01Key Responsibilities
Collaborates with business management to identify short and long-term projects to be undertaken; performs feasibility needs analysis to determine project timelines; manages the analysis, project identification, design, budget, communication, and integration of project plans; approves business workflow and project design; assesses business needs, Project Manager capabilities and available project budgets. Assists Project Managers with project issue resolution. Monitors the status of all projects on the team; monitors the team's budget; advises Project Managers on the design and development of project plans and timelines. Helps Project Managers assess project risk through use of quality tools; coaches Project Managers in alternatives, solutions, and change management approaches. Ensures that Project Managers leverage experience of cross-functional resources and resources external to the project team; reviews project documentation. Monitors project success measures and understand the status of specific projects and assignments. Manages the project managers; delegates project assignments based on availability, ability, and developmental needs; provides developmental feedback to team members; coaches other Project Managers in managing teams. To be successful in this role you will need the following:
Balances stakeholders - Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders. Builds effective teams - Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals. Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions. Drives results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances. Manages complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. Manages conflict - Handling conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise. Change Management - Applies the Cummins structured process and tool set for engaging individuals and organizations through change to achieve and sustain business results and outcomes. Project Management - Establishes and maintains the balance of scope, schedule and resources for a temporary effort (a project). Ensures results/impact from temporary effort are fully realized as possible. Project Resource Management - Develops resource (expense and headcount) plans using recommended project management tools and processes to manage resources effectively. Project Scope Management - Manages a list of project deliverables (scope) using the recommended project management tools and processes to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully. Adapts to target audience - Explains complex topics (significant technical data, subject matter expertise, etc.) in such a way that the target audience (e.g. sales professionals, customers, training vendors, etc.) can understand, retain, and use the information Integrates Customer Perspective - Incorporates an understanding of the customers' perspective on our products and sales efforts to develop .
