Project Management Officer

Project Management Officer

Company: Canon Production Printing

Our self-steering PMO team plays a pivotal role in shaping digital transformation, within research and development. They influence both content and processes, fostering collaboration across various stakeholders in an international work environment. The PMO team is essential for adapting to the dynamic nature of technology and market demands, ensuring that the organization remains agile and innovative. Interested in joining the team? Then apply today!

Project Management Officer: System Expert

What You’ll Do

As a member of the Project Management Office team, you are leading projects within the PMO in the area of development, implementation and maintenance of systems, tools and processes in the R&D organization. You will administer and maintain existing project management systems and tools and lead the implementation of new project and portfolio management systems and tools.

You’ll be furthermore responsible for:

• Represent the Project Management Office (PMO) in all organizational and process-relevant matters and thus make a decisive contribution to the successful implementation and execution of our projects.
• Enable the PMO team in their role as project management knowledge center on system level.
• Prepare information about ongoing projects, creating reports which can be reused in all projects.
• Establish and drive the sharing of best practices across the projects in our multisite organization.
• Own and administer collaboration methods and tools used across all projects.
• Define and maintain the project documentation and archiving standards.
• Support the project documentation and information including the quality, completeness and accuracy of content by combining the different systems and tools.
• Facilitate key program meetings, pre-briefing stakeholders and recording and management of actions as well as ensuring that escalations are followed up and resolved.

Who You’ll Work With

Our international organization has flat hierarchy that fosters collaboration and creativity. With focus on personal growth, taking initiative and personal ownership are stimulated. This allows you to work closely with various teams, including designers, developers, architects, and management. The R&D division spans three development locations: Timișoara (Romania), Poing (Germany), and Venlo (Netherlands). The PMO team has office in Venlo and Poing and operates cross site.

Career opportunities

Within the Project Management Officer role there is an entrance in several roles and divisions in our organization, like Project Lead, Business Unit, Purchasing and Production.

What You Bring

We’re looking for a team player who has:

• A Bachelor’s degree in technical direction (mechanical, software or industrial engineering)
• Minimum 3 to 5 years of project or program management experience in the field
• Project Management, Process Thinking, Structured and System affinity
• Skills in Office365, PPM Tooling (Planta experience would be an advantage), SharePoint Online
• An eye for detail and excellent problem-solving skills
• Strong spoken and written English skills.

What You’ll Get From Us

We provide an exciting, dynamic work environment with plenty of opportunity for you to develop personally and professionally. With our company values collaboration, innovation and ownership, we strive to bring out the best in each other, expand boundaries and feel empowered to take ownership of our work.

In addition to that we offer excellent conditions to help you be who you want to be:

• a competitive salary (range €3200,- - €5330,- gross per month)
• 38 vacation days
• extra 13th month pay (8,6%), holiday allowance (8%) and commuting allowance
• possibility for hybrid working
• a huge range of training and professional development opportunities
• a laptop and smartphone

What do we stand for?

We develop and manufacture high-tech printing products and workflow software for the commercial printing market as part of Canon, a global leader in imaging technologies. With around 3,300 employees across three continents and our headquarters in Venlo, the Netherlands, we innovate to create high-quality solutions that add color to the world. Guided by the philosophy of Kyosei—living and working together for the common good—our culture is built on openness, collegiality, trust and stability. We empower our people to grow, take initiative, and make an impact.

With our company values collaboration, innovation and ownership, we strive to bring out the best in each other, expand boundaries and feel empowered to take ownership of our work.