Manager, Project Performance

jbtm; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage from day 1

Dental coverage

Life insurance

Short-term and long-term disability

Family leave

Vision coverage

401(k) plan matched

Job summary

JBT Marel is seeking a Manager for Project Performance in Freezers PM Team, reporting to the Director of Project Management. You will lead a team of project managers responsible for technical scheduling and financial performance of freezing/refrigeration equipment, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery with a customer-first focus.

You will coordinate with Customers, Sales, Applications, Product Line Managers, Service, Manufacturing, Purchasing, and Engineering during order execution.

Qualifications

• BS Degree in related field is required.
• MBA or equivalent business experience is preferred.
• PMP Certification preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience leading highly productive teams.
• Ability to develop, monitor, analyze, and control project budgets.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong root cause analysis techniques.
• Strong reporting and presentation skills.
• Strong negotiating, planning, verbal, and written communications skills.
• Experience with ERP SAP/Oracle/Syteline systems.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and financial reporting.
• Create strategic project plans supporting segment growth while reducing cost and lead time.
• Track continuous improvement related to change orders and ASC 606 compliance.
• Provide technical overviews and participate in sessions affecting safety, quality, schedule, and cost.
• Drive order inbounding prospect reviews to deliver well-scoped projects.
• Travel to customer sites up to 20% to support PMs and train customers.
• Report project status bi-weekly to management.
• Develop and track team members' career objectives and performance.

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Project tracking

Interpersonal skills

Root cause analysis

Reporting & presentation

Negotiation

Verbal & written communication

Education

BS Degree in related field

MBA or equivalent business experience

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Syteline

MS Project

MS Office Suite

Job description

Manager - Project Performance - Freezers PM Team:

Reporting to the Director of Project Management - you will lead a team of up to project managers accountable for the technical schedule and financial performance of JBT Marel freezing and refrigeration equipment. You will ensure that the team delivers the highest quality product, on time, and within the project budget, with a customer first mentality. You will serve as the primary internal point of contact for Project Managers facilitating effective interaction with Customers, Sales, Applications, Product Line Managers, Service, Manufacturing, Purchasing, and Engineering during the order execution phase of projects.

Essential Duties:

• Ensures compliance with safety, quality, and financial reporting
• Creates strategic project plans supporting segment growth while contributing to cost and lead time reductions.
• Tracks continuous improvement activities with respect to change order process, ASC 606 Revenue Compliance and additional initiatives as identified.
• Provides technical overview and participates in technical sessions that will influence product safety, quality, schedule, and cost.
• Drives order inbounding Prospect Review process to deliver well scoped projects.
• Travels to customer sites (Globally) up to 20% to support the PM teams as needed with respect to customer orders, troubleshooting production problems, and customer personnel training.
• Ensures project team reports project status bi-weekly to JBT Marel management team
• Develops and tracks personnel's career objectives and coordinates the growth process by conducting performance reviews, individual interviews, and recommending training and development opportunities.
• Collaborates with Project Management, Product Management and Engineering teams to proactively research and develop concepts and proposals relative to specific customer requests

Qualifications:

• BS Degree in related field required
• MBA or equivalent business experience preferred
• PMP Certification preferred
• Minimum of 3 years' experience leading highly productive teams required
• Ability to develop, monitor, analyze, and control project budgets
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong root cause analysis techniques
• Strong reporting and presentation skills.
• Strong negotiating, planning, verbal, and written communications skills
• Experience with ERP (SAP/Oracle/Syteline) business system software
• Computer skill expertise in spreadsheets, MS Project, MS Office Suite software applications
• Understand process flow charts
• Design of experiments methodology
• Ability to read and interpret engineering and assembly drawings

This role is onsite in Sandusky, OH

Hybrid schedule 3 days in office/2 remote

Must be willing to travel up to 20% when needed to attend meetings and visit customer sites

Must be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship now or in the future

We are committed to our employees and will provide you with development and opportunities to allow you to be the best version of yourself at work, at home, and in your community.

We foster a genuine inclusive team culture enjoying collaborative working across our global teams to deliver world-class projects.

We encourage development - ensuring new experiences and challenges at JBT Marel to feed your growth!

Benefits:

Benefits: JBT Marel offers benefits on day 1 of your employment. Including:

• Medical
• Dental
• life insurance
• short-term and long-term disability
• family leave
• vision coverage
• a matched 401(k) plan.

Commitment to Diversity:

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging is a fundamental value to JBT Marel and critical to our future success. A thoughtful, focused, and sustained effort to work towards our DEIB goals is not just a principled choice, but also a business imperative.

JBT Marel uses technology-assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to support the review of applications.These tools help our recruiting teams identify skills and experience relevant to the role based on job-related criteria.All applications are reviewed by people, and AI is not used to make hiring decisions independently. We are committed to fair, consistent, and inclusive hiring practices globally.

Equal Opportunity Employment:

JBT Marel provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and qualified applicants for employment. We will not tolerate any form of discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion,