Project Manager at BALYO in Greensboro, North Carolina

Job Description:

About the Company

Balyo is a global company that produces and installs robotic lift trucks for industrial material

handling. Balyo was started in France in 2005 and expanded to North America in 2013 with its

US headquarters in Woburn, MA. Our technology is some of the most advanced on the market

and our products lead the world in their capabilities. Think high-lift applications to 17m (55') and

you will realize that Balyo is at the technology forefront.

Balyo is partnered with two leading manufacturers of forklifts and other material handling devices:

Hyster-Yale Group and Linde Material Handling. Balyo outfits these standard products with our

advanced technology to automate their functions. Being partnered with an OEM also allows us to

leverage existing sales and service networks, globally.

Office Culture

The Balyo US team is a small and tight-knit one. We are unencumbered by titles and org charts;

we will do anything to support each other at the drop of a hat and we are looking for a candidate

with that same mindset. Project Managers are key members of our small team.

Job Description

The Project Manager (PM) will manage customer accounts from pre-sales to installation and will

interact directly with customers as well as internally with every team in the Balyo organization.

The PM needs to understand relative priorities among the sales group, business partners, and

customers, to know when to escalate issues and when to control them or back-burner them. The

PM will be empowered to make rapid decisions that address the most critical needs.

The PM will ...

• Prepare and document customer specifications according to the Balyo standard
• Create and manage master and detailed schedules
• Manage projects budgets
• Manage internal projects tasks: development, manufacturing, validations, etc
• Organize and manage installations, including Factory Acceptance Tests and Site Acceptance Tests
• Manage customer relationships and project partners
• Utilize industry knowledge/ experience to plan, direct, execute and manage across the company
• Ensure timely activity and 360-degree communication for all projects and initiatives
• Work with customers to determine/negotiate the timing of implementations and the planning of the resources who will work on projects

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Diverse background, skill sets, and interests
• An engineering professional, someone who has had at least five (5) years of field PM experience combined with at least two to four years' experience in a technical, software
• development, mechanical engineering or implementation role Solid understanding of technology in general and an ability to learn Balyo technology
• without a significant learning curve Strong communication skills combined with a commitment and proven ability to succeed within a fast paced technology organization & Strong analytical skills

Basic requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering required with an Engineering Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechatronics or Computer Science a plus
• Strong Computer skills
• Demonstrated professionalism and dependability
• Authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis
• Able and willing to travel (~25%) to customer sites for project planning and coordination activities

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