Sr. Project Manager

Comau is a worldwide leader in the industrial automation field. We offer complete engineering solutions, from product development to the realization of industrial processes and automation systems. Through dynamic research and development, we constantly expand and improve our product portfolio. Our competencies in Body Assembly, Powertrain Machining & Assembly, and Robotics enable Comau to deliver innovative products, systems, and solutions that suit manufacturing requirements in industries such as Automotive, Aerospace, Railway, Commercial Vehicles, Renewable Energy, Heavy Industry, and General Industry.

Role: Project Manager

Location: Southfield, MI

Under general direction of either a Portfolio Manager or a Senior Project Manager, the PM manages all aspects of the project, to meet profitability and financial targets, delivering products and services in line with customer needs and within timing expectations, and the long-term success of the organization. The PM manages project teams consisting of cross-functional team members; defines and communicates clear project deliverables and performance targets; manages all aspects of customer relationships and ensure overall satisfaction to the contractual deliverable. Manages with the project team the completion of activities to assure quality, profitability and timing targets of the project.

• Main areas of responsibilities are:

• Accountable for Profitability, Timing and Quality of projects

• Evaluate and completely understand contractual deliverables, in content and contractual obligations.

• Scope management: builds the project Work Breakdown Structure, to ensure that the project includes all the work required, and only the work required, to complete the project successfully.

• Change management: develop ECs with clear cost, delivery impact, and expiration date. Negotiate ECs securing customer concurrence, in cost scope and delivery.

• Maintain timely budget updates based on scope of work changes, optimizing project execution improvements.

• Manage Cost Budget and given Cost targets

• Time management (schedule): formulate a detailed execution-timing plan, including critical path timing, mitigation timing plans, with constant updating, improvement, and follow-up.

• Risk management: identify risk and opportunities, and develop risk mitigation plans and actions plans to realize opportunities.

• Managing/coordinating the project team (people assigned to the Project by the other departments)

• Team Building and Coaching: facilitate and develop a productive and cohesive project team, manage conflict resolution.

• Manage all customer communication including but not restricted to, phone conversation note’s meeting minutes, documenting and communicating all appropriate verbal communication, customer runoff documentation, cost information, Engineering Changes (ECs) content cost and schedule impact, customer timing reporting, open issues lists and actions.

• Integrate in the project team the activity of the Technical Leader, Supply Chain Leader, Site Manager and other team members, for an effective management of the customer technical reviews, buyoffs, procurement process and site activities.

• Pursue Customer satisfaction

• Manage accounts receivable totals related to project and minimize overdue.

• Monitor project activities for compliance to company policies and processes. Manage and maintain master project documentation or project binder in real time.

Qualifications

Knowledge & Skills

• Multicountry projects
• Multicultural Teams Management
• PM International experience
• Company strategies, policies, processes, procedures and organization
• Customer Management
• Customer Product knowledge
• Financial, economics, contract, legal and operational aspects of EPC projects and programs
• Project Human Resources Management
• Project Cost Management
• Project Management processes and methodologies
• Project management techniques and tools
• Project Procurement Management
• Project Quality Management
• Project Risk Management
• Project Scope Management
• Project Time Management
• PM Communication and presentation skills; public speaking
• PM Negotiation skills
• Problem solving and decision making methodology
• Project Scheduling tools
• General-purpose IT tools
• PLM GPS System

Education:

• Preferred Bachelor’s degree (preferably in Engineering)
• PMP (Project Management Professional) Certification from PMI is highly appreciated

Previous experiences:

• 3 years of experience in automotive business with B or C class projects

Languages:

• English: advanced
• Second language highly appreciated