FlowWorks - Project Manager

About FlowWorks Consulting :

- We are a Management Consulting firm. We help manufacturing organizations realize their goals of achieving high performance levels to enable sustainable and profitable growth.

- We do this by identifying the focus areas - the constraints & key performance drivers - and helping clients implement the right processes, structures, systems, behaviors/mindsets to achieve breakthrough performance improvements.

- We believe in having our skin-in-the-game and working shoulder-to-shoulder with their teams on the ground until promised results are achieved.

- A powerful combination of different proven improvement methodologies and frameworks is used to drive sustainable change.

- As an organization, we promise to engage with all stakeholders only in win-win relationships - the client, client's workforce, FlowWorks- team and the firm itself.

About the Project Manager (PM) role:

The PM is responsible for executing the Project Plans as per defined workflows, quality standards and inputs from the Engagement Manager (EM).

Who is eligible?

- Experience of 5-10 yrs - in core Manufacturing roles

- Must have solid experience in driving major operational excellence and/or organization-wide transformation programs

- Steel Industry or Consulting experience shall be preferred

- Engineering degree from top-tier institutes

- Though management education is not compulsory, it will be preferred

- Willingness to work on shopfloor initiatives, travel extensively and work from client's location

What we look for?

- Action-orientation and hunger for achieving results

- Strong Project Management skills - planning and execution control

- Ability to lead the consulting and project teams and take accountability for day-to-day work completion

- Resourcefulness and team management skills in order to get things done as per schedules and quality standards

- Strong communication skills

- Ability to handle structured client interactions and forge a positive working relationship with all levels of the client organization - in particular the key process owners

- Passionate problem solvers who thrive in adversity and uncertainty
 
Job Description :

A PM shall report to the EM and lead a team of consultants & client project team to achieve the defined objectives and deliverables of a project. Following shall be their usual activities:

- Continuous communication with Client and Project Teams on focus areas and activities for driving the project forward

- Day-to-day task-planning and execution control for project activities with Consultants, PMO team and Client Team

- Coordination with all levels of the organization for on-time completion of daily tasks as per Project Plan

- Executing studies and analyses to identify the improvement potential, improvement levers and key success factors as per the objectives and in consultation with the EM

- Aligning and coaching the team - in particular the key process owners for actions required to ensure project success

- Leading solution development sessions with support from project and client teams and under the guidance of EM

- Study operational performance and audit observations, identify top focus problems and drive problem solving sessions on a daily basis

- Execution of training sessions for client team on solutions and guide implementation until a strong culture of execution is developed within the organization

- Constantly monitor and escalate to remove the roadblocks to project progress until results are achieved

- Support EM in knowledge development by documenting all new learnings from each project

What to expect?

Remuneration:

- Salaries are on par with consulting industry standards

- All associated expenses related to travel and stay shall be taken care of by the firm or the client

- Additionally, expenses like internet and phone bills shall be reimbursed on actuals within reasonable limits

Stay and travel:

- Consulting teams mainly work at clients- locations for the full duration of the projects they are assigned to. The project durations and locations may vary from case to case

- If not assigned to a project, the team works from home. They can choose their base locations per their own choice, as long as they can travel in short notices and within reasonable budgets (air connectivity and minimum road travel are important for this)

- During the project, the team is allowed to travel back to their base locations in defined intervals for specified days. (All relevant policies shall be shared at the time of offer)

Why Join Us?

Transformations can be tough. They need change agents and leaders to be skillful, put in high amounts of work and manage people issues - in emotionally charged and often stressful environments. Consultants have the added pressure of putting their best foot forward in front of client teams.

In an environment like this what usually keeps one going is the exhilaration of high achievement and a sense of belongingness with the team.

We are therefore committed to creating an organization that helps people achieve results while minimizing stress, provides as much work-life-health balance as possible and gives a sense of satisfaction to its people.

Here are few of the promises we make to our team:

- Team empowerment: We envision a win-win organization. This means every stakeholder needs to be heard and their needs taken care of without negatively impacting others. In keeping with this philosophy, we empower our team to design and/or influence the firm's key policies

- Fast learning curve: A clear capability development plan for short, medium and long term. On the job coaching to help execute the learnings

- High growth opportunities: As a young organization, your role in it will be limited only by your own initiative and imagination

- Strong team support: Healthy competition is great. But problem solving is not an individual's game. We promote an open culture where individuals actively seek help and provide support to others in the team. This shall be an important criterion for career growth apart from core capabilities

- Flexible leave policies: We do not count days when you really need them