Senior Project Manager

Klanik is an international IT consulting company providing solutions to some of the world’s largest industrial and services groups for 10 years. We support our clients with the creation and development of their new products and services around 4 main business lines :

• Information Technology and Systems (IT & IS)
• DevOps and Cloud
• Big Data and AI
• Cybersecurity

Klanik is a community of +1000 passionate experts empowering clients in 10 countries throughout Europe, Middle East and the Americas.

Our Team is dedicated to offer our global clients project support while guaranteeing a consistent level of service alongside a commitment to excellence and strong core values.

We’re always looking for smart, talented, driven, down-to-earth, fun-to-work-with people who want to make a positive and meaningful impact!

Being a “KLANIK”

That means being an out of the box thinker, a precursor who is keen to create, innovate and collaborate in an environment where you can enjoy being yourself and valued for your ideas. It’s being part of a community of experts that have a passion for and stay abreast of the latest technologies. You feel like a technology pioneer, full of creative ideas, supported by a strong know how and expertise in the latest technologies? We believe you could be a good fit to our culture.

Our culture is our pride

At Klanik, we believe that we are stronger together than we are alone. Trust, ethics, respect and transparency are deeply fixed in our culture, alongside with the pride in a job well done.

THE ROLE :

The transition and Transformation team of our client has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and experienced Project Manager, where you will lead the optimisation and development of new warehousing and transportation operations, providing resource for new business start-ups including the management of projects, solutions delivery, and implementation of operational efficiencies and initiatives.

This position will offer remote working; therefore, flexibility will be required to travel across the UK&I dependent on business need and project scope.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

Reporting into a Senior Project Manager you will manage, coordinate and control business projects and initiatives designed to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness, project manage the implementation of new business wins and renewals and provide support to the implementation of business improvement solutions to existing customers operations and if required other business units.

You will work closely with Business Development and Solution Design to understand the project requirements, in order to prepare project scoping documents, project plans and mobile your project team. You will provide project status updates, demonstrating strong communication to all levels, ensuring project delivery within the agreed timelines and budget. You will plan and deliver management presentations with internal and external customers, communicating regularly with the customer to discuss project status, provide lessons learnt and ensure change control is effectively managed and reported to key stakeholders.

Our ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience in leading and project managing new business implementations and transformational projects, preferably within a 3PL or logistics environment. You will be able to manage project scope and assess requirement changes, determining and conveying impact on budget, time, and risk. You will be able to manage client expectations, anticipating operational and tactical risks, identifying, and tracking requirements, resolving issues, and escalating when needed.

In addition, you will be experienced in creating and maintaining project plans and project reporting throughout the project life cycle and able to produce, manage and prepare project budgets. It goes without saying that you will possess exceptional communication, engagement and influencing skills with the ability to form strong client relationships, be an efficient and effective problem solver, with excellent presentation and report writing skills.

It would be desirable if you have a good level of warehousing / transportation operational knowledge