Senior Project Manager

Who We Are:

FLANDERS is a world leader in renewing machines for heavy industry, specializing in the largest and most intricate applications. Our expertise encompasses distributing, servicing, repairing, designing, and manufacturing electric rotating machines. Additionally, we take pride in offering cutting-edge AI-powered condition-based monitoring, customized controls, seamless systems integration, and advanced automation solutions.

What We Are Looking For:

Our PMO team is excited to hire an experienced Senior Project Manager to the team! The Senior Project Manager will focus on planning, executing, and monitoring/controlling project management methodologies. Projects assigned to this position will be manufactured/remanufactured products, engineered products, innovation pipeline projects, corporate strategic initiatives, and other Business Optimization projects.

What You Will Do:

• Lead project teams through development of a detailed project schedule by identifying linkages, critical paths, task ownership, and resource conflicts. Analyze the plan and challenges the team to expedite or parallel path activities to speed time to delivery.
• Proactively lead teams to identify and communicate key issues / risks and develop contingency plans to address them. Leverage team's experience to deliver efficient, effective, and innovative solutions.
• Enable successful motor manufacturing/repair/remanufacturing and delivery by understanding, coordinating, and communicating effectively with customers, sales, business development, engineering, supply chain, finance, and other internal Remanufacturing Centers on both global and regional levels.
• Serve as a central hub for communications of project plans, status and issues. Prepare reports and assessments to assist the Operations Managers and/or gatekeepers in decision-making regarding project priorities, resources, and budgets.
• Partner with Supply Chain and Engineering in the development of the scope of work and resource plans for assigned projects, identify conflicting demands for resources, and work with Operations to resolve to maintain project timeline.
• Strengthen project team capability to overcome barriers in planning and execution through training, coaching, and implementing best practices for efficient and effective teamwork.
• Coach project teams to follow best practices, standard operating procedures and process methodologies, and complete appropriate documentation. Adhere to project management principles, processes and methodologies as defined by the Project Management Office.
• Provide status updates and portfolio visibility to key stakeholders (internal and external), functional leaders, and department coordinators.
• Measure and communicate results for project execution and team effectiveness against agreed scope and success criteria. Work with team and customers/suppliers to close gaps between current and desired results.
• Collaborate through the Project Management Office and Community of Practice to create and implement new approaches to enhance project execution capabilities and improve speed to delivery.
• Partner with operations to identify and suggest solutions to project interdependencies that achieve business objectives and maximize efficiency of resources.
• Archive key project documentation for project performance measurement and sharing lessons learned with other project teams.
• Possess ability to work and manage using internal policies, procedures and processes, and ability to challenge them when and where appropriate. Adherence to all quality processes, safety procedures and use proper safety equipment including, but not limited to eye, ear, and hand protection.

What You'll Need:

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Management or related field required and at minimum 5 years of process/project management experience.
• Five years of leadership/management experience
• PMP certification highly preferred.
• Experience influencing and managing project teams in matrix organizations
• Experience managing a project budget
• Strong critical thinking and troubleshooting skills
• Strong time management skills with the ability to multitask while coordinating multiple high-level priorities
• Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks to meet timelines and deliverables
• Strong communication, organizational and time management skills
• Strong ability to troubleshoot and problem solve
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to exercise initiative, judgment, and decision making related to routine responsibilities
• Observe all safety procedures and use proper safety equipment as needed
• Maintain a clean, neat, and safe work environment
• Operate and maintain equipment in a safe manner
• Promote a strong company image and maintain positive working relationships including professional behavior with internal customers, vendors, and coworkers
• Provide outstanding customer service
• Perform work according to established company policies and procedures