Remote Project Manager (Japan) for Automation & Manufacturing

Talent Trader Group; Penang; Remote; MYR 234,000 - 338,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent Trader Group is seeking a Project Manager to oversee end-to-end projects remotely from Japan. You will prepare and present initial sales and technical proposals, review customer purchase orders, and coordinate phase-gate reviews and kickoff meetings.

You will maintain ongoing communication with customers, lead project teams, monitor risks, and manage change notifications. The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree in engineering, 5+ years PM experience in automation or equipment

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or electrical engineering.
• Minimum 5 years PM experience in automation or equipment manufacturing.
• PM certification such as PMI/CAPM, PMP, or PRINCE2 desirable.
• Proficient in MS Office and MS Project.
• Good understanding of the full project life cycle.
• EA License No.: 13C6305
• Registration No.: R1874608 (LEE JIA HOU)

Responsibilities

• Manage projects end-to-end, including preparation and presentation of initial sales and technical proposals.
• Review and acknowledge customer purchase orders, ensuring alignment with the approved project proposal and terms.
• Coordinate project phase-gate reviews as well as internal and external project kickoff meetings.
• Maintain regular communication with customers and provide ongoing project status updates.
• Lead regular project team meetings to monitor progress, issues, and deliverables.
• Coordinate and monitor design and build activities to ensure timely project completion.
• Plan and allocate the manpower and material resources required for successful project execution.
• Proactively identify project risks and potential issues, assess root causes, and work with the team to implement effective solutions.
• Conduct customer meetings and prepare and distribute meeting minutes, action items, and key decisions.
• Prepare and distribute standard project management reports and tracking documents, including daily status updates, task and action item logs, issue and risk logs, decision logs, resource plans, and weekly dashboards.
• Manage contract changes through Project Change Notifications and maintain the related revision summary.
• Lead project closeout meetings to document lessons learned and project performance highlights.]
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Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MS Office Suite

MS Project

PRINCE2 knowledge

PMI/CapM knowledge

Job description

Talent Trader Group is seeking a Project Manager to oversee end-to-end projects remotely from Japan. You will prepare and present initial sales and technical proposals, review customer purchase orders, and coordinate phase-gate reviews and kickoff meetings.

You will maintain ongoing communication with customers, lead project teams, monitor risks, and manage change notifications. The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree in engineering, 5+ years PM experience in automation or equipment