Project Senior Specialist (PM10A5)

About the Position:

We are looking for a Project Senior Specialist to join the Program Management, Propulsion team, reporting directly to the Program Manager.
 

This position is based at our office in Manesar, India.
 

Your Responsibilities will be:

• Leads the cross-functional team in a professional manner when interfacing with the customer and internal management.  
• Negotiates with internal and external groups, vendors and the customer. 
• Is the central communication point for the team to ensure that each team member is aware of their deliverables and timing commitments at all times. 
• Manages the team to meet timing, cost, manufacturing, quality and cost targets.
• Establishes the team meeting cadence and monitors attendance to assure the correct team members are present at each meeting.
• Creates the agenda, schedules meetings and keeps the meeting on task.  Provides the team information needed to perform tasks.  
• Actively includes external and internal suppliers as a member of the team when & where appropriate. 
• Communicates the impact of scope changes to the customer and team in a timely manner in terms of cost, timing, product, quality of execution and any potential risks to the project. 
• Publishes and updates the Customer Statement of Work/Project Charter and Supplier Statement of Work(s) and ensures all scope changes are captured in the documents.  
• Utilizes the formal product change management process for evaluation and approval/non-approval for internal and customer scope changes.
• Differentiates scope changes from product changes.  Mitigates the risk of scope changes and keeps management informed of change and affect on the project.  Ensures that Marelli’s financial performance is protected and enhanced by customer driven scope changes. 
• Fosters an effective personal working relationship with appropriate customer contacts.Maintains Marelli`s and personal credibility with customer.
• Recognized by the customer as the key contact for project implementation.  Meets dates and commitments via customer open issues list and insures prompt responses.  Communicates with data for scope changes with cost, quality and timing impact.
• Gains internal consensus on scope changes prior to communicating to customer.  Archives and retains key customer correspondence and documents.  Maintains regular contact with customer to communicate problems early.
• Does not avoid difficult issues or decisions. Understand customer’s organization and procedures in detail. 
• Has the ability to successfully function in a multiple cultures while matching his/her interpersonal style to the culture they are working in.
• Has awareness and respect for different cultures and demonstrates an interest in other cultures and adapts messaging as needed.

What Qualifications you will bring:

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/ electronics engineering (or equivalent, Master’s degree preferred)
Master in project management is a plus.

Other skills that we would welcome:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 (Excel, PowerPoint, Word); Proficiency with MS Project and experienced with Project Portfolio Management (PPM) software
•  Interpersonal, communication, and conflict management skills
•  Ability to collaborate globally and cross-functionally with individuals in a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds and build strategic relationships.
• Team player, who can interrelate and operate effectively with peers and other associates within a collegial, yet demanding, work environment
• Has high integrity, a positive attitude, and has demonstrated passion for achieving business objectives and future growth plans

Expectations from you in this position:

The Business Unit Project Management, hierarchically reporting to the BU Portfolio Management and functionally to the Project Management Marelli, is responsible to fully leverage the Marelli Project Life Cycle System to achieve his/her  individual program‘s; quality, profitability, timing and product performance goals and insures that programs achieve the following KPI’s;
1.Staffed on Time - negotiates with functional leaders to insure that programs have team members assigned with the appropriate skill level for the program complexity, and have the required bandwidth to achieve the program deliverables 
2.Start on Time - critical path timelines are built backward from 1st customer parts to insure programs start on time regardless if we have the customer award
3.Spend on Time – insure that program business case financial requirements are approved when required per the timeline and that equipment, tooling and component ordering proceeds per the timeline 
4.Source on Time – insure that external and internal suppliers are sourced on time, are capable to achieve commitments, are involved and progress monitored throughout the program phases

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