Localisation Project Manager

MY CLIENT A LEADING INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS PROVIDER BASED IN CORK HAS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR A LOCALISATION PROJECT MANAGER TO JOIN THEIR TEAM ON AN INITIAL 12 MONTH CONTRACT WITH A VIEW TO A LONGER TERM ROLE

The successful applicant will assume project management responsibility for a range of projects, liaising between localisation Teams and International Corporate Clients, to deliver projects to specified Client requirements, within the required budget and to the necessary levels of quality

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Scope and quote projects for identified client
- Plan and monitor projects to meet deadline, quality and budget requirement
- Manage client relationships and serve as primary day-to-day contact for external client
- Provide support and input to Sales and external clients, including education about the localisation process, as require
- Collaborate with production teams to create, implement and maintain appropriate client or project specific procedures, solutions, checklists and instruction
- Monitor and maintain project financials, including revenue recognition, revenue forecasting and billing
- Ensure accuracy of financial project data, workflows, schedules and processes to maximise efficiency and profitability - strong numeracy and accuracy skills a mus
- Collaborate with internal teams to initiate and implement procedural changes and customised workflow
- Resolve questions and issues in a timely and effective manner for clients and internal team
- Track and consolidate schedule progress and issues associated with each project
- Organise and participate in client meetings (Quarterly Business, Review meetings etc
- Create and submit project estimates for Clients (24-hour turnaround
- Contribute to internal process improvement - initiative will be required in this are
- Articulate clearly and promptly to teams the Client brief, including any special instructions to increase understanding and context of project - initiative require
- Work with Client to achieve visibility on workloads for resource and project planning
- Maintenance and publication of weekly/monthly status reports both internally and to Clients

REQUIREMENTS

- Min 2 years project project management/within the Localisation, IT or DTP sectors
- BA, BS or Business Degre
- Knowledge of functional and technical aspects of Win and Mac based platforms
- Ability to assimilate, hold and interpret a wide variety of information
- Excellent verbal, written communication skills essential as English may not be first language of target groups. Management of Client relationships also a key feature of this position
- Organisational and planning skills imperative
- Ability to promptly troubleshoot problems and deliver solutions.