Project Manager-Food & Beverage Manufacturing

About the role

This position leverages experience and expertise in project management. In this leadership role, the Enterprise Project Manager is accountable for obtaining clearly defined project success criteria and outcomes that aide in achieving desired strategic, business outcomes. This will be accomplished by leading cross functional teams through Schreiber Foods’ project management process, Enterprise Project Management (EPM).

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams for assigned projects.
• Ensure adherence to Schreiber Foods’ project management process (EPM) in order to achieve desired project outcomes.
• Manage day-to-day activities of the project team; guide them to understand and apply the EPM process.
• Manage key project documentation and communication to the team and organization.
• Lead development of a project charter, communication plan and overall project plan.
• Manage team execution of the plan, any changes, deliverable completion, risk mitigation, and issue resolution.
• Close projects by documenting lessons learned and a scorecard.
• As a member of the EPM team, provide support for Schreiber Foods’ project management process via leading formal process training events, general project support, EPM process advocacy, presentations, and reporting, auditing, coaching/mentoring and organizational communications.
• Leverage expertise to support organizational project work and competency development.
• Aid continuous improvement activities supporting the organizational maturity development of project management and the EPM process.
• Together with the leadership team, ensures compliance with Food Safety and Food Quality Plans, in addition to customer requirements.
• Interprets and communicates customer requirements to plant production and/or support groups.
• Establishes and Audits PCPs, CCPs and Standard Operating Procedures to define and monitor processes, to ensure customer requirements are met.
• Reviews incidents during which the procedures are not met, and determines appropriate corrective action for partners failing to follow standard procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelors in Accounting, finance, engineering, operations, marketing, IT, human resources, supply chain, business or related field
• Minimum of 3 - 5 years’ successful project management experience required.
• Preferrably 10 - 15+ years of project management experience with additional business/functional leadership experience.
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal and conflict management skills.
• High attention to detail, highly disciplined, process driven and organized.
• Strong Influential and facilitative leadership skills.
• Self-motivated, high initiative and results oriented.
• Excellent presentation, written and verbal communication skills.
• High energy, positive, motivating and strong team building skills.
• Desire and ability to teach others.
• Self-driven leader with ability to make decisions, build trust and facilitate negotiations.
• Acute political and cultural awareness.
• Knowledge of MS Office Suite.
• Strong or emerging expertise with MS Project.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.

Qualifications

• Highly analytical skills.
• Ability to quickly determine/recommend a course of action with limited information.
• Ability to travel up to 20%.

Skills

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.

Benefits

Get not one, but TWO retirement benefits. When you join our employee-owned company, you’ll be part of our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) from day one. In addition to an 8% 401(k) match into the ESOP, Schreiber will contribute an extra amount – about 8% of your earnings – toward your retirement every year. That’s a company contribution of around 16% in retirement savings annually. That’s hard to beat!

Earn bonus pay. You’ll have an opportunity to earn incentive pay twice a year when we meet our company goals.

Receive a $10,000 relocation bonus PLUS a generous relocation package if relocating more than 50 miles for a U.S. Salaried position.

Childcare costs. Get up to $5,000 annually to help you with the cost of childcare. Monthly contributions toward childcare expenses, including independent babysitters.

Earn extra money for taking care of yourself. Eligible partners can earn a Wellness Incentive and receive an employer‑funded Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA) to use on fitness, mental health, and other lifestyle expenses.

Pursue development that’s relevant to your role, career goals and the company. Plus, we offer tuition reimbursement if you want to further your education to grow in your role at Schreiber.

Experience caring like you’ve never experienced it before. We have a program that’s completely organized by and for other partners who need extra help. It’s called Partners Helping Partners. We have hundreds of examples of partners organizing fundraisers to help out others going through a hard time.

Benefits that support your whole life. Visit Schreiber – Care for you to see everything Schreiber offers to support your health, wellbeing, and financial future.

Pay

Salaried position.

Schedule

Hybrid work schedule (Monday-Friday): 3 days/week onsite at Home Office and 2 days/week from home.