What are the responsibilities and job description for the Special Projects Coordinator (Ventana) position at Taylor Freezer Sales of Arizona?
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Ventana Distributing is one of the Valley’s leading specialty food equipment distributors across the Southwest. For over 40 years, we have been serving Arizona and other western states with specialty products, equipment, and Customer Support. As we accelerate our growth, we are looking for individuals that aspire to be the best at what they do. We call it a “Big Fish in a small pond”. Our tight team of dedicated individuals will allow the right candidate to shine in a relaxed, yet focused environment. Our leadership team has a proven track record of business and personnel development and actively seeks to recognize both individual and team performance. Unlike some of the behemoths of the Valley, we will know who you are and will respect and reward your contributions.
We are looking for a Special Projects Coordinator to support our ever-growing business. Our Special Projects Coordinator (SPC) plans, directs, coordinates or budgets activities related to company products and services. The SPC participates in the conceptual development of a project and oversees its organization, scheduling, and implementation. This associate accomplishes project objectives by planning and evaluating project activities from inception to completion.
WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING?
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
Ventana Distributing is one of the Valley’s leading specialty food equipment distributors across the Southwest. For over 40 years, we have been serving Arizona and other western states with specialty products, equipment, and Customer Support. As we accelerate our growth, we are looking for individuals that aspire to be the best at what they do. We call it a “Big Fish in a small pond”. Our tight team of dedicated individuals will allow the right candidate to shine in a relaxed, yet focused environment. Our leadership team has a proven track record of business and personnel development and actively seeks to recognize both individual and team performance. Unlike some of the behemoths of the Valley, we will know who you are and will respect and reward your contributions.
We are looking for a Special Projects Coordinator to support our ever-growing business. Our Special Projects Coordinator (SPC) plans, directs, coordinates or budgets activities related to company products and services. The SPC participates in the conceptual development of a project and oversees its organization, scheduling, and implementation. This associate accomplishes project objectives by planning and evaluating project activities from inception to completion.
WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING?
- Establish project objectives, policies, procedures, and performance standards within boundaries of company policy and contracted work scope specifications.
- Track, manage and resolve project issues as they arise throughout the project life cycle.
- Interpret and explain plans and contract terms to team.
- Formulate reports by extracting required data from various sources concerning such areas as work progress, costs, and scheduling, for internal distribution.
- Implement and adhere to the project management process and methodology.
- Work with others on the team (including group President) to manage financial aspects of contracts to protect company’s interest and simultaneously maintain good relationship with the customers.
- Represent company in customer facing project meetings and attend strategy meetings.
- Track and reconcile revenue, cost of goods, accruals, and customer invoices using principles of cost accounting.
- Accountable for driving execution and delivery of projects or support programs from start to finish.
- Establishes strong partnerships and engagement with project stakeholders.
- Create full-scale master project schedules and communication plans consisting of multiple teams or components.
- Ensure proactive scheduling of key deliverables, milestones, and deliverable tasks.
- Establish project financial forecasts including resource plans and other expense plans.
- Provides oversight to ensure critical day-to-day program/project deliverables progress forward to deliver specified requirements, objectives, and value.
- Prepares program/project status reports to demonstrate project overall health, key performance indicator (KPI), risk, issues, accomplishments, next steps, and escalation requests.
- Support Sales and Marketing by being the subject matter expert (SME) for any product or process roll-out.
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
- 3-5 years’ experience in program or project management to include project timeline development, tracking, and management of said projects.
- Able to take rough ideas and concepts and help develop details around financial, quality, and delivery outputs (such as schedules, specifications, and budget development)
- Strong computer literacy and mastery of Microsoft Suite (specifically, Excel and PowerPoint)
- Experience with Project management software such as – MS Project, Trello, or Monday
- Proven ability to self-motivate and manage with limited supervision.
- Good person! Team player, socially aware, willing to do what it takes to accomplish company goals.
- Bachelor’s degree in either Business, Engineering, or another technical field
- 401k with company match
- Generous vacation and PTO
- Health Benefits; medical/dental/vision
- Competitive compensation DOE
- Bonus potential
- Vehicle allowance
- In-house and on-the-job training
- Positive and supporting culture, great teammates, and a friendly and passionate work environment.
