Continuous Improvement Project Manager (M/F)

Adecco Recruitment is recruiting a Continuous Improvement Project Manager (M/F)for a international client based in Porto.

This professional will report directly to the Continuous Improvement Global Projects Lead, and will work in a hybrid setting.

Key responsabilities:

• Drive project management activities such as:
  • Task Coordination and efficient Resource Allocation;
  • Problem solving: Using continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean, to promote investigations that can support root-cause analysis, solution design and definition of implementation’s action plan;
  • Data analysis: select, produce and present relevant qualitative information to support root cause analysis;
  • Progress Monitoring: Tracking project progress against the plan and timelines;
  • Informing and managing stakeholder expectations and motivation;
  • Communication: Facilitating clear communication among team members and stakeholders with multidisciplinary skills and different cultural backgrounds;
  • Keeping thorough documentation and providing status reports;
  • Risk Management: Identifying and mitigating potential risks.
• Support Continuous Improvement Department Strategy in activities such as:
  • Department communication;
  • Project’s scoping exercises;
  •  Innovation and organizational culture development, like development of new frameworks and facilitation of knowledge transference between team members/departments.

Profile:

• Master degree in an area of business administration, engineering or project management;
• 3 to 5 years of professional experienc in similar functions;
• Experience in project management and continuous improvement, Kaizen and Lean methodology (VSM, PDCA, SIPOC, 5S, etc);
• Green/Yellow/Black Belt (preferential);
• Experience in data analysis,reporting and KPls preparation;
• Tech savvy profile, with experience in tools like Power Queries, VBA, Power BI, Sharepoint, Power automate, SmartSheet;
• Experience in the development of projects with multi-national and high level stakeholders;
• Exceptional presentation skills, adptability, and critical sense;
• Available to travel occasionally;
• Experience in services sector, and basic knowledge on Finance area and Shared Service Centers environment is a plus;
• Knowledge in SAP ECC & S/4 Hana architecture is a plus.