Project Planning Manager
Alstom Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy · €38K–€50K/yr
Software Development · 11-50 employees
About the role
The Project Planning Manager is responsible for developing and maintaining project schedules to ensure commitments are met regarding time and cost. They must coordinate internal and external schedules, manage resources, and interface with stakeholders to define communication strategies.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates should have a background in project management and the industrial sector, with excellent proficiency in MSP and P6. Strong interpersonal skills, critical thinking, and a solid understanding of railway products and systems are required.
Full description
The Railway industry today is characterized by both a strong and sustained growth across the world. The trends that drive this are well known: With 6B€ of Sales and around 30,000 employees based in over 60 countries, Alstom develop & market the most complete range of systems, equipment and services offered today in the railway sector. Today we offer our customers solutions that feature a seamless blend of diverse technologies, ensuring optimal interfaces, along with flexible implementation and real synergy in innovation.
Purpose of the job:
Responsible to develop and mantain the project schedule in order to manage efficiently the commitments of the project (tender, contract or program) in terms of time and cost and to take part in the RC workload construction.
The Project Planning Manager is in charge of the customer schedule that has to be coherent with the internal schedule (also for ADM developments and for other PUs' contributions) and the ATI/JV operational constraints, so he/she has to interface with other Companies/PUs and with the Customer, to build scenarios and to rightly manage the communication strategy defined by PMs and Customer Director.
From an internal point of view he/she manages the schedule in PMS, with Resource Mgmt and related KPIs; so the activity is key for the project/program management, for the construction of RC workload and the resource mgmt at team/dept level and also for WPRs (above all after the IFRS15 introduction).
Knowledge and experience:
- Project Management and Industrial backgrounds
- Good communication and interpersonal skills, excellent team worker
- Conflict management and multi-tasking
- Ability to challenge project team and to be highly proactive in proposing solutions
- Ability to juggle with schedules and changing project goals
- Able to think critically and use good judgement
- Excellent use of MSP and P6
- Good overall knowledge of railway products and systems
Salary Range
Salary Range 37.500 € - 50.000 €; CCNL (Contratto Collettivo Nazionale del Lavoro) applied: Metalmeccanici Industria
At Alstom Transport, we offer you the opportunity to unleash your potential and reinvent yourself. As a future employee, you will have a unique opportunity to drive our organization forward, while continuing to build your career and contribute to the expanding growth of the global railway industry. More information about Alstom can be found at: www.alstom.com
