Project Manager - North York, Canada - Canadian Custom Packaging & The Color Group

Canadian Custom Packaging & The Color Group

Verified Company

North York, Canada

1 week ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Position Overview:
The Project Manager is responsible for ensuring that projects are delivered on time, on-budget, and on plan.

In this role, the incumbent will provide overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion for specific projects ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments, and goals.

Primary Responsibilities:

Ensure all milestones meet their due dates in order to achieve the Target Ship Date; negotiate with appropriate departments and resolve all timeline issues with tactical planning to bring any projects back on track if facing obstacles
Lead the planning and implementation of the project by continuously evaluating and assessing each project milestone closely to identify lessons learned and best practices for implementation in future phases
Facilitate the definition of project scope, goals, and deliverables
Define project tasks and resource requirements
Develop fullscale project plans
Assemble and project staff
Plan and schedule project timelines, including but not limited to routine checkin meetings during the first project launch
Track project deliverables using appropriate tools
Provide direction and support to the project team
Constantly monitor and report on the progress of the project to all stakeholders
Present reports defining project progress, problems, and solutions
Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs
Project evaluations and assessment of results
Act as a first point of contact for questions, requests, or updates submitted by crossfunctional teams related to the scope, timeline, resources, and budget of a project and communicate/escalate the information as appropriate.
Systematically review projects to ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, within a defined scope, and with agreedupon specifications to enable the achievement of defined benefits.
Develop and execute timelines to support the customer's marketing calendar by planning with appropriate departments including Product Development, R&D, Operations, Quality Assurance, Bulk Manufacturing, and Fill Production
Ensure all milestones meet their due dates in order to achieve the Target Ship Date; negotiate with appropriate departments and resolve all timeline issues with tactical planning to bring any projects back on track if facing obstacles

Identify project dependencies; work with all departments and communicate the impacts to senior management and the customer if delivery dates are in jeopardy or missed.
Any other duties deemed necessary by upper management.

Skills and Qualifications:

This position requires a project manager to use their knowledge and experience to lead a project from its inception to completion according to a set timeline.

This typically includes planning, execution, monitoring, controlling, and closing phases.

Strong critical thinking, planning, organizing, and problemsolving skills

Demonstrated ability in decision-making, negotiation, conflict management, and communication skills

Multitasks, influences, and leads with the ability to adapt and manage stressful situations
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to work in a crossfunctional environment and communicate with all levels of the organization.
Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, word, excel, PowerPoint, TEAMS, etc. in order to produce effective reports, timelines, documents, and spreadsheets.
Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure, while managing conflicting priorities and tight deadlines.
Ability to work professionally and collaboratively with all internal departments and external customers to report on the project's progress and mitigate risks and address issues as they arise.
Selfstarter who is analytically minded, an adept problem solver and able to work independently and efficiently.
Soft and/or transferrable skills, including leadership, communication, problemsolving, and decisionmaking.

Education & Experience Requirements:

Post secondary education equivalent to a college Degree.

Qualification in project management or equivalent

Knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of project management

Knowledge of project management techniques and tools

Proven experience in strategic planning, risk management, change management and proficient in project management tools.

Direct work experience in project management capacity.

Understanding of beauty and OTC contract manufacturing industry preferred.

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