Innovation Project Manager

Title: Innovation Project Manager

               

Location: Richland, WA

               

About Lamb Weston

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, and public Fortune 500 company, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.

A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You’ll gain access to hands-on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together.

If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.

Job Description Summary

               

This position provides integration planning and effective project management for innovation and commercialization projects to drive business growth. This position also ensures effective use of resources and communication of priorities across functional groups by coordinating efforts with the appropriate business partners.

Job Description

• Coordinates activities related to developing project charters 

• Initiates and manages Stage Gate approved work streams 

• Organizes/Facilitates Project Coordination Meetings 

• Escalates to PMO Director on project scope, time frame, and resources as needed 

• Maintains detailed project plans, and real-time project updates, tracking and reporting on project status 

• Ensures all projects are appropriately resourced to meet timeline expectations 

• Manages assigned project resources to meet project milestones and deliver completed projects on time 

• Assigns resource tasks and daily resource management 

• Resolves timing conflicts (prioritize daily activity of assigned resources as needed) 

• Works with other managers to achieve efficiencies across integration of projects 

• Ensures on time completion of work 

• Identifies risk, opportunities for risk mitigation and ensures timely communication when timelines are at risk 

• Performs other duties as assigned 

 

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

Education/ Certifications: (Required & Preferred) 

• AA degree required, BS/BA degree preferred in Project Management, Business or Supply Chain 

• PMP Certification - completed or in process 

• 2+ years of related project management experience (R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality Assurance) 

 

Skills and Experience:  

• Strong background managing multiple projects simultaneously within scope, timing & resource expectations 

• Strong communication skills across all levels of leadership and employees 

• Demonstrated ability to partner on cross-functional teams  

• Ability to deal with the ambiguity of innovation and guide projects to successful con