Packaging - R&D and Project Manager
Tennessee
This position is responsible for leading all aspects of flexible packaging development.
• Experience In Consumer Packaged Goods Required, Food Packaging Strongly Preferred, Paper Based A Real Plus. • 5 Years Minimum As Project Manager And / Or Product Development • 10 Years Business Experience • Experience With Manufactured Products Is Preferred • Stage Gate Process Experience Is Preferred Minimum Requirements • Undergraduate Degree Required/ Masters Preferred • PMI Certified / Equivalent Is A Plus But Experience Can Offset • Available For Business Travel For Trial Management And Customer Meetings As Required, Potentially To 30%.
• Schedule and lead regular project team meetings insuring compliance to project activity goals and promptly issuing project team update meeting minutes. • Identifies and obtains resources needed and defines individual responsibilities.
• Manages day-to-day operational aspects of multiple projects, balances priorities and controls scope.
• Reviews and validates deliverables prepared by the team.
• Prepares, gathers and ensures projects & stage gate documentation is properly stored and available for stage gate reviews. • Identifies, mitigates and communicates any exposure and risk on projects.
• Ensures project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately in company archives.
• Manages project budget, maintains transparency, and provide forecasts for anticipated spending.
• Project management tools - work breakdown structure, critical path scheduling, gantt charts, risk assessment & mitigation, conflict resolution, problem solving, team building and brainstorming
Skills
• Financial Management -Understands Basic Revenue Models, P&L Work Ups, And Identifies Areas Of Concern Or Opportunity, Competent In Npv, Irr, Payback Period, Sg&A Accountability, Etc.
This position is responsible for leading all aspects of flexible packaging development.
• Experience In Consumer Packaged Goods Required, Food Packaging Strongly Preferred, Paper Based A Real Plus. • 5 Years Minimum As Project Manager And / Or Product Development • 10 Years Business Experience • Experience With Manufactured Products Is Preferred • Stage Gate Process Experience Is Preferred Minimum Requirements • Undergraduate Degree Required/ Masters Preferred • PMI Certified / Equivalent Is A Plus But Experience Can Offset • Available For Business Travel For Trial Management And Customer Meetings As Required, Potentially To 30%.
• Schedule and lead regular project team meetings insuring compliance to project activity goals and promptly issuing project team update meeting minutes. • Identifies and obtains resources needed and defines individual responsibilities.
• Manages day-to-day operational aspects of multiple projects, balances priorities and controls scope.
• Reviews and validates deliverables prepared by the team.
• Prepares, gathers and ensures projects & stage gate documentation is properly stored and available for stage gate reviews. • Identifies, mitigates and communicates any exposure and risk on projects.
• Ensures project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately in company archives.
• Manages project budget, maintains transparency, and provide forecasts for anticipated spending.
• Project management tools - work breakdown structure, critical path scheduling, gantt charts, risk assessment & mitigation, conflict resolution, problem solving, team building and brainstorming
Skills
• Financial Management -Understands Basic Revenue Models, P&L Work Ups, And Identifies Areas Of Concern Or Opportunity, Competent In Npv, Irr, Payback Period, Sg&A Accountability, Etc.
- Aptitude for learning new technologies and depth of technical expertise on multiple packaging materials or packaging/ processing systems.
- Experience in leading creation, development and commercialization of consumer-based packaging innovations.
- Able to develop and implement plans on a moderate to high risk projects using sound technical methodology.
- Understands the cost and performance drivers of packaging materials.
- Understands material and format alternatives for a given application.
- Experience in hot fill and retort packaging applications is a plus.
- Must be able to travel up to 30% of the time.
R&D Tooling: Plastic - $70-75K
Las Vegas area
Design in Solidworks for injection molding plastics company.
Design in Solidworks for injection molding plastics company.