Project Coordinator - - 44096

General Information

Req #

WD00037941

Country/Region:

Japan

State:

Tokyo

City:

Chiyoda-Ku

Date:

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Working time:

Part-time

Additional Locations:

Why Work at Lenovo

We are Lenovo. We do what we say. We own what we do. We WOW our customers.

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This transformation together with Lenovo’s world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit www.lenovo.com, and read about the latest news via our StoryHub.

Description and Requirements

■ About Lenovo culture

Our culture defines us…it's our DNA. We call it the “We Are Lenovo” culture and it's the values we share and the business practices we deploy. It's how we address our day-to-day commitments. The “We Are Lenovo” culture is embodied in the statement: We do what we say, we own what we do, and we like to constantly wow our customers

・CUSTOMERS in everything we do

・Global TEAM players guided by integrity and TRUST

・ENTREPRENEURS committed to driving change

・INNOVATORS who relentlessly pursue new idea

Our culture is what has enabled us to consistently raise the bar on delivering break-through innovations, award-winning designs, and strong financial performance. To know more about who we are, visit https://www.lenovo.com/jp/ja/about/whoweare.

◇Position Description◇

■Purpose

This role is as external, customer-facing project role. The Project Coordinator supports the Project managers with a work plan, resource needs, timeline and budget for projects. They also manage resources across multiple groups to achieve the project objectives on time, within scope, and on budget. They may also be responsible for coordinating with multiple project managers dedicated to a common project or a small number of large/highly complex customer projects/deliverables.

■Role Responsibilities

・Responsible for working within the framework of standard project management methodology processes, tools, and documentation throughout the project lifecycle as aligned to the PMI Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).

・Supports project management activities, including collaborating and coordinating across the organization and ensuring:

　- Changes that affect scope, schedule and resources are identified, managed and controlled.

　- Scope is followed, approved, managed, controlled; ensuring completed deliverables by the customer.

　- Schedule is developed and managed in conjunction with the Project Manager to on-time delivery.

　- Costs are estimated and managed to deliver project within customer approved budget, while preserving profit margins.

　- Resources are assigned and managed effectively and efficiently.

　- Risks and issues are proactively identified and managed.

・Quality outcomes are planned and delivered on the project, meeting all agreed requirements and ensuring high customer satisfaction.

・Communications with regular cadence meetings are planned and conducted during the project to ensure stakeholders engagement, expectations accurately set & managed, and key stakeholders receive adequate communications throughout the project.

・Manages multiple smaller projects with varying complexity.

・May work across Deployment, Config Services and PCaaS streams.

・May be responsible for determining and coordinating the sharing of leveraged resources among projects.

・May be responsible as a subject matter expert specializing in a particular project management or PMO function, such as master scheduling, facilitation, resource management, quality management, or portfolio management.

・Champions project management standards and overall value internally and externally.

・A moderate to high level of engagement will be expected to support the sales of services.

・The Senior Project manager may be required to work under the direction of the Lenovo ANZ Services Senior Manager

◇Requirements◇

■Required Knowledge

・In-depth disciplinary knowledge; leverages business acumen and subject matter expertise.

・Provides deep subject matter expertise, advice and program delivery.

・Contributes to the development of new techniques and plans, process improvements within area of expertise.

・Thorough understanding and management of customer business needs and expectations.

・Manages projects and program execution.

・Works on abstract and complex problems requiring evaluation of intangible variables.

・Opportunity/risk analyses

・Cost/benefit analyses

・Pricing models

・Anticipates operational, program, and implementation issues and develops preventative measures.

・Adapts projects, programs or methods based on customer or business partner feedback.

■Experience

・6+ years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

■Skills

・Strong capability in PMI PMBOK knowledge areas to the extent necessary to effectively manage or support projects.

・Demonstrates strong proficiency in the specific tools that are available and required as part of the Lenovo Project Management Framework.

・Strong ability to identify, develop and quantify, escalate and manage required corrective action plans.

・Strong ability to ensure that effective project controls are in place to monitor project or program performance.

・Strong capability at providing effective performance reporting to monitor the progress of the project (Multiple stakeholders).

■Education

・Graduate degree and 4-6 years relevant experience.