MES Project Manager

Company Profile

Capgemini Engineering combines, under one brand, a unique set of strengths from across the Capgemini Group: world-leading engineering and R&D and digital manufacturing expertise. With broad industry knowledge and cutting-edge technologies in digital and software, Capgemini Engineering supports the convergence of the physical and digital worlds. Combined with the capabilities of the rest of the Group, it helps clients to accelerate their journey towards Intelligent Industry. Capgemini Engineering has more than 60,000 engineer and scientist team members in over 30 countries across sectors including aeronautics, automotive, railways, communications, energy, life sciences, semiconductors, software & internet, space & defense, and consumer products.

Capgemini Engineering is an integral part of the Capgemini Group, a global leader in partnering with companies to transform and manage their business by harnessing the power of technology. The Group is guided every day by its purpose of unleashing human energy through technology for an inclusive and sustainable future. It is a responsible and diverse organization of 360,000 team members in nearly 50 countries. With its strong 50-year heritage and deep industry expertise, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to address the entire breadth of their business needs, from strategy and design to operations, fueled by the fast evolving and innovative world of cloud, data, AI, connectivity, software, digital engineering, and platforms. The Group reported in 2022 global revenues of €22 billion.

Location

Tokyo basis

Business trip to client sites in Japan will be required

The role

Our client is an innovative technology firm where they focus on a variety of cutting-edge technologies. Various revolutionary technology projects help to build a safer, happier and more sustainable world. We are looking for a MES Project Manager to be part of our client’s journey.

Responsibilities

Provides expertise in the project implementation lifecycle, responsible for project planning/execution of professional activities within a technical discipline as long as the end results meet standards of acceptability (quality, volume, timeliness etc.)

• Project management for the MES implementation project

• Define project plan properly, breakdown activities and execute the project plan and monitor project progress

• Ensure the most efficiency of collaborations between each project work stream and project members to deploy the solution on time

• Identify project risks and define risk mitigation plan accordingly

Profile

Mandatory

• Engineering IT implementation (4~5 years)

• Project management (PMP is better)

• Strong written and oral communication skills in Japanese and English is a must

• At least 5+ years of experience in related fields

• Personal credibility in front of customers is essential

• Experience in managing/ planning project activities and configuration of data/ functional analysis

• Ability to work in an agile, team-oriented, and collaborative environment

• Ability to facilitate meetings and follow up with resulting action items

Preferred

• Software development process experience

• Agile project experience