Project Manager Assistant

Applied Materials’ APG (Automation Products Group, factory solution software group) seeks to hire a Project Manager Assistant to support our projects in Europe, in collaboration with the Lead Project Manager.

Presales :

Work with Sales team to collect information to build the Profit and Loss workbook.

Review with customer Request For Quote.

Construct the Profit and Loss workbook to define the cost structure including effort, travels, licenses, maintenance, risks, and other costs.

Monitor the approval process of the Profit and Loss workbook and make adjustment based on feedbacks

Build the proposal slides for the services related tasks

Establish high level project plan, project charter, define assumptions, out of scope items, resource plan, risk matrix.

Work with regional manager and deployment manager to build the resource plan

Create statement of work based on proposal and customer purchase order.

Drive Statement of work completion within the review and approval process with PMO team, Customer, Sales, Legal and Management

Report progress during weekly internal status meeting on presales

Project Management

Prepare kick off slides

Align with customer on project plan, milestones, deliverables

Create project plan in MS project

Validate resource plan with Deployment Manager and Regional Manager

Establish project information in SAP

Ensure that project remains on track in scope, time and quality by monitoring project activities and updating project plan

Review project dashboard by aligning with internal stakeholders and customer project team

Ensure good teamwork for project success

Ensure management team is setting effective goals, communicating with clarity and transparency to the organization and taking effective action on team culture topics

Control project actual (effort and travel) in sap

Run project review with customer

Run monthly review with applied management

Create project change request as needed during the project (PCR, NPC, PoP extension, ...)

Organize customer visits during project execution activities.

Address first level escalation

Prepare and run steering committee

Monitor second level escalation

Work with customer to project acceptance document signature.

Prepare and run project closure meeting

Report progress during weekly internal status meeting on running projects

Perform internal administrative project closure

Collect information within project team on lessons learn and present them to management.

Role Expectation

Regular travels to customers sites (20 to 50% of the time depending on activities)

Have good level of project management skills (PMI certified is strongly recommended)

Proficient in project management tools (MS project, SAP, Pert, SWOT, scrum...)

Master’s degree

Fluent in English – German is a plus

Qualifications

Education : Bachelor's Degree

Skills : Certifications :

Languages :

Years of Experience :

1 - 2 Years

Work Experience :

Additional Information

Time Type : Full time

Employee Type : Assignee / Regular

Travel : Yes, 25% of the Time

Relocation Eligible :