Strategic project manager

What are your contributions to the team?

• Implement improvements in production and support processes.
• Develop the project deployment strategy: Mandate, planning, resources, costs, risks, governance structure.
• Align a multi-functional team toward a common objective.
• Coordinate the progress of actions within the management of your project.
• Communicate the project status to stakeholders and upper management.
• Recommend strategies that support company objectives.
• Synthesize and document project strategies and solutions.
• Work as a team with all functions (Engineering, Methods, Industrial Engineering, Logistics, Production, Quality)
• Understand the technical parameters and performance indicators of your project results (ex.: cycle time, response time, capacity, etc.)

How to thrive in this role?

• You hold a bachelor’s degree in industrial or Mechanical Engineering, Operations and logistics management, Continuous improvement or equivalent.
• You have at least 8 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment.
• You have a global vision of the company.
• You are customer oriented (production and support functions as internal customers)
• You are comfortable in a production environment.
• You have knack for simplifying information and are comfortable presenting to upper management.
• You are dynamic and work well in a team.
• You are a leader and are motivated by new challenges.
• You are patient, driven and curious.
• You are flexible in the face of changes in priorities and strategies that affect you project.
• You use MS Project to keep track of project planning and progress.
• You use Excel for high-level analysis.
• You have training and experience in Industrial Engineering and/or Continuous Improvement.
• You speak and write French and English fluently.