Senior Project Manager
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Job Location:
Birmingham - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Title
Senior Project ManagerJob Description
Reports to:Executive Director Project Management
Location: Birmingham
Contract Type: Permanent
Introduction to role
Are you ready to take full ownership of large-scale international warehouse automation projects Do you combine strong commercial acumen with the ability to lead complex stakeholder landscapes and high-performing multicultural teams Are you energized by delivering projects where scale complexity and customer impact come together
As Senior Project Manager Warehouse Solutions you will have end-to-end responsibility for the successful delivery of one or more large complex Material Handling projects with a value typically ranging between 20 and 50 million. You will act as the primary point of accountability towards the customer and Vanderlande ensuring alignment on scope planning cost risk quality and contractual obligations throughout the full project lifecycle.
Role Responsibilities
The Vanderlande Warehouse Domain is active worldwide designing selling delivering and servicing integrated solutions for a wide range of clients in food retail e-commerce and parcel distribution. With a truly global scope and a fast-evolving market strong business control and effective project management are essential to ensure sustainable and profitable growth.
Project Management within the Warehouse Domain is organized across four regional teams. Reporting to the Project Management Director you will bepart of a strong and collaborative regional team focused on delivering complex warehouse automation projects across the region.
You will lead multidisciplinary and international project teams including subcontractors and partners and operate with a high degree of close collaboration with Sales Engineering Supply Chain and Service you will translate contractual agreements into executable project strategies and steer delivery against demanding timelines and performance targets.Depending on the programme structure you may also mentor Project Managers and contribute to portfolio-level improvements within the Warehouse Domain.
As our portfolio continues to grow we are seeking a Project Manager with the potential and ambition to further develop within our Project Management department.
Your responsibilities and activities will include:
- Full P&L and commercial responsibility during the execution phase
- Establishing and maintaining robust project governance reporting and risk management
- Proactively managing customer relationships at senior stakeholder level
- Driving change management and decision-making in complex project environments
- Ensuring compliance with contractual safety and quality standards
- Escalating and resolving issues in a structured and solution-oriented manner
Role Qualification and Skills
- Bachelors or Mastersdegree in a technical or engineering-related discipline
- At least35 yearsexperience in managingcomplexlarge-scaletechnicalprojectsin an international environment(typically >20M)
- Proven experience with large-scale projects (20M) including commercial and contractual responsibility
- Strong leadership capabilities with the ability to steer multidisciplinary teams
- Excellent stakeholder management skills including senior customer interfaces
- Experience with risk management change control and governance in complex programmes
- Affinity with logistics intralogistics and/or industrial automation
- Excellent command of the English language (written and spoken)
- Willingness to travel up to 25% on average
What we offer
- 28 days annual leave (excluding public holidays)
- Bupa Medical Cover
- YuLife Wellbeing membership with fast access to GP appointments promotion of health and wellbeing along with daily quests to gain Yucoins that can be swapped for shopping vouchers
- A challenging work environment with lots of opportunities of career progression.
- Cycle to work scheme
- Yellow Nest is a salary exchange scheme that reduces childcare costs for parents and employers
- Pension with Aviva
- Access to Achievers an award-winning recognition platform that inspires to recognise your coworkers Where points are awarded that can be exchanged for a range of goods and discounts.
Diversity & Inclusion
Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regards to race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status or disability status. If you feel there is a barrier that potentially prevents you from applying we are always happy to discuss or explore any reasonable adjustments can be made to support your application.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Business Development
- Project Management Methodology
- Project / Program Management
- PMBOK
- Waterfall
- Wastewater
- Construction Management
- Project Management
- Project Management Software
- Microsoft Project
- Budgeting
- Contracts
About Company
Vanderlande is the global market leader for value-added logistic process automation at airports, and in the parcel market. The company is also a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses. ... The company focuses on the optimisation of its customers' business proc ... View more
