Project Operations Manager

Description:

Organizationally Reports to: Head of Business Unit

Professionally Reports to: Project Manager

The Project Operations Manager serves as the interface between project management and manufacturing, owning the operational path of the business unit’s projects from planning, through procurement and production, to delivery. The role ensures that project products are manufactured, assembled and delivered on schedule, within budget and to the required quality, and provides management with ongoing visibility through status presentations and regular reports.

1. Builds and manages project work plans and Gantts, tracking milestones and managing production delay risks
2. Controls project budgets, including planning, tracking budget consumption, and analysing deviations from target
3. Plans and controls project-level production, representing the project’s needs to production, assembly and lab managers to secure priority and resources. Translates the engineering BOM, released by Engineering and Configuration Management, into project material requirements, and oversees the project supply chain from requisition to delivery, tracking purchase orders with local and overseas suppliers in close collaboration with Procurement
4. Works in close partnership with the Project Manager as the operational owner of the project, translating contractual milestones and customer commitments into executable production and supply plans, and providing the PM with ongoing status, risks, and recovery plans
5. In charge of all logistic aspects of project field tests
6. Drives processes forward with all non-project functions, including Manufacturing, Procurement, Engineering, Configuration Management, Quality Assurance, Finance and Shipping
7. Proactively identifies and resolves operational issues and constraints that put project schedules at risk