PMO and Strategy Specialist

DormerPramet is growing rapidly, and we’re now looking for a driven and experienced PMO and Strategy Specialist who would like to become a key player and part of our exiting strategic journey and path forward. Interested in joining our growing and agile team? 

About us 

DormerPramet is a global manufacturer and supplier of tools for the metal cutting industry, and we have a truly international presence with three production units and sales offices in 20 countries. Our skills and products solve engineering challenges across many industry sectors – including maintenance and repair operations, as well as general engineering through to heavy machining,railway and airframe assembly. Customer Focus, Innovation, FairPlay and Passion to Win are our values that build the foundation of our brand and company. 

At Dormer Pramet, our purpose is to build on the company’s heritage and success to innovate our way into the future. By keeping a long-term focus in everything we do, we can support our ambitions to grow manufacturing and prosperity for all. This brings jobs, with opportunities for both growth and security. It is what we care for, and what makes us go that extra mile We share our deep knowledge and experience to build great relationships, not just with industry partners, but with employees and the community. We focus on improving the environment we work in and believe that everyone should feel empowered to deliver success. In return, we promise a rewarding career with flexible working options, excellent opportunities for development and progression.

Your mission 

In this role, you will support the formulation of our division’s long-term ambitions and goals. This role also drives the delivery of strategic projects and the formulation of our division’s way of working and strategy to achieve excellence organization-wide.

Your key responsibilities will be in the areas of strategy, project execution and ways of working

Support the overall development of Dormer Pramet long term ambition and goals and work with each function to define their OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) to ensure the strategy becomes a reality.

Support the development of business plans over 3 years and 1 year horizon company-wide, to ensure that the business plans support the defined goals and contribute to the existing strategic planning.

Identify growth opportunities, assess existing markets, ancillary markets, and macro-economic trends as well as industry and competitive landscape.

Identify key industry trends and how they impact the company / opportunities for growth.

Develop senior and board level presentations, market insights and analyze the implications to Dormer Pramet’sstrategy.

Drive and own necessary business intelligence activities and work closely with the Sandvik Machining Solution Business Intelligence function.

Conduct activities on M&A and work closely with Sandvik Machining Solution M&A function on pre-deal M&A that supports Dormer Pramet’s strategy.

Deliver strategic projects that are critical to long-termambitionandensurethesuccessful implementation of the PMO’s strategy, responsibilities, services, and deliverables.

Monitor Programme reporting and assist team in reporting to Senior Management and stakeholders.

Establish frameworks and standardsforProgrammeandProjectManagement.

ManageandcompileProgramme related financial and KPI information Oversee project costs and ensure finances are well managed.

Provideandmaintainacapacityplanningandresourcetrackingserviceacrossthe Programme.

Track financial reporting whilst ensuring that the programme and projects adhere to the agreed budget. Ensurecross-programmedependenciesaremanagedandthedependencylogisaccurately maintained

Coordinate project closure to distil good practice and ensure lessons learned are logged. 

Build cohesion within the team and motivate the team to produce quality work.

Define and embed project control and governance. Provide Project planning, Milestone management, Scope management, Resource forecasting; Financial Management; Change Management across the project portfolio.

Prepareregularstatusreportingfortheengagementleadership.Manage3rdpartyvendorswhere needed to support project delivery and lead Post Merger activities.

Drive the way of working in Dormer Pramet through working with stakeholders in Dormer Pramet.

The Location for this position is home-office in either Pune, India, Bangkok, Thailand, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam or in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Global travel is also included in the role.

About you

We’re looking for someone with a bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 3-5 years of documented business experience in managing global projects and multicultural teams.To succeed in this role, you have substantial global experience of strategy work as well as project managementand have prior experience in the management consulting industry. Since we’re a global business, we value it if you previously have worked with cross-functional teams and across different regions and geographical areas. You efficiently find ways to digitally collaborate across different time zones.Experience in delivering complex projects with a high level of ambiguity isbeneficial. PMP certification and experiencewith working in management consulting firms and the cutting tool industry are desirable. Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English is required.

In addition, we’re searching for someone who is driven and has a forward-looking approach, and easily can adapt to our agile and fast-changing environment. To fit into our successful team, we strongly believe that you also possess an analytical mindset, a structured problem-solving approach and story lining skills. We would appreciate it if you had an attitude to learn and approach problems head on and were willing to roll up your sleeves to find solutions. We highly value your passion and personality. We’re on a journey to developing world class PMO and Strategy department within our division. Anyone who joins the function will have the future opportunity to be exposed to several of our internal key areas and functions, supporting their growth,development and leadership skills. This opens several great opportunities that will strengthen the expertise for both the business and for the individual. We strongly believe this set-up will allow the team and you to work in an agile way, building on both internal and external expertise. 

About us

Dormer Pramet is a global manufacturer and supplier of tools for the metal cutting industry, and we have a truly international presence with four production units and sales offices in 20 countries. Our skills and products solve engineering challenges across many industry sectors – including General Engineering, Automotive and Die & Mold industries. 

How to apply

Send your application no later than May, 21 2024.Read more about Dormer Pramet and apply at Job ID: R0057535.

As we aim for a fair recruitment process, we utilize assessment tools to safeguard objectivity. When you apply for this job, you will therefore receive an invitation via email to a personality and logic ability test. Feedback comes immediately after the test has been completed and the selection process begins after the application deadline.

Contact Information

Do you want to learn more about this exciting job? Please contact:

Praskovia Sheremeteva, recruiting manager at