Project Manager - NPD

About the job


Great opportunity for a Project Manager to work for an American manufacturing leader located in Greenwood, MS.


Our client is a premium product manufacturer looking for a Project Manager to lead cross-functional teams through the New Product Development (NPD) process-from concept to market launch-ensuring projects meet timeline, budget, and quality targets


Responsibilities


Planning and Execution

• Manage project development from initiation to closure.
• Maintain a project schedule to identify and define critical milestones and activities necessary to achieve.
• Ensure alignment of project scope with business objectives and product strategy.
• Work with project sponsor, stakeholders, and departmental team leaders to complete NPD Tollgate deliverables including business case, commercialization plan, scope, design and technical solutions.

• Clearly communicate expectations to team members and stakeholders and holding members accountable.
• Lead, coach, mentor, and motivate project team members on a proactive basis.
• Tactfully navigate the product development team balancing the product requirements of commercialization, marketing, visual brand identity, technical functions and features, quality assurance, safety, service and manufacturability.

• Resolve any issues and solve problems throughout the project life cycle by managing risks, scope changes, and resourcing needs.
• Determine if external consultants or contractors will be required to complete project plan. If required, recruit and manage appropriate staffing resources.
• Interface with vendors and procurement team to eliminate gaps and communicating needs critical to the success of the product.

• Determine how results will be measured throughout the project and complete a post-project evaluation to determine how well results were achieved.
• Contribute to the enhancement of tools and best practices of the PMO.
• Safely crash unsuccessful or re-prioritized projects.
• Ensure all project documents are safely archived following project completion.

• 3+ years of related Project Management Experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or relevant field
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in software tools such as or like: Engineering/PLM: 3DExperience, Smarteam - ENOVIA; Enterprise: Oracle EBS, Infor; Collaboration/Analytical: Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams; Project Management: Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Asana, Etc.
• Knowledge of Bill of Material, Product Costing, and Engineering Change Management.
• US Citizen or Green Card Holder