Project Manager

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions

$75K — $110K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in related field
  • 3+ years in manufacturing or distribution environment
  • Proven project management experience
  • Willingness to travel up to 35%
  • Strategic thinker with strong analytical skills
  • Ability to influence and gain support from stakeholders
  • Effective organizational and communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Develop program schedules and budgets while integrating cross-functional deliverables
  • Identify and manage project risks effectively
  • Define program scope and manage changes promptly
  • Ensure timely delivery of projects by allocating resources effectively
  • Enhance processes and tools for improved efficiency
  • Maintain accountability through project scorecards and regular reviews
  • Document learnings for future projects and improvements

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
  • Matching 401(k) contribution
  • Health Savings Account
  • Up to 3 weeks starting vacation
  • 12 paid holidays
  • Eligibility for annual bonuses
  • Educational reimbursement opportunities
  • Matching gift program
  • Employee stock purchase plan at a discount
Full Job Description
Project Manager
Job Description

As a Project Manager at Zurn Elkay, you lead footprint optimization and integration projects for the Zurn Elkay business. You plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules and budget, identifying risks, and clearly communicating goals to project stakeholders, including senior leadership. You will be responsible for providing program management support for strategic operations and distribution initiatives across a variety of business groups and geographies.

Key Accountabilities

  • Lead development of program schedules, expense and capital budgeting, and resource forecasting.  Ensuring integration of cross-functional schedules and deliverables.

  • Identify and manage risks, making judgments about quality and stopping/speeding up the program at the right time.

  • Lead the program scope definition and timely execution of key program decisions.  Manage program change after decisions are made.

  • Deliver the program on time via the allocation of time, budget, and resources

  • Lead the improvement of processes and tools

  • Drive accountability to schedules and budget by maintaining program schedules, scorecards, and facilitating project reviews.

  • Capture learnings and incorporate into new projects and process improvements.

Qualifications/Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in related field

  • 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing or distribution environment – operations, engineering, supply chain, or similar role.

  • Demonstrated experience and success in managing projects.

  • Travel up to 35%

  • Strategic and creative thinker with strong analytical and decision-making skills that can achieve quality, service, cost, and profit goals.

  • Use influence to drive project results and obtain buy-in from key stakeholders include senior leadership.

  • Maintain agility and flexibility in a dynamic environment.

  • Well organized with exceptional written, verbal and formal presentation skills

  • Must possess team, organizational effectiveness skills, and financial/strategic acumen.

Capabilities and Success Factors

  • Strategic Mindset – Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.

  • Business Insight – Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals.

  • Collaborates – Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.

  • Plans & Aligns – Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.

  • Customer Focus – Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.

The compensation range identified below are a good faith estimate of the salary expected to be paid as performed from these locations. Actual salaries may vary based on compensable factors including but not limited to skillset, experience, education and training, and other relevant business and organizational factors. Most candidates will start in the lower half of the range.

The Salary Range: $75,000 - $110,000


Total Rewards and Benefits
  • Competitive Salary
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, STD, LTD, AD&D, and Life Insurance
  • Matching 401(k) Contribution
  • Health Savings Account
  • Up to 3 weeks starting Vacation (may increase with tenure)
  • 12 Paid Holidays
  • Annual Bonus Eligibility
  • Educational Reimbursement
  • Matching Gift Program
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan – purchase company stock at a discount!

**THIRD PARTY AGENCY: Any unsolicited submissions received from recruitment agencies will be considered property of Zurn Elkay, and we will not be liable for any fees or obligations related to those submissions.**

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