Description:
Reporting to the General Manager, the Chief of Staff / Project Manager role involves serving as a strategic partner to the Manufacturing Site General Manager, driving cross-functional alignment, cultural transformation, and operational excellence through leadership, project management, and change enablement.
What a typical day looks like:
- Partner with the General Manager to develop and implement site strategy, governance, and execution plans.
- Collaborate with the Business Excellence Manager and Director of Manufacturing to define, implement and govern site KPIs, and produce status reports, including project financials.
- Establish and maintain project governance structures, including steering committees, decision-making protocols, and escalation paths.
- Lead cross-functional teams through all phases of the project lifecycle.
- Manage budgets, timelines, and resources to ensure successful project delivery and performance.
- Coordinate with administrative teams to plan and execute site events, including customer visits and senior leadership engagements.
- Facilitate staff meetings and leadership workshops.
- Prepare executive-level presentations, reports, and updates for leadership reviews.
- Lead up, across, and throughout the organization to influence decision-making, align priorities, and drive cross-functional collaboration.
- Champion change management efforts to support strategic and operational improvements.
- Foster collaboration and teamwork across departments to achieve business objectives.
- Establish and maintain cadence for strategic reviews and performance tracking.
- Drive leadership team culture initiatives and development planning.
- Assess root causes of operational challenges and guide teams toward effective solutions.
- Advise and support lower-level project and product managers to ensure alignment with site goals and policies.
- Assist in the management and execution of global and regional programs.
- Interact frequently with senior and middle management across global and regional teams.
The experience we’re looking to add to our team:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or related field required; MBA or advanced degree in addition to 5 years of experience in materials, sales, marketing, engineering, manufacturing and/or program administration or related experience.
- Experience working in matrixed organizations and with senior leadership teams.
- Strong strategic thinking and organizational planning skills.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency in project management methodologies and tools.
- Ability to lead change and influence across all levels of the organization.
- Skilled in data analysis, KPI development, and performance reporting.
- High emotional intelligence and ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments.
- Demonstrates advanced functional, technical and people and/or process management skills as well as customer (external and internal) relationship skills.