Join Worthington Industries as a Project Manager. The Project Manager will be responsible for successfully structuring and executing key organizational projects, including Innovation and new product developments (NPD) within WI’s North American’s Building Products portfolio.

NPD management to vary from painpoint identification (Stage Gate 0) to fully commercial product launches (Stage Gate 5). As such the PM will work between sponsors, corporate support functions, immediate team members and plant level employees. This individual must have the ability to influence and lead teams without direct reports. The right-fit candidate will be comfortable in self-directed, collaborative environments. Should have a proven record of developing and leveraging strong working relationships to generate positive outcomes. Ideal candidate should be comfortable leading diverse teams in ambiguous and/or uncertain situations.

Responsibilities:

• Managing project definition phase: enlisting sponsorship, identifying key stakeholders, onboarding team members, and set a defined scope of work
• Managing project planning phase: risk management, estimating, scheduling, resource management
• Managing projects through the development process system (Stage Gate): Measuring and communicating progress through scheduled status and gate meetings, assessing project and timeline risks, remove roadblocks, corrective action plans through a successful project launch
• Influencing positive outcomes: schedule cross-functional team meetings, one-on-ones, timely feedback, issue identification with project team members.
• Track and report project milestones to senior leadership
  

Desired Experience:

• High performer – believes encouraging effective behavior is the key to project success.
• Influencer – is able to develop effective relationships and credibility with local team members who may not directly report to them.
• Self-directed – confident and capable in ambiguous environments; believes work product is a reflection of one’s self.
• Problem structuring / resolution – seeks to understand the core of an issue before solving. Once understood, moves to resolve the issue in a timely and collaborative effort. Does this with optimism.
• High business acumen – understands which levers impact a company’s bottom line and which are proxies to success. Candidate is capable of separating the two and aligning resources accordingly.
• Collaborator – ability to work with cross-functional team members in a manner that encourages open dialogue and input into key project issues.
• Curious & Learning Mindset – willing and open to change approach, grow and learn from others
• Leadership – ability to inspire and motivate teams diverse teams
• Communication – clear communicator, tailoring messaging to audience and effectively gets to point
• 2–4 years work experience in product or project engineering or technical role within a project team; or equivalent combination of strategy, technical and/or financial project management,
• 2+ years work experience in project management; familiarity with Project Management tools and/or software packages
• Previous work experience in sales, marketing, customer service or equivalent role.
• Experience in implementation of projects into a production environment
• Previous work experience providing coaching and feedback to direct and indirect team resources a plus
• Previous work experience in Industrial Products a plus
• Previous work experience in NPD process encompassing Ideation through Manufacturing & Product Launch a plus
• History of success in a collaborative work environment
• Previous work experience dealing with manufacturing and/or sourcing partners.
• Effective cross-functional resource and project meeting management experience
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field a plus but not required
• PMP certification a plus