Project Manager in London, Stratford

A new vacancy has arisen within the Skyline Division for the position of Project Manager to service the Southern region. This ideal candidate will be based in the Stratford (London) or surrounding area within a 10-mile radius. You will join them on a full-time, permanent basis, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary.

As the UK market leading Kitchen, Bedroom and Bathroom fitted furniture manufacturer, they have had unsuppressed growth over the last 50 years, with an emphasis on providing a high standard of products and service. They are currently seeking the very best people, to further strengthen their position within the industry by appointing dedicated individuals to share in their success.

The Project Manager role is field based and brings with it the responsibility of protecting the business by managing and documenting site activity, both pre-delivery and post-delivery. The key responsibilities of their Project Manager will include:

• Ensuring excellent service to sensitive customers by establishing and maintaining clear lines of communication.
• Attending site set ups and progress meetings for allocated Skyline projects.
• Scheduling plots for delivery via site plot schedules on the company Extranet or by submitting call-off forms to the Sales Office, in line with customer programmes and company lead-times.
• Carrying out the check measure of plots 3 weeks before delivery for standard product and 5 weeks before delivery for non-standard product (e.g. Paint to Order), reporting and documenting any findings directly to the customer via IMS documentation.
• Submitting approved marked up revisions to the company Design Office via an amendment form.
• Carrying out the readiness inspection of plots 2 weeks before delivery for standard product and 4 weeks before delivery for non-standard product, to ensure that when materials arrive on site they can be fitted without delay.
• Inspecting the delivery and offload route a week prior to delivery, reporting back any issues to the National Project Manager.
• Carrying out week of delivery checks on plots to ensure that they have progressed to a level which enables company materials to be fitted, reporting all findings via IMS and circulating accordingly with photographic evidence where required.
• Rescheduling delivery dates in the system, where necessary, and then confirming these movements with the customer via e-mail.
• Maintaining a site activity folder throughout the life of allocated projects.
• Working closely with company Contracts Managers and fit teams to ensure that the delivery to completion of materials is kept to the shortest time scale possible.
• Integrating company procedures with customer systems, such as 4 Projects, CADWEB, Conject and Fieldview.
• Reporting and documenting findings both internally and externally.
• Completing the stage and final stage sign offs for company materials on site.

In order to succeed in this Project Manager role, you must have:

• Experience of scheduling and managing plots, including check measures and readiness inspections.
• High levels of customer service.
• Good time management.
• An awareness of company lead-times and weekly production deadlines.

You will be:

• Able to work effectively to achieve departmental KPI targets.
• Able to communicate confidently with people at all levels to develop existing relationships with Architects, Specifiers, Site/Project Managers, Buyers, Senior Managers and Directors.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Self-motivated and able to maintain deadlines.
• Willing to work as part of a dynamic team.

This position will be rewarded with a competitive salary. In order for your application to be taken further please state your required salary. If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you’d like to become their Project Manager then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, they’d love to hear from you.