Project Manager - Midrand, South Africa - Siemens

Siemens

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Midrand, South Africa

1 week ago

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Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Job Title / Role:

Project Manager RSS EPS**:

Organization:

Lead Country South Africa**:

Location:

Midrand, South Africa**:

Write up about the Business.

Siemens Smart Infrastructure combines the real and digital worlds across energy systems, buildings, and industries, enhancing the way people live and work and significantly improving efficiency and sustainability.

We work together with customers and partners to create an ecosystem that both intuitively responds to the needs of people and helps customers achieve their business goals.

It helps our customers to thrive, communities to progress and supports sustainable development to protect our planet for the next generation.

Mission/Function of the role:

What are the responsibilities of the role?

Empowerment:

Drives own empowerment with adequate signature authorization and target agreement to manage the project as entrepreneur according to the organizational standards.
Stands for overall responsibility on project results including budget, financial management of risks, opportunities, claims, scheduling and EHS; acts as owner of his/her project.
Provides direct leadership for a project team (i.e., performance reviews, coaching, development, and training) of matrix organization.

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

Develops action plans and handles relevant planning elements and work results.
Effectively collaborates with relevant partners in the sales/project initiation phase.
Performs contract reading and derives actions concerning risks, opportunities and contractual obligations.
Drives technical solutions and integrations of all (sub)systems.
Ensures proper rampup and execution on site
Holds regular project status meetings and organizes acceptance of work results.
Documents all work results according to the valid standards.
Manages acceptance (tests) and final project handover/closure in a timely manner.
Monitor Project Schedules and do periodical assessment of the complete project, for keeping the project within targets with respect to time, cost, quality and system performance.

Manage Customer Requirements:

Leading the project from the front and having single point interaction with customer.
Monitor and respond to implementationrelated issues and work with clients to improve client satisfaction when escalated.
Proper follow up of the technical and contractual procedures involving internal stakeholders as and when required., together with Sales Manager, Key Account Manager and Siemens R&D organization.
Actively gathers information on the customer and customer's strategies and manages requirements and targets.

Develop strategies for the project:

Progress reporting to Management. Acts as advisor for his line/senior management.
Develops and considers strategic targets for own project in line with responsible business manager.
Represents the project in the relevant decision boards internally and externally.
Identifies/creates additional opportunities within his/her ongoing projects

Manage project finances:

Periodic review of Project cash flow & financial review sheets (cost monitoring).
Takes full responsibility for the financial results.
Verifies the project proposal/order entry costing.
Ensures regular financial controlling and reporting along the complete project lifespan.
Optimizes the project gross profit.
Identifies nonconformances and takes measures to minimize the impact.
Ensures that the results of risk assessments are appropriately reflected in project calculation.
Fosters change order approach consequently with adequate margin contribution.

Manage project team:

Agrees targets and work packages with project team and delegates defined work packages.
Holds and seeks feedback proactively (e.g., team members, managers, customers)
Demonstrates leadership to functionally assigned intercultural staff.
Takes responsibility for own and supports teammembers' work life balance.
Supports teammembers' personal development.
Fosters ownership culture within the project team.
Cooperates closely with line managers and experts.
Facilitates and monitors effective team collaboration also in virtual environment.
Regularly performs lessons learned activities and feeds the results into own project and organization.

Manage stakeholders:

Conducts stakeholder analysis and manages efficient communication with relevant stakeholders (e.g. customers, partners, suppliers, authorities)
Actively manages and solves conflicts.
Drives intercultural communication and collaboration.
Selects and involves partners/subcontractors based on project needs.
Involves procurement at an early stage and other relevant stakeholders (e.g. legal, compliance, EHS)

Manage contracts, risk/opportunities and change orders/claims: