Associate Project Services Manager- North Carolina/South Carolina

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• Provides regional direction, leadership and accountability for mission critical project management efforts among and across all divisional lines.
• Coordinates with Regional Sales Manager to plan and execute regional business priorities including sales and project management.
• Leverages expert knowledge base of project management utilizing competitive intelligence, advanced business acumen, process alignment, and influencing skills.
• Drives behaviors toward the attainment of successful project completion, including project initiation, scoping and approval, process redesign, project staffing and project implementation and strives to achieve exceptional customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Leads mission critical, cross-functional corporate initiatives from detailed business requirements development and budget approval through to successful completion, continuous tracking and improvement.
• Designs, implements and assesses the effectiveness of standardized project management processes and procedures throughout the co-op. This includes standardized project documentation and methodology and project tracking and reporting procedures.
• Develops and mentors project managers through the execution of a formal training/development program.
• Participates in the development of a project management curriculum and training program.
• Develops a standardized process to ensure quality implementation and continuous improvement.
• Maintains relationships with cross-functional stakeholders and is cognizant of project impacts on any aspect of the business.
• Defines project objectives and measures to be tracked by the responsible business owner.
• Reports to the senior leadership team as to the status and, when necessary, corrective action necessary to meet corporate initiative project cost, quality and timeliness objectives.
• Develops cross-regional, implementation strategies, ensuring that all of the participating parties have committed to effective implementation of the processes and procedures.
• Utilizes influencing prowess to overcome objections that hamper the implementation of critical project management and improvement efforts.
• Determines the economic value of initiatives and garners commitment of affected parties to achieve the stated financial, subjective and objective goals.
• Develops and implements key metrics to measure and report on progress of all initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned by manager.
• Has the independence and authority to perform required tasks to ensure all provisions of the quality system are met.
• Able to routinely make a decision which may affect immediate operation and have a company- wide impact.

Physical requirements

• Heavy work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
• Must be able to review printed materials.
• Must have demonstrated fine motor skills.
• Must be able to use sophisticated test and office computer equipment (e.g. calculator, PC, telephone, Broadcast test and measurement equipment etc.).
• Ability to work with large pieces of equipment.

Mental requirements

• Utilize visual acuity to operate equipment, read technical information, and/or use a keyboard.
• Utilize hand and finger dexterity.
• Coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Collect, interpret, and/or analyze complex data and information.
• View the business from a strategic perspective.

Skills/Experience required

• Four to six years related experience or equivalent.
• Demonstrated proficiency in leading and motivating subordinates.
• Commitment to excellence and high standards.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Basic competence in subordinates’ duties and tasks.
• Ability to work with all levels of management.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Ability to manage priorities and workflow.
• Acute attention to detail.
• Good judgment with the ability to make timely and sound decisions.
• Creative, flexible, and innovative team leader.

Education/training required

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business administration, or comparable field of study from an accredited college or university.
• Possession of a master's degree in business administration, quantitative methods, statistics or closely related field of study is a plus.

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