What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager position at SYNTEGON?
Company Description
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Job Description
Summary: Responsible for providing project coordination and leadership to successfully complete all projects to meet customers’ expectations of performance and schedule as well as internal objectives of profitability.
Essential Functions:
- Work with sales, application engineering, estimating/controlling, and the different manufacturing locations on all risk level projects to define the customer’s project requirements and deliver an order acknowledgement that meets the customer’s needs.
- Develop and maintain a clear understanding of the project objectives, critical paths, overall schedule, and cost requirements.
- Serve as primary source for any customer interaction; design or project review, questions, concerns, and changes.
- Project Management responsibility from a clear order until the final payment is authorized and all warranty issues have been resolved.
- Coordinate between project management of other production locations and third party supplier to finalize the customer project in the best way for Syntegon and the customer.
- Apply the reporting and scheduling tools of the Syntegon Production System (BPS) and where possible apply the principles of Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM).
Key Responsibilities:
- Schedule and lead project meetings (including QG’s); assign responsibilities to team members as needed. Motivate and challenge team members to ensure deadlines are met.
- Maintain a complete record of the project history. Include any changes in design concept, project scope, etc. and the related cost impact. Review all potential cost increases with the product manager and/or customer before implementation.
- Responsible for customer visit and machinery acceptance for shipment from the Syntegon factory (FAT).
- Track project status on a continuous basis concerning money, schedule, and any application/technical issues. Communicates progress as needed to customers and at regular intervals to internal management.
- Conduct audits of the project being signed off by the customer: Analyze money, performance, schedule, and customer satisfaction.
- Coordinate with service management to meet installation and start-up objectives.
- Assist with developing Project management processes and tools (Project team structure, Schedule formats, progress reports, financial reports, presentations, and forecasting and tracking tools).
- Provide support for applications engineering and estimating, and cost shipment status reports to customer and internal management.
- Participate in quote review and opportunity strategy meetings.
- Travel as needed to customer site or cooperating vendor’s locations (up to 20% of time).
Qualifications
BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
- Must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience involving capital equipment installation within a manufacturing environment
- Must have at least 2 years of experience in systems integration (coordination of multiple machines to form a “turn-key” system)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- A Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Manufacturing Technology or Engineering is preferred
- Formal Project Management training or certification is preferred
- Experience with packaging machinery or food packaging equipment is plus
- Knowledge of SAP is desired
- Good understanding of sales, engineering and business processes
- Effective oral and written communication skills and good negotiation skills
- Ability to motivate and challenge team members to achieve desired results
- Basic PC skills to track project status; strong Microsoft Excel experience preferred
- International experience is advantageous
Additional Information
Syntegon Technology is a proud supporter of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Initiatives
- FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
- AWIM (A World In Motion)
