Project Manager - Tech Providers Inc.
Chattanooga, TN 37416
About the Job
Job Title- Project Manager
Location- Chattanooga, TN 37416 (Onsite)
Duration- 06+ Months Contract
Role Summary:
Qualifications (Skills & Experiences & Education)
Skills: General skills needed to perform the job
Specialized Skills:
Required Skills:
Project management skills:
Desired
Work Flexibility:
Role Responsibilities:
Collaborate and Engage:
Process Improvement and Development:
Automation and Digitization:
Process and Lean Improvement:
Additional Responsibility: Project Status Meetings and Workshops
Education
Required
Desired
Location- Chattanooga, TN 37416 (Onsite)
Duration- 06+ Months Contract
Role Summary:
- The Central Office Engineering is seeking an experienced and driven Agile Project Manager with a robust background in business process improvements to join our dynamic team on a contractor basis
- This role is pivotal in enhancing and streamlining our engineering processes, ensuring robust project management practices, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
Qualifications (Skills & Experiences & Education)
- Years of Relevant Experience: Minimum years of relevant experience needed to perform the job
- 4-6 years of relevant experience (desired consulting company experience and/or methodology)
Skills: General skills needed to perform the job
- Innovative
- Analytical and conceptual thinking – using logic and reason, creative and strategic
- Communication skills – interpersonal, presentation and written
- Computer savvy – skilled in the use of software
- Integration – joining people, processes or systems
- Detail Orientation – demonstrated record of precision and integrity
- Problem solving
- Team oriented
- Collaborative
- Flexible
- Customer service oriented
- Results driven
- Process oriented
Specialized Skills:
- Knowledge or certifications unique to this role
Required Skills:
- Agile methodologies.
- Skilled in presentation development primarily using Power Point.
- Excellent teamwork ability and strong interpersonal skills.
- Highly organized and dependable.
- Skilled in data analytics and spreadsheet preparation & development using Microsoft Power BI, Excel.
- Strong computer skills; primarily but not limited to Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point, Confluence, JIRA.
- Ability to work flexible and extended hours as workload requires..
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
Project management skills:
- Responsible for completion of timelines and content fulfilment incl. ability to track, monitor and coordinate anticipated and on-going matters within the different stakeholders of the organization
Desired
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment including managing multiple tasks
- Experience in audits as auditor or auditee
- Lean Six Sigma
- German language skills
- Experienced leading small teams (agile)
- Experience with Product Compliance Management Systems
Work Flexibility:
- Physical requirements, travel requirements, work schedule, etc.
- Domestic / International travel required, up to 15%
- Work schedule based on business requirements (minimum 40 hours / week)
- Must be available to contact colleagues at European locations during varying hours
Role Responsibilities:
- List essential functions in order of importance; include percentage of time spent performing each function.
- Main responsibility – General Project Management - planning, organizing, and coordination as well as operational support.
Collaborate and Engage:
- Work closely with counterparts within the Engineering organization and other departments to align project goals and deliverables.
- Identify and engage with relevant external stakeholders to understand their needs, expectations, and emerging trends, providing comprehensive reports through all required channels.
Process Improvement and Development:
- Identify internal process and technical improvement opportunities.
- Develop and implement tools, templates, and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
- Maintain and refine project management tools and methodologies, such as Jira and Confluence, to support project tracking and management
Automation and Digitization:
- Show a keen interest in and motivation for bringing solutions for automation and digitization of current processes and workflows.
- Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and digitize workflows to enhance productivity and accuracy.
- Forecasting and Analysis:
- Ensure forecasting processes are robust, consistent, and aligned with group standards within the Central Office of Engineering.
- Analyze, define, and document requirements for workflows and business processes to enhance operational efficiency.
- Audit and Compliance:
- Prepare and organize audits as part of the scheduled annual audit plan for the Central Office of Engineering.
- Address audit findings by updating the Product Compliance Management system where applicable.
Process and Lean Improvement:
- Utilize lean process and process improvement skills to drive continuous enhancement initiatives.
- Engage with IT departments and external vendors to implement and support process improvements.
Additional Responsibility: Project Status Meetings and Workshops
- Ability to integrate various timing schedules to identify and mitigate timing slips.
- Plans and executes workshops with different stakeholders if necessary.
- Tracks project status in detail and informs Strategy and PCMS Project Manager on regular basis.
- Escalates issues early to stakeholders, if needed.
Education
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Engineering or equivalent
Desired
- Master’s degree in business administration or engineering
Source : Tech Providers Inc.