Conversions Project Manager

KHS; Waukesha (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Educational Reimbursement

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid Time Off

Holidays

401K with Company Match

Job summary

KHS, a leading beverage packaging equipment supplier, is seeking a Conversions Project Manager in Waukesha, WI. You will develop conversion projects, prepare accurate quotations, and support sales with technical expertise.

You will coordinate with engineering, manage schedules, visit customers as needed, and ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget. A Bachelor's in Business or Engineering and 3+ years experience with complex automated capital equipment are required; PMP is

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering or related field.
• At least 3 years technical experience (or sales) with complex automated capital equipment.
• At least 1 year experience in developing quotations for complex capital equipment.
• PMP Certification is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of packaging machines technology within area of product specialization.
• Ability to analyze applications and build competitive proposals.
• Ability to work independently on multiple proposals with limited supervision.

Responsibilities

• Reviews RFQs and analyzes customer needs from specifications and drawings.
• Supports sales process with technical information and may visit customer sites.
• Develops technical solutions and coordinates with engineering staff.
• Prepares cost estimates and competitive quotes following pricing structures.
• Acts as lead customer contact for quotes and orders when needed.
• Keeps product information and schedules updated for management and sales teams.
• Visits customers to resolve urgent issues with equipment as necessary.

Skills

Project management

Quotation development

Sales support

Packaging machinery

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or Engineering

Tools

MS Office

Job description

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Conversions Project Manager

Regular full-time Professionals Waukesha, WI, US

KHS is a subsidiary of Salzgitter AG. As one of the world's leading manufacturers of filling and packaging systems for beverages and liquid food we are a world-class player. Our customers have trusted in our passionate pioneering spirit and first-class technologies for over 150 years. However, we can only remain world class if we continue to find new employees who make just as high demands of themselves and the quality of their work as our customers make of us at KHS. Are you one of them?

The Project Manager, Conversions works to develop the KHS packaging machine conversions business and delivers accurate, commercially competitive quotations for projects, supports the sales process with technical expertise and manages conversion projects until the machine is installed and accepted.

Your Responsibilities:

• Reviews Requests for Quotes (RFQs) from sales, after-sales, service personnel or customers; analyzes and evaluates customer needs from customer specification sheets, drawings and application requirements.
• Supports and participates in sales process interacting with customers; provides support and technical information for sales and service personnel and management; may visit customer sites to participate in sales presentations and site evaluation
• Develops and provides creative technical solutions for customer packaging problems; coordinates with engineering staff who provide engineering services
• Specifies the proper machine, components and/or technology for customer’s application; collaborates with other departmental leaders to create technically and financially accurate project estimates; utilizing existing pricing structures; accesses information from a variety of sources for costs; interacts with other product specialists as needed.
• Prepares cost estimates for project impact on customer’s line; explains technical functions of machinery and components; articulates competitive advantages of KHS equipment compared to competitive machines/parts.
• Prepares proposals and quotations and works with commercial administrative group; oversees order confirmation and may execute risk review; gathers missing technical information and incorporates into quotation; serves as quotation guardian for product specialty; follows ISO procedures for sales activity.
• Acts as lead point of customer contact for quotes and orders as needed on behalf of sales staff, regional service managers, or department manager.
• Continues to build expertise on technical aspects of KHS product lines; shares product expertise with other departments.
• Maintains reference information on specified product line, may keep track of technical updates from competence center;
• Depending on product line, plans, directs, and coordinates received orders for projects to ensure that resources are available and that contract obligations are met on time and within budget; coordinates schedules with engineering and manufacturing departments as well as communicating project schedule and status updates to customers.
• Maintains product information that can be referenced on demand by sales personnel and management.
• Tracks and analyzes customer needs, and proposal, sales order activity for management
• May use market information to analyze the product market.
• Visit customers to resolve urgent problems with KHS equipment; emergency visits may need to be made depending on the severity of the problem and the strategic nature of the customer; completes a customer visit report and logs data after meetings

Your Profile:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering or related field
• At least 3 years technical experience (or sales) with complex automated capital equipment
• At least 1 year experience in developing quotations for complex capital equipment
• Will consider equivalent combination of experience and education.
• PMP Certification is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of technical aspects of packaging machines technology within area of product specialization
• Ability to analyze applications and build appropriate solutions into a competitive proposal
• Ability to work effectively and independently on multiple proposals with limited supervision
• Medical, Dental, Vision insurance offered at 30 days of employment
• Generous Educational Reimbursement program
• Company sponsored Life and Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Ten (10) Paid Holidays per year
• 401K with Company Match

In order to ensure our success in the future, too, we need first-class employees – and we also have plenty to offer them.