Brand PMO - Consumer Towel

About the role

The Brand PMO – Consumer Towel is the liaison between the Tissue Value Stream team and the assigned business unit (Consumer Towels) for projects. The position provides strategic oversight for the assigned business unit's portfolio of projects. Project types include capacity, innovation, cost savings, safety/sustainability, quality, and/or replacement.

Responsibilities

• Provides project management leadership for the successful commercialization of assigned projects, ensuring projects are safely executed on time and within budget to meet or exceed established success criteria and quality expectations.
• Specific project management scope includes, but is not limited to, timeline creation and management, risk management, business case development, and stakeholder management.
• Lead program management services across KCNA for the commercialization of safety, quality, innovation, and capacity programs.
• Follow Program Management Best Practices, including timeline management, risk assessment plans, action item management, roles and responsibilities, and interactive planning sessions.
• Develop and manage business cases for project capital funding.
• Ensure programs achieve the desired outcome in terms of scope, schedule, cost and quality expectations.
• Ensure transparency of project progress, risks and mitigation strategies.
• Act as key liaison to plant teams relative to program execution plans.
• Provide supply chain expertise and support for assigned projects, leading supply chain assessments at key project milestones and acting as the liaison between plant and staff for projects.
• Conduct leadership project reviews and status updates including escalation of roadblocks and remove barriers for project teams through effective decision analysis and influencing upward.
• Lead PMO continuous improvement efforts by participating in team engagement sessions and helping to create training, standards and processes to advance the team’s purpose.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher
• 7+ years of experience in increasingly broader technical, operational, or supply chain roles with a demonstrated track record of achievement and growth in leadership
• Previous experience working for a global, highly matrixed, Consumer Packaged Goods company
• Manufacturing and/or supply chain experience
• Experience coordinating a cross-functional team to achieve a goal
• Prior experience that required influencing leaders outside of administrative authority
• Basic P&L understanding and business case development
• Strong communication skills