Description:
Are you organized, passionate, and goal-oriented? Fortune Brands Innovations is looking for a Sr. Project Managerto make project goals their own and use their skills and expertise to inspire the project team.
As a Sr. Project Manager within Fortune Brands,you will be responsible for leading and managing the execution of new product development projects from ideation to commercialization. You will develop project plans to ensure projects are completed within scope, on time, and within budget while meeting or exceeding cost and quality specifications. As the project manager, you will play a critical role in our success, leading cross functional teams to effectively deliver key new products to the business.
The ideal candidate will be within a 90 minute drive to our New London, NC office.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead multiple end-to-end strategic projects across several product lines and channels
- Use the Fortune Brands Innovation (FBIN) enterprise Project & Portfolio Management (PPM) system to plan, track, and coordinate project activities.
- Utilize FBIN’s Product Development Process , ensureing timely and accurate gate reviews and routine reports are conducted on assigned projects. Responsible for assuring process discipline within project teams.
- Develop, monitor, and control project schedules with proactive risk mitigation and issue resolution.
- Collaborate with advanced Concept team , Engineering, Marketing, and Operations Teams to focus on speed to market , platforming actions and the innovation process
- Ensure project deliverables and tasks are appropriately resourced.
- Oversee and motivate all functional areas during development to meet key deliverables (Engineering, Marketing, Sourcing, Finance, Quality, Advanced Manufacturing, and Manufacturing)
- Monitor timing, quality, technical, and financial risk on assigned projects so that the correct risk mitigation strategy is developed. Be able to elevate and focus management attention when necessary.
- Effectively manage change and communicate to stakeholders as needed.
- Perform post launch audits on projects to ensure targets have been met and report gaps to planned business profitability.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, orrelated field is required
- Minimum 5 years experience in a fast-paced New Product Development environment leading cross-functional teams utilizing project management methodologies and project execution best practices.
- PMI PMP certified, Agile experienced, and advanced MS Project skills are preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to apply discipline in the use of project management toolset (scope, schedules, budgets, reports, risk management, updates).
- Proven ability to engage and lead cross-functional teams, driving decisions to deliver the product requirements
- Demonstrated capital and expense budgeting for large scale projects and programs as well as experience with project financial measures and metrics
- Advanced communication, negotiation, conflict resolution capabilities
- Willingness to travel up to approximately 10-20% of the time