Senior Project Manager

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

As an innovation leader, we look for ambitious, forward-thinking, open-minded and well-rounded individuals to join our Americas team. Located in our Denver, CO office.

As a member of the Program Management organization, the –Project Manager Senior Manager will lead Long strategic regional wide initiatives from a concept into scaled operations.  This leader will manage all project related functions including project validation, scoping, scheduling, budgeting, capacity line balancing, stakeholders, and associated reporting. This position will work across all of the internal business groups to drive project success and operational improvements and will be responsible for driving technology upgrades and growth efforts into seamless manufacturing.  

• Experience leading multi-year, $10 Million + operations projects which permanently impact regional operations.
• Experience working in a high SKU complex manufacturing environment with DC operations.
• Demonstrated success on running a stage-gated formal process.
• Execute on specific scope for top level project priorities, concentrating on delivery, start-up and technical accuracy.
• Develop, drive, and report on all activities associated with the assigned projects as associated with scope, schedule, budget, procurement and change management.
• Act as the groups key contributor and manager for driving improved supply chain processes as needed for project success.
• Work directly with the Global Procurement division in operations (specifically the Indirect Procurement Manager) to coordinate NDAs, MSAs, contract negotiations, bid events, maintenance agreements, warranties, and technical partner relations.

• Lead supply chain, IT, transportation, and operations teams to ensure that their specific scope of the project is clearly defined and all questions/concerns are addressed.

• Responsible for the generation and tracking of all project budgets.  Works directly with global finance, regional controllers, and plant controllers on budget status, monthly reconciliation, and purchase order requests.
• Takes full ownership of their projects and presents monthly on progress and or decisions needed to the executive team.
• Serve the Americas team as one of the top experts in executing challenging projects

Key responsibilities (to name a few):

• Strong working relationships must be developed with each Manufacturing Facility, Innovation, Product Development, Product Line Management, Sales & Operational Planning, Procurement and Commercial is required.   Additional duties include:

• • Provide support to Regional and Plant Operations / Engineering to maintain current capability, implement additional capabilities, answer questions, address concerns and remove cultural/technical barriers.
  • Provides technical/procedural expertise and guidance to others in accomplishing projects as directed.
  • Work with outside vendors to acquire needed supplies, parts, and design operation standards for process improvement implementation and standardization.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None.

Requirements and Preferred Skills

• BS Degree in Supply Chain or Business with a minimum of 10 years (2 years of experience can be substituted for a technical MS Degree) in supply chain role with specific experience in process design, process improvement, Statistical Process Control/Quality Control and lean six sigma applications.   
• Lean six sigma black belt certification from an accredited organization or skilled manufacturing company
• Proven ability to validate projects (business case and technical feasibility) and then drive through project execution
• Makes data driven decisions with ability to collect data needed if not readily available
• Preferred experience in process design for the manufacturing of rubber belts, hydraulic hoses and/or related assemblies.
• Experience in inventory planning.
• Strong experience with process flow analysis and general manufacturing principles
• Good project management skills, including communication, execution and follow-up assessment
• Proven, positive results with capital planning and budgeting experience with projects >$10M
• Ability to work in a matrix management environment across multiple cultures
• Results oriented; seeks effective, creative solutions to process problems
• Excellent oral and written presentation skills in front of all levels of the organization
• Knowledgeable in Oracle/ SAP.
• Strong technical English proficiency

• 50% - 60% travel will be required, mostly within North and South America
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.