Sr. Project Manager (Projects, product introductions & transfers)

Hunter Douglas is the world’s leading manufacturer of window coverings and a major manufacturer of architectural products. We are a brand that you know and trust. With more than 100 years of innovation, we’ve defined our industry with proprietary products that deliver revolutionary style and functionality and can be found in millions of homes and commercial buildings globally.

We are searching for candidates that are driven, intelligent, creative, and entrepreneurial. By offering challenging and accelerated opportunities for growth, powered by a shared hunger for success, we create a space for your career to thrive. In return for your expertise, we are committed to providing competitive and robust total compensation and benefit packages to ensure you feel valued. Our dream is to become the fastest growing, most loved, window covering company in the world. What’s yours?

One of the pillars of our North American division is spread across four different sites in Mexico where a blend of manufacturing and fabrication occurs. At each location we pride ourselves on exemplary safety and employee-first standards, as we pioneer production processes to be best in class. It is our focus on quality and growth that makes us an employer of choice and helps us maintain our culture of excellence.

Position Overview

The Project Manager will facilitate and lead strategic initiatives for large and high complexity projects, which may be customer specific, large product introductions or transfers. Provides management and guidance to multi-functional project teams and/or other Project Managers. Manage and enhance customer relationships. Provides full accountability for project schedules, project management, performance requirements and may provide input on budgets.

What you'll do

• Responsible for ensuring all the project requirements and/or objectives are correctly gathered, understood and properly translated for execution.

• Build team(s) to address the project goals and objectives.

• Collaborate with customers (internal or external) from requirements gathering through product acceptance.

• Align the team to customer needs by establishing milestones, goals, and objectives based on input from all functional areas and stakeholders.

• Review project schedules with project managers.

• Provide guidance and motivation to project teams to successfully achieve project goals and corporate initiatives.

• Communicate project objectives in terms of overall strategic business objectives.

• Serve as interface with customers, vendors, stakeholders and sponsor(s).

• Manage development of project plans with focus on achievement of project goals and corporate initiatives.

• Responsible for recognizing project's Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and managing the work within scope, quality, time and cost constraints.

• Obtain and summarize current project information and milestone status versus project performance baseline.

• Drive project/program tasks to completion in accordance with the project schedule.

• Coordinate the efforts of the team to develop an integrated project plan and risk analysis with action plans to mitigate the risks.

• Management of Resource capacity.

• Collaborates in forecasting project budget and HR needs for current and future site needs.

• Accountable for overall project success - including cost, schedule, quality, and scope management.

• Report on project status, issues and implemented solutions as well as evaluations and assessments of the results.

• Provide key stakeholders with regular project performance status, variances to plan, and identification of corrective actions.

• Participate in the exchange of ideas and information within the department and with other Hunter Douglas facilities.

• Drive continuous improvement through trend reporting analysis and metrics management.

• Demonstrate a commitment to customer service; anticipates, meets and exceeds expectations by solving problems quickly and effectively, making customer issues a priority.

• Coach others through difficult decision-making situations.

• Working closely with communications, stakeholders, and management to stay informed of important company information to evaluate and measure effectiveness and impact on the business.

• Comply and follow all procedures within the company security policy.

• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Who you are

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent required

• Bachelor’s degree required (engineering), master’s degree preferred

• Minimum of 12 years work-related experience required in project management, Operations Management, or related discipline.

• 90% English proficiency.

• Lean/Six Sigma certifications

• Project management tools experience

• Proficiency in use of personal computers, Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word and PowerPoint) and e-mail skills required

• Will be critical a quick and deep understanding and knowledge of HDs operating policies and procedures required. Also key to fast-track onboarding and training for mastering knowledge of HD’s culture and guiding principles

What's in it for you

• Competitive compensation package including annual bonus

• Generous benefits package including major medical expenses and life insurance

• Vacation days

• Vacation premium

• Christmas bonus

• Food vouchers and cafeteria service

• Savings fund

• Career developmental opportunities

• A company culture that prioritizes internal development

Please note, all offers presented to candidates are carefully crafted to ensure market competitiveness, equity, and reflect the individual candidate’s education, experience, skills and potential.

Hunter Douglas is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with applicable employment laws. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled are encouraged to apply.

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