Associate Project Manager

Job DetailsJob Location: Park Ridge - Park Ridge, NJ 07656Position Type: Full TimeEducation Level: 4 Year DegreeSalary Range: $60,000.00 - $65,000.00 Salary/yearTravel Percentage: NoneJob Shift: DayJob Category: Supply ChainDo you love snacks? Are you looking to join an ever evolving and rapidly growing team? PIM Brands might just be exactly what you’re looking for!

At PIM, We Make The Brands You Love®.  Our portfolio of products, from Welch’s® Fruit Snacks to Sun Maid® Chocolate Raisins and Sour Jacks® Sour Candies are enjoyed by millions of consumers every day. And when it comes to careers, we seek talented, results oriented individuals who want to play a part in building amazing brands and products while working in a collaborative, dynamic, and fast paced office environment. At PIM, you can make an immediate and lasting contribution to help grow iconic snack and confectionery brands, no matter your area of expertise.

We are looking for a Associate Project Manager interested in a career with a top ranked and growing snack company, to join our Supply Chain business at PIM’s Headquarters in Park Ridge, New Jersey.  This position will report to our Associate Director, Project Management.

The Associate Project Manager will work alongside the Project Managers to plan and execute projects for the company. Their duties include identifying companies project needs and goals, creating a detailed plan to successfully complete a project and organizing and storing project reports and documents.  The ideal candidate will have experience within a consumer-packaged goods (CPG) company environment and well versed at interacting with and influencing multifunctional teams of internal and external stakeholders, most often managing several moving parts simultaneously while driving excellence in execution.  The goal is to commercialize from ideation to successful market launch meeting timelines established.

 

Key Responsibilities


Assisting in the planning and implementation of projects
To participate in the creation of new products and maintaining current portfolio
Helping to coordinate and manage project tasks and deliverables
Heavy focus on analyzing and maintaining data
To organize and maintain backend administrative elements of item setups
Conducting administrative duties, organizing project meetings, ensuring all key stakeholders agree to what they need to do and are meeting deliverables
Tracking and reporting project progress
Performing other duties assigned by the Project Manager in an orderly and efficient manner
Work with Marketing, Procurement, and Operations teams to help plan projects and related timelines in advance and to develop key project success criteria
Constructively collaborate and help trouble-shoot and resolve conflicts
Foster teamwork and enthusiasm and celebrate success
Liaise with multiple functions regularly, outside of weekly project meetings, to build relationships, collaboratively solve problems and drive to project completion.  Functions include Marketing, Sales, Procurement, Graphic/Design, Packaging, R&D, Demand Planning, Finance, Logistics, Operations, Engineering and outside vendors as appropriate
Build positive internal customer relationships, works effectively with team members, peers and management both internally and externally
Display a positive behavior, professional manner, and a willingness to be a team player and assist others at all levels

Qualifications
College degree, preferably specialized in Business, Business Administration of Project Management, Supply Chain Management, Engineering.  Advanced degree a plus.
1-2 years of experience in project management or a related role
Demonstrated leadership and ethics; demonstrated ability to hold others accountable for delivery
Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team setting, including demonstrated ability in building and managing teams.
Strong collaboration and problem-solving skills; able to establish good working relationships with employees at all levels, resolve conflict and provide feedback, and to devise and implement creative solutions to problems.
Strong communication skills, both oral and written; demonstrated ability to speak up appropriately and to raise issues to teams and senior management
Capacity to manage high stress situations
Ability to multi-task and manage various project elements simultaneously
Big-picture thinking and vision
Demonstrates Advanced software skills in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project or similar programs.
Track record of delivering results
Organization, attention to detail and follow through
Ability to Prioritize critical tasks across multiple departments. 
Ability to thrive in situations of complexity and ambiguity while functioning at a high level of productivity in a fast paced and dynamic environment.
Team player with ability to work with all functional players and understands how to navigate
Flexibility to step