Senior Program Manager

Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.

Come join a team where People make the difference!  As a part of Marmon Holdings, Inc., a highly decentralized organization, we rely heavily on people with the aptitude, attitude, and entrepreneurial spirit to drive our success, and we're committed to attracting and retaining top talent.

About The Job

Though you may not know us by name, you’ve most likely enjoyed meals and refreshments supported by our industry-leading brand portfolio. For decades, we’ve designed and manufactured foodservice equipment for some of the world’s biggest, most recognized consumer brands. We are driven to innovate with a clear purpose in mind: to enhance the eating and drinking experience, nourishing the people and communities we serve.

Reporting to the VP of Enterprise Program Management, the Sr. Program Manager is highly motivated and entrepreneurial. This person will contribute significantly to the success of new product developments, efficient utilization of cross-functional resources, and help the business in achieving its strategic objectives by leading the planning and internal and external coordination of key new product development initiatives.  This person’s responsibility includes coordination of strategies and activities, along with development and implementation of programs across the business maximizing performance of the cross-functional teams, ensuring on time and on budget delivery to support sustainable growth goals. 

This role is subject to our hybrid work model: we collaborate in the office on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. The rest of the week, you have flexibility to work wherever it suits you best.

What You’ll Do

• Lead program management deliverables in accordance with the business’s strategic plans and objectives. 

• Lead cross-functional program team of engineering, operations, product management, marketing, commercial, supply chain and quality disciplines in order to achieve program goals. 

• Ensure deliverables are achieved including financial, customer, quality, and timeline targets by establishing a project governance structure and take full responsibility of each program from ‘conception through industrialization’.

• Centralize information and deliver to the right stakeholders providing overall progress and health of projects; status of milestones/tollgates and deliverables; financial information about the budget, forecast, actuals, margins; project risks and progress on mitigating these risks; operational efficiency and project performance; and effective management and utilization of enterprise resources. 

• Proactive guidance and reporting in regard to program cost, resources required, schedule and timing, and risks.

• Collaborate across all functions/departments to participate in the required planning, implementation, and execution phases of each program. 

• Plan and schedule resources efficiently to ensure that the right resources are allocated to the right projects at the right time while creating visibility of resource capacity/constraints, competency/gaps and availability for all stakeholders and overcoming challenges of a matrix structure.

• Enable team efficiency by facilitating knowledge transfers between departmental project teams.

• Ensure that there is an efficient framework for seamless team collaboration and communication among team members.

• Frequently engage with and interact with customers.

Who You Are

• Collaborating- Working cooperatively with others to help a team or work group achieve its goals

• Communication- Conveying information and ideas clearly and concisely to individuals or groups in an engaging manner that helps them understand and retain the message; listens actively to others

• Driving execution- Translating strategic priorities into operational reality; aligning communication, accountabilities, resource capabilities, internal processes, and ongoing measurement systems to ensure that strategic priorities yield measurable and sustainable results.

• Inspiring/Motivational- Knows how to get the team rowing in the same direction.

• Valuing differences- Working effectively with individuals of diverse cultures, interpersonal styles, abilities, motivations, or backgrounds; seeks out and uses unique abilities, insights, and ideas from diverse individuals

Skills/Experience We’re Looking For

• Demonstrable experience in leading complex programs/projects from inception through to delivery. 

• Fully utilize program & presentation management tools including Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.