Manager, Project

Responsibilities:

• Manage a portfolio of complex Manufacturing and growth initiatives that span one or multiple lines of business.
• Provide on-site leadership for project team by building and motivating team members to meet and exceed project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones.
• Full project life cycle ownership: successful project delivery will include full implementation from initiation to deployment for one major or several minor initiatives simultaneously.
• Manage all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives.
• Strong capital management. Including long cycle capital intensive projects.
• Report periodically on project execution success. The criteria results, metrics, test and deployment management activities
• Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and excellence.
• Participate in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organization.
• Prepare estimates and detailed project plan for all phases of the project.
• Procure adequate resources to achieve project objectives in planned timeframes.
• Manage the day-to-day project activities and resources and chairs the project management team meetings.
• Monitor staff performance and complete performance reviews.
• Provide status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership.
• Understand interdependencies between technology, operations, and business needs.
• Demonstrate a functional acumen to support how solutions will address client goals while maintaining alignment with industry best practices.
• Manage project scope and changes and report accordingly.
• Participate and/or drive feasibility studies, vendor selections and proposals for evaluation by appropriate key stakeholders.
• Act as an internal quality control check for the project
• Manage ongoing quality control and participate in quality issue resolution.
• Assist in dispute, negotiation, arbitration, or litigation, as needed.
• Support formal/informal schedules to manage the engagement contract.
• Define the Statement of Work and Specifications for the requested goods and services.

• Develop and manage all aspects of project and program engagement from planning, external vendor relationships, communications, resources, budget, change, risks and issues.
• Set and continually manage project and program expectations while delegating and managing deliverable with team members and stakeholders.
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel
• Monitor, track and control outcomes to resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies and critical path deliverables.
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations to various audiences, including project team, sponsors, CIO and key stakeholders.
• Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project and program team, analyze results and troubleshoot problem areas.
• Identify and develop trusted adviser relationship with project and program stakeholders, sponsors and university stakeholders.
• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project and program team.
• Manage project and program issues and risks to mitigate impact to baseline.
• Extensive understanding of project and program management principles, methods, and techniques
• Other duties as assigned.

EQUIPMENT KNOWLEDGE: Computer skills

ROLE REQUIREMENTS:

• Degree in Engineering or equivalent; or a minimum of 5 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience in roll forming or press brakes.
• Must have computer skills – Microsoft Office; Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access; Experience with Internet use, and a general understanding of computers
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence and able to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to solve technical practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form

Qualifications:

• Strong leadership, diplomatic and motivational skills including the ability to lead up, across and down multiple business and organizations.
• Strong background on heavy manufacturing preferred
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence.
• Build and maintain relationships by engaging business leaders to establish credibility, solve problems, build consensus and achieve objectives.
• Excellent leadership, communication (written, verbal and presentation) and interpersonal skills.
• Self-motivated, decisive, with the ability to adapt to change and competing demands.
• Research best practices within and outside the organization to establish benchmark data and use continuous process improvement disciplines to achieve results.
• Tools: MS Project, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; CA Clarity PPM
• Experience negotiating vendor contracts.
• Experience drafting and submitting budget proposals and recommending subsequent budget changes where necessary.
• Experience in successfully leading projects and programs to on-time, on-schedule and within budget close
• Experience leading, motivating and managing various project and program team sizes, including internal and external resources, while holding team accountable for performance
• Strong experience presenting to executive sponsors and demonstrated communication skills; both written and oral with technical and non-technical staff, all levels of management
• Experience influencing and gaining buy-in from executive’s sponsors, team members, stakeholders and peers
• Team-building skills with technical and non-technical staff
• Experience working both independently and, in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Ability to conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Technically competent with various software programs, including but not limited to Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio), Microsoft Projects.
• Adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products.
• Support diverse and inclusive work environment.
  
  Required qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience
• 5 years of project management experience, including tracking and planning projects.
• 5 years of experience working with business stakeholders within a cross-functional matrix environment.
• Proven ability to demonstrate a drive for results and accountability of business needs.
• Proven ability to work in an ambiguous environment and collaborate across multiple areas in order to achieve a common business objective.
• Interpersonal skills to influence and spur change, facilitate, and enhance performance within a cross - functional environment.
• Demonstrate decisiveness in resolving business problems, making decisions and identifying priorities.

EEO

Samuel Roll Form Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity, participates in the E-Verify program and complies with all federal and state regulations.

Physical Requirements/ADA

No unusual physical requirements. Requires some heavy lifting not exceeding 50 pounds, and work is performed in a comfortable indoor facility or out in the facility, Monday through Friday. Routine deadlines; usually sufficient lead time; variance in work volume seasonal and predictable; priorities can be anticipated; some interruptions are present; involves occasional exposure to demands and pressures from persons other than immediate supervisor.

Job frequently requires sitting, talking, hearing, handling objects with hands. Job occasionally requires standing, walking, reaching, climbing, or balancing, stooping/kneeling/crouching/crawling, and lifting up to 50 pounds. Vision requirements: Ability to see information in print and/or electronically.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:  Manufacturing

LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES:  Self-management, teamwork and collaboration, Resilience, and Communication