Associate Project Manager

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You will be working as Associate Project Manager and will be part of Traction Business Area for Motion Division based in Nelamangala, Bangalore, India. In this role you will be reporting to Head of Project Management. You will be responsible for Leading the execution of small projects with low complexity and ensure that all related activities are executed in accordance with company procedures, relevant cyber security regulations and standards, contract specifications, quality standards, health, safety & environment requirements, cost/profitability targets, and scheduling targets. Includes Project Managers assigned to small projects in the service business.

Your responsibilities

• Leading the project team allocated to the project. Motivating and monitoring internal and external resources to accomplish all tasks and milestones. Providing performance feed-back regarding allocated resources working on projects.
• Ensuring compliance to standard ABB internal directives and procedure, relevant cyber security regulations, standards, and contractual requirements. Ensuring that the project follows execution best practices and ABB policies. Effectively monitors and controls project progress and efficient resource utilization.
• Monitoring and controlling project financials, overseeing project invoicing status, cost, expenses, and cash flow. Identifying, qualifying, quantifying, and managing project risk, and ensures that all opportunities are identified and pursued.
• Capturing, analyzing and sharing lessons learned throughout the project. Driving the formal acceptance of the project, contract close-out and acknowledgement by the customer, all in accordance with the contract.
• Ensuring that the project consistently applies contract and claims management, in accordance with ABB policies and contractual agreements. Coordinating with Supply Chain Management and successfully procures required services, materials, and equipment for the project from external and internal suppliers.
• Supporting Procurement and Logistics in supplier negotiations, claiming and project changes. Acting as the key contact for the customer and an escalation point for project issues. Building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and effectively communicates with all stakeholders. Ensuring the project follows and complies with company health, safety, and environmental policies.
• Creating project HSE Plans and ensures that common HSE policies and reporting are implemented across the project with all stakeholders, including collaboration/consortium partners and sub-suppliers. Demonstrating unique actions/initiatives to support site safety and ensures consistent HSE performance.
• Applying immediate recovery actions for schedule delays and cost overruns, under guidance and coaching if required. Defining and applying basic project scheduling techniques to manage schedule risks proactively to avoid possible future schedule deviations with OTD impact. Breaking down work packages into activities that provide a basis for estimating, scheduling, executing, monitoring, and controlling the project work and develops project schedule based on scope, cost, and resource constraints.

Your background

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s or Master\xe2\x80\x99s Degree in International Trade, Supply Chain, Economics, or similar
• Minimum of 10 years of experience and profound knowledge in Trade Compliance with an emphasis on region regulations (local customs regulations, and international export con-trols and sanctions framework)
• Clear and concise communication skills with the ability to explain in a simple manner, cus-toms, export control and sanctions concepts that are quite technical
• Experience in conducting internal audits and in the implementation of internal control sys-tems (ICP) and processes for international trade
• Experienced in free trade agreements and classifications under the World Customs Organ-ization (WCO) Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS)
• Familiar with the US Export Administration Regulations and the global sanctions frame-work, including U.S. sanctions and embargo programs
• Knowledge of Global Trade Management systems (active use of SAP-GTS) is a plus

More about us

ABB Traction is a leader in traction technologies, driving innovation in rail and e-mobility. Our propulsion, auxiliary and energy storage solutions contribute to making transportation more sustainable, while saving energy every day. Our people and culture are the foundation of our success. We all together make the difference for our customers every day. It has come to our attention that the name of ABB is being used for asking candidates to make payments for job opportunities (interviews, offers). Please be advised that ABB makes no such requests. All our open positions are made available on our career portal for all fitting the criteria to apply. ABB does not charge any fee whatsoever for recruitment process. Please do not make payments to any individuals / entities in connection to recruitment with ABB, even if is claimed that the money is refundable. ABB is not liable for such transactions. For current open positions you can visit our career website https://global.abb/group/en/careers and apply. Please refer to detailed recruitment fraud caution notice using the link https://global.abb/group/en/careers/how-to-apply/fraud-warning. We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. Work model: on site #LI-onsite