Head of Projects

Unique Personnel

  • East Rand, Gauteng
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 17 days ago
Purpose of the job Responsible for all areas of the Project Management Office for overseeing the planning, execution, and delivery of strategic projects across the organization. This role ensures alignment with corporate objectives, efficient use of resources, and consistent application of project management best practices. Environmental, Safety & Health 1 Direct responsibility for the Health, Safety and Environment of all employees who either directly work in your area of control, or who visit the operational areas you are responsible for either internal or external visitors. Including full legal & company compliance in areas under your responsibility. Develop a positive safety culture through the company Behavioural Safety Program. Main tasks and responsibilities Accountability for target achievement of core operational KPI set. Establish and enforce project governance frameworks, methodologies (e.g., PMBOK, PRINCE2, Agile), and standards. Lead and mentor a team of project managers, order managers, and support staff Ensure full compliance to all relevant departmental management and corporate procedures including cross functional ones. Act as next level contact for client project related escalation. Manage stakeholder expectations and ensure effective communication across all levels Accountability through the team for all commercial aspects of the projects. Overall accountability for the project teams performance for all project deliverables including but not limited to hardware, financial and commercial outputs, dispute management, customer satisfaction and on time delivery Overall responsibility and accountability for project profitability and project cash management. Developing excellent and professional relationships with customers and supporting allocated team where appropriate with the same. Ensuring through the team that company are protected contractually, whilst ensuring Allocating appropriate internal resource to agreed projects on handover of order from sales personnel. Accountability for Warranty Management functions through departmental head (where applicable). Drive your team for completion of projects and spares to be in a position where they can be invoiced in alignment with the RFC and agreed client delivery dates. Where necessary, taking personal responsibility for major projects as required (as project manager). Liaison with other Legal Entities on joint projects in order to ensure understanding and adherence to best practice whilst achieving mutual satisfaction on project completion. Liaising with suppliers / procurement where applicable to facilitate on time delivery and good supplier performance/profitability. Liaison with upstream processes as required on prospects and live sales orders. Attendance at key production meetings & participation at the monthly Operations review meeting. Work with other stakeholders to establish cost control process within business Managing and upskilling the overall performance of the allocated PM team. Actively develop the company's commitment to implement a customer focused PM attitude All other duties relevant to the role.
Qualifications/Experience and Knowledge Required Experience of managing complex projects simultaneously Financial/budget management Experience of contract negotiation in a commercial environment Staff management experience Client management experience General computer & software skills Project Management Qualification (PMP preferred)

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