Oorspronkelijke vacature omschrijving:

European PROJECT MANAGER

Senior Specialist, Projects Planning & Control

The E&PM Department has a vision “to Deliver First Quartile Projects in EHSS, Quality, Cost & Schedule”. The derived strategic objectives of this vision is to maximize SABIC Capital Efficiency, to Maintain EHSS Excellence and to improve and execute SABIC Projects & E&PM Operational Performance to enable SABIC Global growth and competitiveness.

We will enhance our Outsourcing Strategy and strengthen our Organizational Effectiveness by Increasing our Employees Capabilities and level of Competencies.

JOB PURPOSE:

• Innovate & Build Site Project Control excellence in line with & contributing to industry best practices
• Influences & Communicates best practices across sites.
• Lead continuous improvement of Project KPIs. (Schedule, Cost & Quality performance) - Leading change with a strategic focus for Europe.
• Lead interaction with all Site controllers - effective collaboration to drive results with a global outlook - providing Coaching and Training as required.
• Assess performance and drive improvement by motivating others using relationship management - Developing and Empowering people.
• Provide Global Project support in overall Project, Engineering and Construction Management with overall skills in analytical Thinking and Negotiations.

Responsibilities:

• Drive implementation of Project Controls in Europe and collaborate with other Global Regions.
• Evaluate capital expenditure and project proposals for readiness to execute.
• Project progress follow-up, analyse actual progress for early warnings on potential issues.
• Establish standard approach for Site monthly reports on physical progress and trends for each project.
• For Capital projects ensure estimate structure in place and follow up of estimates as required
• Develop and share tools to use (Cost, Planning and Resource planning) in areas of risk that has been identified by the business or various sites.
• Support Global projects as required in the areas of Cost Control, Planning and Progress analysis and basic support in Project, Engineering and Construction management and negotiations.
• Prepare, analyse and monitor performance of  E&PM in Europe, both quantitative and qualitative  via data/KPI’s, root cause analysis to challenge functions, identify areas of improvement and drive improvements as well as corrective actions.
• Benchmark performance of E&PM with both internal and external comparisons.
• Participate in risk identification & assessment, including development of mitigating actions.
• Implement, maintain and execution of policies and ensure compliance with relevant policies and legal requirements
• Provide Teaching and Coaching to Europe site project controllers as required to meet business objectives

Additional Responsibilities:

• Ability to influence SABIC Europe and Global Partner(s)
• Ability to balance supportive/steering activities at Site and European level including go to for Advice by local manager(s)
• Ability to work and influence in multi-cultural, diverse Global Community whilst aligning with local and global policy and legal directives
• Ability to promote local and global corporate values
• Strong Entrepreneurial and Business Acumen working cross business and function(s)

MINIMUM EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Master’s degree in Technical Engineering, Business Administration or Business Economics
• A minimum of 10 to 15 years of experience in the petrochemicals Business or in an industrial environment including 5 to 8 years of Project Planning & Control or Project Management experience
• Sound knowledge of standards, policies, procedures and best practices in the areas of Engineering & Project Management.
• Strong business & technical acumen, sound quantitative & analytical and planning & organizing skills
• Well-acquainted with the needs of an industrial and projects environment and experienced in Project Planning & Control and Performance Management concepts, tools and software applications.
• Excellent Conceptual, Communication and Analytical Skills
• Fluency (both written and Oral) in English (additional European language(s) a bonus
• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills along with a solid ability to influence effectively and to deal with cultural differences.
• Self-starter with an open mindset, a strong drive and can-do mentality and eagerness to drive performance excellence and improvements

Location: Bergen op Zoom or Geleen, The Netherlands

Travel: 25% (regionally and globally)

FURTHER INFORMATION

Interested in this position?

Please apply online by sending us your CV and motivation letter in English. Due to data privacy reasons we do not handle any applications sent by email. For additional questions you can contact: Karl Davies, Corporate Recruiter via email –karl.davies@sabic.com

The application closing-date is 30th November 2022.

Please be informed that a reference check, an employment verification and E-assessment are part of our recruitment process. A Certificate of Good Conduct can be requested depending on the level of the role in our organization and/or function, allowing us to request depending on local regulations.

Responses from employment agencies will not be considered.

ABOUT SABIC

SABIC is a global diversified chemicals company, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We manufacture on a global scale in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific, making distinctly different kinds of products: chemicals, commodity and high performance plastics, agri-nutrients and metals. We support our customers by identifying and developing opportunities in key end-use applications such as construction, medical devices, packaging, agri-nutrients, electrical and electronics, transportation and clean energy. Our production in 2020 was 60.8 million metric tons.

We have more than 33,000 employees worldwide and operates in around 50 countries. Fostering innovation and a spirit of ingenuity, we have 9,000+ global patent filings, and significant research resources with innovation hubs in five key geographies – USA, Europe, Middle East, South Asia and North Asia.

In Europe, we have over 6,000 professionals running multiple world-scale production sites and 4 technology and innovation centers. We are present in almost every European country. Major locations within our broad network of innovation, production and marketing are: Teesside (UK), Cartagena (Spain), Gelsenkirchen (Germany), Geleen (the Netherlands), Bergen op Zoom (the Netherlands) and Genk (Belgium).

SABIC is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and as such will not discriminate in its employment practices, including recruiting and hiring practices, based on a person’s race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.