Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Körber is a technology company focused on industries including supply chain, life science, and high-tech manufacturing. The Project Manager leads complex customer projects from sales handoff through final acceptance, managing cross-functional teams, customer relationships, schedules, budgets, quality, risks, contracts, and delivery performance.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the contract owner, managing contractual obligations, commercial risks, and customer expectations throughout the project lifecycle
- Prepare and manage change orders, variation requests, and additional sales opportunities while balancing commercial and technical project requirements
- Lead diverse international and cross-functional project teams, including engineering, software, site management, and subcontractor resources
- Ensure all projects adhere to Körber's Project Excellence methodology, quality standards, and required documentation processes
- Drive collaboration, accountability, and high performance while maintaining strong customer relationships and stakeholder alignment
- Develop and execute detailed project plans, including resource allocation, forecasting, scheduling, and budget management
- Monitor project progress, proactively identify risks, implement corrective actions, and ensure delivery on time, within budget, and to quality expectations
- Oversee installation, commissioning, and acceptance activities, ensuring PAC and FAC milestones are successfully achieved
- Serve as the primary customer escalation point while providing regular project status updates and decision-making recommendations
- Manage project documentation, supplier tender processes, and milestone-based invoicing to support successful project delivery
- Orders, additional sales opportunities, invoicing, and customer reporting
- Collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders, including customers, project engineering, site management, sales, service, supply chain, finance, and manufacturing teams
- Work closely with the Head of Project Management and cross-functional leaders to ensure successful project delivery
- Partner with system integration teams and subcontractors to coordinate complex automation and logistics projects
- Operate in a dynamic, customer-focused environment where quality, schedule, and budget objectives drive decision-making
- Engage with both internal and external stakeholders throughout the full project lifecycle, from project kickoff through final acceptance
- Contribute to the successful execution of large-scale projects by building strong relationships across global and multidisciplinary teams
- Travel up to 10-20% to support customer meetings, project reviews, installation activities, and key project milestones
- Be part of a collaborative culture that values teamwork, operational excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement
Skills
- • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, a related technical field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- • 8+ years of project management experience, preferably within logistics, automation, material handling, or industrial environments
- • Strong expertise in managing complex projects, including planning, budgeting, forecasting, risk management, and execution
- • Experience working within matrix organizations and leading cross-functional, international teams
- • Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills with the ability to solve complex problems using structured methodologies
- • Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage audiences from executive leadership to operational teams
- • Self-motivated, decisive, and adaptable, with a high level of integrity and accountability
- • Customer-focused leader with strong business acumen, entrepreneurial mindset, and the ability to drive results in a fast-paced environment
- Travel up to 10-20% to support customer meetings, project reviews, installation activities, and key project milestones
- Eligible applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The employer will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position
- • Project Management certification (PMP, CAPM, IPMA, PRINCE2, or similar) is preferred
Benefits
- Collaborative culture that values teamwork, operational excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement
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