As a Work Placement & Migration Specialist at Maersk in Chennai, India, you will lead new work transitions, offshoring projects, and migration strategies to ensure operational efficiency and compliance. This full-time role involves collaborating with senior stakeholders to balance strategic priorities and manage complex projects.
Requirements
3-5 years of relevant experience in Transition Management, Migrations & Project Management.
Experience in leading large transition projects (150 FTE or more).
Mandatory certification: Certified Prince2 Practitioner or PMP.
Preferred qualification: LEAN Six Sigma or Scrum Master certification.
Strong proficiency in MS Office Suite, especially MS Excel and PowerPoint.
Skills & Responsibilities
Project Management: Deliver large-scale transition and migration projects while ensuring timely completion of offshoring programs.
Stakeholder Management: Engage with diverse senior stakeholders and handle tough discussions diplomatically.
Process Analysis: Evaluate FTEs based on standard guidelines, assess work scope demarcation, and utilize process modeling.
Communication: Facilitate excellent communication across internal and external teams with strong presentation skills.
Potential transition routes: People from Project Manager or Operations Manager roles may bring strong project governance and stakeholder management skills, alongside meeting the required migration experience.
Job description
The Work Placement & Migration Specialist is responsible for strategically managing the placement and migration of work across Global Shared Services Centre (GSC) locations, ensuring alignment with service delivery models, operational efficiency, and compliance with established principles and standards
Key responsibilities - Leads all new work and offshoring/ New work or 1:1 Transfer for accounts owned in the area within geographical scope, business scale and impact, bridging the sales and operational activities, to ensure smooth transition of new or additional business into the organization.
Collaborate with key stakeholders to monitor and report compliance with work placement standards and decisions.
Lead the migration of work based on the service catalogue, maintaining consistency, recording exceptions, and reducing fragmentation.
Make informed decisions on work placement within the GSC, balancing strategic priorities, capabilities, and compliance requirements.
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Accountabilities:
Work Scope demarcation and assessement of right placement of tasks
FTE Evaluation basis standard guidelines and principles
Excellent Communication between various teams internal and external stakeholders
Analytical mindset and clear
Planning and Reporting
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Required qualification, experience & skills
Experience in leading Large Transition Projects (150 FTE or more)
3-5 years relevant experience in in Transition Management, Migrations & Project Management
Strong project management skills and experience in managing complex and dynamic Transition projects
Certified Prince2 Practitioner/ PMP is a must. Additional LEAN Six Sigma is preferred
Experience working in a global business environment
Excellent in stakeholder management & a good team player
Comfortable when dealing with senior management and being part of tough discussions
Passionate about driving customer experience and client centricity
Excellent command of spoken and written English and communication skills
Excellent Presentation skills and overall expertise in MS Office Suite – especially MS Excel and Power point
Ability to multi-task, manage several projects simultaneously in a dynamic environment and manage challenge
Required Business/ Technical Knowledge
Certified project management
Diverse senior stakeholder management (diplomatic)
Experienced in handling large scale work migration projects
Experience in solution design
Understanding of process modeling
Change Management
Knowledge of Logistic and Services industry
Transition and Transformation of projects
Timely completion of offshoring programs
Automation & Digitalization & Centralization program
Prince 2/Project Management certification & Practitioner
Scrum Master/Lean Six Sigma added advantage
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