Project Manager

Toyota Automated Logistics; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan with company 2%

Vacation/Holiday pay

Volunteer time off

Tuition reimbursement

Professional associations

Conferences

Subscriptions

Company meetings

Job summary

Toyota Automated Logistics is seeking a Project Manager to guide projects from sales through implementation. You will estimate resources, manage contracts, and maintain schedules, ensuring customer satisfaction and on-time delivery while controlling budgets.

Travel up to 80% to customer sites; Bachelor's in Engineering required, PMP/MBA/MS is a plus, and strong MS Office and MS Project skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelors of Engineering or equivalent technical experience.
• MS, MBA or PMP certification a plus.
• 5+ years' experience in project management.
• Experience in material handling, robotics, manufacturing or packaging preferred.
• Experience and/or education in basic financials including ROI, cash flows and depreciation.
• Proficient with MS Office, especially Excel.
• MS Project or similar experience is required.
• AutoCAD experience is preferred.
• Must be able to work long-term without sponsorship.
• Adheres to information security policies and training.

Responsibilities

• Work with the assigned team to review proposals, contracts and new orders for accuracy.
• Estimate and direct internal Toyota Automated Logistics resources to complete the project.
• Maintain positive cash flow on all projects and follow up on invoices.
• Publish weekly Project Logs.
• Monitor budget margin and forecast margin for major projects.
• Manage project correspondence, submittals and documentation.
• Manage the project schedule using Gantt charts.
• Support Site Supervisors in the field.

Skills

Project management

MS Excel

MS Office

Financials

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

MS

MBA

PMP certification

Tools

MS Project

AutoCAD

Job description

The Project Manager's involvement begins in the sales cycle. This may involve estimating, solicitation of subcontractor proposals, assistance in presentations, review of proposed contracts, project scheduling and systems design. As the sales process transitions into the implementation phase, the PM takes on increasing responsibility for understanding and controlling Toyota Automated Logistics risk from technical, contractual, cash flow, and organizational standpoint. This may involve estimating, solicitation and selection of subcontractor proposals, assistance in presentations, defining project implementation timeline, review of contracts, and systems design. The Project Manager will stay involved and travel to the customer site throughout the installation, go-live and acceptance process ensuring customer satisfaction while maintaining the project budget and timeline.

Job Functions

• Work with the assigned team to review proposals, contracts and new orders for accuracy and commercial and technical issues.
• Estimate and direct internal Toyota Automated Logistics resources necessary to successfully complete the project.
• Maintain positive cash flow on all projects. Work with accounts and business support specialist to follow-up on past due invoices.
• Publish weekly Project Logs.
• Be aware of budget margin and current forecast margin +/- 1% of all major projects at all times (Typically 2-3 projects at a time).
• Responsible for content, format and timeliness of all project correspondence and submittals including drawings, letters, equipment and controls documentation, spare parts lists, purchase orders.
• Manage the project schedule. Use electronic Gantt chart for installed projects.
• Support the Site Supervisors when they need help in the field.

Travel Requirements

• 80% daily travel to customer sites with occasional overnight travel (Travel expenses paid by Toyota Automated Logistics)

Preferred Skills And Required Qualifications

• Bachelors of Engineering required or Bachelors Degree with equivalent technical experience.
• MS, MBA or PMP certification a plus.
• 5+ years' experience in project management.
• Experience in material handling, robotics, manufacturing or packaging preferred.
• Experience and/or education in basic financials, conversant with concepts of project ROI, discounted cash flows, simple and compound interest and depreciation.
• Must be extremely literate with MS Office software suite (particularly MS Excel).
• MS Project or similar experience is required
• AutoCAD experience is preferred.
• Must be able to work long-term without the need of sponsorship
• Employees must follow all information security policies, protect confidential data, complete required training, and report any suspected security incidents to support our information security controls.

About Toyota Automated Logistics

Toyota Automated Logistics is your global partner for integrated warehouse automation. Our team combines the talents of Bastian Solutions, Vanderlande’s warehousing business and viastore under one brand to deliver scalable systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services.

In addition to exciting work at a growing company, we offer the following benefits:

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with a company match
• Vacation / Holiday Pay
• Paid Volunteer time off
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Professional Associations, Conferences and Subscriptions
• Company Meetings & Events

Toyota Automated Logistics does not work with outside recruiting agencies. No solicitation phone calls please.