Senior Project Manager
- The Cook & Boardman Group, LLC
- West Hartford, Connecticut
- Full Time
The Senior Project Manager works closely with sales and detailing to meet customer needs on each active project: participates in problem resolution for jobs by skillfully gathering and analyzing information, developing alternate approaches and working well with small groups. Industry experience will allow Senior Project Manager to handle a large volume of work efficiently and effectively with little help or supervision. Responsible for communication with the customer and managing all logistics involved with order and delivering goods on a timely basis.
Essential Functions
- Receives telephone calls, emails and other correspondence from customers and coordinates response with assigned salesperson assuring reply within 24 hours.
- Corresponds and follows up with customers by sending final hardware or other schedules for approval. Assures a prompt return and communicates changes and progress of schedule.
- Contacts customer before each jobsite delivery to assure proper scheduling of delivery and assures all logistics regarding delivery commitments are fulfilled.
- Coordinate meetings according to the customer's schedule and requirements and update salesperson with summary of meetings.
- Proactively anticipates customer needs and actively and periodically solicits feedback on Cook and Boardman performance.
- Participates in developing solutions for customers and salesperson with technical issues involving hardware and door products.
- Monitors production schedules
- Keeps project files orderly and efficiently.
- Manages any project changes, revisions, revised purchase orders and changes order documents and Comsense files to show revisions.
- Attend all sales meetings to provide information or input for any customer services issues, as well as typing up written notes from the meeting for all project managers
- Mentor less experienced project managers to learn about the D&H industry, Comsense applications, etc. about project management best practices
- Help interview and train new project managers
- Conduct a monthly project managers meeting with all project managers from all teams
- Potentially take large low margin projects the branch has closed and project managers those jobs
- All other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
- 5-10 years of experience with the industry, required
- Proven project management experience and high technical understanding of products
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and problem solving skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Products, including but not limited to Excel, Word, and Outlook
- Functional and working knowledge of computers
- Must pass pre-employment background check and drug screen
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Some experience with construction / project management or sales in commercial building materials
- Ability to read and understand construction documents
- Effective time management and organizational skills
- Effective communication skills both verbal and in writing, good mathematical skills
- Understanding of basic construction skills
- Professional and polished in both appearance and speech