Manager Project Management
12 days ago
Atlanta
Manager – Project Management Location: Atlanta, USA Department: Project Management Company: GreyOrange About GreyOrange GreyOrange is a global leader in AI-driven robotic automation software and hardware, transforming distribution and fulfillment centers worldwide. Our solutions increase productivity, empower growth and scale, mitigate labor challenges, reduce risk and time to market, and create better experiences for customers and employees. Founded in 2012, GreyOrange is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with offices and partners across the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit . Our Solutions The GreyMatter Multiagent Orchestration (MAO) platform provides vendor-agnostic fulfillment orchestration to continuously optimize performance in real time: the right order, with the right bot and agent, taking the right path and action. Currently operating more than 70 fulfillment sites across the globe (with deployments of 700+ robots at a single site), GreyMatter enables customers to decrease their fulfillment Cost Per Unit by 50%, reduce worker onboarding time by 90% and optimize peak season performance. In retail stores, our gStore end-to-end store execution and retail management solution supports omnichannel fulfillment, real-time replenishment, intelligent workforce tasking and more. Using real-time overhead RFID technology, the platform increases inventory accuracy up to 99%, doubles staff productivity, and enables an engaging, seamless in-store experience. About the Role As a member of Grey Orange project management team, you will work closely with all the key stake holders of a project and will ensure that, everybody aligned towards successful project delivery within in the committed timeline and budget. As a Project Manager, you are expected demonstrate strong project management skills and global best practices and strong process to deliver multiple projects simultaneously and seamlessly and to own & drive implementation programs across geographies. The ideal candidate will understand that customer satisfaction, advanced planning, cross functional co-ordination, Pro-active & Seamless communication, Budget control & Continual improvements are the key success factors of a project, we expect that our project managers will follow the global best practices, SOPs, implementation methods for successful project delivery and to have a happy customer. As a project manager you are expected to work closely with Professional services, Products & Engineering, Manufacturing, client support, customer success and with Customer teams. The below roles & responsibilities are indicative of the expectations of GreyOrange from your job role. However, your impact on the organization and hence the responsibilities evolve over time and hence the below are not exhaustive or limiting your position at any point. Responsibilities: • Understanding customer requirements, • Define project implementation strategies considering geographical, Solution & Integration, and delivery timeline challenges, • Preparing a high-level project timeline, • Work closely with proposals teams in creating and reviewing effort estimates for services, • Successful transition of the project from the sales team to the delivery team, • Understand the contract & define project scope, key deliverables, and major milestones, • Set up the project charter, communication channels, and cadence, • Coordinate and collaborate with the customer and internal cross-functional teams and define the gap analysis, • Prepare Project success criteria – Timelines, KPI, budget and establish the baseline, • Ensure all standard project processes are being followed, • Closely monitor the project progress in terms of timelines, budget and major milestones, • Ensure seamless communication flow between the customer and all key stakeholders, • Ensure key customer deliverables on-time, such as site readiness, infra& resources, • Coordinate with supply chain teams and ensure on-time hardware delivery, • Closely monitor the progress of testing and timely update of any issues of delay, • Create / Track / Escalate (Issue management) any bugs identified through JIRA, • Ensure cross-functional teams resource allocation and travel planning., • Ensure customer site readiness duly validated and delivered on time., • Ensure our software readiness and deployment, • Coordinate with regional teams – Customer – HQ teams for integration testing, • Setup and lead war room if required based on RPM request, • Help RPM in tracking UAT test plan, • Help RPM in publishing / updating KPI monitoring and ramp up plan, • Co-ordinate with RPM for successful closure of NPD tickets and handover of project to Client services, • Coordinate with RPM and publish all the handover signoff documents on Confluence and the project closure report Requirements: • Bachelor’s engineering degree in IE / EE/ EC / ME with 7+ years of exp, • Master’s degree or MBA in Operations management / Project management will be preferred, • Rich project management experience with subject matter expertise in these industries: Warehousing, Supply chain, Logistics, Manufacturing, Automobile, Oil & Gas., • 9+ years of experience spanning across following practices: Project / Program management, Change management, Consulting, P&L & People Management., • 5+ years of experience in Warehouse operations & E2E project management of warehouse automation (or) distribution center commissioning, • Demonstrated strategic thinking and organizational agility., • PMI – ACP / PMI - PMP / prince -1 / CSM certifications will be an added advantage, • Good data crunching skills, ability to analyze complex problems and find appropriate solutions, • Ability to interact, inspire and influence cross-functional teams., • Strong communication, execution, quantitative skills combined with creativity and negotiation abilities. GreyOrange provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.