Project Manager – Orio – Tanzania

Job Description

Report to:  International Project Manager Netherlands

Large Scale Project Manager Africa

Key Areas of Responsibility

 

Site planning + preparation

  • Site assessments to understand the local situation and the real customer need
  • Trigger Site Planning (produced by Business Center) to create a site preparation package to get upfront insight in room lay-out and technical specifications
  • Main interface towards civil works partners
  • Responsible for high level planning of site preparation
  • Monitor progress of civil works according to plan
  • Escalate deviations from plan / budget
  • Ensure Customer Acceptance (and signed handover document) for site preparation
  • Approval of invoices of civil works partners according work performed

Order Realization Process (ORP) – Installation Projects

  • Be the main interface during the project towards the customer
  • Create project and milestone date /planning in project management tool ( Clarity)
  • Ensure that all required materials, resources and activities are ordered, planned and available according to plan
  • Weekly review installation project plan with all required stakeholders
  • Manage issues according escalation process
  • Manage risks and ensure that the project stays within budget and on-time
  • Organize the execution of the actual installation and required user training
  • Ensure Customer Acceptance (and signed handover document).
  • Escalate deviations from plan / budget
  • Able to support full-multi modality projects including Turnkey Projects
  • Display Philips project leadership for complex projects
  • Approval of invoices of installation partners according work performed

Quality & Regulatory (Q&R)

  • Responsible for site planning / preparation compliance to product reference data
  • Responsible for monitoring and ensuring installation compliance to service manuals.
  • Responsible for accurate install base configurations and complete installation record
  • Responsible for monitoring compliance of third parties used for installations
  • Responsible for reporting customer feedback according to applicable quality standard policy and follow up relevant assigned Q&R training in a timely manner

Authorities

  • Authorize turn key customer quotes
  • Authorized within agreed limits to secure and manage the internal / external resources required to deliver the project on time, budget and to required standards
  • Authorized to represent Philips with external parties (e.g. regulatory)
  • Authorized to represent Philips with external Turnkey Contractors

Key measures

(KPI’s apply for the more complex and larger revenue projects)

  • Initial Quality (IQ)
  • Project cost
  • Project planning accuracy
  • Sales forecast accuracy
  • Project cycle time
  • Customer Acceptance Date (CAD) accuracy


Education & Experience

  • Degree level education or equivalent
  • Project Management Certificate
  • 5- 8 years’ experience in the following:
  • Experience in equipment installation (B2B)
  • Experience in handling external contractors
  • Experience in Customer Negotiating
  • Excellent Experience in Project Management
  • Experience in working within cross functional teams
  • Knowledge of site preparation and planning per modality, relevant product specifications room requirements (e.g. support clinical workflow)
  • Good Understanding of Supply Chain Processes
  • Fluent in English, verbal and written in addition to local language

Employment Equity

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process.  As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply. Only apply for this role is you are a Tanzanian Citizen and have the legal right to work in the United Republic of Tanzania.