Description
The project manager is a critical resource for effective product development in the Sherwin Williams Packaging environment. The project manager integrates coordinates guides and manages project deliverables and resources in order to achieve the highest results in cost schedule and quality performance for the portfolio of projects under his / her auspices.
To achieve consistent project management success the project manager must demonstrate proficiency in a diverse mix of skillsets and competencies in the following areas :
Project Management Best Practices
Team Leadership
Results Orientation and Accountability
Global Business Knowledge and Customer Focus
Influencing Negotiating and Relationship Management
Communication Management and Consensus Building
Critical Thinking
Responsibilities
Initiation
- Collaborate with the market managers business directors and segment marketing team (project stakeholders) to develop a sound project charter and a comprehensive understanding of business requirements and expectations.
- Integrate other functional contributors in order to develop a sound conceptual understanding of the projects life cycle requirements (product development through and including commercial development).
- Assist project stakeholders with conceptual cost schedule and resource estimating budgeting.
Planning
Develop the projects infrastructure for future project phases.Identify task and manage the planning / scope development deliverables of the required functional contributors.Integrate the functional deliverables to develop a sound preliminary scope statement and project baselines.Identify communicate and develop mitigationcontingency strategies for risks that may be a detriment to the projects objectives.Refine planning deliverables to a definitive state prior to moving the project to its execution phase.Develop the project management plan and its constituent elements utilizing the appropriate project and organizational resources in order to guide the projects executionmonitoring / control and closing phases.Execution monitoring / control
Implement project monitoring and control strategies in order to track deliverable performance against the proposed baseline (cost schedule quality and scope)Manage project resources to their respective deliverables development schedules and assist in recovery planning where required. Facilitates project performance tracking meetings to ensure baseline conformance.Report on the projects progress using methods and technologies described within the Project Management Plan and in a manner that promotes cohesiveness transparency and timelyeffective decision making.Effectively monitor and manage project risk by implementing sound mitigation and contingency plans (planning phase) where required.Implements integrated change management practices in order to control scope creep and deviation from the projects chartered objectives.Ensure projects are executed according to the Packaging StageGate Program including completion of all required deliverables and preparation of timely gate reviews.Closing
Develop and implements transition plans for the projects product(s) into commercial development and maintenance of business processes.Ensure that all deliverables have been completed or have been considered for different disposition.Coordinate all resource transitions with the respective functional managers.Conduct all required project audit and lessons learned sessions. Ensures that project lessons learned are published and where critical; are properly addressed for process improvement initiatives.Ensure proper archiving of all project documentation.Qualifications
5 years experience in project management product development operations or marketing within the paint and coatings industryPackaging coatings experienceFluent in English ideally FrenchRequired Experience :
Key Skills
Marketing,Google Docs,Website Management,Trello,Basecamp,Multichannel Marketing,Project Management,Affiliate Marketing,Project Management Software,Microsoft Project,Project Coordination,Google Suite
Employment Type : Contract
Experience : years
Vacancy : 1