Project Manager -New Product Introduction

What you'd do

• PLM representative on the Category BU team. Responsible for representing projects in both the innovation and execution project tracks and communicating back and forth to the rest of the PLM team.
• Leads cross-functional BU Sub-Team(s) to develop project plan(s) to include timelines, tasks, team responsibilities, risks and status reporting to ensure project is meeting BU expectations.
• Manage ongoing project plan activities and risk identification/mitigation plans to achieve project objectives.
• Track project progress against milestones, issue status report and escalate issues or obsolescence risks, as necessary, to Business Unit.
• Works with PLM Director to establish, utilize and enforce balanced end to end Product Lifecycle Management business processes.
• Ensures effective team decision making at key milestone decision points.
• Manage/influence core project team to achieve key deliverables.
• Monitor PLM Base Finished Good workflows in IPS Tool in SAP to ensure items are following the defined process and hitting key milestones.
• Document post-launch learnings and identify and implement process improvements for future projects.
• Oversee direct reports (PLM Project Manager) to ensure all execution projects are meeting internal and Customer expectations for assigned categories.