Assistant Projects Manager for VVF Ltd., Dubai

VVF Limited is a manufacturing and marketing company of personal care products and oleochemicals, with a worldwide presence. Headquartered in Mumbai, India, the company has 15 operating centers spread over Asia, the Middle East, the Far East, Europe and North America. Founded as The Vegetable Vitamin Foods Company Private limited in 1939, by the visionary enterpreneur Godrej Pallonji Joshi, the company started manufacturing partially hydrogeneated vegetable oils and has since evloved into a global corporate entity. The company is professionally managed and aggressive on growth plans and strategies. Hailed as a 'jewel' and 'billion dollar baby' by popular business magazines, VVF uses SAP and certifications like ISO and Kosher to improve its business efficiency and quality. Goldman sachs has predicted India to be one of the top three economies in the world in the foreseeable future. VVF is geared up to be at the forefront of that action

Assistant Manager - Projects (warehouse, Automation)

Role Purpose
Responsible for successful execution of project plans within the planned timelines and budgets and support operating teams in data gathering and processing, setting priorities, defining and executing improvement projects. 

Key Responsibilities
• Agree key outcome targeted from project implementation and management. 
• Conduct assessment of execution risks at the initiation stage 
• Highlight linkages / impact on other projects by implementing a particular project
• Prepare project schedules (weekly and monthly) 
• Provide inputs for cost and time estimation basis projects executed in the past 
• Prepare report on cash flow availability on a periodic basis and highlight impact on project delivery due to cash availability constraints 
• Review progress of work performed by contractors and check adherence against plan 
• Define guidelines for inspection of incoming material. 
• Identification of suppliers across the world and source the material with the lowest cost. 
• Carry out inspection of site construction activities 
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• Establish procedures for meeting Health, Safety and environment standards for project execution 
• Sign off and agree on project closure 
• Provide inputs on past performance of vendors / contractors. 
• Support validation of claims made by contractors. 
• Verify contractor bills for physical completion of work 
• Liaise with procurement to ensure timely availability of critical project components 
• Coordinate project commissioning activities with Operations head 
• Train the users and handover 
• Document learning from the project to be used for subsequent projects

Technical Skills & Knowledge

• In-depth knowledge of project management concepts, benchmarks and trends 
• Strong project management skills 
• Strong negotiation and relationship management skills 
• Deep people development, coaching and leadership/team building experience 
• Deep data analysis, planning and forecasting skills
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• 5+ years experience
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• Recruiter Name:Sonal Loke
  Company:VVF Limited
  Email Address:sonal.loke@vvfltd.com