Associate Project Manager - National Projects

Associate Project Manager – National Projects

Join the powerhouse electrical distributor in the construction industry! At Loeb Electric, we’re more than just a distributor—we are the driving force that keeps innovation illuminated and businesses powered. We pride ourselves on being dedicated to our values:

• People:
  Encouraging the success of our people.
• Trust:
  Building relationships among ourselves, customers, vendors & other partners.
• Commitment:
  Continuously striving to deliver high-quality, measurable results.
• Innovation:
  Providing ideas & solutions for our customers.

The Associate Project Manager (APM) is responsible for the compliance, execution, and operational results for assigned accounts and/or projects. This role ensures that all project milestones are completed on time guaranteeing customer satisfaction and compliance to program deliverables.

• Develops and demonstrates a deep understanding of assigned program/project objectives and is the subject matter expert on all things relating to assigned program or project.
• Enhances the account metrics through continuous process improvement to drive successful outcomes; works with team members and managers to develop and maintain repeatable metrics for both internal and external reporting and performance benchmarking.
• Participates in and/or leads assigned customer reviews, scheduled calls, huddles, discussions, and resolves with urgency any program/project level escalations.
• Proactively identifies potential risks and opportunities, implementing solutions in a timely manner; clearly understands when to seek additional support from management.
• Effectively manages all assigned projects and tasks including but not limited to:
• Planning
• Forecasting
• Installation/project schedule and labor timelines
• Inventory management if applicable
• Vendor and customer deliverables
• Statements of work
• Scopes of work
• Works closely with other internal teams, providing visibility to forecasted material, logistics, or external labor as required.
• Resolves escalated financial issues, reconciles over payments/underpayments through audits ensuring completeness and accuracy, tracks errors for improvement before approval process.
• Identifies new and additional sales opportunities with assigned clients and communicates to our internal sales team.
• May assign work or change the daily priorities of other team members based on business need with manager support.
• Prepares documents to communicate with customers, team, and manager as needed on issues and trends related to program/project success.
• Uses available data and analytics to make informed decisions regarding processes, assignments, and focus areas on assigned programs or projects. Offers suggestions to improve data-driven analytics.
• Documents work and project/program details in designated database; uses customer and company data sites to generate reports as needed ensuring data from Loeb and customer are aligned.
• Works with Program Manager, Project Managers or Manager to help define and develop methods and procedures, implement best practices, and ensure the procedures are enforced on projects.
• Identifies regular customer communication needs and provides proactive updates according to those needs, as well as answering any incoming communication directly from the customer.
• Responsible for meeting or exceeding financial related goals as defined by the program or project.

• 2- year college degree or industry specific experience
• CAPM Certification or PMP Certification (Preferred)

• Minimum of 2 years Project Coordination, or 3 years direct customer service facing including experience with problem resolution or 1 year project management experience
• Experience in distribution, large retail, service organization or manufacturing.
• Experience in lighting and electrical.
• Experience including experience in creating detailed Gannt charts, network diagrams, risk analysis, statements of work, and scopes of work.

• Excellent operational skills to deliver results flawlessly.
• Strategic thinking and thoughtful problem-solving skills.
• Strong analytical and diagnostic skills.
• Strong…