Job Description
What We Offer:
- Career Development
- Competitive Compensation and Benefits
- Pay Transparency
- Global Opportunities
Learn More Here: https://www.dematic.com/en-us/about/careers/what-we-offer
Dematic provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $X at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.
Tasks and Qualifications:What You Will Do In This Role:
The Project Manager is responsible for the following:
- Managing the overall teams and project items for automation projects
- Develop and manage multiple concurrent project plan schedules while monitoring projects daily to track progress against the work plan schedules
- Interfaces with the customer as a primary point of contact on projects
- Identify and Manage Scope, Time, Risk, and Stakeholders to ensure successful delivery
- Routinely communicate project status, resource utilization, and high-level project schedule to executive management and related project team members
- Responsible for monitoring and maintaining the financial performance of the project
- Align cross-functional business and technical teams to help ensure alignment of goals and to help resolve conflicting priorities.
- Proactively remove obstacles to drive momentum and progress, identify gaps in communication or schedule, provide support to teams balancing competing priorities and drive results
- Align, monitor, and drive to closure project milestones and technical deliverables
- Ensuring that Dematic leadership has a comprehensive understanding of projects, timelines, dependencies, etc.
- Holding regular status meetings and documenting project status
- Completing and submitting internal and external status reports
- Seeking out, implementing, and documenting problem resolutions
- Identifying and implementing process improvements
- Following up on open issues and action items to ensure they are resolved
What We Are Looking For:
- Bachelor's degree with an emphasis in Business, Finance, Engineering, or a related field
- 2-5 years of project management experience
- Prior experience managing people or processes
- Experience in project management, product development lifecycle, or process management
- Experience managing automation projects that include (but are not limited to): automated guided vehicles, automated storage and retrieval systems, conveyor systems, warehouse management software, etc.
- Proficient in MS Office Suite and ERP systems
- Strong relationship building, interpersonal, and leadership skills
- Strong meeting facilitation skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently
- Ability to understand information quickly, derive insight, synthesize information clearly and concisely, and devise solutions
- Inclination to take ownership of assigned projects and initiatives and independently drive for results
- Ability to interface at all levels of the organization within and outside of the company
- Demonstrated self-confidence, honesty, and integrity
- Excellent Negotiation Skills
- Up to 25% travel (including international)
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, or a related field
- 2-5 years of project management experience
- Experience managing people or processes
- Experience in project management, product development lifecycle, or process management
- Experience managing automation projects, including automated guided vehicles, automated storage and retrieval systems, conveyor systems, or warehouse management software
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and ERP systems
- Strong relationship-building, interpersonal, and leadership skills
- Strong meeting facilitation skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently
- Ability to quickly understand information, derive insights, synthesize information, and devise solutions
- Ability to take ownership and independently drive results
- Ability to interface at all organizational levels inside and outside the company
- Self-confidence, honesty, and integrity
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Willingness to travel up to 25%, including internationally
What We Do
Looking to make your move? Then you’ve come to the right place! We are the KION Group, and the world of intralogistics is our home. Our solutions ensure the smooth flow of materials and information in production plants, warehouses, and distribution centers in over 100 countries. We have around 41,000 employees who make a real difference, helping us to become who we are today: the biggest manufacturer of forklift trucks and warehouse handling equipment in Europe, and one of the world’s leading warehouse automation providers. Successful? We are, but it’s all down to the motivated, highly trained, and multi-talented people that work for us. Would you like to be part of an international, diverse team? We can offer you interesting jobs and exciting career opportunities in an innovative, rapidly-growing, and forward-looking industry. With us, you benefit from numerous development opportunities in a globally active group, including the possibility of working at one of our locations abroad on a temporary basis. No matter which of our sites you work at, the KION values—integrity, collaboration, courage, and excellence—shape our individual action and our collaboration with colleagues, managers, customers, suppliers, and applicants both nationally and internationally. Who makes up the KION Group? With our international brands Linde Material Handling, STILL, and Baoli, as well as regional brands Fenwick and OM, we stand for exceptional technology and service expertise for forklift trucks and warehouse handling equipment around the world. Dematic expands the portfolio with its automated material handling solutions for intralogistics processes in warehouses, production, and sales
