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Coordination Manager

Willenhall, GB, WV13 1RE

Nov 19, 2024

We are looking for a Coordination Manager to join our team based in Dudley in the West Midlands.

It’s a great opportunity for either an experienced administration team leader or manager to be engaged in a fast growing and developing part of our business.

A job that matters: Your Tasks

As the Coordination Manager, you will be working closely with the project managers in all areas of the project’s life cycle, from estimation and design stages through to construction, delivery, and invoicing. You will be the person who ensures that each project has everything it needs to be successful, from the ordering of parts and materials, delivery dates and scheduling, booking equipment and resources and, working with the project manager, making sure everything stay on time and to the customers satisfaction.

The management responsibilities will be the supervision of the back-office team which includes Project administrators and CAD Technicians whilst managing a smaller project administration workload of your own will include team meetings, 1-2-1’s, reporting team activities, delegating workload, annual appraisals, and liaising with the head of projects on various elements of both the team needs and performance.

Over the years the team has had great success in developing individuals to go on to other roles within the business so we would hope to see an individual who can demonstrate the ability to mentor and develop the individuals in their team.

This is an exciting, challenging, and fast paced role which will require you to solve problems and make decisions, to ensure that the team around you have everything they need to ensure a project is delivered on time, to plan and in budget.

An experience that matters: Your Skills

• Excellent administration skills with 1-2 years commercial experience ideally from within the construction, engineering or manufacturing industries
• Experience of managing a team to inspire, coach and support development through structured appraisals & objective settings.
• Previous knowledge / experience of project administration in some form
• Confident with MS Office suite products and the ability to learn other IT based systems (experience with SAP, Salesforce or CAD knowledge is a distinct advantage)
• Provide excellent customer service, with the clear ability to deal with (and potentially influence) internal and external stakeholders in a confident manner and deliver on expectations
• Ability to read construction or CAD drawings is highly advantageous

A workplace that matters: Our offering

At dormakaba we are a globally successful company, with a family business culture employing more than 15,000 employees worldwide. In the UK. We care for our employees and so as well as an attractive salary offering, we also provide the following benefits:

• Annual bonus entitlement
• 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• SMART Pension Scheme (Enhanced Company Contributions)
• Upon reaching qualifying period, enhanced maternity and paternity offer to eligible employees
• Life Assurance
• Healthcare Support, including an Employee Support and Assistance Programme
• Health & Welling App inc Digital GP Service
• Access to LinkedIn Learning
• Employee Discounts Available

Interested? Is this you?

Apply on line with your current CV and a cover letter. We look forward to hearing from you

At dormakaba we believe in the success of diverse teams and in providing equal opportunities for our employees. We value the uniqueness of each of our colleagues and strive to create a culture where everyone can be their authentic selves.

Location: Willenhall

dormakaba UK Ltd.