Project Lead I-Monterrey

There are 7 billion people on this planet. And by 2050, there will be 2 billion more... many moving into urban centers at an unprecedented rate. Making sure there is enough food, fiber and infrastructure for our rapidly growing world is what we’re all about at John Deere. And it’s why we’re investing in our people and our technology like never before in our more than 185 - year history. Here the world’s brightest minds are tackling the world’s biggest challenges. If you believe one person can make the world a better place, we’ll put you to work. RIGHT NOW.

Title: Project Lead I-Monterrey

Primary Location: Garza Garcia 

Function: Product and Process Mgmt (CA)

John Deere is a foremost leader in the ag equipment business, and we continue to put a solid stamp on other industries. For over 185 years, the company’s portfolio of groundbreaking products has grown to include industries related to and outside of agriculture, including Turf, Construction and Forestry and Wind Technologies. The image of John Deere is no longer that of a signature green tractor meandering across a field; it’s been replaced with an image of acceleration, swift progress, and innovative leaping toward the company’s 200th year. The product line alone serves as proof with advances in machine performance, equipment automation, fleet management, and John Deere’s ongoing investment in emerging markets.

Note: All candidates should have their tax situation certificate (Constancia de Siituación Fiscal) up to date with the salary regime to be eligible for the hiring process.

Main Responsibilities

• Coordinates and delivers small tactical projects with relatively low complexity. The role combines planning, requirements management, stakeholder engagement, and project controls. Responsibilities include preparing the team for presenting change proposals, facilitate change proposal meetings, coordinate voting from stakeholders, follow up ECMs to completion throughout weekly meetings, prioritize ECM and handoff to OFP when required.

What Skills You Need

• Lead a small project team; communicate the necessary outcomes and the direction required to achieve them; coordinate team actions on project tasks; request additional team member support when needed; and identify areas of improvement to build the capability of the team.
• Deliver stakeholder engagement activities to support the development of effective working relationships for projects and to identify and respond to stakeholder needs and concerns.
• Contribute to the management of risks and issues by maintaining and distributing issue logs.
• Conduct workshops if needed and other activities to support the completion of project goals
•  Draft documentation to support handover to business (OFP) as usual. Contribute to post-project reviews and identification of lessons learned.
•  Ensures accountability. Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Communicates effectively. Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Manages complexity. Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Fluent English.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Data Collection and Analysis
• Project Schedule Management
• Project Scope Management
• Project Tracking and Reporting
• Negotiation
• Prioritizing
• Project Resource Planning
• Create tracking reports in PowerBI or similar
• Workflow Management

Education

• Engineering Bachelor´s Degree

Candidates must have the necessary work permits to work in the country.