Project Manager

Project Manager / Skara, Sweden

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Process Automation is a global business unit building value in today’s ever-changing industrial world by forging new connections among people, processes and technologies. Schneider Electric’s process automation solutions help our customers to drive their operations to higher and higher value utilizing proven Schneider Electric technology and expertise enabling success. Our customers cover a wide range of industry sectors including oil and gas, pharmaceutical, power and nuclear, food and beverage as well as water and utilities, automotive and energy.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Manager to join our world class delivery team, operating as part of the Northern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa Cluster. The role is based at the Skara office in Sweden, where customers are primarily from Scandinavia in the Food and Beverage sector requiring automation solutions utilizing our proprietary MES system Empiri X3.

This role will be instrumental in ensuring that project delivery in our Cluster is in adherence to both global and local governance and cadence policies delivering successful projects to customers within the region.

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Some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Management of the full project execution lifecycle for a portfolio of customer projects. You will be the customer primary point of contact, building long term relationships and becoming trusted partners
• Coordination of Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Production, Test, Product Development, Purchasing and Quality Assurance activities to deliver solutions to our customers
• Supporting and mentoring less experienced members of the team

The desired skills and experience are:

• Previous work experience in a project management role (Recognised project management qualifications will be considered an advantage)
• Proven track record of delivering process automation or digital transformation solutions for external customers
• Suitable educational background in a technical field (i.e Engineer) and excellent IT-skills
• Good written and spoken Swedish and English
• Knowledge of managing and reporting on all financial aspects of assigned projects, the ability to negotiate contract variations and be familiar with general contract terms and conditions.

To be successful in the role you need to have strong leadership, strong interpersonal and communication skills with the motivation and determination required to succeed. We are looking for someone who can demonstrate flexibility and resilience in a challenging and fast-moving environment.

To be successful in the role you need to have strong leadership, strong interpersonal and communication skills with the motivation and determination required to succeed. We are looking for someone who can demonstrate flexibility and resilience in a challenging and fast-moving environment.

We are offering you a great place to work, where you will play a key role in a team influencing our exciting growth journey! You’ll be part of an international market-leading company and the support of a team of specialist in a varying and diverse role. We believe that having a strong focus on individual growth, education, and well-being is important. You’ll have freedom under responsibility and possibility to grow in the most sustainable company in the world!

Sounds interesting? For more information on the position don’t hesitate to contact Project Delivery Manager Darran McNichol +44 774 0 40 5976.

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