Job SummaryThe Project Manager 2 is responsible for leading the cross-functional effort to execute high priority, medium to high complexity projects for a given business category ranging from new product commercialization initiatives to continuous improvement.
This role ensures the successful launch of tier 1 and tier 2 new product development projects, high-complexity product changes, and time-critical initiatives through cross-functional collaboration and supply chain coordination. This role will also be responsible for the execution of fast-paced, lower complexity, but more numerous tier 3 projects to round out their responsibilities.
The Project Manager works side-by-side with cross-functional team members to:
- Create project plans and timelines to document scope, requirements, key timings, milestones and decision points, based on internal & external constraints, slack time and launch dates.
- Manage cross-functional team members and business processes to ensure timelines are maintained and decisions are made on time.
- Capture and maintain project data in the Product Lifecycle Management and other applicable systems to ensure team members can access current/latest project information.
- Develop and maintain tracking tools, for instance Key Performance Indicators, ensuring milestone, timeline and performance visibility to the cross-functional team and the larger organization, and implement process changes to improve performance as needed and agreed.
- Develop, maintain and improve standard tools and processes for a systematic approach to routing new products, seasonal and in-and-out items, and other time-critical products through the Supply Chain, and train cross-functional team members on these tools and processes.
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement in project delivery performance.
- Facilitate team meetings as required, and ensure these meetings are systematic with agendas, decisions and actions recorded and distributed
- Create a culture of ownership within the team.
- Anticipate potential problems or issues and proactively work with the cross-functional team to gather information required to make well-informed decisions and head off problems.
- Resolve conflicts within team wherever possible. Manage escalations along functional management lines where conflicts cannot be resolved within time and/or wherever project delivery to agreed timing may be in jeopardy.
- Present status updates upon request to various audiences up to and including the business management team.
- Provide overall business oriented and objective leadership to cross-functional team.
- Confidence to elevate concerns to management team in an unbiased manner
- May perform other duties as assigned.
- Complete special projects and other duties as assigned or as necessary.
Education and Experiences Required:- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering or other relevant discipline
- 5+ years in CPG industry or in other industries managing projects with multiple parties and complex timelines and/or leading cross-functional teams
- New product development/commercialization, brand management or supply chain management experience in consumer products industry strongly preferred
- Project Management skills including use of MS Project and Smartsheet
- PMP certification
Work Conditions:- Must be able to work seated or standing for at least 8 hours
- Must be able to concentrate for extended periods of time paying close attention to detail
- Works in a regular office environment
- Occasional interface with Food manufacturing environment with potential for very warm or very cold working environment/depending on area of manufacturing
Salary Range: $105,232 - $136,791
