Our passion for coffee makes SEB Professional North America a growing company!

We are in the professional coffee machine business managing three leading global brands: Schaerer, WMF, and Wilbur Curtis.

You can find our coffee machines in convenience stores, hotels, and restaurants worldwide. Chances are you have enjoyed a cup of coffee brewed by one of our products during your morning coffee run at McDonald’s, Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, or Tim Hortons.

SEB Professional is a subsidiary of Groupe SEB, a large French consortium and the world’s largest manufacturer of cookware in more than 150 countries, with 33,00 employees and over €8,1 b in sales annually. Notable brand names associated are Tefal, T-Fal, Krups, Lagostina, Rowenta, Moulinex, SUPOR, Arno, Emsa, All-Clad. Our Company operates in the Professional Coffee Machine division.

As the project manager you will work with customers to design their coffee installation programs, especially as it relates to rollout schedule and implementation of new machines. Provide frequent and regular communication with customer regarding schedule changes (if any), overall status of project, any scope changes as requested by customer, etc. Create and develop KPIs and reporting to assist customer with transparency and metrics.

Salary Range: DOE: $75,000 - $95,000

Essential Functions

Responsibilities

• Consistently and regularly review projects to engage in process improvement impacting the following: profitability, timeliness, employee engagement, and/or customer satisfaction .
• Work with customers to design their coffee installation and preventive maintenance programs.
• Provide KPIs to internal stakeholders informing them on project status.
• Support, direct team and allocate project resources.
• Monitor progress and implement change when necessary.
• Working cross-functionally with the sales and service organizations.
• Completes projects within scope and budget.

Requirements

• Strong project management skills to keep a multi-site project running consistently.
• Strong forecasting and organization skills to build and develop a project schedule including major milestones.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Must be able to interface on a professional level with customers during conference calls and email communication.
• Must also be able to communicate with key internal stakeholders cross-functionally.
• Ability to suggest and implement process improvement to project to capitalize on learnings.

Experience and Education:

• Preferred: PMP certification or in process, bachelor’s degree.
• 3-5 years of project management experience involving multiple locations or 5+ years project coordination with multiple projects.

Working Conditions / Physical Demand

• Standing, Walking
• Manual dexterity
• Working in a cold or hot environment
• Ability to Lift up to 50lbs occasionally

Overview

• Type of employment: Full time – Exempt
• Workplace type: Hybrid, Irvine, Ca

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Competitive 401(K) program
• Dental insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• 12 Paid Holidays
• Other voluntary benefits and discounts program

SEB Professional is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. For more information, please see OFCCP Equal Employment.