Business Transformation Project Manager

With our strong investment in research and development and our culture of continuous improvement, Hexcel is the industry leader in the manufacturing of advanced lightweight composite materials, including carbon fiber, woven reinforcements, resins, prepregs, honeycombs and engineered core and composite structures. We invite you to join the Hexcel team at various manufacturing sites, sales offices, and R&D centers around the globe. Become a part of the “strength within.”

Hexcel is currently seeking a Business Transformation Project Manager for our Salt Lake City, UT location.  Other large west coast Hexcel manufacturing locations may be considered for this role.

The selected individual will be responsible for but not limited to the following obligations:

• Lead cross-functional business transformation initiatives that improve process efficiency, reporting and analytics, data governance, automation, forecasting, operational effectiveness, and technology-enabled business capabilities.
• Manage the intake, evaluation, prioritization, and roadmap of transformation opportunities, assessing strategic alignment, business value, resource requirements, implementation complexity, dependencies, risks, organizational readiness, sequencing, ownership, and timing.
• Develop and execute comprehensive project plans defining scope, objectives, milestones, deliverables, responsibilities, dependencies, decision points, success measures, and timelines, while driving project cadence, accountability, and progress against commitments.
• Lead discovery, requirements, process design, and solution development by facilitating workshops, process mapping, requirements gathering, solution reviews, and alignment across business, operations, Finance, demand management, and technology teams.
• Develop business cases and value assessments with business owners, Finance, subject-matter experts, and technology partners to quantify benefits, costs, resource requirements, risks, ROI, performance measures, and success criteria that support investment and prioritization decisions.
• Drive initiatives through implementation, monitoring project health, scope, resources, interdependencies, decisions, risks, and execution barriers, and escalating material issues with clear recommendations, ownership, and required timing.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to deliver process, data, reporting, analytics, and systems improvements, including workflow automation, data governance, system integration, reporting standardization, and adoption of Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power BI, and Copilot-enabled capabilities.
• Partner cross-functionally to transform business planning and operational processes, including SIOP, short- and long-term forecasting, and strategic planning, to improve process efficiency, forecasting capabilities, data quality, and decision support.
• Establish and maintain project governance and change-management disciplines, including project charters, decision frameworks, status reporting, risk and action tracking, dashboards, documentation standards, stakeholder communications, training, readiness assessments, implementation support, and project-management tools and templates.
• Measure outcomes and drive continuous improvement by validating benefits, conducting post-implementation reviews, documenting realized value and lessons learned, identifying further optimization opportunities, and transitioning solutions to ongoing business or system ownership.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Information Systems, Project Management, or a related field.
• 5+ years of progressively responsible experience in business transformation, business operations, project/program management, process improvement, or related functions.  A combination of experience and training may substitute for a degree. 
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from definition and planning through implementation, adoption, and closure.
• Strong project management skills, including project planning, prioritization, governance, risk management, dependency management, and stakeholder reporting.
• Experience developing business cases, value assessments, process-improvement recommendations, success measures, and presentations for business leadership.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate business needs into practical solutions and measurable outcomes.
• Excellent facilitation, stakeholder-management, and written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in a matrixed environment and influence business and technology stakeholders without direct authority.
• Working knowledge of enterprise technology, data, reporting, planning, and digital-transformation environments.
• Experience with or understanding of Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Dataverse, Power BI, Copilot, or comparable enterprise business systems.
• Experience applying change-management principles and practices to support stakeholder readiness, adoption, and sustained implementation.
• Experience with Azure DevOps or a comparable project/work-management platform preferred.
• Lean, Six Sigma, PMP, Prosci, or related certification preferred.
• Must be willing to travel up to 10% of the time.

Eligible candidates must be a:  U.S. citizen, U.S. national, person lawfully admitted for permanent residence, temporary resident under sections 210(a) or 245(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, person admitted in refugee status, or person granted asylum. Hexcel (NYSE: HXL) is a global leader in advanced composites technology, a leading producer of carbon fiber, and the world leader in honeycomb manufacturing for the commercial aerospace industry.

Hexcel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected class.