Project Management & Business Support

About PlayGreen

Playgreen is the parent company of Stadium Grow Lighting (SGL) and ALVA Technology. Together, SGL and ALVA have revolutionised the sports turfgrass industry with their innovative approaches, raising the standard of quality for turfgrass pitches to the exceptional levels seen in sports stadiums today. From NFL to golf and European soccer leagues, with our (agronomic) knowledge and innovative technologies we help grounds teams from all over the world with advice and products to maintain high-quality turfgrass week after week. So that top athletes can show their talents on the best sports fields.

Since our foundation in the late 1990s, we have made quite a name for ourselves in the sports world. We take pride in serving some of the world’s most prestigious sporting venues, including the Boston Red Sox, the Dallas Cowboys, F.C. Bayern München, F.C. Barcelona, and Manchester City.

PlayGreen is seeking a highly motivated Project Manager with a proven track record to join our dynamic team. This position requires a professional who can manage project processes from inception to completion, such as new product implementation and other cross-functional business initiatives, as a shared resource in the organisation. This includes business support to the CEO and CFO/COO. The ideal candidate will have a background in project management and ideally business processes, and be keen to be involved.

The position reports to the Chief Financial and Operating Officer.

Key responsibilities

Project management support as a shared service:

1. Project planning shared service:
   • With Business develop detailed project plans, including timelines, milestones, and resource allocation that supports the project scope, objectives and deliverables.
2. Team coordination:
   • Support cross-functional project teams, ensuring clear communication and collaboration.
   • Work with Product Owners to monitor progress of tasks, and provide support to team members.
3. Stakeholder management:
   • Provide regular updates on project status, issues, and changes.
   • Join project meetings with stakeholders and bring project status information and other information to help facilitate the meetings.
4. Project delivery:
   • Join project team meetings in a support role in quality and post completion reviews and evaluations.

Business support:

• Business process improvement support.
• Assist in project management of acquisitions, including post acquisition integrations, and major corporate projects and implementations, including market scans, governance projects, etc.
• Assist in presentation preparation for the Leadership Team, where needed.
• Assist in the coordination of office activities and operations on a needs basis.

Qualifications:

• Education:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, or related field.
  • Relevant certifications are a plus.
• Experience:
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience in project management.
  • Business process improvement experience is a plus.
• Skills:
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., MS Project, JIRA) and experience in business analysis tools (e.g., MS Visio).
  • Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented environment.
  • High proficiency in both Dutch and English.

Personal attributes:

• Detail-oriented and highly organised.
• Hands on approach
• Proactive and able to manage multiple priorities.
• A collaborative mindset.
• Adaptable to change and able to work under pressure.
• Problem solver

What we offer

You will join a challenging international working environment and will work with innovative and unique products and projects worldwide. The position has plenty of room for your own responsibility, initiative and personal development. In addition, we offer you the following terms of employment: a good pension scheme (60% for employer), commuting allowance, home working allowance, company fitness options, bonus scheme, 8,33% holiday allowance, telephone expenses reimbursement, 25 holidays. Because we value personal development and career growth, there is room to follow work-related training courses.

Especially in the first months, we prefer to see you in the office as much as possible, but after that it is possible to work at home for up to 2 days a week in a full-time position. Our working hours are quite flexible.

Of course, the bow cannot always be tight, so there is also plenty of time for socialising. For instance, we have renamed Fridays ‘Patatdag’ and we like to have drinks and table tennis. In addition, each department gets a budget that the team can use for team-bonding activities, such as paddling, going out for dinner or visiting a football match.

How to apply

Interested candidates are invited to submit their resume and a cover letter outlining their qualifications and experience to jobs@sglsystem.com