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Job Title: Customer Project Manager
Job Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Summary
The Customer Project Manager Job Role purpose is to manage assigned customer projects to secure that project goals are met, customer’s expectations are fulfilled & that the customer relation is handled in the best possible way within the scope of the contract.
Responsibilities & Tasks
- Establish project plan baseline: define project scope, secure the necessary resources & plans & monitor all activities
- Drive project execution: track project activities , monitor & handle changes, conflicts & escalations
- Handle customer & stakeholder engagement: manage customer relationship building confidence & trust , ensure project progress arranging meetings & customer events
- Manage project finance: ensure financial system monitoring
- Develop the business: participate to contract preparation & to pre-sales meeting
- Develop the CPM discipline: simplify processes, methods & tools with innovative ideas
Position Qualifications
Core Competences:
- Leadership skills
- Consultative skills
- Financial understanding
- Business understanding
- Sales & business development skills
- Customer insight
- Negotiation & argumentation skills
- Project management skills
- Problem solving
- Presentation & communication skills
- Entrepreneurial & Commercial Thinking
- Persuading & Influencing
- Analyzing
- Leading & Supervising
- Relating & Networking
- Delivering Results & Meeting Customer Expectations
- Planning & Organizing
Qualifications & Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Master preferred
- PMI certifications or PRINCE2 Practitioner mandatory
- 7 years Project Management experience in a telecommunication industry
- Clear evidence of customer facing interaction
- Project Sales Process knowledge
- Contract management exposure
- Supplier management experience
Mode of Application: Click here to apply
Application Deadline: 30th June, 2014.
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