KZA_LCS (Life Cycle Services) Project Manager

Krones Group; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A major leader in packaging solutions seeks to hire a Project Manager for its LCS Service Business Unit in South Africa. The role focuses on managing service interventions and ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction through effective communication and project management. Suitable candidates will hold an engineering qualification and possess substantial experience in project and customer management within the packaging industry.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years in Project Management or Project Engineering experience.
• Experience in technical sales and customer-facing roles in the packaging or beverage industry.
• Technical experience in the Packaging or Beverage industry is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage LCS service interventions and customer expectations.
• Project management including initiation, planning, execution and close-out.
• Build and maintain healthy customer relationships.

Skills

Communication

Relationship Management

Project Management

Education

National Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Diploma in Project Management or PMP Certification

Tools

SAP

MS Office

Job description

Krones Southern Africa is located in Lanseria Johannesburg, and is a subsidiary of Krones AG in Neutraubling Germany, a major company internationally recognised as the world leader in the design and manufacturing of high-speed equipment for the packaging and bottling industry.

Overview

To manage LCS Service interventions andensuring customer expectations are met whilst contributingto the overall financial targets of the LCS Service Business Unit, driving customer satisfaction by effectively offering support and proactive promotion of technical solutions on (spares parts, upgrades and services) that will result in improved performance on customer side

Your Tasks

• Build and maintain healthy relationships with customers and be the first point of contact for the LCS Service Business.

• Maintaining professional communication between KSA, KAG and customers with regards to LCS projects. (Daily Interventions, Breakdowns, Audits, Overhauls and Retrofits.)

• Building up knowledge and awareness around available LCS solutions to be offered to customers, in line with the customer needs and requirements.

• Working closely with Krones Sales team, and Customers during the promotion and technical clarification for possible value adding activities (audits, retrofits, overhauls etc.)

• Project management with customers, including the responsibility of; project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, formal close out technically and commercially, for Internal and external stakeholders.

• Ensuring that LCS audit and overhaul reports are received back from the technicians, within a week from the intervention and supplied to customers after the quality of the report has been confirmed.

• Attend to Standby Support as per the Standby Procedure.

• Breakdown and repair interventions needs to be closed out with a formal report considering root cause analysis and loop closure.

• Manage the technical clarification of Audit quotations as per the technician recommendations.

• Planning and scoping of machine and line overhauls, with the customer involvement.

• Attending customer SPP meetings, ensuring all customer queries around spare parts, retrofits, service support and payment concerns are addressed and resolution with regards to LCS interventions.

• Claims and reclamation management, with customers after hand over by the New Machine PM.

• Costing and financial management of LCS related interventions and projects, directly contributing to the overall business targets for LCS Department.

• All meetings attended needs to be closed out with formal minutes of meeting, supplied to all stake holders internal and external.

• Active participation with the Field Sales team in generating new LCS Service Business, which in turn drives technician utilization and overall revenue, eg. Understanding customer shutdown roadmap and budget constraints.

• Planned customer visits to be shared regularly to allow Field Sales, and other Krones Stakeholders to join.

• Collaborative engagement with the Service Managers and Dispatchers regarding the allocation and utilization of technicians, which will allow for broader skills development.

• Proactive participation in personal development along with direct line manager.

Your Profile

• National Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Minimum of 4 years in Project Management or Project Engineering experience
• Technical sales and customer facing roles in the packaging or beverage industry
• SAP experience in project management
• MS Office (Including MS Projects/Project)
• Strong communication and relationship management skillAdvantageous
• Technical experience in the Packaging or Beverage industry
• Working knowledge of the Krones portfolio and Marketing principles
• Diploma in Project Management, PMP certification etc.

We Offer

Your application

Krones is an equal opportunity employer and will give preference to previously disadvantaged candidates.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Applications must be submitted by the 13 June 2025