Project Manager

**Job Summary**:
Reporting to the Vice President, Asia, this position is responsible for the delivery of all applicable strategic

programs and projects, including but not limited to:

- New account implementation;
- New facility startups, facility transfers and facility closures;
- Expansion projects with existing clients;

The role oversees multiple projects in the region from project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and

control to project closure.

In the project management process, it is essential to execute the knowledge in the global process

network across all sites in the region, while having consultations with stakeholders within the region and

globally.

Good foresight is important to enable strategic analysis, predicting ahead and comprehensive planning,

ensuring cost effective solutions and integration of all sites within the region. Proactive attitude is a crucial

factor to resolving impending issues through effective and flexible change management. There will be a

high volume of information requiring excellent speed of response to communicate and coordinate

directives and provide management updates of current information.

The project manager will be required to interface with relevant stakeholders including external as well

internal customers and ensuring the timely turn on of all new sites and decommissioning of retired systems.

Excellent project management skills are essential to coordinate with operational managers in the region in

providing directions and guidance in local project deployment and operational integration within the region,

to achieve synergy in learning and sharing of knowledge and experience among all sites.

**Essential Functions**:

- Key point contact with external and internal stakeholders, including customers, global senior
- leaders, as well as all levels of the APAC organisation from operators, to Vice President.
- Business acumen to ensure Project profitability, efficiency, and quality goals
- Direct project costing and justification of capital expense request
- Manage capital expenditure and asset deployment activities related to the assigned projects.
- Manage customer initiatives as assigned with considerations from all angles
- Ensure customer contractual obligations are met / contract compliance in relation to the project
- implementation.
- Provide appropriate tools such as project planning, scheduling, action trackers and dash board
- Monitor and control of quality service performance and project performance.
- Sustain LEAN culture

**Scope and Accountability**:
Provide leadership in project management ensuring all sites and projects at APAC region are managed

assignments; contributes to the standards around which others will operate and acts as an advisor/coach

to mentor other team members at the sites. Develop solutions and execution strategies in complicated or

novel situations. Drive the business by influencing decisions through advice, counsel or facilitating services

to others in area of specialization. And, ultimately lead towards the core values of the organization.

Qualification Requirements:
**Knowledge**:
Bachelors degree &/or above

PMI certification or membership will be advantageous

**Skills**:

- Excellent organization leadership with situation management skill
- Inter-discipline skills for interaction of all business aspects in contract discharge, commercial impact, projects and operations management
- Program and Project management knowledge associated with recognized knowledge such as PMBOK guideline
- Strong written and oral communications skills
- Commercially oriented with financial acumen
- Logistics knowledge in technology industry
- Broad understanding of SCM to appreciate customer’s material flow and planning
- Strategic Thinking ability, proven implementation results
- Superior Customer Relationship management skills
- In depth knowledge of enabling technology in logistics and supply chain

**Experience**:

- 4 or more years of professional experience preferably in industrial background with exposure of working across multiple geographies
- Leading projects in a complex business environment
- Excellent track record of managing multiple projects simultaneously
- An understanding of operations/project leader who has a demonstrated understanding of QDIP and Lean and is able to coach, mentor and train peers on a continuous improvement journey.
- Able to demonstrate results-based success through working within and implementing a high performance culture in a manufacturing and/or logistics and supply chain environment.
- Understanding of account management and customer facing roles
- Multi country experience, across multi countries/cultures is an advantage

Project Manager - Global Logistics Company