Our client, a global leader in the FMCG and industrial manufacturing sector, is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead complex engineering and plant projects within a fast-paced international environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving project execution, managing cross-functional teams, and ensuring the successful delivery of projects across cost, quality, safety, and timeline objectives.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Supervise the final negotiations for the allocated project and provides the execution strategy.
• Ensures that the project schedule baseline is signed by the involved parties at the start of the project.
• Manage and lead the project team in order to achieve and further improve the cost, schedule, quality and EHS targets.
• Perform proper risk and opportunity management.
• Ensure proper deviation management within the project. Assess, approve and expedite technical aspects of change orders and define effective claim strategies towards clients, partners, subcontractors, etc.
• Prepare and perform Project Reviews as requested, report according Company Project Management process.
• Responsible for the site briefing meeting; Ensures that all site relevant documents are handed over to site personnel.
• Liaise with the Project Management Office to establish, implement and maintain operating standards to ensure quality project results and customer satisfaction.
• Develop and maintain corresponding relationships with clients, partners and main subcontractors to ensure smooth operation of projects and smooth dispute resolution.
• Establish, implement and maintain operating standards to ensure quality project results and customer satisfaction.
• Capture return of experience and best practice, apply lessons learned.
• Organizes and accomplish a debriefing meeting.
• Supervise, support and coach the Project Team Members, provide input to project people performance reviews to functions

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Engineering
• PMI Certification (Is advantageous, must as a minimum meet all the criteria to apply and obtain accreditation)
• Multilingual
• Extensive knowledge of The Company Plant principles and complex projects experience
• Planning, organising and coordinating skills in an international environment.
• Proven ability to build relationships with clients, suppliers and contractors.
• Minimum 5 years as Project Manager or proof of sufficient skills
• Basic commercial knowledge for assessing business risks and opportunities to undertake commercial negotiations.
• Strong planning, organising and priority setting skills, with a proven ability to manage teams

Personal Competency:

• Strong project management skills
• Strong teamwork and leadership skills
• Customer focus
• Strong planning and organizing skills.
• Sound judgment and decision-making skills.
• Ability to anticipate, identify and manage risk.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
• Ability to work in a matrix organization.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to interface effectively with people inside and outside of the company.
• Industry, as well as general business and financial knowledge
• Ability to be detail oriented without losing sight of the big picture.
• Comfortable working on multiple projects at one time. Able to plan and organize work in order to meet project dates and objectives