Project Manager - Digital Ink

Company Description

Welcome! Are you seeking a global, well-established and innovative company that’s part of an industry with exciting growth potential? Then, start your Colorful Career with INX! A Great Place to Work-Certified™ company!

INX International is the third largest producer of inks in North America with full service subsidiaries in Europe and South America. We offer a complete line of ink and coating solutions technology for commercial, packaging and digital applications. As a leading global manufacturer of inkjet inks, we provide a full palette of digital ink systems, advanced technologies and integrated services.

At INX, we believe we can only grow our business as well as we grow our teams. The average employee has been here over 12 years. 

We are looking for new talent with new ideas as we continue to provide quality, service and innovation to the printing and packaging markets.

Job Description

Position Summary

This position will be based out of INX’s West Chicago, IL at the R&D center or Huntsville, Alabama facility.  Coordinates projects for INX Digital in the development of inks and printing system hardware to drive and deliver key projects on time and to specification. Prioritizes projects and creates a Project Roadmap for individual projects. Reports to Vice President of Digital Division. Works with Marketing, Sales, Product Management, R&D (ink and printing system hardware), Operations, senior management, customers, and others to ensure deliverables are on time and to specification.

As the Project Manager, Digital, you will be responsible to:

• Work with multidisciplinary teams (Marketing, Sales, Product Management, R&D, Operations) to drive and deliver key projects on time and to specification.
• Maintain detailed project plans to ensure key tasks are identified and that the critical path is understood and addressed.
• Maintain high-level Project Roadmap of projects to communicate progress in key project milestones to senior management and digital teams.
• Work with teams to assess resource allocations required to deliver projects and other key activities, with an eye on ensuring correct activity prioritization.
• Drive and adapt the Stage Gate Process as part of the project management activity.
• Work hand-in-hand with Product Management to maintain an understanding of project priorities.
• Troubleshoot problems
• Create project timelines and works to ensure the demands of competing projects’ schedules are prioritized and met.
• Estimate project costs and gathers information related to financial justification for projects.
• Review and mitigate project risks.
• Travel up to 20% - 40% within the US and possibly international

Qualifications

To perform your job as expected, you will be required to have:

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.) from 4-year college or university in chemistry, engineering or a related field.
• At least 5 years’ project management experience.  Seven years’ project management experience preferred.
• Experience with ink jet ink and hardware preferred.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from various stakeholders
• Advanced knowledge/experience in Microsoft Office Suites, including Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint
• Proven experience and a background successfully completing large and complex projects on time and within budget
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Must be available and willing to travel to up to 20 - 40% travel to customer locations in the US and possibly international

In addition to these qualifications, we will consider it a plus if you have:

• Formal certification in Project Management (from PMI or equivalent Project Management Association) a plus.

Additional Information

We offer a competitive salary with excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, pet insurance, HSA and FSA, long-term care, 401(k), and more. Through our benefits programs we support the needs of our employees and their dependents by providing a benefit package that is easy to understand, easy to access, and affordable for all our employees.

Don’t just choose a job; choose a career that emphasizes employee growth in a safe, environmentally conscious culture.  Be a part of a sustainable enterprise where we prioritize the safety and well-being of our employees above all else. We believe that investing in and protecting our employees is the key to our success. 

We require post-offer, pre-employment drug screens, physicals, and background checks.

Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran.