Project Manager
FURNITURE MARKETING GROUP INC
Houston, TX 77056
Description
Job Summary:
Project Managers provide technical project management support for the sales efforts of the company. This role is critical in retaining profitability and solving complex issues that occur throughout a project. Project managers are accountable to ensuring the overall success of a project’s installation. They are responsible for finding potential threats to success early and finding solutions.
Responsibilities and Duties:
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Pre-order
- Communicate the project scope and requirements to the installation companies and request labor quotes.
- Perform site visits to confirm site infrastructure, details, requirements and communicate to the team.
- Review proposed product applications and communicate in project team meeting findings to ensure proper functionality.
- Assist in the preliminary and final tagging of the product lines in Kham.
- Review approved design development downloads from design.
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Post-order
- Review preliminary and final core plans from design as required.
- Lead and coordinate pre-install meetings with all parties involved.
- Schedule installations with the clients or GC’s and communicate to the team.
- Communicate and ensure the installation companies’ compliance with all safety training, badging, and other project requirements.
- Receive PlanGrid file from PC and upload necessary files as the project progresses.
- Manage and coordinate all manufacture deliveries at site with the installation companies.
- Continually review the product shipment status, LTL’s, shortages, and delays from manufacturers and communicate to the team.
- Perform preliminary punch list walkthrough with installation companies to remedy all on-site issues prior to formal punch with client.
- Perform formal punch list walkthrough with client and communicate with PC all product issues required to be rectified.
- Perform site visits as required, identifying any short shipments, damages, wrong product, and communicate to PC’s for service notification submittals to the manufacturers.
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Ongoing
- Create and maintain strong working relationships with installation and product vendors.
- Attend weekly status report meetings to review active projects with the team.
- Attend client and GC meetings as required and communicate to team the project status.
- Obtain COI’s from installation companies and forward copies to finance.
- Review weekly backlogs and send invoicing requests to finance for product and service invoicing.
- Other duties as assigned.
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Required Education
- Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university; or two plus years of related experience in project management in a contract office furniture dealership.
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Required skills
- Excellent technical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills in communication
- Understanding of how to manage complex supply chain
- Strong organizational skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects at once
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Preferred skills
- PlanGrid
- Project Spec
- Adobe Acrobat
- Good knowledge of MS Office and proficient in Excel.
- High level of product knowledge
- High level of independence – able to work with minimal supervision