The Senior Vice President, Project Execution, NA is a key leadership stakeholder in Dematic's success in the marketplace. Most specifically, s/he will be responsible for leading the company in Project Management, Execution, Operations and Installation to further cement Dematic's position as the market leader in this industry, including accelerating the growth of a global key customer like Amazon. The role will be a leading driver of Dematic's overall project execution with a full scope of responsibility spanning from customer requirements discussions through to installation. Success in this role will be measured by the ability to increase customer satisfaction while maintaining internal project cost discipline and control.
The SVP, Project Execution and Operations will be responsible for a team of around 200 project managers and more than 1,200 operations and installation professionals supporting the North America market. Further supporting this role is dotted line responsibility for Global Project Engineering and Software Application - both centers of excellence within Dematic.
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Tasks and Qualifications:
Selected key responsibilities in this role include:
Provide leadership to and develop strategies for Project Management and execution in alignment with the Company's mission statement and strategic plan.
Manage by designing/ implementing processes that provide for a high level of customer satisfaction at low / efficient cost.
Develop and manage budgets and business plans. Deliver safely, at quality, in time, at cost.
Effectively build a culture that fosters teamwork and cooperation, across the region and with global functions and COEs, to improve efficiency and synergy to reduce waste / cost.
Drive the Project Execution Improvement Initiative in support of improving efficiency and reducing cost and risks on the projects.
Create/conceptualize new systems, strategies, and programs with significant business impact.
Successfully defines workflows, jobs, and reporting relationships to obtain optimum effectiveness.
Recruiting, developing, motivating, and managing, highly trained technical professionals to ensure an effective and diverse work force capable of meeting all stated business objectives.
Fostering an inclusive working environment, where you lead by example and concretely support wellbeing of your team members.
Candidate Profile
The successful candidate will:
Have expertise and experience with large scale project work and execution excellence evidence in an international and matrixed Business.
Bring strong communication skills and leverage those skills to build relationships with customers and internal stakeholders.
Be able to work in a high growth environment with demanding deadlines.
Demonstrate experience successfully leading a large team of Project Managers, Engineers, Field Operations and Program Managers.
Function as a change agent by demonstrating past successes driving and managing change within an organization.
Proficient experience with Lean and Continuous Improvement methodology.
Demonstrate outstanding team building skills with the ability to improve interaction and efficiency as well as the ability to break down barriers / silos.
Have experience and is fast in the analysis of performance metrics: short- and long-term technology development planning, evaluation, testing, and selection.
Have experience with manpower planning, recruiting, and budgeting/forecasting. Demonstrated success in lead generation.
Existing technical experience and knowledge of the material handling industry, supply chain design, or material handling is a plus.
Bachelor's degree required Graduate Degree preferred
Be willing to travel approximately 40%
In terms of the performance and personal competencies required for the position, we would highlight the following:
Setting Strategy
The ability to create and articulate an inspiring vision for the organization, not only for the areas s/he is directly responsible for, but the enterprise.
The inclination to seek and analyze data from a variety of sources to support decisions and to align others with the organization's overall strategy.
An entrepreneurial and creative approach to developing new, innovative ideas that will stretch the organization and push the boundaries within the industry.
The ability to effectively balance the desire/need for broad change with an understanding of how much change the organization is capable of handling, to create realistic goals and implementation plans that are achievable and successful.
Executing for Results
The ability to set clear and challenging goals while committing the organization to improved performance, tenacious and accountable in driving results, always with integrity.
Comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty; the ability to adapt nimbly and lead others through complex situations.
A risk-taker who seeks data and input from others to foresee possible...
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Please see job description for required skills.