Junior Project Manager

Junior Project Manager
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By creating desirable solutions and great experiences that enrich people’s daily lives and the health of our planet, we want to be a driving force in delivering enjoyable and sustainable living. We go to work every day determined to shape living for the better – for our customers and for the health of our planet.
For that, we employ great people from a wide variety of backgrounds – not just because it’s the right thing to do, but also because we believe that diverse perspectives make our business stronger and more innovative. If you share our values, come find your place in our global community. Meet us on @lifeatelectrolux and career.electroluxgroup.com​to learn more.The role of the PMO is to manage project management lifecycle (initiate, plan, execute, control, close) including detailed planning, resource management, scheduling, budgeting, and quality to ensure the effective delivery of projects to the organization. The PMO will ensure that the IT and business organization is informed on the demand pipeline of incoming projects, available capacity and the health of projects that are underway.
The Junior Project Manager will support Senior Project Managers in the larger projects and independently drive smaller projects (medium level of complexity) and initiatives with a mix of IT and Business project deliverables. The Junior Project Manager will support with project administration, manage workshops, train our colleagues in the project management tool and drive own projects from start to end with support from a more senior colleague. This gives the right candidate the chance to learn the process and procedure from scratch and to apply the acquired skills in own managed projects.
Your challenge:
• Possibility to drive own strategic projects in an international environment from start to end
• A chance to learn the Project Manager role from experienced colleagues
• Be part of developing the digital agenda and way to drive projects more agile


What you will do:
• Coordination and preparation for project events, meetings and workshops
• Project follow-up towards set deadlines/milestones and project responsibilities,
collection and compilation of project progress reports, Steering committee materials and communications to stakeholders
• Independently manage sub-projects or smaller projects with IT and Business deliverables from start to end including the ownership of the time plan, resources and project budget
• Creation and continuous maintenance of global project documentation
• Project progress tracking and reporting
• Virtual and onsite support to regional project teams
• Update specific project team sites, folders and other areas
• Identifies risks and issues that might affect the project
• Execute tasks as defined in the project plan in order to achieve project goals (for own projects and as part of Senior Project Managers ones)
• Partner with Electrolux business organizations to define and deliver business solutions.
• Schedule and conduct project team, steering and other meetings and distribute notes as necessary.
Who you are:
Qualifications & Experience
• University degree
• 1 – 2 years of project management experience, preferably for a progressive IT organization within a manufacturing business or with Electrolux.
• Experience compiling project material to Steering Committees and Workshops
• Experience to drive smaller project teams (host project team meetings and follow up on actions)
• Experience participating in a variety of technical and business driven projects.
• Experience Service Now/Project module
• Experience follow up on budgets/key performance indicators
• Experience of compiling communication material
Personal Attributes:
• Willingness to work in an international environment.
• Curious, willing to learn and take input from senior colleagues
• Ability to work both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment is essential.
• Ability to effectively communicate with project team leads, team members, and contractors who come from a broad spectrum of disciplines.
• Self-motivated and delivery focused.
• Ability to manage change.
• Persuasive, encouraging, and motivating.
• Solid interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
What we offer:
Electrolux offers an exciting and challenging job opportunity in an international environment, with a high degree of independence and entrepreneurship.
The Electrolux Group provides career opportunities within a global, fast moving, growing yet lean organization