Job Description

Who are we and what we stand for? When you work for Schneider Electric you work for a company that is passionate about its people. Our people vision says, Great people make Schneider Electric a great company. We are proud to promote purpose, diversity, inclusion, learning and work-life integration xe2x80x93 wexe2x80x99re a great place to work and we are continually striving to be the best place to work! Your Mission Manage executions of customer projects (Category A,B &C: project within a single business with rather low organizational and technical complexity, level of risk, simple contractual context) following applicable company polices and processes (main one being CPP: Customer Project Process) Functionally lead the project team (<5 people) to ensure full customer satisfaction and financial performance. Manage the relationship with the customers and third parties within project scope and accountable for the execution of the project in line with the contract Your Role xe2x80x93 Magic happens when you bring great people together!

• Manage the project team allocating tasks to team members, following their progress in line with project plan (scope, schedule and budget) to completion.
• Animate the communication within the team.
• Manage project contract ensuring fulfilment of Schneider Electric contractual obligations and application of its contractual rights.
• Ensure all appropriate actions to timely recover customer receivables (payments) are done with the support of shared functions.
• Monitor and control project progress versus budget spending. Ensure full & effective reporting to management (reports, project reviews)
• Timeously inform management about project events impacting project performance or compliance with governance principles
• Identify and take all necessary actions to manage risks and address opportunities. Manage claims & variation orders.
• Act as primary point of contact for the customer organizing all project team interaction with the customer (correspondence, emails, calls, meetings). Ensure highest level of customer satisfaction.
• Take full accountability over project profitability (cost, cash flow & margin) including forecasting, engagements follow-up & re-forecasting. Ensure timely revenue recognition as per forecast.
• Ensure project team and suppliers are executing the project in full compliance with Schneider-Electric processes, quality instructions and governance principles.
• Take all necessary actions to correct any deviations or quality issues occurring during project execution.
• Be actively involved with Sales & Tendering team for successful project hand over.
• Conduct lessons learned session with Project team to share feedbacks.
• Be active in PM Community of Practice.
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Qualifications

About You

• Commercial / Technical Diploma or Degree
• Minimum 5 - 8 years in customer project environment (OEM or Energy Management organisations) in the electrical engineering discipline
• Experience in managing equipment or transactional orders is an added advantage
• Cross functional and cross border experience is a plus
• PMP qualification added advantage

Skills requirements

• Excellent leadership, management, communication, influencing, team building and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication skills, effective in a cross-cultural environment to foster collaboration toward a common goal
• Proven leadership skills in project context focusing despite stress and headwinds on business objectives
• Ability to understand, influence & convince in a complex matrix organization
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Primary Location: ZA-Gauteng-Johannesburg
Schedule : Full-time
Unposting Date : Ongoing