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Project Manager

@ PIM Brands
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Park Ridge, New Jersey, United States
$95k-$105k/yrOnsiteFull Time
Responsibilities:Drive execution, Communicate status, Guide teams
Requirements Summary:Bachelor’s degree in a technical field; 3+ years PM experience; strong leadership, communication, and MS Office/Project skills.
Technical Tools Mentioned:Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project
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Job Description

Do you love snacks? Are you looking to join an ever evolving and rapidly growing team? PIM Brands might just be exactly what you’re looking for!

At PIM, We Make The Brands You Love®.  Our portfolio of products, from Welch’s® Fruit Snacks to Sun-Maid® Chocolate Raisins and Sour Jacks® Sour Candies are enjoyed by millions of consumers every day. And when it comes to careers, we seek talented, results-oriented individuals who want to play a part in building amazing brands and products while working in a collaborative, dynamic, and fast-paced office environment. At PIM, you can make an immediate and lasting contribution to help grow iconic snack and confectionery brands, no matter your area of expertise.

We are looking for a Project Manager interested in starting a career with a top-ranked and growing snack company, and to be part of our Supply Chaing & Project Management Office at PIM’s Headquarters in Park Ridge, New Jersey. The Project Manager role owns the delivery of innovation and continuous improvement from ideation to delivery. This critical business role plans, communicates, coordinates, and executes the entire life cycle of cross functional business imperatives. You will be on the front lines of delivering the brands people love!

The ideal candidate will have experience within a fast paced consumer-packaged goods (CPG) company environment and is well versed at interacting with and influencing multifunctional teams of internal and external stakeholders. You will be leading multiple projects simultaneously so the ability to organize and prioritize activities and helping others organize and prioritize will be important in being successful. Experience working in a stage gate oriented and deadline driven environment is also critical.

Responsibilities:

  • Drive successful execution of projects from ideation to launch.
  • Communicate project status, costs, bottlenecks and timelines to key stakeholders varying from suppliers to the Executive Team
  • Guiding teams through creation, setups, approval, and execution of projects.
  • Collaborating effectively with functional areas, support functions, and alliance partner functions (if applicable) to drive project delivery
  • Ensuring communications within and from the team are clear and effective, meetings have clear purpose and objectives, and that conflict is surfaced and resolved.
  • Provide mentoring, coaching, and oversight to associate project managers and project managers working on common projects. Sharing lessons learned and best practices.
  • Leveraging relationships and networks to improve and enhance team dynamics. Proactively identifying and removing obstacles to drive business results.
  • Actively participating and completing ongoing training and personal development activities to increase leadership competency and to gain knowledge and skill in the discipline of project management.