A Project Manager is responsible for coordinating and overseeing the successful execution of customer projects from order receipt through final delivery. This position serves as the primary liaison between customers, sales, engineering, purchasing, production, warehouse operations, and suppliers to ensure projects are completed on schedule and meet customer expectations.
Essential Functions
- Customer project scheduling
- Control panel build coordination
- Material readiness tracking
- Maintain Change Log for approved requested changes and related costs.
- Engineering release coordination
- ERP production order creation / maintenace
- Production schedule communication
- Customer status updates
- Materials expedite coordination
- Maintain Open Issues Matrix
- Problem solve with other teams to meet customer requirements.
- Shipment coordination
- Project closeout
- On-Time Delivery %
- Budget Maintenace
- Engineering Release Compliance
- Material Availability at Build Start
- Expedite Frequency
- Customer Satisfaction
- Revenue Shipped vs. Schedule
- Open Past-Due Projects
- Post production change minimization
- Systematic (ERP) order maintenance and accuracy
Primary Responsibilities
Key Metrics
Experience, Education and Skills
- Accuracy and timeliness of project communication
- Reduction in project delays and escalations
- Continuous improvement initiatives implemented
- Cross-functional collaboration effectiveness
- Project updates and reporting as required
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Engineering, or a related field
- PMP (Project Management Professional) certification or equivalent is highly desirable
- Preferred 1-3 years minimum of project management experience in a relevant industry
- Proven track record of successfully managing projects from initiation to completion
- Experience with project management methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, or Waterfall
- Demonstrated ability to manage project budgets, timelines, and resources effectively
- Experience in risk management and developing mitigation strategies
A successful Project Manager consistently delivers projects on schedule, within budget, communicates effectively across departments, proactively resolves issues, maintains strong customer relationships, and maintains a standard of operational excellence.
Additional Success Measures
In addition to project execution metrics, the role should be evaluated on:
Education:
Experience:
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Engineering, or related field
- PMP (Project Management Professional) certification or equivalent
- 1-3 years project management experience in a relevant industry
- Proven track record managing projects from initiation to completion
- Experience with project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall)
- Demonstrated ability to manage project budgets, timelines, and resources
- Experience in risk management and developing mitigation strategies
- Experience with ERP systems (production order creation and maintenance)
- Strong cross-functional communication and customer relationship skills
SunSource Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about SunSource and has not been reviewed or approved by SunSource.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare Strength: Medical, dental, and vision coverage with plan options are offered alongside wellness programs and an EAP. Offerings also include HSA/HRA and FSA choices that broaden the health coverage scope.
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Retirement Support — Retirement Support: A 401(k) with company match is included and called out in employer-provided materials. This provides a clear foundation for long-term savings within the total rewards package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave & Time Off Breadth: Paid vacation and holidays are part of the package, with PTO described as decent and vacation potentially capping near four weeks. These time-off elements contribute to a rounded core benefits menu.
SunSource Insights
What We Do
SunSource, a leader in industrial and mobile fluid power distribution for over 85 years, provides customers with innovative solutions that help reduce maintenance costs, lower operating costs and increase productivity. The solutions are part of the SunSource Advantage: a comprehensive program offering design and engineering support; supply chain optimization; productivity solutions; value-added services; and repair capabilities. As a national distributor with local presence, SunSource has a unique and dominant position as a full-service resource for the industrial, OEM, MRO and mobile industrial equipment industries. We distribute a broad range of components, but SunSource is much more than a distributor just supplying fluid power components or systems. Along with high-quality products, we provide a commitment to high-quality customer service and technically sound, cost-effective solutions. SunSource’s history of accomplishment and continued growth means that we give the best condition to energetic, driven people to be effective in their role. We pride ourselves on a culture that provides opportunities for development and advancement of our associates. In addition, we build meaningful relations with our customers, suppliers and internal associates. We are all bound by a pledge to a common mission toward providing the highest quality products and services within our industry and achieving the company’s growth objectives
