As a subsidiary of Toyota Industries (TICO), Vanderlande North America is enjoying rapid growth and extraordinary market demand. Vanderlande is a global market leader in material handling system manufacture, design, installation, and service. Vanderlande systems employ the latest in robotic, mechanical, and software technology. Vanderlande’s customers are household names in e-commerce, package delivery, and air transportation.
As part of the Parcel Services team, the Project Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing customer projects from order to completion. This role requires balancing technical delivery, financial performance, and stakeholder communication to ensure each project meets scope, schedule, and quality objectives. The Project Manager works cross-functionally with engineering, procurement, field service, and sales teams while maintaining a strong customer focus and proactive approach to risk and change management.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and coordinate all phases of assigned projects, from contract review through completion and handover.
- Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, budgets, and resource plans.
- Manage project scope, ensuring clear definition of deliverables and alignment with customer expectations.
- Monitor progress against plan, proactively identifying risks and implementing corrective actions as needed.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, ensuring timely communication and issue resolution.
- Oversee financial performance, including forecasting, invoicing, and cost control to meet profitability targets.
- Facilitate coordination among engineering, procurement, and field service teams to ensure timely and quality execution.
- Support continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned and contributing to process standardization within the Service organization.
Qualifications and Skills:
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Project Management (or equivalent technical field).
- 5+ years of experience in project management within automation, material handling, or related industrial field.
- Experience with completion of small-to-medium sized projects (up to $10M) in the Construction and/or Material Handling Industry.
- Working knowledge of project planning, risk assessment, and cross-functional coordination.
- Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to engage both technical and business stakeholders.
- Strong subcontractor management experience.
- Proficiency in project management tools such as MS Project, Primavera, or equivalent.
- Must be willing and able to travel up to 50% (Note: Most travel is done on weekdays).
Preferred Qualifications:
- PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification.
- Experience managing projects involving conveyors, sortation systems, or control automation.
- Working knowledge of AutoCAD or other layout/design tools.
- Proficiency in Spanish, with the ability to communicate effectively across multilingual teams and customer groups.
Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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What We Do
Vanderlande is the global market leader for future-proof logistic process automation at airports. The company is also a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses and in the parcel market.
Vanderlande’s baggage handling systems are capable of moving over 4 billion pieces of baggage around the world per year. Its systems are active in more than 600 airports including 12 of the world’s top 20. More than 52 million parcels are sorted by its systems every day, which have been installed for the world’s leading parcel companies. In addition, many of the largest global e-commerce players and retailers have confidence in Vanderlande’s efficient and reliable solutions.
The company focuses on the optimisation of its customers’ business processes and competitive positions. Through close cooperation, it strives for the improvement of their operational activities and the expansion of their logistical achievements. Vanderlande’s extensive portfolio of integrated solutions – innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services – results in the realisation of fast, reliable and efficient automation technology.
Established in 1949, Vanderlande has more than 7,500 employees, all committed to moving its customers’ businesses forward at diverse locations on every continent. With a consistently increasing turnover of 1.8 billion euros, it has established a global reputation over the past seven decades as a highly reliable partner for future-proof logistic process automation.
Vanderlande was acquired in 2017 by Toyota Industries Corporation, which will help it to continue its sustainable profitable growth. The two companies have a strong strategic match, and the synergies include cross-selling, product innovations, and research and development.
