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Xylem Project Manager in Morton Grove, Illinois

Join Xylem in the global mission to #LetsSolveWater! As a leading water technology company with 23,000 employees operating in over 150 countries, Xylem is at the forefront of addressing the world's most critical water challenges. We invite passionate individuals to join our team, dedicated to exceeding customer expectations through innovative and sustainable solutions.

Essential Duties/Principal Responsibilities:

  • Leading cross functional project teams across Americas AW along all project phases (initialization, analysis, concept development, project implementation until handover to accountable organizations).

  • Drive project teams and organizations to comprehensively improve operating model design, process simplification, data & technology enablement, and financial success, whilst ensuring quality standards and regulatory compliance.

  • Align and prioritize innovation initiatives, and projects, while ensuring synergies of local improvements with wider transformational objectives.

  • Developing new programs to support the strategic direction of the organization.

  • Developing an evaluation method to assess program strengths and identify areas for improvement, including developing a robust risk mitigation plan if needed.

  • Support teams with a diverse array of talents and responsibilities to pursue business goals.

  • Ensuring projects goals are met in all areas including customer satisfaction, safety, quality and team member performance.

  • Implementing and managing changes and interventions to ensure project goals are achieved.

  • Ensure, support and facilitate a 2-way communication with all levels of organization and the teams about progress update, highlights, risks.

  • Producing accurate and timely reporting of program status throughout its life cycle.

  • Analyzing program risks.

  • Coordinating and running events and workshop

Key Competencies:

  • Operates with integrity, transparency and humility.

  • Strong collaborative, communication and change management skills

  • Inspiring Accountability

  • Lead multi-functional teams

  • Continuous Improvement Mindset

  • Cross-boundary collaboration

  • Developing Capability

Qualifications: Education, Experience, Skills, Abilities, License/Certification:

Required Qualifications:

Minimal education & experience, essential skills & abilities and required license/certification to perform this job.

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

  • Long track record in program/project management field

  • Minimum 10 years of manufacturing systems experience

  • Good communication skill in written and spoken English is mandatory.

Preferred Qualifications:

Additional preferences for a specific position.

  • Lean Manufacturing methodologies

  • Proficiency on English language

Travel requirement: up to 50% of the time

Join the global Xylem team to be a part of innovative technology solutions transforming water usage, conservation, and re-use. Our products impact public utilities, industrial sectors, residential areas, and commercial buildings, with a commitment to providing smart metering, network technologies, and advanced analytics for water, electric, and gas utilities. Partner with us in creating a world where water challenges are met with ingenuity and dedication; where we recognize the power of diversity, equity and inclusion in driving innovation and allowing us to compete more effectively around the world.

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