Project Coordinator

Unclassified - Blythewood, SC

Full-time - Mid Level

Blythewood, SC

About the position

At Spirax Sarco, we take pride in our continuous evolution. Our skilled and dedicated project coordination team is the driving force behind our business growth. We're seeking a highly qualified project coordinator to help us maintain our position as a leader in the Steam industry. The ideal candidate will have manufacturing experience, strong communication, and progress-tracking skills. The project coordinator will also prepare and present regular updates to relevant management channels, ensuring that we meet our customers' demands satisfactorily. This role is crucial in managing the post-order backlog to meet business and customer expectations, and it involves significant interaction with various stakeholders to ensure smooth project execution. The project coordinator will be responsible for scheduling and hosting new order review meetings, developing and presenting reports on key project milestones, and monitoring and improving cross-functional business processes. The position requires a proactive approach to ensure that projects are organized and conform to timeline and deliverables requirements. Additionally, the project coordinator will develop and maintain a project performance database to track progress and milestones, monitor resources, drive project efficiency, and facilitate better communication and organization across departments. Reporting project risks and outcomes, implementing mitigation actions, and escalating issues as needed are also key responsibilities of this role. The project coordinator will serve as a communication point between departments and with external teams, deepening partnerships with customers and suppliers, and reviewing purchase orders to validate terms and conditions, dollar value, and shipping information. This position is ideal for someone who is a customer advocate with high commercial aptitude and can effectively manage projects in a corporate setting.

Responsibilities

• Manage post-order backlog to meet business and customer expectations, and communicate to relevant stakeholders
• Schedule and host new order review meetings
• Develop and present reports on key project milestones and responsibilities
• Monitor and improve cross-functional business processes
• Work closely with Customer Service, Outside Sales, Applications, Product Management, Quality, Engineering, and Manufacturing
• Ensure projects are organized and conform to timeline and deliverables requirements
• Develop and maintain a project performance database tracking progress and milestones
• Monitor resources, drive project efficiency, and facilitate better communication and organization
• Report project risks and outcomes, implement mitigation actions, and escalate issues as needed
• Serve as a communication point between departments, and with external teams
• Deepen partnerships with customers and suppliers
• Review PO's to validate terms and conditions, dollar value, OTTR vs OTTC, shipping information, and consistency across documentation
• Develop proficiency in internal business processes in Inside Sales, Outside Sales, and Supply to efficiently contribute to deliverables

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in relevant field
• Professional certification such as PMP (Project Management Professional) is a plus
• 5+ years of Project Coordinating, Reporting, or Management experience in a manufacturing or comparable industrial environment
• Customer advocate with high commercial aptitude
• Problem solver who can effectively manage projects
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Well-organized communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams, i.e. (Engineering, Supply, etc.)
• Proven success in a corporate setting, working with all levels of management
• Demonstrated computer proficiency in current Microsoft Office programs, presentation and graphics, PDF, Salesforce CRM, and ERP software
• Familiarity with Lean concepts and process improvement tools