CKSA-Project Executive (Saudi Only)

To follow the defined project management processes to execute the delivery of projects on time, with defined quality standards, resource planning and within budget whilst ensuring the satisfaction of the customer

What We Give

With Canon, you'll get the support and encouragement you need to grow, from people who share your ambition. We'll invest in your professional development to help you learn and progress in your role with us. You'll find leaders who give you the freedom to explore new things and a team where knowledge is shared openly.

At Canon we have a clear vision to be committed to creating a more inclusive and equitable culture where employees are valued and can thrive personally and professionally.

Canon also has a strong commitment to sustainability, encompassed by our Kyosei philosophy of living and working together for the common good, focused on reducing our environmental impact and creating opportunities to make positive social contribution.

• Working with but not limited to Regional Project Management, Sales (Account Manager), Business Development Manager, Solutions Business Consultant and System Engineers to provide project implementation services for a product, solution and/or a service as required
• Create and maintain project documentation including project plans, deployment plans, project processes and reports as required, and to produce management information and reports regarding progress, quality assurance, resources and risk
• Take responsibility for maintaining the project document repository and ensuring documents are approved, controlled and archived properly
• Responsible for project phase monitoring and coordinating between appropriate project management resources (internal, external/partners/customer) such as System Engineers, Service Engineers (Hardware), Sales Coordinators etc.
• Ensure Sales and internal/client stakeholders are updated on project deliverables, milestones and issues as appropriate
• Manage effectively the handover of customer’s project to the Operations department, effectively obtain the feedback from the customer and use this to continually improve the Canon project management offering and processes and continually work with Canon back office teams to ensure the process meets customer’s expectations
• Use knowledge and lessons learnt to enhance and develop project governance framework and procedures including project lifecycle. Provide feedback and suggestions to the Regional Project Management team for Continuous improvement of processes.
  
  

What we ask

Must have/be

• Certification in Associate Project Manager (APM)
• Knowledge of the ITIL Framework
• Certification in Six Sigma (Green Belt) - desirable
• Experience of working with projects and knowledge of project cycle
• Fluency in written and spoken English essential, knowledge of Arabic preferable
• Current KSA driving license
• Focus on quality with attention to detail
• Pragmatic, task-oriented attitude, highly motivated, process oriented
• Good planning, time management and scheduling skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with a demonstrable experience of full project lifecycle and a good working knowledge of Managed Print Services
• Problem solving and decision-making abilities
• Excellent documentation skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word/ Excel/ PowerPoint/ Outlook/ Project
• Professional appearance, attitude and communication style
  
  

You will need

• Communication – Individuals who demonstrate this competency communicate with precision and clarity in any medium. They carefully consider the audience they are addressing, keep management informed of progress and share information with others to help everyone do their job better.
• Teamwork – Individuals who demonstrate this competency consider the group effort as more importantthan their own individual efforts and are sensitive to the needs and opinions of other group members, they participate openly and honestly and share opinions, knowledge and experience.
• Planning and Organising - Individuals who demonstrate this competency work with business
  
  

colleagues to decide the most important contributions needed to implement the business strategy, theyplan and organize effectively and then efficiently manage all resources, processes and tools.

• Problem Solving - Individuals who demonstrate this competency will apply a methodological way tosolve problem; they make rational and realistic decision using business knowledge, experience and aninterpretation or factual assessment of all the available information, both on task and people issues.
• Stakeholder Management - Individuals who demonstrate this competency build effective interpersonalrelationships between individuals and across functions, they willing cooperate and work with otherstowards overall solutions and use the best route possible to solve problems and attain the desired
  
  

outcome.

• Data Analysis Individuals who demonstrate this competency have the ability to gather and analyzeinformation extensively to identify issues, patterns, and trends and will pro-actively recommendappropriate actions. They make sure that records are maintained accurately and remain up to date; andthey take responsibility to check the quality of data.
• Flexibility Individuals who demonstrate this competency will not only be able to articulate severalperspectives on a problem, but will also see the merit of differing points of view, they will change or modify strong opinions, will switch to alternative strategies when necessary and will adjust to changingwork priorities in order to best support the business.
• Innovation Individuals who demonstrate this competency look for new and better ways of doing thinksand are not content with the status quo, they question rational ways of doing things when choosing acourse of action or find new combinations of old elements to form an innovative solution in order to stayahead of the competition, develop our brand and improve services to the internal and external customers
  
  

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