Project Manager Co-Pack/Kitting
Shorr Packaging Corp. · West Chicago, IL · 2 wk ago
HybridInformation TechnologyFull-time
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Lead cross-functional teams to achieve process improvement through structured project management.
- Develop business cases for new initiatives and program launches, clearly defining objectives, scope, resources, risks, and expected benefits (labor, cost/unit, service, quality, margin).
- Identify project resources and time commitments to meet project timeline and milestone dates.
- Track and manage project tasks and assess risks and risk avoidance solutions to keep project on track and on-budget.
- Achieve project deliverables (time, cost and objectives) and productivity results through improvement sustainment.
- Manage onboarding and execution of new kitting/co-pack programs including requirements intake, operational design, readiness planning, and go-live support.
- Translate customer and internal specifications into operational deliverables, including: pack-out configuration and BOM accuracy, labeling and compliance requirements, quality checkpoints and acceptance criteria, SOP/work instruction development and training.
- Coordinate launch readiness across staffing, materials, equipment, layout, and systems transactions to ensure stable ramp-up.
- Positively lead teams and organizations through change.
- Communicate effectively to teams and leadership to ensure support for resources and buy-in for change.
- Navigate corporate culture / developing positive working relationships with stakeholders and project team(s).
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- Minimum 3+ years of leading project management teams.
- Demonstrated business impact utilizing a project management framework: PMBOK, DMAIC, PM2, Waterfall, Agile, Etc.
- Experience with custom development project implementations.
- Proficiency using Excel and strong analytical skills.
- Effective communication, presentation and conflict management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience utilizing Sharepoint and MS Planner to manage projects.
- PMP certification.