Saft is specialized in advanced technology battery solutions for industry, from design and development to production. Saft is powering industry and smarter cities, while providing critical back-up functionality in remote and harsh environments from the Arctic Circle to the Sahara Desert. Saft is a wholly owned subsidiary of Total, a leading international oil and gas company and a major player in low-carbon energies.
Saft's ESS division strengthens the company's ability to serve the global energy storage market and support the transition to renewable energy.
Saft's Energy Storage Systems division is recruiting its Project Manager. This position is a key role in positioning Saft as a leader in the sector, ensuring customer satisfaction through the continuous monitoring of their installations and through the fulfilment of our commitments on component warranties and project performance guarantees.
A Project Manager is responsible for an end-to-end management of the project he/she is in charge. His/her responsibility starts from the proposal up to serial life management.
Provide support to sales/bid manager for complex project either contractually or operationally
In charge of Quality/Cost/Delay metrics of the project he/she is in charge
Source of proposals improving project KPIs
Report project progress and status using clear dashboard
Coordinate internally project activities :
Estimate Schedule and Cost of the project (Product Cost and NRC)
Strong focus on progress follow-up during commissioning, and pragmatic approach to blocking points resolution with technical team support. Manage project team, subcontractors, partners and Client:
Initiate and populate tools for effective management: planning, risk, actions, procurement, budget
Allocate roles and responsibilities to the project team, record actions and ensure they are executed within the project timeline
Close follow up on Subcontractors commitments to ensure project targets are met
Contract Management with support of Portfolio Manager
Manage Issues and escalate to Management when necessary
Ensure that the project is completed within the assigned budget objectives (margin) :
Confirm as sold budget by challenging hypothesis and confirm compliance to contract requirement. Close follow-up on project expenditures and update the estimate at completion monthly to analyze actual budget variance.
Supports invoicing in due times, once milestone is met, and cash collection as per the contractual payment terms
Provide project information to Project Team (project status, planning update, risks update, contractual change, liquidated damages) so that shared goals can be achieved (deliverables to be issued, issue deadline...)
Organize interfaces meeting with the Project Team: partners, subcontractors, Administration. Communicate to the Client Project progress
Ensure conflict resolution to focus on project targets
Update the risk provision, accordingly, compare provision to the project budget risk allocation, and put in place additional measures to remain within the project budget
Fully fluent in English.
~ Fluent in German
~10 years + of project/program, business or financial management.
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