Project Coordinator

Division Information

The Home & Garden business unit of Spectrum Brands is based in St. Louis, Missouri with distribution, manufacturing and sales offices throughout the US and globe. We are a leading supplier of consumer products nationally for the home, lawn and garden, insect and weed control markets. We deliver groundbreaking products of exceptional value and top-notch quality to consumers with our well-recognized brands including Spectracide®, Hot Shot®, Cutter®, Repel®, Black Flag®, Garden Safe®, EcoLogic® and Liquid Fence®.

Job Summary

The Project Coordinator II will support Product Development projects at the direction of the Sr. Manager, Project Management to provide consistency in process and reporting. This role will assist in system administration, training, documentation, and lifecycle code maintenance.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Project Management –30%
  • Identify, plan and coordinate cross functional team activities required to launch changing products.
  • Coordinate project timeline status for cross-functional teams.
  • Create, maintain, and distribute project tracking information.
  • Act as liaison between Marketing, Graphics, R&D, Regulatory, Packaging, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Sourcing, and Contract Manufacturing departments.
  • Assist project team in determining solutions and track resource constraints for multiple, concurrent plans.
  • Creation of project descriptors and milestones for SPX.
  • Maintenance of Item/Material Specifications, Bill of Material detail and manufacturing SOP’s as needed.
  • Coordinate projects with International teams as needed.

• Lifecycle Maintenance - 20%
  • Create a process for facilitating and maintaining life cycle codes.
  • Run/update Material Master File.
  • Review file to provide recommendations to planning on what items might need a different lifecycle code.
  • Prepare file with proposed recommended LCC changes and work with planning team for alignment.
  • Update LCC’s in SAP.

• System Administration and Reporting – 50%
  • SPX Database Administration- Spectrum Brand’s Internal Product Development Database
    • SPX access requests.
    • SPX updates and changes.
    • Create SPX standards and procedures.
    • SPX data maintenance/cleansing.
  • Workfront Database Administration: Spectrum’s Project Management Software
    • Workfront access requests.
    • Workfront template/maintenance/standards.
    • Create and maintain Workfront reports/dashboards.
    • Maintain Workfront timeline templates.
    • Create and communicate Launch Reports.
    • Pulling and communicating Late Task Reports.
    • Year-end reports.
    • Stage Gate recaps.
  • SAP augmented support
    • Supporting entering SAP data for new projects.

Education and Experience Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Operations Management or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• 0-2 years of operations or business experience, preferably in project or database management.
• Consumer product goods experience preferred.

Required Skills

• Experience with Data Base type software.
• SAP experience preferred.
• Project management utilizing Microsoft Project or similar software preferred.
• Proactive problem-solving identification; solving problems with the ability to assess risk/benefit and to act decisively on findings.
• PC skills (spreadsheet and presentations).
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.

Work Environment

Working conditions are normal for a hybrid office environment.

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job/classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Spectrum Brands is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.