NPI Project Manager
Location: Stafford
Salary: £29.32 p/h PAYE / £33.58 p/h Rolled up holiday PAYE / £39.39 p/h Umbrella
12 month initial contract likely to extend
Duration: 12 month contract likely to extend
**Hours:**Monday - Thursday 08:00 - 16:30 / Friday 08:00 - 13:00
The role:
You will be responsible for leading high performing, cross functional teams for each project you manage from small to medium scale projects. You will assist in evaluating requests and establish a project management plan using the plan to manage product delivery and manage resources for implementing changes, on time, within budget by improving the effectiveness of project teams through the application of programme and project management methods, techniques, tools, and training. Provide expertise in specific areas of programme/project management processes to ensure the most efficient and cost-effective implementation. You will be accountable for coordinating the efforts of the team responsible for processing engineering changes, establishing manufacturing effective dates and the timely scheduling of material to the factory, in relation to NPI programmes and projects.
Duties included, but are not limited to:
- Assists in prioritising projects based on impact and objectives.
- Project management of multiple small to medium projects
- Identifies cost containment opportunities.
- Presentation of weekly/monthly updates to management on project progress, risks & concerns.
- Team meetings, frequency as needed but typically weekly, for governing the projects.
- Creation of Project Plans and maintaining the plan schedule in support of milestones.
- Ensure functional requirements are aligned with the product strategy, project financials, cost targets and milestone/gateway schedules are met.
- Organization and facilitation of key presentations including Stakeholder Updates, Governance Meetings, and Issue Resolution Meetings as needed.
- Quickly and correctly identify problems which may not be obvious and solve problems by determining the best course of action within departmental guidelines.
- Builds relationships with other departments within the project team.
- Identifies trends and areas of focus for continuous improvement.
- Guide and coach both junior members of the project management team as well as global cross functional areas representatives assigned to the relative projects.
- Coordination of process changes (PC's) or engineering changes (EC's) related to NPI programmes and projects.
Candidate desired Skills:
- University degree or 5-7 years project management equivalent experience
- Experience/knowledge of engine products
- Demonstrated strong personal initiative / communication / organisational and time management skills
- Be able to work independently
- Quickly assemble cross functional teams to address project opportunities
- Proficient at working with computer systems and Software programs such as: Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Teams, Word. ETQ
Candidates please Submit your CV for the role or call Sean Directly on: , than you for your consideration
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Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
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