In the VELUX Group, we offer you a world of opportunities and the chance to create a bright future.
From the forefront of the sustainable indoor living industry, we enable those who live, work and play under the roof transform their spaces and live a healthier everyday life with more daylight and fresh air.
The VELUX Group is an international, family-owned business with strong financial roots and each year we are able to create real impact by reinvesting in society, our employees and planet through our foundations.
Alongside the rest of our values, “courage” and “mutual respect” define our actions every day and how we wish to contribute to the world.

The primary purpose of this position is to:

• Manage, plan, and coordinate activities of projects to ensure that goals or objectives of projects are accomplished within prescribed time frames and funding parameters.
• Review project proposals or plan to determine time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing projects, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of projects.
• Establishe work plans and multi-disciplinary staffing for each phase of projecst, and arranges for recruitment or assignment of project personnel.
• Focus on developing business-critical projects aimed at improving company performance.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Operationalization of strategic priorities into meaningful and actionable project launches.
• Facilitation of large and business-critical projects together with stakeholders, and project teams.
• Confers with project personnel to outline work plans and to assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority.
• May manage sub-contractors and their workforce.
• Coordinates activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budgets.
• Reviews status reports prepared by project personnel and modifies schedules or plans as required.
• Prepares project reports for management and others.
• Confers with project personnel to provide technical advice and to resolve problems.
• Facilitates use of standard processes, templates and other project management tools.
• Engages with global portfolio and project organizations to share best practices.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree is required.
• Project Management Professional certification is preferred.
• Ten years of project management experience is required.
• Must be an inspiring project leader with a focus on critical and value-adding tasks.
• Must be highly motivated, proactive, structured, and outcome focused.
• Must use a hypothesis–focused approach to problem-solving and possess strong problem solving skills.
• Must possess strong stakeholder management skills.
• Must possess strong change management skills.
• Must possess workshop facilitation skills and be comfortable engaging people.
• A working knowledge of ERP is beneficial. SAP is preferred.
• Strong oral and written communication skills are required.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products including Microsoft Project is required.

Company Benefits:

Our ambition of treating employees better than most other companies includes the challenging work environment we strive to create as well as the competitive benefit programs available to employees and their dependents upon joining the Company. Some of these include:

• Group Health Insurance Plan
• Dental Plan
• Vision Care Plan
• Prescription Drug Card Program
• Long-term Disability
• Short-term Disability
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave of Absences
• Life Insurance
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Cancer Protection Plan
• Company Matched 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Educational Assistance Program
• Vacation Day Program
• Sick Day Program
• Service Recognition Program
• Performance Incentive Programs
• And Much More

Equal Opportunity Employer

VELUX is fully committed to the concept and practice of equal opportunity in all aspects of employment. To further our goal of equal employment opportunity for all employees and prospective employees, it is the policy of VELUX to recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, sexual orientation, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. All employment decisions shall be consistent with the principle of equal employment opportunity and only job-related qualifications will be required.

E-Verify

VELUX uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify.