Sr. Project Manager

Roles & Responsibilities

Job Description

KONE moves two billion people every day. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, we employ over 60,000 driven professionals in more than 60 countries worldwide joined together by a shared purpose, to shape the future of cities. In 2024, we had annual net sales of EUR 11.1 billion.

KONE has consistently been featured on Forbes list of World's Best Innovative Companies, World's Best Employers & World's Largest Public Companies. At KONE, we believe in teamwork and a work culture where everyone can be who they are. This is exactly what makes us strong and successful.

Why this role?

The Sr. Project Manager drives customer satisfaction and trust by delivering as planned and communicating proactively. He/she leads all the stakeholders by ensuring a correct planning, execution, quality, monitoring and handover, with the use of KONE methodologies and tools.

What will you be doing?

• Accountable for project scope, cost, and schedule management, and delivering the project within the defined contractual requirements and KONE objectives
• Proactive management of customer communication throughout the project, understanding of customer needs, objectives and promoting a trustful environment.
• Manages, leads and encourages the full chain project team to meet customer´s expectations. Communicates clearly, transparently and promotes active collaboration and caring of each other to reach mutual success for KONE and the customer.
• Sets clear targets for the project and plans accordingly. Plans and ensures sufficient project resourcing and competences.
• Ensure continuous risk and upsides management of the project, with specific focus on risk identification, mitigation, planning, escalation if needed and recovery actions, and on the other hand adding value by promotion of variations selling during the whole life-cycle of the project
• Ensure integrated project planning and management with customers and KONE full chain teams.
• Responsible for successful project framework implementation meaning project gates and project reviews according to project complexity with special focus on project governance (i.e. steerings)
• Ensures correct project's financial planning and forecasting, cash flow management and revenue management.
• Responsible for actively driving Sales-to-Operations handover quality, responsible for handover to Customer as well as project closing activities.
• Maintains safety awareness amongst employees and subcontractors leading by own example. Is aware of safety customer requirements and KONE Safety workplace requirements
• Planning of the Installation and tester resources together with relevant resource manager.
• Promoting the usage of lean practices at work.

Are you the one?

• Project Management
• Safety and quality management
• Risk and opportunity management
• Customer relationship management
• Project financial management e.g. controlling costs
• General contractual understanding
• General understanding of KONE end-to-end delivery process
• Understanding of relevant laws, standards, norms and other requirements
• Basic construction management and building system knowledge.

What's On Offer

• Career progression in opportunities within a global organization
• Total reward elements that engage and motivate our employees and help us make KONE a great place to work
• Comprehensive learning and development programs covering a wide range of professional skills
• You are surrounded by fun colleagues and a lively working environment. The best part is all leaders are great and open-minded

To Be Considered

Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our Talent and Culture team will review your application and will be in contact with additional information accordingly.

In the meantime, feel free to browse our website for additional information on our company, brands and culture – KONE Corporation.

Tell employers what skills you have

Revenue Management
Forecasting
Management Skills
Construction Management
Quality Management
Financial Management
Financial Planning
Cash Flow Management
Customer Relationship Management
Selling
Project Planning
Project Management
Resourcing
Customer Satisfaction
Customer Communication

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