Job Description
Job Description
The Project Manager is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of specific projects ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments and goals. The Project Manager works within the Project Management Office (PMO) to provide deliverables within all aspects of project planning and execution on a variety of corporate strategic initiatives. The Project Manager ensures proper stakeholder involvement on projects so that deliverables meet minimum standards for clarity and validation. Utilizing LEAN tools and change management methodology, they also assist in evolving key PMO processes to achieve performance and maintain appropriate project governance.
Essential Functions:
- Provides creative solutions for business challenges
- Builds partnerships and serves as the liaison with internal teams to effectively define, understand and deliver business solutions and value to the organization
- Works with business departments to provide support and coordination to ensure adoption of new systems and business processes in the environment
- Works to ensure stakeholder requirements are identified, documented, and met, using various methods (requirements gathering, Kaizen, PDCA, etc.)
- Ensures success and integrity of the project’s outcome by managing all aspects of deliverables creation and subsequent business transition requirements are delivered on-time, within scope and budget
- Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques
- Provides leadership and facilitates decision-making to move initiatives along
- Provides verbal and written communications regarding risks, and issues and make recommendations for remediation or change to the Executive Sponsor and/or organizational leadership
- Functions as secondary Project Manager to provide cross-coverage to the project portfolio
- Acts as a consultant to Department Manager on project feasibility and approach
- Helps and promotes organizational change
- Perform other related duties as assigned
Key Competencies for Success
- Demonstrated well-developed strategic thinking and a customer service orientation
- Strong experience in successfully managing the creation of deliverables across a variety of significant cross-functional projects in parallel
- Ability to quickly understand enterprise and business segment processes
- Well-developed ability to build trust and strong relationships with customers (business partners)
- Well-developed ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization including senior leadership, usually through oral and written presentations
- Positive team player with exceptional soft skills
- Expert knowledge of MS Project and MS Excel, and proficient in PowerPoint, Word and Visio
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in business administration or related field or equivalent work experience
- At least 5 years’ experience in a formal Project Manager role working on enterprise-wide initiatives
- Certified Associate of Project Management (CAPM) is required and/or must complete the training to attain a CAPM Certification within the first 6 months
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and/or formal training preferred is a plus
- Strong knowledge and experience in formalized project methodologies (PMI, Agile, Scrum, etc.) with proven experience executing straightforward to complex projects
Environment/Physical Demands:
- Primarily office/home environment. May spend time in other company facilities including depot locations.
- Sedentary work involving sitting/standing
- Computer work up to 8 hours
Travel:
- Up to 30%
- As needed to support project implementation, execution and completion
PECO Pallet Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. PECO celebrates our continuous journey pursuing diversity through inclusion and empowerment of our employees to shape the future of the company and deliver our pillars of Quality and Service to all customers.