DCS - Designed Conveyor Systems is hiring a
Program Manager in United States

Summary

The job is for a Program Manager role where the employee will coordinate and monitor the scheduling, pricing, and technical performance of a company program. The role involves managing multiple high-complexity projects, leading communication, collaborating with the Account Executive, overseeing project scope, cost, and schedule, providing program updates, coordinating issue management, serving as point of escalation for customers, supporting Project Managers with vendor management, leading weekly calls, providing leadership to an internal team, coordinating PO receipt, supporting PMs on projects, managing overall project financials, sending DTC emails to senior mgt, and enabling consistent delivery on projects. The company offers a family-like culture, competitive salaries, health benefits, a 100% match up to 5% in the 401K program, participation in the Discretionary Profit-Sharing Program, flexibility, community outreach projects, fun company events, and a casual work environment.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience managing complex material handling projects
• Reliability
• Strategic partnership
• Leadership
• Communication skills
• Proactive issue resolution
• Feedback
• Growth and development

Responsibilities

• Utilize extensive experience with UPS projects , specifications, and methodology to manage the scope, cost, and schedule for multiple high-complexity projects
• Lead and manage communication on all UPS projects, both current and future
• Collaborate with the Account Executive to support Pre-contract and Sales efforts, providing initial Microsoft Project schedules
• Oversee scope, cost, and schedule for projects within the program, setting clear expectations with the internal team
• Provide input on PM assignments to projects within the program
• Provide program updates in monthly program meetings, aligning customer expectations with team expectations
• Coordinate FE calls with customer and project team for projects within the program
• Coordinate the management of issues, risks, and project changes with Project Managers and customers and escalate issues when needed
• Serve as point of escalation for customer for all projects within the program
• Support Project Managers with vendor management, including contractual deliverables
• Lead weekly calls for projects within the program in the absence of the Project Manager
• Provide leadership, feedback, and guidance to an internal project team, including Project Managers, Engineers, and Buyers
• Coordinate PO receipt for new projects with Account Managers
• Provide support to PMs on projects
• Support Project Managers with managing overall project financials, including cash flow, customer invoicing, and change orders

Benefits

• Family-like culture
• Competitive salaries
• Health benefits
• 100% match up to 5% in the 401K program
• Participation in the Discretionary Profit-Sharing Program
• Flexibility
• Community outreach projects throughout the year
• Fun company events
• Casual work environment