Associate Project Manager
PIM Brands is a top-ranked and growing snack company known for its popular products like Welch’s® Fruit Snacks. The Associate Project Manager will assist in planning and executing projects, collaborating with multiple teams to ensure successful product commercialization from ideation to market launch.
Responsibilities
- Assisting in the planning and implementation of projects
- To participate in the creation of new products and maintaining current portfolio
- Helping to coordinate and manage project tasks and deliverables
- Heavy focus on analyzing and maintaining data
- To organize and maintain backend administrative elements of item setups
- Conducting administrative duties, organizing project meetings, ensuring all key stakeholders agree to what they need to do and are meeting deliverables
- Tracking and reporting project progress
- Performing other duties assigned by the Project Manager in an orderly and efficient manner
- Work with Marketing, Procurement, and Operations teams to help plan projects and related timelines in advance and to develop key project success criteria
- Constructively collaborate and help trouble-shoot and resolve conflicts
- Foster teamwork and enthusiasm and celebrate success
- Liaise with multiple functions regularly, outside of weekly project meetings, to build relationships, collaboratively solve problems and drive to project completion. Functions include Marketing, Sales, Procurement, Graphic/Design, Packaging, R&D, Demand Planning, Finance, Logistics, Operations, Engineering and outside vendors as appropriate
- Build positive internal customer relationships, works effectively with team members, peers and management both internally and externally
- Display a positive behavior, professional manner, and a willingness to be a team player and assist others at all levels
Skills
- College degree, preferably specialized in Business, Business Administration of Project Management, Supply Chain Management, Engineering
- 1-2 years of experience in project management or a related role
- Demonstrated leadership and ethics; demonstrated ability to hold others accountable for delivery
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team setting, including demonstrated ability in building and managing teams
- Strong collaboration and problem-solving skills; able to establish good working relationships with employees at all levels, resolve conflict and provide feedback, and to devise and implement creative solutions to problems
- Strong communication skills, both oral and written; demonstrated ability to speak up appropriately and to raise issues to teams and senior management
- Capacity to manage high stress situations
- Ability to multi-task and manage various project elements simultaneously
- Big-picture thinking and vision
- Demonstrates Advanced software skills in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project or similar programs
- Track record of delivering results
- Organization, attention to detail and follow through
- Ability to Prioritize critical tasks across multiple departments
- Ability to thrive in situations of complexity and ambiguity while functioning at a high level of productivity in a fast paced and dynamic environment
- Team player with ability to work with all functional players and understands how to navigate
- Flexibility to step outside the bounds of normal roles to help get it done
- Demonstrates excellent follow-up
- Sensitive to handling confidential information, and ensuring confidentiality is maintained
- Self-motivated
- Approachable, authentic, and genuine
- Advanced degree a plus
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package EFFECTIVE DAY 1, Including medical, dental, vision, disability, insurance plans and much more
- Total compensation package including bonus, 401(k) plan match and other incentives (*based on eligibility and position)
- Diverse range of benefit choices tailored to support you in making optimal decisions for yourself, your loved ones, and your preferred way of life
- Personal time off, vacation time, floating days and observed holidays
- Business casual dress
- Entrepreneurial and innovative culture offering the opportunity for internal career advancement
- Professional development and training opportunities offered across the organization
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