IT PMO Trainee

KOSTAL Group is a global, family-owned German company that develops market-leading solutions for the solar and automotive industries. The company has been established in 1912 and employs about 20 000 people at 47 locations in 22 countries. In Hungary, KOSTAL is about to build its first business service centre to provide business support in IT, finance, procurement, master data, sales and HR fields. This will be a global centre with high value-added and complex processes.

Overall Purpose of the Job

The Trainee will provide essential support to the IT PMO / project managers in the day-to-day tasks. IT PMO / Project Managers play a critical role in supporting across various business projects by ensuring adherence to standard processes, managing project data quality, and maintaining the overall project portfolio. This is an entry-level role designed for individuals looking to build a future career in IT PMO / project management by learning through hands-on experience in a dynamic environment.

Job Description:

• Support IT PMO and PM team with their activities, ensuring smooth operations. Support in preparing necessary project and team related reports / presentation.

• Provide assistance in key areas such as utilisation and productivity reports, customer satisfaction reports, and other organisational related task.

• Assistance in updating project management processes, templates, and documentation under the guidance of senior PMO.

• Assistance in regular content update of the team’s internal page on SharePoint, access management, participate in organising team events, support team related administrative tasks.

• Participate to monthly project review meetings, process improvements and organizational related meetings.

• Assistance in creating regular status reports and other materials needed for senior meetings.

• Assistance in managing project-related logs such as risk & issue logs, actions logs, and ensure they are regularly updated and accurate if needed.

• Ongoing full-time BSc or MSc studies at least until June 2025 in;
• min 20 hours per week working availability
• Proficient oral and written English
• Strong user level MS Office skills (Excel /MS Outlook/PowerPoint)
• Flexibility
• Analytical thinking
• Ability to learn and adapt
• Team player, communicates well
• Detail oriented and precise
• Previous experience in a similar role is a plus

• Flexible working conditions with remote work possibility (in-person presence is required from time to time), you can have a real work-life balance
• Modern, newly renovated, sustainable office with parking space and bicycle storage area in the heart of Budapest
• Supportive, diverse and highly skilled community
• Ability to really make a difference and build new processes from scratch, you can participate in the formation and shape of the BSC processes
• KOSTAL is a dynamically developing company , an independent, family-run business which provides much flexibility
• You can enjoy our value-oriented work culture: we are down-to-earth, appreciative, inspiring and innovative