Project Manager

Waterlooville

8.00am - 4.00pm Monday - Friday

Manufacturing/Production NPD Project Manager

• Generating, monitoring, and updating CPA’s (Critical Path Analysis) for live NPD projects and customer re-orders on Monday.com project management platform.
• Driving all customer communications on the status of the project ensuring the customer is aware of any internal discussions, quality issues or amendments to timings. 
• Working closely with the quality team to communicate QC issues on packaging & raw materials to customers in order to resolve in a timely and effective manner.
• Responsible for providing stock in warehouse dates to the Production and Manufacturing teams to ensure our production plans are accurate, achievable, and meet the customers’ expectations.
• Organising and attending weekly/fortnightly/monthly customer meetings to update on CPA progress, advise any potential risks, discuss variations, and agree adjusted timelines when required.
• Communicating effectively with external suppliers to mitigate and troubleshoot any supply chain delays which may arise throughout a project.
• Responsible for running internal Stage Gate/CPA Meetings with cross functional teams including directors.
• Leading post project review meetings with internal Heads of Departments ensuring our learnings and key takeaways from each projectare captured and actioned ahead of future production runs.

Experience and Qualifications

• Proven experience within a Project Manager role (experience using PM tools essential e.g. Asana, Monday.com, MS Projects, Trello)
• APM or Prince qualifications in project management preferred, Pelham can support with continued learning under these courses.
• Understanding of a Manufacturing environment
• Needs to be acutely detailed orientated.
• Expert Communicator: You will need to be able to clearly articulate your ideas, challenge above and below your reporting line as well as receive feedback from your team and project stakeholders.
• Thinking ahead: Spotting risks before they happen, and head them off before they compromise deadlines, budgets, or deliverables.
• People centric minded: You need to LOVE PEOPLE, working with a variety of functions throughout the business. You should be empathic, able to listen and understand the concerns of all team members and support them in finding resolutions rapidly where appropriate.
• Able to create an open and collaborative environment to work in, be flexible, adaptable and have a willingness to learn.
• Able to navigate and negotiate around obstacles, does not shy away from difficult conversations, solution focused.
• Hands on practical approach, willing to get ‘stuck in’ when necessary.