Manufacturing Project Manager

POSITION SUMMARY — Facilitate the execution of projects to meet cost and timing objectives. Track and provide project status updates, highlighting progress and identifying barriers, and maintain comprehensive project documentation. Work with managers, vendors, and key cross-functional stakeholders to ensure proper communication and resource coordination. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
WORK ENVIRONMENT — Must be willing and able to work in an environment exposed to elements that can include but are not limited to coolant, dust, mist, elevated noise, and uncontrolled temperatures.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Initiate and coordinate major projects
Monitor project progress: track action items, collaborate and coordinate requirements with interested departments and suppliers, create and own project timeline and budget.
Provide clear and timely communication with managers, suppliers, and key stakeholders
Obtain input from subject matter experts, examine and recommend changes to current practices, and develop and write proposals
Facilitate discussions on project scenarios and options, putting together cost-justification/ROI and timing
Provide project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.
Maintain the integrity and accuracy of project information to meet team and management requirements
Address issues in a timely and proactive manner
Perform other duties and projects as assigned
Ability to stop the production line and/or prevent shipment of products due to nonconformance or potential nonconformance products to our customers
Maintain and support the environmental policy with deployment, governance of the policy and processes, evaluation and taking action for process improvement.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Project management
Critical thinking/Problem solving/Analysis
Excellent interpersonal skills, including clear and timely communication
Ability to foster important relationships with managers, suppliers, and key stakeholders
Detail oriented
Excellent leadership skills
Self-motivated
Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
Ability to work several projects at once effectively
Excellent written and verbal communicator; able to convey information to a wide range of audiences in informal settings as well as formal presentations, emails, and documents

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Bachelor's Degree in Business Mgmt. or Engineering (Manufacturing, Industrial, or Related)
Experience: Minimum of three years of experience in project management, preferably in a manufacturing operation; Three years of managerial experience preferred
Computer Skills: Must demonstrate computer literacy; Proficient using Microsoft Office, MS Project, ERP systems, and the ability to learn internal software/programs