Project Manager
Edlon is the expert in engineered polymer and fluoropolymer material, with over 50 years of experience in creating specialized, cost-efficient solutions. As a global provider of innovative process solutions integrated within the GMM Pfaudler Group, Edlon is a pioneer in developing new technologies with a broad array of premium products.
Full-time employees are eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Disability coverage on the first day of employment. We also offer a 401(k) Plan with employer match and safe harbor contribution, as well as Vacation, Holidays, Tuition Reimbursement and professional development opportunities.
Position Summary
The Project Manager is accountable for the successful execution of EDLON's largest and most strategic customer opportunities from project authorization through final delivery. The position coordinates and leads cross-functional activities across Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Customer stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered:
- On Time
- On Budget
- To Specification
- At Target Margin
- With High Customer Satisfaction
This role does not replace functional management responsibilities. Instead, it provides overall project leadership, alignment, accountability, risk management, and communication across all functions involved in project execution. The Major Projects Manager serves as the single point of accountability for project results and the primary escalation point for project-related issues.
Primary Responsibilities
1. Project Leadership and Ownership
- Assume overall responsibility for assigned strategic customer projects.
- Establish project objectives, scope, milestones, budgets, risks, and success criteria.
- Develop and maintain integrated project schedules from quote acceptance through customer acceptance, based on functional capabilities and requirements.
- Drive accountability for commitments made by each functional area.
- Escalate issues when required to maintain project commitments.
2. Commercial Coordination
Partner with Sales and Engineering to:
- Define/confirm customer requirements and deliverables.
- Evaluate commercial and execution risks.
- Validate project assumptions used in quotes.
- Manage customer expectations (through sales function) throughout execution.
- Monitor sales and margin performance against targets.
3. Engineering Coordination
Work with Engineering to:
- Assess engineering capacity and capabilities to deliver on specification and on schedule.
- Ensure engineering deliverables are completed on time.
- Facilitate design reviews with all necessary parties.
- Coordinate technical decision-making.
- Drive closure of open engineering issues.
- Monitor technical risks and mitigation plans.
- Ensure design changes are evaluated for schedule and cost impacts.
4. Manufacturing Coordination
Work with Operations to:
- Align production schedules and capabilities with project milestones.
- Monitor manufacturing progress versus plan.
- Facilitate prioritization decisions when resources conflict and resolve bottlenecks impacting timelines.
- Coordinate recovery plans when schedules slip.
5. Risk Management
- Identify project risks early.
- Maintain project risk registers, mitigation steps and owners.
- Quantify schedule, cost, and technical risks in all functions.
- Lead mitigation planning and implementation.
- Escalate significant risks to leadership.
6. Financial Performance
- Monitor project budgets and profitability.
- Track actual versus estimated costs.
- Identify margin erosion risks.
- Manage scope changes and customer change orders with Engineering and Operations.
- Support post-project financial review.
7. Governance and Reporting
- Conduct regular project review meetings.
- Maintain and communicate project dashboards/status.
- Report project health to leadership.
- Communicate schedule, cost, quality, and risk status.
- Ensure project documentation remains current.
Key Performance Indicators
The KPI’s for this role will be outcome-based:
Delivery
- On-time milestone completion
- On-time delivery %
Financial
- Gross margin versus quoted margin
- Change order recovery rate
- Budget adherence
Customer
- Customer satisfaction
- Repeat business from strategic accounts
- Escalation frequency
Execution
- Engineering deliverables on schedule
- Manufacturing schedule adherence
- Risk mitigation effectiveness
- Functional team feedback
Ideal Background
Education
- Engineering degree preferred
- Business degree acceptable with strong technical background and experience managing projects at a similar company
- MBA preferred
Experience
- 8-15 years in engineered-to-order manufacturing
- Project leadership of large industrial products
- Manufacturing and Engineering experience
- Financial acumen
- Customer-facing experience preferred but not required
Critical Competencies
- Influence without authority
- Strong communication
- Conflict resolution
- Technical curiosity
- Financial literacy
- Negotiation
- Customer perspective
- Structured problem-solving
All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. This job posting in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed for this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise.
GMM Pfaudler US Inc provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. We prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
Skills Required
- 8-15 years of experience in engineered-to-order manufacturing
- Experience leading projects involving large industrial products
- Manufacturing experience
- Engineering experience
- Financial acumen and financial literacy
- Strong communication and conflict-resolution skills
- Influence without authority
- Technical curiosity and structured problem-solving
- Negotiation skills
- Engineering degree
- MBA
- Customer-facing experience
- Business degree with strong technical background and comparable project-management experience
What We Do
GMM Pfaudler delivers corrosion-resistant technologies, systems and services across the world and continues to remain the preferred choice by consistently providing its customers in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries with innovative and cost-effective solutions. GMM Pfaudler has 16 manufacturing locations with an extensive sales and service network and employs more than 1800 people across 4 continents. As part of our global ambitions, we continue to make BIG MOVES that will allow our people, customers, and the communities we operate in to grow.
