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Project Control Assistant
2014-06-16 14:41:25| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
HE Space is a successful international space company. For over 30 years, we have been supporting our customers with qualified experts in the field of engineering, science and administration. We are currently looking for a Project Control Assistant to support our customer in the Netherlands. Project Control Assistant Key Tasks and Responsibilities In this role you will be working at ESAESTEC, supporting the Project Administration Unit in the Galileo Programme and Navigationrelated Activities DNAV. Your responsibilities will include Support to the planning, preparation, execution and followup of activities and related procurement actions as relevant managed by the Business Unit and of associated progress in terms of output schedule resources Assessment and monitoring of the status of the procurement actions using ESA Corporate and local IT Tools including activity progress, maintenance of payment plans, correctness of financial charging, invoicing and payment Implementing all administrative actions related to procurement and contractual matters, including data entry in ESA Corporate e.g. SAP and local application as appropriate and monitoring of financial commitments and payment milestones, invoicing, etc. Maintaining up to date the related data, performing data analysis, identifying deviations w.r.t. planstargets and production of associated reports to the responsible management and to the concerned customers Liaison with Contract, Budget and Payment Officers to ensure the coherence of the internal and external administrative data Contribution to the definition of new and improvement of existing related processes and tools and production of related documents Support to the risk management processes e.g. maintenance of risk register, monitoring of status of risk mitigationreduction actions for the Business Unit Support to the inventory and asset management processes for the Business Unit, including coordination of the proper registration of inventory items and assets, valuation of assets, in accordance with applicable procedures and instructions and the use of required tools Support to the maintenance of industrial return databases for the BU, periodic verification of the BU data against ESA system for consistency, monitoring and forecasting of industrial return values for the procurements of the BU with respect to agreed targets, etc. Skills Experience You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience University degree or equivalent qualification in Business Administration, Economics, Management or a related field, together with an administrative background Experience in the field of controlling of resources and activities andor financeaccounting, at administrator level andor assistant level. Familiarity with budgeting, accounting, procurements at ESA is an asset Adequate level of experience in the field of business administration, controlling of resources and activities, andor accounting at administrator level andor assistant level Ability to establish positive and constructive working relationship with team members and other colleagues within and outside of the Business Unit, service orientation, and ability to interface with senior management Good written and verbal communication Good sense of organisation of work, rigor, accuracy and reliability in the execution of the assigned tasks Ability to handle high volume of numerical data in an accurate manner, analyse them, and produce synthetic reports Proactive attitude to solving problems, result orientation, initiative and autonomy in the execution of the assigned tasks, ability to identify priority actions and to handle high workload Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team within the boundaries of assigned tasks and stringent schedule Highly proficient in the use of modern activities and resource management support toolsdatabases of standard office automation support software packages including in particular advance usage of Excel MsOffice and in particular advanced use of Excel Experience as user of SAP and in particular ECC and SRM modules and familiarity with relevant ESA corporate applications e.g. esap is an asset Ability to rapidly understand and adapt to ESA specific context and environment including ESA corporate IT applications Past experience with ESA and good understanding of relevant processes, activities and ESA organizational context is an asset. Fluency in English is mandatory knowledge of other European languages advantageous. This job is located in Noordwijk. We are looking for candidates who are available from September 2014 or as soon as possible thereafter. If you think you have what it takes for this job, please send us your CV together with a letter of motivation both in English and in Word to Ms Karina Specht at jobshespace.com, quoting job reference NL2282 before 30Jun14. An exciting and dynamic international working environment awaits you!
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