Commercial Lighting Project Manager

Granite City Electric Supply Company is hiring a Commercial Lighting Project Manager to coordinate light fixture packages for customers. The role manages customer and vendor relationships, project orders and submittals, shipment coordination, change orders, billing issues, and material returns while maintaining project profitability.

Responsibilities:

• Embrace GCE core values; Pride, Accountability, Integrity and Respect and apply to each business interaction, internal and external
• Review purchase order terms and conditions when customer places order
• Prepare submittals and send to customer
• Enter purchase orders and sales orders in Eclipse
• Prepare and maintain three-ring, tabbed project binder
• Review returned submittals
• Release approved material to factory for production/shipment
• Send updated shipment status reports to customer weekly
• Expedite factory shipments to meet with project time requirements
• Release lamps for shipment to coordinate with the time of the fixture arrival
• Prepare change-order material and pricing
• Resolve billing discrepancies/disputes with customer and/or vendor
• Provide replacement for incorrect, defective or damaged material
• Arrange material returns to factory and issue credits
• Prepare balance sheet to ensure project has been billed accurately
• Works with a sense of urgency

Requirements:

• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing with co-workers, internal and external customers
• Adaptability/flexibility/willingness to change and adjust with business conditions
• Must be able to take direction as well as think independently
• Must possess strong organizational and communication skills
• Ability to multi-task, solve problems and prioritize
• Equivalent education or experience may be substituted for any of the above
• Proven customer service skills
• Understanding of lighting systems (ie; fixtures, lamps, lighting controls)
• Eclipse experience
• Bachelor's Degree in a business discipline
• Minimum 2-5 years experience (construction, lighting or wholesale)
• electrical or construction