Project Manager

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Job Description

Position Summary:

This Project Manager role offers a unique opportunity to lead high-profile projects with a focus on execution and collaboration. As the Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in developing and implementing best-in-class project management frameworks that will have a lasting impact on our organization. Your leadership will ensure the successful implementation of projects, encouraging excellence and continuous improvement. You will collaborate with various teams and external partners to build a cohesive approach across multiple initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate cross-functional, geographically distributed teams to achieve desired outcomes.
• Cultivate positive relationships within the company and externally to ensure program success, influencing key partners to deliver results on time and within scope.
• Facilitate breakthrough thinking by integrating partner perspectives during targeted sessions to enable problem solving.
• Collaborate with team members to establish reporting schedules that provide unified and reliable program information.
• Prepare and maintain comprehensive project plans and define clear outcomes.
• Apply fit-for-purpose methodologies tailored to each project.
• Resolve complicated issues and critical path processes to ensure timely project delivery.
• Identify and handle potential risks, problems, tasks, and decisions, while addressing key issues and developing strategies to minimize their impact.
• Document and communicate project statuses and results.
• Capture project information and ensure transparent communication of meeting outcomes, including risks, issues, actions, and decisions.
• Lead regular reporting cadence and produce ad-hoc reports, including leadership presentations.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Experience leading multifaceted, global programs and project initiatives, including process improvements, transitions, regulatory compliance initiatives, and system implementations.
• Experience in Product Development, Extended Producer Responsibility, or Regulatory Compliance Project Management is beneficial.
• Project Management/Sigma/Kaizen certification is highly desirable.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Proficiency in English (verbal and written).
• Strong program management skills, including the use of planning tools, goal setting, and developing rationales and baselines.
• Demonstrated success leading multidimensional projects in a highly matrixed organization.
• Ability to influence without authority and build a compelling case for change.
• Capacity to work independently, within a team, and collaboratively across teams.
• Competence in prioritizing multiple projects and leading several commitments simultaneously.
• Experience with Packaging Waste Regulations is a plus.
• Excellent presentation, verbal, and written communication skills across all organizational levels.
• Solid track record of following through on commitments.
• Strong planning, organizational, and time management skills.
• Collaborative nature, capable of effectively working in a collaborative environment.
• Ability to handle information with strict confidentiality.