Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Vertiv is a leading provider of hardware, software, and services for critical applications. The Project Manager, Enterprise Sales is responsible for managing customer engagement and ensuring successful project execution by coordinating cross-functional teams and maintaining communication with stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Successfully delivers proactive project and program management to ensure ongoing customer engagement with the ultimate goal of driving customer loyalty and repeat business
- Builds and maintains strong relationships with the key internal and customer stakeholders
- Acts as a key point of contact for the client (along with Sales Leaders/Account Directors), ensuring effective communication and understanding of customers’ needs and expectations
- Collaborates with the sales account manager to align on customer expectations and drive successful execution
- Coordinates and manages early-stage customer technical engagement by getting technical sales involved to drive clarity on scope, engagement, deliverables, and expectations
- Leads end-to-end project and program management activities, including planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery
- Oversees order entry, product delivery, site deployments, and technical development engagements, ensuring they meet quality, scope, and timeline requirements
- Manages significant aspects of customer engagement, including program strategy, milestones, and deliverables
- Acts as an umbrella program manager, coordinating with various program and project management functions within the company (e.g., the support sales team, customer service, on-site service project management, factory, quality, issue resolution and operations program management) to streamline the customer interface and ensure a cohesive approach
- Coordinates and leads across various internal support functions (managing with and executing through) throughout the product and project lifecycle
- Identifies potential risks and proactively implements mitigation strategies to ensure project and program success
- Monitors sales project progress and addresses issues promptly to minimize disruptions and ensure coordination of activities on the critical path. Coordinates the team to implement short term and long-term resolutions
- Assembles cross functional teams to address issues (quality, safety, manufacturing etc.) to ensure program or project issues are resolved in a timely manner
- Oversees post-sales service and support activities, ensuring customer satisfaction and addressing any issues or concerns promptly
- Acts as liaison and escalation point for Sales, Service, the factories, and the Lines of Business
- Continuously seeks opportunities to enhance the client's experience and value from our products and services
- Develops a RACI Matrix to ensure functional groups understand roles, responsibilities, and deliverables
- Coordinates with order management, plant production, logistics, contractors, services and warranty groups throughout the project. Escalates potential conflicts to avoid impact to the customer and balances large projects demand with flow business
- Escalates and creates urgency around any issues that would impede the success of the sales project. Ensures that issues are resolved in a timely manner and communicated to the stakeholders
- Documents meeting notes, action items and follow through to completion
Skills
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Bachelor's degree in business, management, engineering, or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
- 4+ years of project management experience
- Strong communication skills including conducting effective meetings and presentations
- Must be able to drive projects to completion
- Proactive and effective problem solver
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Knowledge of engineering, operations, manufacturing processes, and commissioning processes
- Ability to successfully manage stakeholders in a matrixed environment
- MBA
- Previous sales experience
- Working knowledge of six sigma, continuous improvement and quality
- Construction management experience including knowledge of construction, electrical, and mechanical contracting
- Critical infrastructure and data center expertise with UPS, thermal, battery and monitoring
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