversee the entire project life-cycle and manage cross-functional team from project initiation to production release and roll out.
•   Day to Day management of program team personnel and communication with key stakeholders.
•   Develop and manage program schedule ensuring on time delivery of agreed to milestones and deliverables.
•   Plan, organize, lead and control the progress of the assigned projects as per the customer requirements.
•   Manage project budget and Produce detailed cost breakdowns for all work & task.
•   Responsible on Project P&L.
•   Responsible for Projects signoffs and Pos.
•   Responsible of change requests.
•   Working as part of a team, manage resource requirements and utilization, keep up to date trackers of project roll-out activity from initial plan through to invoice.
•   Develop the Cost targets as per the Business Plan and in line with the Business requirements.
•   Investigate and negotiate change proposals with relevant stakeholders.
•   Periodic Monitoring of projects to ensure that milestones and performance indicators are met as per the agreed time frame.
•   Direct and coordinate the development of strategies to evaluate the effectiveness of implemented project outcomes and provide advice on remedial action.
•   Manage the expenditure of project budgets and prepare associated financial summary reports for members of the steering committee and functional leaders.
•   Conduct Alpha and Beta Trials in Field for Product validation process.
•   Responsible for ensuring the Activities right from Project Initiation to Project Launch.
•   Prepare project status reports and other reports required as per project management methodologies of FBS

DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY

• As per Board-approved PMO and as necessary for functions outside the PMO.
• As delegated by the Managing Director, when necessary.

POSITION RELATIONSHIPS

Internal        

• With field teams, Logistics, supply chain teams, AR team

External               

• Cross functional team of Product Platforms

MEASURES OF PERFORMANCE (INDICATORS)

•   Delivery to Plan (on time / on cost job completion)
•   Risk management
•   Change control effectiveness
•   Evidence of ownership of issues and the resolution of problems
•   Quality of communication & reporting

PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE [Think about what this role should look like in future]

Required           

Education/achievements   

• Degree in IT, Electronics, Instrumentation
• PMP or any project management course

Preferred

• Degree in Electrical

Experience/Knowledge        

• 5- 10 years on hand on project management equivalent combination of experience in an advisory and/or engineering supervisory capacity required         

Specific Skills

• Technical project management skills or well-developed business analyst experience             
• Potential Skills 
• Domain (Preferred Industry) – Petroleum Downstream, Process automation.
• Strong organization with proven leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to perform duties under deadline pressure in a fast-paced, high volume environment.
• Proven record of providing excellent internal and external customer service.
• Experience with gate process and agile methodology.
• Proven sensitiveness of commercial issues and consequences of actions.
• Distributed & multi-cultural team management experience.
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills.

ROLE SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES & BEHAVIOURS
Customer Driven             

•  Gains insight into customer needs.
•   Identifies opportunities that benefit the customer.
•   Builds and delivers solution that meet customer expectation.
•   Establishes and maintains effective customer relationships.

Collaborative    

•   Works cooperatively with others across the organization to achieve shared objectives.
•   Represents own interest while being fair to others and their areas.
•   Partners with others to get work done.
•   Credits others for their contributions and accomplishments.
•   Gains trust and support of others.

Inclusive              

•   Seeks to understand different perspectives and cultures.
•   Contributes to a work climate where differences are valued and supported.
•   Applies others’ diverse experiences, styles, backgrounds, and perspectives to get results.
•   Is sensitive to cultural norms, expectations, and ways or communicating.

Accountable      

•   Follows through on commitments and makes sure others do the same.
•   Acts with a clear sense of ownership.
•   Takes personal responsibility for decisions, actions and failures.
•   Establishes clear responsibilities and processes for monitoring work and measuring results.
•   Designs feedback loops into work.

Champions VBS                

•   Identifies and creates the processes necessary to get work done.
•   Separates and combines activities into efficient workflow.
•   Seeks ways to improve processes, from small tweaks to complete reengineering.
•   Is a simplifier, focused on cutting through complexity.
•   Prioritizes to the critical few – focuses on what matters most.

Self-Aware         

•   Reflects on activities and impact on others.
•   Proactively seeks feedback about shortcomings.
•   Admits mistakes and gains insight from experiences.
•   Knows strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and limits.

Pioneering         

•   Comes up with useful ideas that are new, better, or unique.
•   Introduces new ways of looking at problems.
•   Can take a creative idea and put it into practice.
•   Encourages diverse thinking to promote and nurture innovation.
•   Anticipates and adopts innovative digital and technology applications.

Agile     

•   Learns quickly when facing new situations.
•   Experiments to find new solutions.
•   Takes on the challenge of unfamiliar tasks.
•   Extracts lessons learned from failure and mistakes.
•   Bounces back from setbacks and failure.