Position Title: Project Manager, CPG Industry
We are currently recruiting for a Project Manager to fill a 6-month contract position for a client in the Princeton, NJ area.
Job Description
The Project Manager has primary responsibility for defining, planning, tracking and managing the assigned project. He/she is responsible for identifying key resources and providing the direction required for meeting the project objectives. He/she is also responsible for ensuring appropriate management, customer and supplier involvement throughout the life of the project.
Qualifications and skills of the Project Manager include an ability to lead and motivate people and encourage teamwork, an ability to communicate effectively with senior management, and a clear understanding of what determines a successful product for the customer and for the company. In addition, the Project Manager must have a technical background sufficient to understand the technologies and technical issues involved with the product, to be able to anticipate and identify critical technical obstacles, and to make accurate technology decisions.
The Project Manager also must be able to manage project schedule and task details and utilize project management tools such as reports, tracking charts, checklists, and project scheduling software and to delegate appropriately. He/she must be able to manage change and take active leadership in timely decision making. Finally a Project Manager must have the courage to face up to issues squarely and early, resolve conflicts, admit to having problems and seek coaching openly, escalate if necessary, and generally champion the people and the project up, down, and across the organization and with customers.
Role and Responsibilities
- Prepare project plan and obtain management approval of the project plan.
- Assure that all team members understand their roles and accept their responsibilities
- Apply project resources according to the approved project plan.
- Analyze risk and instigate avoidance activities. Establish contingency plans and identify trigger events and responsibility for initiating corrective action.
- Track and report on progress to plan.
- Analyze the actual performance against the plan and make adjustments consistent with plan objectives.
- Keep all stakeholders informed of progress and issues.
- Involve functional expertise in design reviews and key decisions as well as risk strategies.
- Assure timely adaptive action is taken.
- Manage change to preserve business plan commitments. Initiate Phase Review if objectives must change.
- Negotiate the performance of activities with team members and their managers.
- Establish and publish clear priorities among project activities.
- Coordinate management and technical decisions.
- Arbitrate and resolve conflict and interface problems within the project.
- Provide input on the performance of project team members to their supervisors.
Qualifications
- BA/BS degree in relevant field
- 10 years CPG industry experience (preferably R&D, Operations or Engineering)
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Experience with FDA regulated products preferred or cGMP
- Solid understanding of MS Project, Excel
- 5+ years project management experience
- PMI certification preferred
If you meet the above requirements and are interested in this opportunity, please submit your resume immediately to
