Senior Project Manager (German-speaking)

  • Full-time
  • Job Function: Project Management
  • Department: Operations

Company Description

Founded in 2014, Shippeo is a French SaaS company leading the European market in helping shippers and logistics companies track their freight shipments in real-time to improve visibility throughout their end-to-end supply chains.

Having already raised €71 million in funding, Shippeo is growing rapidly. The team has more than doubled in size to 160 within 2020 and the scaling will continue throughout 2021. Our team of Shippians comprises 27 different nationalities, speaking a total of 29 languages.

Job Description

Shippeo is looking for a Senior Project Manager to lead the implementation of Shippeo in our European customers’ organizations. The position is based in our Düsseldorf office.

Reporting to the Project Director, as a Senior Project Manager your responsibilities will include: 

  • Manage the implementation of Shippeo for a defined number of customers and own responsibility for the success of the project implementation by the deadlines.
  • Guide the customer through the whole implementation – lead the kickoff meeting, collect customer information and data, prepare the planning, supervise the technical setup, train the key users, handle regular reporting, lead change management
  • Set up and feed project management tools to log and share project summary, status updates, follow-up tasks and key metrics
  • Organize and lead weekly customer project meetings or calls to provide updates on onboarding progress and ensure that all aspects of the project are aligned
  • Work closely with our Customer Success team to ensure project management delivery is aligned with customer needs and priorities
  • Identify risks and issues to effectively delivering the implementation as planned and build a risk mitigation plan
  • Contribute to steering committees to review goals, progress, risks, and opportunities.
  • Coordinate and lead the internal teams involved on the implementation (Product, Support, Carriers onboarding)
  • Actively participates to sales opportunities: lead workshops, present Shippeo's implementation methodology, design Project Delivery Plans, assist on RFP processes, define setup budget 

Qualifications

Your are our next Shippian if you have:

  • A Bachelor’s degree, MSc preferred with tier-one business or engineering school.
  • Excellent ability to multi-task and prioritize workload.
  • Good judgment, strong problem solving and pragmatic approach.
  • 3+ years of experience working in an Analyst or Consultant type role at a consulting firm
  • Travel for key meeting, may vary based on internal and client requirements.
  • Native German and full professional proficiency in English. Full professional proficiency in a third language would be a strong advantage.

Additional Information

🏆 We have 4 values at Shippeo that are embodied by each Shippian:

Ambition – Do not give up any challenge for Shippeo to become a global leader

Commitment – To be demanding in order to achieve exceptional customer satisfaction

Team Spirit – Foster teamwork with respect in a relaxed atmosphere

Simplicity – Stay simple in our behavior and solutions

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