PMO Specialist

About Us

Hyva Group is a leading global provider of innovative and highly efficient transport solutions for the commercial vehicle and environmental service industries. The company is committed to the development, production, marketing and distribution of components used in hydraulic loading and unloading systems on trucks and trailers. Its products are used worldwide across a range of sectors including transport, construction, mining, materials handling and environmental services providers.

Founded in 1979, the company is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn in The Netherlands and operates in more than 110 countries with over 3,500 employees around the world. The Hyva Group encompasses more than 30 subsidiaries globally, with an extraordinary sales and service coverage and 14 production facilities in Brazil, China, Germany, India, and Italy, with more than 20,000 customers.

 

About The Role

As a PMO Specialist in our brand new Regional Hub / Shared Services Centre (SSC) in Kuala Lumpur, you will have the opportunity to play a role in developing and implement project management standards, methodologies, and best practices. You will be at the forefront of promoting consistency and excellence in project delivery. Your expertise will guide project managers and teams, ensuring adherence to governance processes and standards.

The primary goal of this role is to shape project management standards and methodologies, lead quality assurance and resource management initiatives and foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

 

Your key responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Develop and implement project management standards, methodologies, and best practices
• Provide guidance to project managers and teams on governance processes and standards
• Conduct regular reviews of project performance and implement corrective actions as necessary
• Process and analyse large datasets to generate insightful reports for management
• Coordinate resource allocation across projects to optimize utilization
• Collaborate with various departments to establish, review, and evaluate Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Policies
• Conduct internal audits to ensure adherence to processes and procedures
• Provide guidance and mentorship to PMO team members
• Define team goals and objectives, establishing clear expectations for performance and accountability

In this role you will be collaborating with various stakeholders across the business including our Global functions teams in Netherlands & other parts of the world.

Our Regional Hub supports a hybrid working approach. You will be supporting markets in multiple time zones and some flexibility around working hours will be needed.

You will be joining a newly formed Shared Services Centre team, with opportunities to grow, within Project Management Office (PMO) or wider IT functions.

 

About You

To be successful in this role you will have:

• 3 to 5 years in PMO, more than 5 years in IT project management preferred
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach to decision-making
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, frameworks, and tools with experience in Agile and Waterfall methodologies preferred
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, independent, and team-oriented environment
• Experience with industry standard project management platform (such as ServiceNow, Smartsheet etc)

Nice To Have

• Agile Delivery experience is a plus

Language

• Good written and spoken English is essential
• A proficiency in Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Korean and/or Thai as well as other Asian languages will be an added advantage, however not mandatory

Qualification / Education

• Bachelor's Degree in any discipline
• Professional Project Management certification would be an added advantage

 

What We Offer

• We care about ecology and are truly sustainable. Not only for the environment but also for social resources.
• We have a highly dynamic and very international work environment.
• We have Great Place to Work certified countries!
• We provide a competitive salary which is adjusted on an annual basis in case of good performance.
• We work hybrid and care about your work-life balance.
• You will find nice extras such as various company activities during the year.

 

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)

We welcome everyone regardless of origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, philosophical or political conviction, disability etc.