Project Engineer, Supply Management

Job description

About us

Ranked as one of the most innovative companies in the world, KONE is a global leader in elevator and escalator business. Every day, millions of people globally are using our elevators and escalators in an increasingly urbanizing environment. We want to offer the best People Flow™ experience to those using our equipment in residential and office buildings, hotels, public transportation sites, hospitals, shopping malls and many special buildings. KONE Supply Operations is responsible for the production and distribution of elevators and escalators globally ranging from standard elevators and escalators to custom-designed solutions.

We are looking for

KONE Elevator Factory’s Supply Service team in Hyvinkää, Finland is looking for a Project Engineer to ensure the collaboration and project management related order management in collaboration with KONE country organizations.

Project Engineer plans, directs and coordinates the activities of designated supply projects and solutions to ensure that the overall KONE country organizations project objectives are accomplished within the agreed schedule and budget by using approved KONE methodologies and tools.  In this role you will be also in the key role to coordinate the engineering and supply responsibilities of projects and ensure all tasks and deliverables are on time, profitable, meet customer expectations and the expected levels of safety and quality.  Your role is to manage the interaction between all key stakeholders for this phase of a project.

Main responsibilities:

• Using a feasible solution to complete the supply project safely, on time and within budget
• In charge of receiving the elevator/equipment/component orders from KONE country organizations and booking the order into the Supply Line Order Book
• Verify the received order information, steering order bound engineering and confirming the order to KONE Country organization.
• Manage project design quality planning, sourcing planning and logistics planning.
• Supply chain scheduling across KONE.
• Supply project variation and scope management.
• Receiving and processing clarification requests from KONE country organization, involving internal and external interest groups if necessary
• Effective collaboration and communication with and between all stakeholders
• Composing, collecting and distributing necessary technical information to KONE country organization.
• Informing KONE country organization about any deviations in delivery operations.
• Working in collaboration with Sourcing and Material Management.
• Confirming material delivery times and transfer prices to KONE country organizations
• Identifying and facilitating project related change management activities.

We offer

At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

For additional information please contact Priit Kaasik, tel. **********or e-mail ************@*******.** only during following times: on 16 Sept during 14:00-16:00pm and on 19, Sept during 15:30-17pm (Finland timezone).

If you are interested in this position, please send your application and salary expectation by September 22, 2016.

Desired profile

Skills, Education and Experience

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Engineering or commercial area or equivalent experience, experience in elevators is an asset.
• Fluent level of English and Finnish, additional languages are a plus
• Good project management skills, few year experience in the project management type of work, working in customer management or equivalent
• Good communication skills, ability to work independently and make decisions with right customer service attitude
• Willingness to travel sometimes
• Minimum 3-years of experience in project management
• Proven track record of successful co-operation with customers in previous roles
• Prior experience in working in an international matrix organization is a benefit