Project Manager

Job Description

Job Title: Project ManagerLocation: Hybrid / ReigateSalary: Up to £40,000Overview of RoleThe role of the Project Manager is to plan and manage customer projects according to set deadlines and within budget. This includes acquiring resources (internal and sub-contractors). With a drive to ensure ownership of every project from the point of salethrough to invoice.The Project Manager will be expected to manage multiple projects concurrently to successful conclusion by managing the scope, budget, timescales and quality. The Project Manager is responsible for project design, planning, execution, quality, financial control,management of risks, issues, change and communication.Job Responsibilities for the Project ManagerResponsibilities include but are not limited to: Define project scope, project products and deliverables Designing project and communication plans for solution delivery Co-ordination of internal and external resource Raising Purchase Orders and ordering materials to be sent to customers Liaising with service teams on provisioning orders Continued updates on progress of project to customers Identify and manage key stakeholder relationships representing Southern Communications Corporate Solutions values and standards Configuration of Hosted orders as required Adding all aspects of the project billing to the corporate CRM Identify, record and monitor any Project risks. Conduct Project Meetings; both internal and external Manage the Project budget; escalating and obtaining authorisation for any work required outside of the budget. Update and maintain customer records on the CRM ensuring details and pricing are 100% correct Update and maintain job and project tasks on the CRM Coach, mentor and cross train project team members as required Provide advice and assistance with pre-sales as requiredEssential Skills and Experience for the Project Manager Good communication skills, both verbal and written Strong analytical capability, commercial and financial acumen Strong stakeholder management skills, managing stakeholders with multiple important priorities and influencing up to Director level. Strong influencing skills, including demonstrated ability to influence and drive results Perceptive of customers needs and able to communicate effectively and professionally with all levels of customer Capable of dealing with ambiguity and translating into clear project deliverables Ability to communicate complex problems / solutions in an articulate manner, using data to support your argument and influence stakeholders. Able to build and maintain a range of stakeholder relationships and influence stakeholders to support the delivery of your project workload Organised Proactive and ability to problem solve Strong analytic skills Confident personality, prepared to be innovative and embrace a changing environment Attention to detail Able to manage and prioritise workloadsObjectives for the Project Manager Strive to exceed the targets set by company Drive quality delivery - get it right first time.Qualifications and Experience Required for the Project Manager Prince 2 Practitioner or equivalent level recognised project management qualification. Min. of 3 years project management experience, preferably within the telecommunications industry or other technology industry where you can demonstrate a track record of delivering technology projects. Proficient using the Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Excel, Word etc.). Experience using Project Management tools such as Trello, Asana, Microsoft Planner, Microsoft ProjectsPreferred Skills and Experience for the Project ManagerUnderstanding and direct experience of delivery the following technologies: SIP trunking Hosted telephony deployments PBX (up to Enterprise) deployments UC Deployments Number porting (including large number migrations) WAN / SDWAN deployments FTTC / FTTP / Ethernet rollout LAN/WLAN deployments Dealing with diverse customers ranging from SMB up to corporate organisations. Experience working on technology projects within the Healthcare and Public sector.For further information regarding this Project Manager role, please get in touch with Andy at Contact Point Recourcing.

Keyskills :
Project ManagementScrumPRINCE2Project Delivery