Senior Project Manager

Description:

🚀Senior Project Manager
📍 Location: Chicago, IL or Hackettstown, NJ - LOCALS ONLY (1–2 days onsite)
📅 Duration: Contract to Hire
🛂 Visa: GC/USC
🏢 Team: Mars Snacking – Activity Management Team

⚠️ Must-Have Requirement: CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) Experience
PMP Certification: Nice to have.

🔹 Key Responsibilities:
✅ Lead Product Innovation Projects: Manage multiple product innovation and launch projects from ideation through commercialization, working closely with Ramp;D, marketing, supply chain, finance, and other key stakeholders.
✅ End-to-End Project Management: Oversee the entire project lifecycle through the QUEST process, including scoping, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure. Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
✅ Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with key cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on project goals, timelines, and deliverables. Facilitate collaboration across departments to solve challenges and ensure seamless product launches.
✅ Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including senior leadership, vendors, and third-party partners. Provide regular project updates and escalate risks as needed.
✅ Resource Planning and Allocation: Ensure resources, both human and financial, are effectively planned and allocated to meet project goals. Identify gaps or bottlenecks and proactively address them to keep projects on track.
✅ Risk Management: Identify potential project risks, develop mitigation strategies, and proactively address issues as they arise to minimize the impact on project timelines and deliverables.
✅ Process Improvement: Continuously seek opportunities to improve project management processes, tools, and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in product innovation and launch execution.
✅ KPIs and Metrics: Track key project performance metrics, including time-to-market, budget adherence, and post-launch success, to ensure continuous improvement and learning for future projects.
✅ Innovation Focus: Stay abreast of industry trends, customer needs, and emerging technologies to help drive innovative product solutions and ensure competitive advantage.
🔹 Required Competencies:
• Business Insight
• Collaborates
• Communicates Effectively
• Drives Results
• Manages Complexity
• Organizational Savvy
• Plans and Aligns