Senior Project Manager

JOB SUMMARY

The Senior Project Manager will facilitate and lead strategic initiatives for a defined customer (internal or external) or user. Provide management and guidance to multi-functional project teams. Manage and enhance customer relationships. Provide full accountability for project schedules, project management and performance requirements for enterprise level projects.

This role is an on-site position in Dublin 15, Blanchardstown.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for ensuring all of the project requirements and/or objectives are correctly gathered, understood and properly translated for execution
• Build team(s) to address the project goals and objectives
• Collaborate with customer (internal or external) from requirements gathering through product acceptance/ approval
• Align the project team to customer needs by establishing milestones, goals, and objectives based on input from all functional areas and stakeholders within the project
• Review project schedules with functional project managers and project coordinators allocated to projects
• Provide guidance and motivation to project teams to successfully achieve project goal and corporate initiatives
• Communicate project objectives in terms of overall strategic business objectives
• Serve as interface with customers, vendors, stakeholders and project sponsor(s)
• Manage development of project plans with focus on achievement of project goals and corporate initiatives, including project specific Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) or metrics
• Responsible for recognizing project's Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and manage the work within scope, quality, time and cost constraints
• Drive project to completion in accordance with the project schedule
• Coordinate the efforts of the team to develop an integrated project plan and risk analysis with action plans to mitigate the risks
• Management of Resource capacity and time tracking allocated to the project
• Participates in the financial management and analysis of costs for projects, including Capital Expenditures Requests (CER's) travel, training, resources allocation and other project related costs
• Accountable for overall project success - including cost, schedule, quality, and scope management
• Report project status, issues and implemented solutions as well as evaluations and assessments of the results
• Provide leaders with updates, including greatest opportunities for improvement
• Recognize potential problem areas against the plan and identify and implement alternative solutions
• Identify best cost solutions to reduce cost by streamlining processes and systems (i.e. modification of responsibilities or consolidation of tasks, elimination of non-value added processes, or complete re-engineering of processes and systems)
• Provide key stakeholders with regular project performance status, variances to plan, and identification of corrective actions (if required)
• Drive continuous improvement through trend reporting analysis and metrics management
• Demonstrate a commitment to customer service; anticipate, meet and exceed expectations by solving problems quickly and effectively, making customer issues a priority
• Drive relevant, concise and effective communication through a variety of mediums
• Comply and follow all procedures within the company security policy
• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned

JOB QUALIFICATIONS KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS

• Demonstrated Leadership and Management capabilities
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification desirable
• Knowledge of organization's operating policies and procedures required
• Knowledge of organization's culture and guiding principles
• Previous experience in manufacturing environment: Engineering, Test, Quality, Planning, Materials, etc
• Prior experience in customer interface
• Strong operational and financial knowledge required
• Substantial knowledge of Jabil and demonstrated ability to leverage organization
• Consultative skills (ability to understand true customer needs)
• Good communications skills
• Distinctive problem solving leader
• Should have the following personal characteristics: strong leader, professional, hard-charging, detail-oriented, reliable, calm under fire, creative, with a can-do attitude
• Automotive/ Medical background experience as required
• Proficiency in use of personal computers, Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word and PowerPoint) and e-mail skills required

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree required (Supply Chain Management or Engineering)
• PMP certified professional is required
• Minimum 2 years work-related experience required in a supervisory/management role and
• Minimum 7+ years project management experience or related discipline
• Or an equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience