AMR Project Manager

Job Description

SUMMARY

Leads and coordinates the daily requirements specific to assigned projects (primarily AMR projects but not exclusively) from pre-sales activity through execution, shipment and final project closeout. Exercises independent judgment and discretion to maintain project scope and perform within schedule and budget parameters.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Documents and clarifies project scope, requirements and estimates.
• Works with stakeholders to develop and maintain the project timeline.
• Develops responsibility matrix with all stakeholders and cross functional team members.
• Conducts periodic meetings with stakeholders presenting status and recording open issues.
• Publishes status and open issues after each periodic meeting.
• Works with customers and sales to manage change requests to maintain planned margin.
• Reviews project proposals to develop goals, time frame, budgets, and procedures for accomplishing projects.
• Analyzes project profitability, develops and manages project budget, including timely invoicing of progress payments.
• Understands basic revenue models, P/L, and cost-to-completion projections and makes decisions accordingly.
• Identifies necessary resources and leads assigned team members through project completion.
• Creates, executes, and adjusts project work plans as needed.
• Develops and strengthens customer relationship.
• Manages day-to-day operational aspects and client interaction.
• Orders materials related to projects.
• Effectively applies KUKA methodology and enforces project standards.
• Creates and maintains job records for each project, including Estimates, Jobs, Sales Orders, and Shippers in ERP/CRM systems.
• Prepares for engagement reviews and quality assurance procedures.
• Minimizes company exposure and risk on project.
• Manages change and problem resolution, identifies opportunities for improvement.
• Anticipates gaps relative to project scope and timeline. Takes appropriate countermeasures to ensure project scope is achieved.
• Ensures proper documentation completion (including lessons learned) and storage.
• Facilitates team and client meetings effectively and mitigates team conflict.
• Delivers informative, well-organized presentations.
• Provides periodic status reports to management.
• Contributes to a knowledge base of each client's business, organization and objectives.
• Assists on the pre-sales (definition of scope, clarification of requirements, estimation, quoting, work breakdown and scheduling) effort if required.
• Travels as needed (domestic and international) depending on the nature of the projects assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

No direct reports. Since this is a Project Management role the Project Manager will be responsible for leading a small team of (2 – 4 individuals) as required for successful project completion. Responsibilities include engineering, planning, and securing and directing resources for each project through the KUKA Management Team.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university and five years of related technical/engineering experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical, electrical, electronic, etc. prints and other related technical documentation.
• Requires knowledge of the fundamentals of customer service for phone and face-to-face contact with customers and strong computer skills/knowledge (MS Office environment, Word, Excel, Internet, email, Salesforce (or similar CRM), AutoCAD (or similar design software), etc.).
• Ability to develop and use spreadsheets and graphs to track project progress. Ability to manage multiple priorities professionally, ethically and maintain confidentiality
• Experience with AMRs and robots is a plus.
• Agile project management methodology experience is desired.
• Experience with MS Project or Gantt software is a plus.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Valid Driver’s License and Passport. Ability to travel to the US.
• PMP certification is a plus.
• Agile / Scrum Master Certification is a plus.

KUKA is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.