Director of Project Management - Global NPD

G&W Electric Co - Bolingbrook, IL

Full-time - Senior

Bolingbrook, IL

Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing

About the position

Innovating since 1905, G&W Electric has grown into a global leader in engineered electrical power grid solutions. Working with us means joining a worldwide team of passionate manufacturing professionals striving to continually improve the technologies the world depends on to deliver safe, reliable electricity. Our culture is focused on employee success, so we foster an entrepreneurial environment that encourages everyone to thrive. The Director of Project Management is responsible for ensuring that New Product Development projects are executed effectively and efficiently and meet organizational goals and requirements. The Director oversees the Project Managers, develops, and maintains PM methodologies, policies, standards, and tools, and works with other department leaders to define, prioritize, and develop projects and programs. The Director is responsible for the development of the departmental budget and ensuring projects remain on track regarding quality, cost, and delivery. The Director will define the Project Management approach and lead the implementation of a common project management methodologies, standards, and tools to drive and facilitate the successful delivery of projects/programs. This includes managing interdependencies and coordination across projects to ensure that information relating to project deliverables, risks, and issues are effectively communicated between stakeholders and that key performance indicators are monitored and evaluated. The Director will help to define business strategies and organizational policies to enable the strategic coordination of multiple major projects and initiatives to improve efficiency and effectiveness of projects. They will prepare written documentation of processes, material requirements, test results, and project activity as required, and create or revise G&W standards as needed. In overseeing day-to-day Project Management Activities, the Director will establish and lead multidisciplinary global teams in the development of new and innovative products. They will work collaboratively with all stakeholders, including Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Aftermarket Service, Quality, Finance, Product Management, Sales, and Marketing, to ensure the successful delivery of the project. The Director will challenge the team to meet organizational goals and timing, drive the schedule, scope, budget, staffing, and quality objectives to ensure the projects stay on track and within commitments, and provide the ROI to the organization. They will manage project risks through identification, prioritization, and mitigation events, develop critical path analyses to manage the project critical path items, and measure project performance using various tools and techniques to identify any variances to plan, perform required corrective actions, and communicate to all stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define the Project Management approach and lead the implementation of common project management methodologies, standards, and tools.
• Manage interdependencies and coordination across projects to ensure effective communication of project deliverables, risks, and issues.
• Help define business strategies and organizational policies for strategic coordination of multiple major projects.
• Prepare written documentation of processes, material requirements, test results, and project activity as required.
• Create or revise G&W standards as needed.
• Oversee day-to-day Project Management Activities including establishing and leading multidisciplinary global teams.
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.
• Drive schedule, scope, budget, staffing, and quality objectives to keep projects on track.
• Manage project risks through identification, prioritization, and mitigation events.
• Develop critical path analyses to manage project timelines and costs.
• Measure project performance and communicate variances to stakeholders.
• Foster collaborative relationships with project leaders, team members, and senior stakeholders.
• Develop staff to support project work and improve design methods and quality of designs.
• Communicate and report project information to management and stakeholders through presentations and correspondence.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or related field required.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification required.
• At least 8 years of management experience including at least 8 years of project management experience in a highly technical product development role.
• At least 3 years of management experience.
• Strong understanding of good development engineering processes such as lean product development, APQP, Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Assembly (DFA), Excellence (DFX), Six Sigma, Lean concepts, and stage gate.
• Experience with industry quality actions such as PPAP and SPC.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully lead complex and highly technical product development projects and teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organization, facilitation, and negotiation skills.
• Ability to understand technical issues and communicate these issues to project stakeholders.

Nice-to-haves

• Proficiency in DFSS and Lean including DOE, Capability & Control, FMEA, MSE, DFM, etc.
• Well-developed analytical, design, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Proven success with multi-disciplined systems' engineering projects.
• Knowledge of power systems and medium/high voltage circuit breakers.
• Six Sigma Black Belt certification.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Health insurance
• 401k plan with matching contributions
• Paid time off
• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible work environment