Project Manager Drive Systems
Project Manager Drive Systems
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In this role, you will oversee Drive Systems projects within our Product Group Packaging which is part of our Motion business area.
In this role, you will be fully responsible for the successful execution of systems in the areas of metals industry, renewable energy, or oil and gas. This will also include ensuring that targets relating to deadlines, costs, and other specific goals are met. Additionally, your duties will encompass coordination of different experts in this phase, reporting, content, scope and change management, and issues such as project-related risks, business opportunities and procurement.
This position reports to
Project Operations Manager
Your responsibilities
- Take over commercial and technical responsibility for projects – and proper structuring, planning, budgeting, and processing thereof – until the end of the warranty period
- Lead a global (and largely virtual) project team of qualified members from suppliers, engineering and production
- Responsible for meeting all contractual requirements
- Responsibility for meeting commercial targets (revenue, cash flow, NWC, margins)
- Consistently and decisively implement provisions relating to health and safety as well as quality
- Monitoring of projects and differing project reporting
- Work towards optimizing the general processing and usage of resources, thereby utilizing the resources of the local organization
- Contribute to internal improvement projects, applying Lean Six Sigma methods
Your background
- Degree in Engineering or Business Administration, plus relevant technical skills and at least two years’ experience in overseeing challenging customer projects.
- Ideally, knowledge of drives, electrical motors and transformers, plus experience of overseeing projects involving the system supplies to which these components belong.
- IPMA, PMP or ABB-certified project manager.
- Mentality of welcoming challenge, taking the initiative, and identifying and seizing opportunities. Focus on enhancing your working environment in line with the strategy of your business area.
- Understanding of how to manage a worldwide network of suppliers and get the best from a complex organization.
- Understanding of contract and claim management process.
- Business fluency in English is required; other languages, and especially German, would be a major advantage.
- Familiar with modern Office tools (Outlook, SharePoint, Teams) as well as MS Project
More about us
ABB System Drives is a global supplier of high-power, high-performance drives, drive systems and packages for industrial processes and large infrastructure applications. With our industry leading technology and global support, we help our customers, partners and equipment manufacturers with asset reliability, performance improvement and energy efficiency in mission critical applications. Our people and culture are the foundation of our success. We all together make the difference for our customers every day.
We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). The recruiting process is being led by Peter Reinhardt, Talent Partner ABB Switzerland Ltd. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com.
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