Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Daikin Comfort is seeking a Middle Market Project Manager to support its divisional sales organization and growth across commercial, multi-family, VRV, and custom home HVAC projects. The role manages projects from inception through completion, provides product selection and quoting support, coordinates submittals and equipment deliveries, and maintains accurate project information in Salesforce.
Responsibilities
- Provides product selection and quoting services to assist the divisional sales groups increase sales and meet assigned divisional goals
- Manages projects from inception to completion, including liaising with all involved parties to ensure projects are accurate, complete, and delivered in a timely manner
- Provides support to customers, as well as sales and branch teams, ensuring that all stakeholders have the most up-to-date and accurate information about projects and the products involved
- Prepares projects for closing by performing a final review and making sure all activities are complete, documented properly in the CRM, and communicated to both internal and external customers as necessary
- Coordinates and communicates with all involved parties to develop submittals that are accurate and meet all project requirements
- Ensures the Customer TSMs, Sales Leadership, Technical Support Managers, Credit Dept. and other relevant personnel collaborate to provide necessary support through timely and accurate equipment deliveries, project review meetings, and startup assistance
- Tracks all projects in Salesforce ensuring that Project Opportunities are complete, and that any missing information or discrepancies are addressed before they become issues
- Regarding Submittal Generation: Prepares submittals and sends them to the customer. Responds to all submittal rejections and re-submits revised submittals as necessary. Liaises with external vendors to confirm any issues with submittals and receive feedback. Liaises with contractors to address any requested changes. Uploads signed and approved submittals into Salesforce
- Enters pertinent project information into Salesforce and tracks project timing requirements (both delivery, training timing, and assisted start-up timing if required)
- Prepares cost estimates by analyzing proposals and project requirements. Confers with customers, TSMs, and/or Application Specialist to assess equipment needs and to determine system requirements for projects
- Plans and modifies product configurations to meet customer needs. Recommends improved products or equipment to customers, specifying how such changes will lower costs or increase efficiency
- Complies with all Company policies and procedures as well as Federal, State, and local regulations
- Performs additional projects/duties to support ongoing business needs
Skills
- Applies advanced knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience
- Ability to communicate clearly and professionally, via written, verbal, and by way of phone calls and electronically such as through email and text
- Ability to establish positive working relationships with internal and external customers and employees
- Strong team player, results orientated, dedicated to excellence, and sense of urgency to achieve business objectives
- Ability to work both independently and effectively within a team
- Proven high quality customer service skills and relationship management skills
- Demonstrated problem solving techniques
- Proven project management skills
- Excellent follow through habits leading to strong accomplishments of project goals
- Ability to use good judgment and strong work ethics and integrity on the job
- Effective organizational and time management skills including the ability to prioritize and on-time completion of projects
- Highly organized with the ability to manage many time-sensitive needs
- Ability to perform exceptionally while working in a fast- paced, multi-task environment
- Ability to adapt quickly to change and work effectively on various types of activities
- Working knowledge of MS Office – Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Salesforce
- Ability to practice safe work habits and follow company policies/procedures including safety guidelines
- Ability to apply good judgement, strong work ethics and integrity on the job
- 3-5 years industry experience or related industry experience
- Expertise to include HVAC certification and technical application
- Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent, relevant industry experience)
- Must be able to perform essential responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodations
- Ability to travel up to 20% of the time
- Ability to lift 20 Lbs. on an infrequent basis
- Qualified Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States. Qualified applicants will not require employer sponsored work authorization now or in the future for employment in the United States
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