Description
Position Summary
The Project Manager Manager provides direction to managers and individual contributors to maintain inter-departmental coordination and mitigate risk as well as to ensure corporate quality and schedule objectives are achieved. This is a critical role that must track, follow up, and effectively communicate the status of multiple projects simultaneously.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Effectively communicate with stakeholders to understand project requirements, timelines, and resource constraints
- Coordinate with department managers and individual contributors to ensure inter-departmental effectiveness.
- Maintain project timelines and budgets to ensure adherence to company objectives
- Lead effective meetings to ensure clarity of purpose, clear expectations of team members, and follow up of existing expectations
- Identify project risks and implement risk mitigation strategies
- Assist with the prioritization of team efforts to ensure the best use of resources
- Communicate schedule misses with managers and work to address the root cause of misses
PM21
Requirements
Required (must have)
- BS in Engineering or equivalent
- 3 years in the electronics technology
- 5 years in group and/or project management
- Exceptional Communication skills
- Proficiency with MS Project
- Ability to lead workgroups without formal authority
- Working knowledge of MRP/ERP systems and inventory management
- Working knowledge of computer systems
Desired (nice to have)
- MBA
- PMP Certification