Position Responsibilities:
- Manage NPI projects and programs and ensure programs objectives are met on budget, on time, and with required quality and functionality. Key Job functions include:
- Leading global cross functional teams to meet project objectives
- Lead the delivery of new products through the Hussmann NPI gate process
- Support process improvement activities with Hussmann PMO Leader
- Lead a team of program managers to deliver projects and programs that support annual financial plans and objectives of the business, primarily focused on customer, market and technology innovation.
- Develop program management talent to promote progression and increased responsibility. Lead and develop a team, including goal setting, appraising personal performance against team goals, and supporting team members in their respective endeavors
- Drive cross-functional accountability of NPI programs to deliver new products and processes for the Retail business; Assess programs cross-functional resource requirements and proactively engage sponsors and functional leaders to fill resource gaps on a timely basis to insure project success
- Present NPI/NTD Programs at regular Executive Program Review meetings; Manage expectations of senior leadership through early disclosure of risks/issues; Engage program sponsors proactively for their support
- Assess Retail NPI/NTD Program deliverables, risks and timing; Use critical path management methodologies to manage Schedule, Scope and Resource requirements; Lead scheduling and planning efforts to build detailed resource loaded project plans, and maintain plans throughout the project to provide accurate planned vs actual vs forecasted data to stakeholders
- Lead efforts to manage general resources, and forecast demand vs capacity to ensure project performance supports business objectives and revenue commitments
- Direct Reports: 1-4
Key Competencies and Success Factors:
- Build efficient, realistic plans and detailed actions to achieve objectives; Sets priorities effectively and organizes information; Delegates work and coordinates resources to maximize results; Proven ability to manage projects and holds self and others accountable to project milestones and results
- Takes accountability for getting work done; is resourceful in identifying creative solutions to difficult problems
- Demonstrates effective consulting, negotiating, and persuasive skills to diverse audiences, promoting constructive confrontation and issue resolution; Presents information in a clear and accurate manner
- Strong business acumen; Ability to drive strategy, influence practices, processes and policies that result in competitive advantage; Continuously works to deliver value through process improvement
- Proactively ensure customer requirements translate into program requirements, responds promptly to customer needs and advocates resolution of issues important to stakeholders
- Strong skills leading cross functional teams with ability to influence and create action with no direct reporting responsibility
Requirements:
- A minimum of 7 years leading projects
• A minimum of 8 years business experience
• Experience working in two or more functional areas; Engineering, Project Management, Manufacturing, Quality, and/or Operations
• Must have Microsoft Project Expertise, and hands-on skill required for daily use
• Experience running cross functional projects is required
• Experience operating within a stage/phase gate process is required
• Global project management experience is required
• Manufacturing product implementation experience is required
• New Product Development experience is required
• Able to travel up to 25% of the time
- Fluency in English and Spanish is required
- Master's Degree and PMI-PMI or PMI-SP certification strongly preferred