Description

Certified as a Top Employer in the UAE, Qatar, KSA, and Oman, KONE is dedicated to creating a superior workplace through outstanding people practices. We emphasize cultivating a great work culture, inspiring high standards of quality and efficiency, and fostering an environment that promotes collaboration, diversity, growth, and well-being.

Reporting to the Head of Delivery Operations - Dubai, the Project Manager based in Dubai is accountable for managing the scope, schedule, and budget of the assigned project(s) and managing the interface with all key stakeholders, both internally and externally, during the project, with a focus on continuous and proactive collaboration with the customer. He/she plans, directs, and coordinates the project activities to ensure that project objectives are accomplished within the agreed schedule and budget, using approved KONE methodologies and tools. His/her primary objectives are customer satisfaction and KONE profitability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Accountable for project scope, schedule, and budget, delivering the project within the defined contractual requirements and KONE objectives
• Ensure KONE business success and customer satisfaction with professional stakeholder management
• Accountable for proactively managing customer communication throughout the project.
• Ensure integrated project planning with customers and KONE full-chain teams
• Managing project deliverables in line with the project plan
• Ensure continuous full-chain project monitoring and control
• Responsible for successful project start-up, project reviews, project reporting, and facilitating project governance
• Ensure that project status and progress are effectively communicated to KONE management and the customer
• Responsible for operational and financial project risk identification, mitigation, contingency planning, and potential recovery actions
• Accountable for the project's financial planning and forecasting, cash flow management, and revenue management
• Responsible for actively driving Sales-to-Operations handover quality, accountable for handovers to Customers and Maintenance, as well as project closing activities
  Maintain master action log and lessons learned document. Ensures sufficient project resourcing and competencies
• Manages and leads the full-chain project team
• Creates and maintains safety and security awareness among project employees and subcontractors. Ensures the following KONE and Customer safety and security policies.

Are you the one?

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in project management, preferably within the elevator industry.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent English & Arabic communication skills and interpersonal skills.
• Proven track record of successfully managing large-scale projects from initiation to completion.
• Understanding of the financial aspects of managing projects and product initiatives
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent is highly desirable.

At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

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