Leads governance and digital transformation initiatives across engineering and manufacturing teams. Manages cross-functional projects, stakeholders, resources, priorities, and changing requirements. Tracks KPIs through presentations, dashboards, and status updates; develops standardized reporting and project-tracking processes. Identifies manpower needs, supports productivity improvements, and improves the utilization of software platforms. Requires strong technical understanding of mechanical engineering and manufacturing environments, bilingual French and English communication, and substantial project management experience.
- Key Skills: Project management, governance, digital transformation, cross-functional leadership, KPI tracking, dashboards, stakeholder management, resource planning, engineering/manufacturing, productivity improvement, Jira, CATIA/CAD, and PMP
Job Description:
- Lead governance and digital transformation initiatives within the organization.
- Follow ongoing projects and identify key stakeholders involved across departments.
- Track and report KPIs continuously through weekly presentations and status updates.
- Develop structures and processes to identify manpower requirements and resource deficiencies.
- Support productivity improvement initiatives for engineering and methods teams.
- Create and deploy standardized KPI dashboards and project tracking tools across departments.
- Ensure project priorities, resource needs, and changing requirements are communicated effectively across teams.
- Improve utilization and efficiency of existing tools and software platforms.
- Present to stakeholders within and from other departments.
Requirements:
- Mechanical Engineering background with strong technical understanding of engineering/manufacturing environments.
- 5–10+ years of Project Management experience leading cross-functional initiatives.
- Experience creating and tracking KPIs, dashboards, governance structures, and project performance metrics.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to align multiple teams, departments, and key decision makers.
- Fully bilingual (French and English), with French as the primary working language.
Nice-to-have:
- PMP certification.
- CATIA experience or familiarity with CAD/engineering software environments.
- Experience leading digital transformation initiatives.
- Experience with Jira or similar project tracking and workflow management systems.
Experience implementing reporting structures, dashboards, and productivity improvement initiatives
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