Job Title：

Project Manager

Mission:

Designs, develops and manages customer projects, according to defined Project Management (PM) standards and customer requirements, and with end to end responsibility for economic results, quality, schedule and EHS.

Areas of

Responsibility

Empowerment:

* Drives own empowered with adequate signature authorization and target agreement to manage the project as entrepreneur according the organizational standards

* Stands for overall responsibility on project results including budget, financial management of risks, opportunities, claims, scheduling and EHS

Manage the project throughout the project Life Cycle until final acceptance (FAC):

* Handles relevant planning elements and milestone results

* Involves the relevant partners in the sales/ project initiation phase

* Performs contract reading and derives actions concerning risks, opportunities and contractual obligations

* Is responsible for the technical solution and the integration of all (sub-)systems

* Holds regular project status meetings and organizes acceptance of milestone work results

* Documents all work results according to the valid standards

* Manages acceptance (tests) and final project handover

* Is responsible for quality, EHS for the entire project

Manage Customer Requirements:

   * Manages customer expectations and solving of issues

   * Actively gathers information on the customer and customer's strategies, requirements and targets

   * Consults with customers on technical solutions, together with Sales Manager or Key Account Manager

   * Clarifies customers' targets and requirements, and/or specification in request for proposal (RFP) and leads negotiation with

     customers   

   * Regularly performs lessons learned activities and feeds the results into own project and organization

   * At an early stage, informs customer, management and project team of deviations from project plan

Manage project finances:

* Lives full responsibility for the financial results according to set targets

* Examines the project proposal/order entry costing

* Ensures regular financial controlling and reporting according to regulations

* Optimizes the project gross profit

* Identifies non conformances and minimizes non-conformance costs

* Ensures that the results of risk assessments are appropriately reflected in project calculation

* Fosters change orders with good margin contribution

Manage project team:

* Agrees targets and work packages with project team and delegates defined work packages

* Holds and seeks actively feedback (e.g. team members, managers, customers)

* Involves the project team in all relevant project issues

* Takes responsibility for own and supports team-members' work life balance

* Supports team-members' personal development

* Fosters ownership culture within the project team

Manage risk contracts and claims:

* Follows the relevant LoA process

* Assesses and manages contracts of category C projects

* Negotiates with stakeholders on Change Requests and incorporates them into contracts

* Agrees with stakeholders the strategy for making / mitigating / defending claims

* At an early stage identifies, drives, defends and mitigates claims

* Ensures monitoring and management of risks and opportunities and early escalation

* Identifies and assesses risk factors utilizing available risk measurement tools

* Devises suitable strategies for risk mitigation

* Implements procedure to solve major issues with all necessary internal and external partners prior to project disorientation

* Monitors the progress with an integrated KPI tracking too/system to enable early warning of project disorientations

Manage compliance to standards, rules and regulations:

* Leads project members to act according to the Business Conduct Guidelines

* Follows existing rules (e.g. tax regulations, delegation of employees, guarantees and export control)

* Sets necessary measures to ensure zero harm policy in environment, health and safety

* Sets up a framework to regular check of compliance

* Involves the necessary corporate governance units

* Complies to local standards and law of countries directly affected

* Complies to internal and international rules

* Ensures the overall quality of works, products and deliverables