Responsibilities:

Pre-sales phase.

Understanding customer requirements
Define project implementation strategies considering geographical, Solution & Integration, delivery timeline challenges
Preparing high level project timeline
Work closely with proposals teams in creating and reviewing effort estimates for services

Projects planning phase

Successful transition of project from sales team to delivery
Understand the contract & define project scope, key deliverables and major milestones
Set up the project charter, communication channels, cadence
Co-ordinate and collaborate with customer and internal cross functional teams and define the gap analysis
Prepare Project success criteria – Timelines, KPI, budget and establish the baseline
Ensure all standard project process are being followed

Projects Delivery phase

Closely monitor the project progress in terms timelines, budget and major milestones
Ensure seamless communication flow between customer and all key stake holders
Ensure key customer deliverables on-time, such as site readiness, infra& resources
Coordinate with supply chain teams and ensure on time hardware delivery
Closely monitor the progress of testing and timely update of any delay's issues
Create / Track / Escalate (Issue management) any bugs identified through JIRA

Projects Execution phase

Ensure cross functional teams resource allocation and travel planning.
Ensure customer site readiness duly validated and delivered on time.
Ensure our software readiness and deployment
Coordinate with regional teams – Customer – HQ teams for integration testing
Setup and lead war room if required based on RPM request
Help RPM in tracking UAT test plan
Help RPM in publishing / updating KPI monitoring and ramp up plan
Co-ordinate with RPM for successful closure of NPD tickets and handover of project to Client services
Co-ordinate with RPM and publish all the handover signoff documents on confluence and project closure report

Requirements:

Bachelor's engineering degree in IE / EE/ EC / ME with 7+ years of exp
Master's degree or MBA in Operations management / Project management will be preferred
Rich project management experience with subject matter expertise in these industries: Warehousing, Supply chain, Logistics, Manufacturing, Automobile, Oil & Gas.
5+ years of experience spanning across following practices: Project / Program management, Change management, Consulting, P&L & People Management.
1+ years of experience in Warehouse operations & E2E project management of warehouse automation (or) distribution center commissioning
Demonstrated strategic thinking and organizational agility.
PMI – ACP / PMI - PMP / prince -1 / CSM certifications will be an added advantage
Good data crunching skills, ability to analyze complex problems and find appropriate solutions
Ability to interact, inspire and influence cross-functional teams.
Strong communication, execution, quantitative skills combined with creativity and negotiation abilities.

Assistant Project Manager