FTTx Project Manager Job in Johannesburg South Africa

Job Title: FTTx Project Manager
 

Reporting To:  South Africa - Johannesburg
 

Company Profile: Our client is the technology leader that designs and manufactures the electronic connectors, components and systems making them smarter, safer, greener and more connected.
 

Statement of Responsibility: The main responsibility for this role is to take full ownership for Fiber-to-the-home / building / business / distribution point projects and to deliver on customer’s expectations in term of quality, speed and cost of deployment.

Key Responsibilities

• Building on strong project management skills, the retained candidate will manage the coordination between the different functions (technology, product management, operations, supply chain, customer service…), channel partners and the Customer to meet deployment objectives.
• The role requires a very close relation with the customer and that includes regular visits to deployment sites and decision-making locations.
• A high flexibility and speed of reaction to customer request and/or changing project constraints will be required.
• The successful candidate needs to be able to comfortably present to customers at all levels, manage expectations and exceed committed targets.
• Manage all key project milestones via rigorous retro-planning based on agreed timeline with the end customer
• Coordinate actions of all project stakeholders (all functions, channel partners, customer interfaces) to meet and exceed agreed project targets
• Proactively identify improvement measures from and/or channel partners side to consistently deliver an Extraordinary Customer Experience on managed projects and beyond
• Attend training and develop relevant personal knowledge, techniques & skills
• Adhere to health and safety policies, and other requirements relating to the care of equipment.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

• Project Management skills / certification as well as Business and Financial acumen will be of high assistance to you in this role.
• The successful candidate must be a “team player,” with the ability to build relationships with internal colleagues, customers and ecosystem partners.
• A professionally assertive personality will be required.
• The candidate must be able to work independently, be self-motivated and have good time management.
• Fluency in English is required. Being able to speak the local vernacular is an additional benefit.
• A high standard of ethics.

Qualifications and Experience Requirements

• Engineering degree and/or Project management graduate program and/or Business administration graduate program
• Minimum 5 years work experience in a related role, i.e. project manager, technical consultant, pre-sales engineer, technology lead, application engineer ... in the Telecoms and/or related ICT sector.
• Existing industry relationships within these countries is required. Specific product knowledge of Optical Distribution Frames, Closures, Fibre Guide Systems, Cabinets etc. is preferable.
• Experience in managing fiber-to-the-home projects will be a definite plus.

If interested, send in your CV and application letter to recruitkenya@kimberly-ryan.net indicating the Job position on the Job title