Transactional Project Manager (Hybrid)

Company Description

John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies. 

We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards. 

John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries. 

Job Description

Ensuring supplier recovery milestones are met and deviations are escalated to the Supplier Performance managers in a timely manner.

• Monitor supplier performance dashboards to identify poor-performing suppliers and trends.
• Collaborate with the Supply Performance Manager and internal stakeholders to ensure planned actions and timelines are tracked and met.
• Prepare and distribute progress report on supplier performance and recovery actions.
• Coordinate and track the implementation of improvement actions at supplier sites, under the guidance of the Supply Performance Manager. 
• Complete and present overview data for the Supply Performance Manager's team; escalate bottlenecks that could impact the recovery plan.
• Support the application of the recovery plan by organizing tasks, follow-ups and milestone checks.
• Maintain up-to-date records of supplier performance, action owner and due dates.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years' experience of project management knowledge (planning, tracking, milestones).
• Strong administrative and coordination and time management skills.
• Strong customer service experience managing various suppliers. 
• Proficiency with data analysis and dashboard tools (e.g. Excel, Power BI dashboards).
• Good written and verbal communication for status reporting and stakeholder updates.
• Problem-solving mindset with the ability to identify bottlenecks and propose next steps.
• Stakeholder management and collaboration skills.
• Requires at least 20% travel supporting multiple John Crane US suppliers in Pennsylvania, New York and St. Louis. 

Additional Information

With colleagues stretching across the globe, we are proud of our diversity. To foster inclusivity, we run employee resource groups (ERG's) to provide a safe space for employees to connect and support each other. Our cross-business ERG's include Veterans, Pride Network, Black Employee Network, Women@Work Network, and Neurodiversity. 

Across our company, we recognize excellence, culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards, our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities, people, and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day, a global celebration of Smiths around our network. 

Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future. 

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

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