Project Manager

Job Summary:

Project Managers provide technical project management support for the sales efforts of the company. This role is critical in retaining profitability and solving complex issues that occur throughout a project. Project managers are accountable to ensuring the overall success of a project’s installation. They are responsible for finding potential threats to success early and finding solutions.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Pre-order

  • Communicate the project scope and requirements to the installation companies and request labor quotes.
  • Perform site visits to confirm site infrastructure, details, requirements and communicate to the team.
  • Review proposed product applications and communicate in project team meeting findings to ensure proper functionality.
  • Assist in the preliminary and final tagging of the product lines in Kham.
  • Review approved design development downloads from design.

• Post-order

  • Review preliminary and final core plans from design as required.
  • Lead and coordinate pre-install meetings with all parties involved.
  • Schedule installations with the clients or GC’s and communicate to the team.
  • Communicate and ensure the installation companies’ compliance with all safety training, badging, and other project requirements.
  • Receive PlanGrid file from PC and upload necessary files as the project progresses.
  • Manage and coordinate all manufacture deliveries at site with the installation companies.
  • Continually review the product shipment status, LTL’s, shortages, and delays from manufacturers and communicate to the team.
  • Perform preliminary punch list walkthrough with installation companies to remedy all on-site issues prior to formal punch with client.
  • Perform formal punch list walkthrough with client and communicate with PC all product issues required to be rectified.
  • Perform site visits as required, identifying any short shipments, damages, wrong product, and communicate to PC’s for service notification submittals to the manufacturers.

• Ongoing

  • Create and maintain strong working relationships with installation and product vendors.
  • Attend weekly status report meetings to review active projects with the team.
  • Attend client and GC meetings as required and communicate to team the project status.
  • Obtain COI’s from installation companies and forward copies to finance.
  • Review weekly backlogs and send invoicing requests to finance for product and service invoicing.
  • Other duties as assigned.

• Required Education

  • Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university; or two plus years of related experience in project management in a contract office furniture dealership.

• Required skills

  • Excellent technical and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills in communication
  • Understanding of how to manage complex supply chain
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Ability to manage multiple projects at once

• Preferred skills

  • PlanGrid
  • Project Spec
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Good knowledge of MS Office and proficient in Excel.
  • High level of product knowledge
  • High level of independence – able to work with minimal supervision