Project Manager

Do you enjoy managing projects? Are you the go-to person everyone counts on to juggle multiple projects and deadlines? If this sounds like you, read on!

We are looking for a Project Manager who can join our Project Management Team in the Bay Area to be responsible managing all aspects of a project to final close out including the responsibilities encompass planning, coordinating, and overseeing labor and all tasks pertinent to successfully implementing the project. This includes developing customer and third-party interface, managing critical dates, maintaining performance quality and budget objectives with the goal of providing utmost customer satisfaction.

The Project Manager (PM) will be responsible for multiple projects at any one time. The PM is responsible to respond to on-site issues and maintain continuous status communications to the Project Executive, Salesperson, Customer Service and the Customer. The PM manages communications until the projects are completed.

ABOUT THE COLLECTIVE

We believe the most gratifying workspaces are more than the desks and loveseats that fill them. They are relationships. They are the time and energy spent taking a thread of a thought and weaving it into a full-fledged workplace schematic.

We are The Collective, the go to for furnishing office space. Over three decades, we have grown into the largest Teknion dealer in North America, and our work can be found in hundreds of offices throughout the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean. The Collective continues to manage long term partnerships with the industry’s highest level of service. We are a Teknion Platinum dealer.

POSITION SUMMARY

· Coordinate all project efforts, administrative and technical, to ensure the most efficient and cost-effective execution of assigned projects

· Manage schedules, budgets, staffing, and project set-up with the team, clients and consultants

· Build quotes with the Salesperson for the Customer

· Ensure that defined measures of success on each particular project are communicated to the team

· Provide leadership to the client and team by communicating project objectives, contract scope, terms, and schedule. Define an inclusive process for project execution

· Serve as primary liaison contact with clients to complete projects on schedule, within budget and with maximum client satisfaction

· Evaluate building and site conditions

· Perform physical job walks and field measures for sales estimates

· Field verification of project's readiness to receive products

· Review order status plans and schedule updates

· Verify deliveries

· Punch list walk-thru with installer

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

· 2-4 years of furniture project management experience

· 4-6 years of office furniture installation experience

· Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, Project)

· Ability to handle challenging situations and diffuse tense situations

· Proper English language skills required, bilingual in Spanish a plus

· Valid CA Class C Driver License

· Ability to stand for extended periods of time

· Ability to lift more than fifty pounds

· Hearing and vision capabilities within normal ranges