Project Manager, Supply Chain

About CPC

Colder Products Company (CPC), a Dover company, is the world’s leading provider of quick disconnect couplings, fittings and connectors for plastic tubing. Used in a broad range of industries and applications, the innovative coupling and connection technologies from CPC are advancing markets and improving the lives of people across the world. Founded in Minnesota in 1978, CPC is headquartered in Minneapolis-Saint Paul with operations in Germany and China, sales offices in 14 countries and more than 175 distributor partners around the globe.

 

Summary

The Supply Chain Project Manager is responsible for executing and managing a portfolio of complex projects related to supply chain execution and product commercialization. This individual will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure project completion, adhere to timeline and scope requirements, and successfully execute programs while communicating regularly to internal and external stakeholders.

 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Defines, plans, and coordinates cross-functional teams by leading through influence to ensure project timelines are met.
• Leads collaborative project review meetings to highlight significant updates, assessing risks and risk mitigation plans while providing project status to key stakeholders.
• Mobilizes and motivates effective project teams; communicating effectively across teams and groups; reprioritizing as necessary to address changes in the business and/or shifting needs.
• Manages projects through to completion ensuring on-time delivery and maintaining overall project ownership of assigned projects.
• Develops timelines and ensures progress to plan, as well as tracks and communicates critical project achievements and/or risks.
• Acts as a primary point of contact for designated projects, facilitating project update meetings and written communication and reports to inform stakeholders of progress.
• Uses process mapping, tracking, and assigned tools for project life cycle management to meet business needs.
• Ensures time and resources align with business priorities and objectives and escalates project risks to manager as appropriate.
• Addresses problems through risk mitigation and contingency planning and presents solutions and/or options key stakeholders, ensuring effective implementation of solutions/changes.
• Delivers results for each project through partnering with leadership, cross-functional teams, and with various stakeholders across the Company.
• Drives process improvements and adherence to company project standards for assigned projects
• Recommends strategies, policies, and procedures by evaluating organization outcomes, identifying problems, evaluating trends, and anticipating requirements.
• Schedules and facilitates meetings necessary to coordinate and manage projects and other related business requirements.
• Builds constructive business relationships with all stakeholders, including 3rd party vendors.

 

Qualification Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business., Engineering, or other applicable field.
• 3-5 years’ relevant project management experience.
• Project management experience with Procurement, Production, Supply Planning and Scheduling.
• Experience with product commercialization projects, stage gate methodology, and business execution projects preferred.
• Cross-functional leadership skills coupled with the ability to drive results and in