Head of Project Management (Remote)

Summary
Provide project management for facility, strategic, R&D, and client-specific initiatives while supporting Project Management Office (PMO) standards, governance, and continuous improvement efforts. Lead projects ranging from tenant fit-outs and renovations to infrastructure upgrades, facility management initiatives, engineering R&D efforts from launch to market, and client or program-based projects. Ensure all work aligns with organizational strategy, operational readiness, and PMO best practices (as outlined by PMI.org). This role includes responsibility for any project assigned by the PMO.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Develop/Manage project plans - responsible for defining project charter, identifying stakeholders, communication plans, risk analysis, maintaining issues logs, change order management, constraints, scope, budget, milestones, success criteria and project governance.

Coordinate with cross-functional teams- internal and external to STULZ

Oversee CAPEX expenditures, control costs, change orders and create/manage contingencies/plans.

Support equipment layout planning, workflow optimization, and material flow design with GC and manufacturing engineering/facilities teams.

Lead SAP readiness activities aligned with any go-live and operational start-up- including but not limited to: ensuring master data is created/validated, SAP structures are aligned with build out plan/schedule, resolve any SAP issues impacting operational readiness.

Act as primary liaison between GC/onsite construction teams (if applicable) and STULZ internal teams

Translate operational requirements from internal/external parties for alignment

Drive accountability across stakeholders to meet project deadlines/deliverables.

Identify, assess and mitigate risk throughout the project(s).

Ensure business continuity during transition phases and go-live environments.

Provide Executive level status reporting weekly or daily as requested- on schedule, budget, risks and operational readiness.

Present key recommendations to leadership for decision making; proactive management of expectations and alignment.

Maintain ISO conformance - validate processes are documented and operational controls are in place.

Operational back up to any role on the team

Must be available for onsite Dayton Tennessee project management- no remote options are available.

Some travel to other facilities and vendors/contractor locations as needed.

Support PMO in developing/refining project management standards, templates and methodologies.

Assist with project audits, lessons learned, and compliance reviews.

Contribute to resource planning and capacity management activities within the PMO.

Other duties as assigned

Key Deliverables: A readied facility and/or workspace delivered in alignment with approved scope, schedule and budget; Integrated and system enabled operational processes supporting any/all manufacturing, warehousing and office/business functionality; system enabled workflows; Defined and transitioned business processes/users; provide formal project close out documentation for any PMO assigned project.

Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Must have excellent written and verbal skills, organizational astuteness, be able to manage processes, be process improvement driven, provide consistent coaching, and maintain a positive influence on client relationships.

Education/Experience

Minimum Associates Degree in business preferred.

PMP preferred- or CAPM and 5 years project management experience. PMP certification is required within 90 days of onboarding.

Must have 3-5 years prior experience in project management- or similar experience.

SAP S/4 Hana experience preferred

Advanced PC skills including MS Project, SAC, PowerPoint, Word, Monday.com Excel and other related software packages preferred.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

N/A

Language Skills

Ability to read and understand english instructions.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to finger, reach with hands and arms, stoop, talk or hear. Specific vision ability required includes close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to an office environment in a manufacturing plant.

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