Philips E2E Project Manager 

Kenya, Nairobi County 

998607942

E2E Project Manager
Job Description

Job Posting Description

You are responsible for

• Project planning, e.g. define project scope, set up project organization, define success measurement or KPIs, timeline, resource requirement, identify project risks and develop associated risk mitigation, etc..
• Set up project governance, tracking project progress, lead cross function project team to deliver project (achieving pre-defined objectives/KPIs) per agreed timeline under agreed resource budget
• Regularly report project status to key stakeholders and program/project sponsors. Depends on various scenarios, audiences may include top leaders in Philips organization (e.g. ExCo members)
• Conduct change management for ‘transformational’ programs/projects, assure the adoption of new way of working, new IT system/applications, or new organization structure or culture.
• Capability building, e.g. deliver coaching and training for project management, Lean, etc.
• Be a ‘freelancer’ in Business Excellence team to support ad hoc tasks assigned.

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience

• Degree in Business or Engineering required; Master's Degree preferred.
• At least 5 years relevant working experience (e.g. PM, Business Consulting, etc.), in a global operating company in a regional or global role, ‘to B’ business background is preferred. Experience in complex or transformational project will be a plus.
• Able to drive changes with sense of urgency and bias for action
• Good knowledge and practices of Business Excellence tools/skills, e.g. Program/Project Management (complex project delivery), Lean, Continuous Improvement (e.g. business process re-engineering), etc.
• Knowledge of common IT systems or tools, e.g. CRM (e.g. SFDC), ERM (e.g. SAP), MS/QMS, etc.
• Always be positive, good learning agility.
• Strong capability of stakeholder management, cross business/function collaboration and coordination.