Lenovo

■ 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◇

■About Organization 

Lenovo Solution & Services Group (SSG) is looking for a Project Management leader to further enhance our push for Services-led Transformation. This position represents a rewarding opportunity to use your experience and skills in a dynamic and complex organization. The Project Manager is responsible for representing and leading the delivery of strategic solution and services. The ideal candidate can manage complex projects with minimal supervision and using their own initiative. Exposure to larger organizations and experience in both public and private companies are essential; excellent communication skills both publicly and with all our stakeholders (technical and executive, customers and internal to Lenovo) are required; consulting and senior management experiences also required.

This is an exciting role, you will leverage an ecosystem of partner capability and internal resources to  deliver end-to-end solutions for our customers. You will also be the customer’s trusted advisor and principal point-of-contact for all aspects of IT Services Transformation. 

■Roles and responsibilities

•Build personal relationships with Sales SMEs and C-Level customers to ensure early engagement in customers’ problem-and-solution determination process

•Ensure that customer expectations are appropriately set and managed

•Lead technical project teams in the delivery of consulting service offerings

•Final accountability for editing and sign off on project deliverables

•Presentation of deliverables to client executive management

•Technology thought leader and evangelist

•Maintain a broad knowledge and understanding of the current and anticipated future state of the IT infrastructure marketplace including IT infrastructure trends, technologies, and standards

•Coordinate internal resources/stakeholders, third parties/vendors as well as interfacing customer for the flawless execution of large solution projects

•Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.

•Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders (internal and external) and ensuring technical feasibility

•Ensure resource availability and allocation

•Develop a detailed project plan to track progress

•Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs

•Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques

•Report and escalate to management as needed

•Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders (internal or partner)

•Perform risk management to minimize project risks

•Establish and maintain weekly project tracking meetings with subcontracted vendors in the regions.

•Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation

•Achieve customer delight and loyalty, and upsell additional solutions and services 

•Support the overall Services growth target in assigned geography.

◇Requirements◇

■Must Have – essential

【Experience】

•3-5 year experience financial analysis and/or reporting, with particular emphasis on revenue/cost/expense.

•Analytical proficiency with strong financial background

•Positive and proactive problem-solving attitude.

•Ability to multi-task / prioritize work in order to deliver against fast turnaround expectations.

【Skill, Competency】

•Good written and verbal communication skills in English and Japanese.

•Strong MS Excel / Powerpoint skills.

■Good to have – desirable

【Experience】

•IT or related industry experience is an advantage.

•Experience in a large multinational (e.g. Fortune 500), matrix organization is a plus.

【Skill, Competency】

•Experience of SAP or other major ERP

•MBA, CPA, and/or CFA desirable, but not required.