Organization: Lead Country South Africa
Location: Midrand, South Africa
Write Up About The Business.
Siemens Smart Infrastructure combines the real and digital worlds across energy systems, buildings, and industries, enhancing the way people live and work and significantly improving efficiency and sustainability. We work together with customers and partners to create an ecosystem that both intuitively responds to the needs of people and helps customers achieve their business goals. It helps our customers to thrive, communities to progress and supports sustainable development to protect our planet for the next generation.
Mission/Function of the role:
Project Managers are responsible for the design, development, and management of customer projects, according to defined Project Management (PM@Siemens) standards and customer requirements, with responsibility for financial results.
What are the responsibilities of the role?
Empowerment:
- Drives own empowerment with adequate signature authorization and target agreement to manage the project as entrepreneur according to the organizational standards.
- Stands for overall responsibility on project results including budget, financial management of risks, opportunities, claims, scheduling and EHS; acts as owner of his/her project.
- Provides direct leadership for a project team (i.e., performance reviews, coaching, development, and training) of matrix organization.
- Agrees with management and customer on which methodology (e.g. traditional, hybrid, agile) to apply based on the project characteristics
- Develops action plans and handles relevant planning elements and work results.
- Effectively collaborates with relevant partners in the sales/project initiation phase.
- Performs contract reading and derives actions concerning risks, opportunities and contractual obligations.
- Drives technical solutions and integrations of all (sub-)systems.
- Ensures proper ramp-up and execution on site
- Holds regular project status meetings and organizes acceptance of work results.
- Documents all work results according to the valid standards.
- Manages acceptance (tests) and final project handover/closure in a timely manner.
- Monitor Project Schedules and do periodical assessment of the complete project, for keeping the project within targets with respect to time, cost, quality and system performance.
- Leading the project from the front and having single point interaction with customer.
- Monitor and respond to implementation-related issues and work with clients to improve client satisfaction when escalated.
- Proper follow up of the technical and contractual procedures involving internal stakeholders as and when required., together with Sales Manager, Key Account Manager and Siemens R&D organization.
- Actively gathers information on the customer and customer's strategies and manages requirements and targets.
- Progress reporting to Management. Acts as advisor for his line/senior management.
- Develops and considers strategic targets for own project in line with responsible business manager.
- Represents the project in the relevant decision boards internally and externally.
- Identifies/creates additional opportunities within his/her ongoing projects
- Periodic review of Project cash flow & financial review sheets (cost monitoring).
- Takes full responsibility for the financial results.
- Verifies the project proposal/order entry costing.
- Ensures regular financial controlling and reporting along the complete project lifespan.
- Optimizes the project gross profit.
- Identifies non-conformances and takes measures to minimize the impact.
- Ensures that the results of risk assessments are appropriately reflected in project calculation.
- Fosters change order approach consequently with adequate margin contribution.
- Agrees targets and work packages with project team and delegates defined work packages.
- Holds and seeks feedback pro-actively (e.g., team members, managers, customers)
- Demonstrates leadership to functionally assigned intercultural staff.
- Takes responsibility for own and supports team-members' work life balance.
- Supports team-members' personal development.
- Fosters ownership culture within the project team.
- Cooperates closely with line managers and experts.
- Facilitates and monitors effective team collaboration also in virtual environment.
- Regularly performs lessons learned activities and feeds the results into own project and organization.
- Conducts stakeholder analysis and manages efficient communication with relevant stakeholders (e.g. customers, partners, suppliers, authorities)
- Actively manages and solves conflicts.
- Drives intercultural communication and collaboration.
- Selects and involves partners/subcontractors based on project needs.
- Involves procurement at an early stage and other relevant stakeholders (e.g. legal, compliance, EHS)
- Follows the relevant LoA process as designated Project Manager
- Assesses and manages contracts including supplier contracts.
- Manages an overall project with onshore and offshore part according to the New Collaboration Model if applicable.
- Negotiates with stakeholders on change requests and incorporates them into contracts.
- At an early stage identifies claim potential and works on mitigation/avoidance strategies
- Proactively drive and negotiate opportunities.
- Ensures monitoring and management of risks and opportunities.
- Devises suitable strategies for risk mitigation and ensures the implementation of the risk mitigating measures
- Leads project members to act according to the Business Conduct Guidelines following the rules (e.g. tax regulations, delegation of employees, guarantees and export control)
- Sets necessary measures to ensure zero harm policy in environment, health and safety
- Involves the necessary corporate governance units
- Complies to local standards and law of countries directly affected
- Ensures the overall quality of works, products and deliverables
- Relevant territory Degree/Diploma, preferably an Electrical Engineering qualification or similar.
- A Project Management qualification.
- 10 years + experience in project management of proven experience in successfully handling large cross-functional and cross-cultural projects with full profit and loss responsibility.
- Advantage is PMP certification.
- Project management in the Civil works, Electrical and General contractor space
- Strong Administration and time management skills.
- Advanced interpersonal skills
- Ability to lead virtual project team/s to a successful implementation across countries.
- Excellent intercultural skills to cooperate with customers throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
- Must be willing to travel. Hands-on experience with MS project on large scale turnkey projects
- Experienced in multiple suppliers and subcontractor handling
Our culture embraces different perspectives, open debate, and the will to challenge convention. Change is a constant aspect of our work. We aspire to lead the change in our industry rather than just react to it. That is why we invite you to take on new challenges, test your ideas, and celebrate success.
The companys approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets under the Employment Equity Act will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
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