Senior Project Manager at Schneider Electric

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for the day-to-day planning, management and control of projects. The role may include some people management responsibilities

Key Accountabilities

Capability

• Use of Quality Management System
• Implement PMI Methodologies
• Keep abreast of relevant and emerging technologies
• Maintain technical skills and knowledge in line with corporate direction
• Contribute to ongoing process improvement
• Maintain Project Management skills and knowledge in line with corporate direction and PMI best practise.

Communication and Reporting

• Develop communication plans for projects, including all communication within projects and with stakeholders
• Execute communication plan and keep documentation up to date
• Prepare and distribute project reports (internal and external reporting)
• Conduct all communications in a professional manner.

Client & Relationship Management

• Determine client requirements
• Develop and maintain business and client relationships
• Manage customer expectations and contractual issues both internally and externally
• Participate in customer presentations and capability demonstrations
• Work with sales team to develop proposals
• Provide feedback to Marketing/Product Managers regarding Customer requirements
• Contribute to the development of Case Studies.

General/Administrative

• Perform administrative duties as related to the role including reviewing timesheets
• Comply with company standards and policies
• Contribute to Improvement of Engineering Capabilities/Processes by sharing knowledge and ideas and making suggestions
• Provide input to performance reviews of team members
• Approve leave plans of engineers
• Approve expense claims and overtime claims

Experience

• Commercial/ Technical Diploma or Degree
• Minimum 5- 8 years in Customer Project environment in the electrical engineering discipline
• Experience in managing equipment or transactional orders is a plus
• Cross functional and cross border experience is a plus

Skills Requirements

• Excellent leadership, management, communication, influencing, team building and problem solving skills
• 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