Project Manager II from Joulé
Camden, NJ 08103
About the Job
Job Title: Project Manager II
Location: Camden, NJ
Hours/Schedule: Hybrid (must be in office Tues - Thurs)
Type: Contract
Overview
Leading food manufacturing company looking for an experienced Project Manager. Ideal candidates should have a bachelors degree and 5 years of experience. General knowledge of food manufacturing processes and a PMP certification are preferred.
Responsibilities
Project Management
Requirements
Education:
Experience:
Certifications:
Skills, Knowledge & Behaviors:
Benefits
System One offers eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options, including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, and participation in a 401(k) plan.
Location: Camden, NJ
Hours/Schedule: Hybrid (must be in office Tues - Thurs)
Type: Contract
Overview
Leading food manufacturing company looking for an experienced Project Manager. Ideal candidates should have a bachelors degree and 5 years of experience. General knowledge of food manufacturing processes and a PMP certification are preferred.
Responsibilities
Project Management
- Lead teams to develop project scope incorporating cross functional inputs.
- Development of comprehensive project schedules, which may include alternative methods to meet project objectives.
- Identify and mitigate risk/issues throughout a project life cycle.
- Provide concise communication of risks (both financial and technical) along with planned tactics to mitigate risks to Director and VP of Innovation
- Identify scope changes, such as timing and cost implications and communicate the impacts to the affected parties. Drive decision making at Director and VP level on scope.
- Ensure projects fit within financial parameters determined by brand finance. Elevate and drive decisions by senior leaders when projects fall outside of these
- Track the status of projects across the portfolio while concurrently providing visibility to resource loading.
- Stage Gate
- Manage key stakeholder/partners throughout the stage gate process.
- Conduct key gate reviews and regular management reviews
- Ensure accuracy of stage gate documents, which help drive the leadership teams to make effective decisions.
- Continuous Improvement
- Conduct post launch reviews of key initiatives (30MM NS, or 5MM cost savings) and recommend and implement improvements to the commercialization process cross functionally (brand, finance, R&D and Supply Chain)
- Ongoing responsible for identifying opportunities and implementing improvement to ensure adequate evolution of the commercialization process.
Requirements
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree.
Experience:
- 5 years related business experience in project management.
Certifications:
- PMP Certification preferred (or PMP Designation).
Skills, Knowledge & Behaviors:
- Technical or project management concentration preferred.
- General knowledge of food manufacturing processes, planning and logistics, engineering, quality assurance, and food safety.
- Proficient in Microsoft Applications: MS Project & MS Office, Excel, SharePoint, Power-BI.
- Demonstrated experience leading diverse, cross functional teams.
- Experience with stage gate process and innovation.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills: written, verbal and presentation.
Benefits
System One offers eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options, including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, and participation in a 401(k) plan.