Project Manager / Senior Project Coordinator (Manufacturing)

ZipRecruiter; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job description

Job Description

Project Manager/Project Coordinator Required
Milton Keynes - £(phone number removed) per annum

Project Manager required to work for a manufacturing company based in Milton Keynes, immediate start available for the right candidate. The core mission of the Project Manager/Senior Project Coordinator is to provide outstanding customer service, liaising with members of the Sales, Technical and Operations teams to ensure timely and accurate delivery of projects. This position requires the ability to work as a member of a team and to help where necessary.

This is mainly an office-based role, but will occasionally involve visits to sites for surveys to agree design and installation issues. It's important to note that our customer is a manufacturer & supplier, not a contractor, so we don't carry out installation work.

Responsibilities and Duties

1. Customer Liaison: Working with customers to ensure their specific requirements are understood properly and met quickly and efficiently with first-class customer service.
2. Sales Liaison: Working with the sales team to take over responsibility for orders won, to finalize details and see them right through to completion. Attention to detail is a very important requirement.
3. Delivery Liaison: Working with production, logistics, and customer site teams to achieve accurate delivery of goods on time and in full.

Key Competencies

1. Customer Service: Having a passion for delighting the customer by maintaining a close relationship with them, particularly your site contacts, through regular and quality communication and meetings.
2. Time & Task Management: The ability to plan and control how you manage your time and tasks to accomplish your goals.
3. Effective Communication: Being able to express ideas and views, clearly and concisely either verbally or in written form, in a professional manner.
4. Microsoft Office: An in-depth knowledge of how to use Microsoft Office, not limited to Excel, Outlook, and Word.
5. Project Management: An understanding of the mechanics of project management and best practices.
6. Product Knowledge: Gaining an in-depth understanding of the product range and its specific details, including the different scenarios and options available, what situations it's used in, and certifications required. Having a good practical knowledge of manufacturing or construction methods would be a great advantage.
7. Product Sales: Understand how to upsell products on jobs handed over, where there is potential to offer optional extras.
8. Procurement: An understanding of the importance of procuring right and an excellent relationship with suppliers, working closely with our Procurement Manager to ensure we are maximizing profit on all projects.

Additional Info / Benefits

1. Salary £40,000-£45,000
2. Monday to Friday 7:30am - 4:30pm (3:30pm finish on Fridays)
3. Life insurance 3x salary
4. Private Health Insurance
5. Workplace Pension
6. 23 days holiday (with an additional 1 day per full year employed, increasing up to an additional 5 days) plus Bank Holidays
7. Cooked Lunch provided for all employees / breakfast items supplied
8. Free onsite parking
9. Employee Referral Scheme
10. Long Service Awards
11. Employee of the Month
12. Discretionary bonus scheme (after probationary period)
13. On-site gym
14. Enhanced Maternity Pay
15. Full pay Paternity Leave
16. Half year team building days

Proactive Global is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Proactive Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.