GEA is one of the largest suppliers for the food and beverage processing industry and a wide range of other process industries. Approximately 18,000 employees in more than 50 countries contribute significantly to GEA’s success – come and join them! We offer interesting and challenging tasks, a positive working environment in international teams and opportunities for personal development and growth in a global company. GEA is continuously adapting its IT landscape including the related processes and tools. As a result, we always have many simultaneously running projects. These projects are related to both business applications as well as the underlying infrastructure. We are looking for project managers (f/m/d) that can manage both type of projects. Working as an IT project manager (f/m/d) within Service Delivery Project Management team you will contribute to deliver these projects within time, budget and to the satisfaction of our customers. Are you passionate about IT projects and project management and want to grow your career as project manager operating in a worldwide operating leading technology company as GEA? GEA’s Service Delivery Project Management team offers an exciting challenge with high impact and great colleagues.
You can expect to be responsible for the following:
- Effective execution, coordination, and organization of multiple IT projects
- Develop, refine, and manage project plans to ensure on time and on budget delivery
- Arrange and manage the right resources required for the project within the GEA IT organization and, depending on the project, also resources from external IT service providers
- Proper reporting of project status to the project boards, service delivery management, to the service owner(s) and to other stakeholders
- Identify and manage risks to ensure successful delivery
- Keep track on pending issues and escalate where necessary
- Change management activities that are related to the project deliverables
- Excellent, timely and effective communication about the project to all stakeholders
Your profile and qualifications:
What you’ll need to succeed
We expect you to have proven experiences (at least 5 years) in
IT Project Management.
The following educational background, knowledge, skills and competencies are relevant for this role:
- Bachelor’s degree or relevant professional experience
- Experience with project management frameworks, particularly Prince 2 (certification preferred)
- Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban (certification preferred)
- Experience as program manager / multi project manager desirable
- Proven ability to manage an international team of experts
- As this role is in an international environment, English language skills are a must. Both verbally as in writing. When you master any other languages that is considered a plus.
In addition, being a strong communicator, you will preferably regard yourself as a passionate person who is always willing to cooperate not thinking about problems but about their solutions.
What you’ll get in return
As an IT Project Manager at GEA, you will be part of a team operating in a friendly and informal ambiance. You can expect a high investment in the team and mandate to influence and change the future of GEA. You will also have the opportunity to engage with the organization globally and will be exposed to senior stakeholders.