Job Description
Job Description
Description : Summary :
Summary :
As part of the New Products Team, the Project Manager will develop and manage project plans, establish effective project governance, including deadlines, work closely with Engineering, Purchasing & Planning, facilitate meetings, provide regular status reports, identify and manage risks, and act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities :
- Manage Product Development projects of varying complexity and timelines, including requirements gathering, determining critical paths, creating project plans and schedules, and helping to facilitate project execution, deployment, and closure.
- Utilize corporate management tools (MS Teams, Wrike & SharePoint) and techniques to manage projects effectively.
- Assist with the establishment and maintenance of corporate project management methodology and other department procedures.
- Maintain detailed project documentation including meeting minutes, action items, issues lists, and risk management plans.
- Effectively communicate project status to all stakeholders; may include written executive summaries.
- Partner with project stakeholders to identify resources, resolve issues, and mitigate risks.
- Coordinate cross-functional meetings with various functional areas to meet overall stakeholder expectations and the company's objectives.
- Monitor the creation of all project deliverables to ensure adherence to quality standards including design documents, test plans, training materials, and operations documentation.
Requirements :
Preferred Education and Experience :
- Bachelor's degree in a related area or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of project management experience.
- Experience working with and leading diverse groups and matrix-managed environments.
- Proficient with project management tools, Wrike, MS Project or other project management software, and MS Office applications (SharePoint).
- Ability to translate technical and design tasks into project plans, and effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience managing New Product Development projects in the automotive aftermarket preferred
- Experience in engineered hard parts preferred.
- Proficient with Excel (intermediate or higher preferred).
Knowledge and Personal Attributes :
- Experience in managing stakeholder expectations and maintaining positive relationships.
- Expert in managing conflicts and resolving disputes among diverse stakeholders.
- Strong problem-solving skills, finding innovative solutions to move projects forward.
- Skilled in drawing out unexpressed dependencies, requirements, and expectations.
- Comfort in blazing a path through an ambiguous work environment.
- Judgment in dealing effectively and diplomatically with all levels of staff.
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
30+ days ago