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Senior Project Manager - Sales

Cummins · Salem, Oregon, United States

Full-timeRemote5-10 yrsListed as no visa sponsorshipMotor Vehicle Manufacturing
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In short

The Senior Project Manager leads multiple sales-focused projects from inception to completion, ensuring all objectives and performance goals are met. They facilitate planning sessions, manage project budgets, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to resolve risks and deliver successful outcomes.

What they're looking for

MUST-HAVE SKILLS

Project managementFinancial acumenRisk managementBudgetingStakeholder managementCommunication skillsStrategic planningResource management

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Candidates must possess a college or university degree and intermediate-level experience in project management and team leadership. Strong financial acumen, excellent communication skills, and knowledge of power generation products or construction environments are required.

About the employer

Cummins Inc.

At Cummins, we empower everyone to grow their careers through meaningful work, building inclusive and equitable teams, coaching, development and opportunities to make a difference. Across our entire organization, you'll find engineers, developers, and technicians who are innovating, designing, testing, and building. You'll also find accountants, marketers, as well as manufacturing, quality and supply chain specialists who are working with technology that's just as innovative and advanced.

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From your first day at Cummins, we’re focused on understanding your talents, current skills and future goals – and creating a plan to get you there. Your journey begins with planning your development and connecting to diverse experiences designed to spur innovation. From our internships to our senior leadership roles, we attract, hire and reward the best and brightest from around the world and look to them for new ideas and fresh perspectives. Learn more about #LifeAtCummins at cummins.com/careers.

INDUSTRY
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
COMPANY
Public Company
HEADQUARTERS
Columbus, Indiana
SIZE
10,001+on LinkedIn
OFFICES
1 on LinkedIn

KNOWN FOR

Cummins Engine BusinessCummins Power GenerationCummins Distribution BusinessCummins Turbo TechnologiesCummins Emission SolutionsCummins Fuel Systems

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Questions about this role

Is this Cummins role remote?
Tagged remote.
Does it sponsor visas?
Listed as no visa sponsorship.
What experience does it ask for?
Listed as 5-10 years.

The posting, in full

We are looking for a talented Senior Project Manager to join our team specializing in Sales in US. In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways: Lead multiple projects from inception through completion, ensuring objectives, deliverables, and performance goals are clearly defined and achieved. Facilitate project planning sessions with internal and business stakeholders to establish project scope, objectives, performance goals, timelines, and key milestones.

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We are looking for a talented Senior Project Manager to join our team specializing in Sales in US.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

  • Lead multiple projects from inception through completion, ensuring objectives, deliverables, and performance goals are clearly defined and achieved.
  • Facilitate project planning sessions with internal and business stakeholders to establish project scope, objectives, performance goals, timelines, and key milestones.
  • Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, tracking progress against established timelines, milestones, and performance expectations.
  • Identify, track, and resolve project issues and risks, collaborating with team members and other partners to identify effective solutions and alternatives.
  • Plan and monitor project budgets, conducting research and analysis to support project planning, decision-making, and successful execution.
  • Monitor and communicate project status to project teams, Project Sponsors, and key stakeholders while maintaining accurate project notes, databases, measures, and records.
  • Identify and assign appropriate resources to project tasks, ensuring the right expertise and support are available to successfully deliver project objectives.
  • Guide and coach project team members, providing developmental feedback, sharing lessons learned, and leveraging experiences from other teams to continuously improve project outcomes.

Responsibilities

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

  • Strong financial acumen to interpret key financial indicators and use them to support sound business and project decisions.
  • Excellent communication and audience-adaptation skills to translate complex or technical information into clear, relevant messages for different stakeholders and audiences.
  • A strong customer-focused mindset to build trusted relationships, understand the customer perspective, and develop solutions that better meet customer needs and support business results.
  • The ability to manage complexity and conflict by navigating large amounts of information, competing priorities, and challenging situations to identify effective solutions.
  • Strong planning and project management skills to balance project scope, schedules, resources, and priorities while ensuring expected outcomes are fully realized.
  • Effective risk and issue management skills to identify, assess, prioritize, and mitigate project risks while proactively resolving issues that may impact successful delivery.
  • Strong resource, schedule, and scope management capabilities to effectively manage budgets, headcount, timelines, deliverables, and project requirements.
  • An adaptable, collaborative, and inclusive approach that values different perspectives and cultures while working effectively across teams and stakeholder groups. Education, Licenses, Certifications: College, university, or equivalent degree required. This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations. Experience: Intermediate level of relevant work experience, including team leadership experience, required.

Qualifications

  • Knowledge of power generation products, ability to interface with contractors, consulting engineers, vendors, knowledge of codes, knowledge of technical documentation, and strong research capabilities needed.
  • Candidate must have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Must possess strong organizational and planning skills and be capable of multi-tasking on a variety of complex tasks.
  • Must be able to manage databases and reporting mechanisms for project milestones.
  • Must be data- and process-oriented/driven.
  • Must be able to work in a team environment with Sales, Production, Purchasing, Project Administration, Engineering and Service Team both within and outside of their account.
  • Must possess a good understanding of project financials.
  • Must quickly be able to build rapport with external stakeholders - client and trade partners.
  • Ability to review and understand design submittals preferred.
  • Previous experience in a new construction setting preferred.
  • Open to applicants across the continental U.S.

Compensation and Benefits

Please note that the salary range provided is a good faith estimate on the applicable range. The final salary offer will be determined after considering relevant factors, including a candidate’s qualifications and experience, where appropriate.

Cummins is an equal opportunity employer. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, sex, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity, or other status protected by law.

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