Project Manager

The Project Manager at Equator plans, coordinates, and manages project execution, ensuring adherence to timing, cost, quality, and benefits. This role involves gathering requirements, establishing plans, confirming cost structures, and overseeing overall project execution. The Project Manager interacts with various teams, departments, and clients to maintain the project's critical path, defines potential problems, and suggests alternatives based on cost, time, and quality standards.

Must Have

• Collect, analyze, and understand project requirements.
• Develop and maintain project plans, including scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, timelines, and schedules.
• Communicate project status, requirements, and structure across teams and departments.
• Define potential problems and suggest alternatives based on cost, time, and quality.
• Analyze project cost structure and deviations.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, sales/marketing, and purchasing teams.
• Manage day-to-day project progress, including risk assessment and problem resolution.
• Conduct project reviews.
• Serve as the main day-to-day contact for internal teams, clients, and suppliers.
• Attend project planning meetings as a subject matter expert.
• Assist with workflow management and reporting tools implementation.
• Participate in cross-functional teams to improve processes.
• Plan, direct, and coordinate employee activities; mentor and develop team.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Project Management or related field.
• 4+ years of previous project management experience.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite, Outlook, and Internet applications.
• Strong analytical, prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, presentation, budgeting, project management, and planning skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Solid understanding of mathematical concepts.
• Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships.
• Ability to work autonomously and within a team in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.
• Ability to work with and influence peers and senior management.
• Self-motivated with critical attention to detail, deadlines, and reporting.

Good to Have

• Advanced degree preferred

Perks & Benefits

• Health care plans with prescription drug coverage
• Dental plan
• Vision plan
• Basic and supplemental life insurance
• Flexible spending account for medical and dependent care expenses
• Health savings account (based on plan selection)
• Short/long term disability
• 401(k) Savings Plan

Description

##### Equator is a global packaging design agency, delivering strategy to shelf without compromise. We create powerful brands that get noticed and chosen. Equator is division of Marks, part of the Propelis Group

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Project Manager plans, coordinates, and manages the execution of various projects, ensuring adherence to all project performance targets such as timing, cost, quality, and achievement of proposed benefits/return. This role gathers project requirements, establishes project plans, confirms cost structures and oversees the overall execution of the project. The Project Manager interacts with various teams, departments and clients to ensure the project maintains its critical path.

This is a hybrid role based in Cincinnati OH

##### JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collects, analyzes and understands project requirements.
• Develops and maintains project plans, including documentation of project scope, objectives, deliverables, key milestones, timelines, schedules, internal and external resources, project dashboards, etc.
• Communicates the project status, requirements, and structure across the Project Management team and all necessary departments.
• Defines potential problems and suggest alternatives based upon cost implications, time constraints, and customer quality standards.
• Analyzes the project’s cost structure and any significant deviations from the approved cost structure.
• Collaborates with manufacturing, sales/marketing, and purchasing teams in project definition, feasibility, and approval process.
• Manages day-to-day progress of projects including risk assessment and problem resolution.
• Conducts project reviews according to prescribed process/structure.
• Serves as the main day-to-day contact on current projects for internal project teams, clients and suppliers.
• Attends project planning meetings as needed; serves as subject matter expert regarding workflow, processes, capacity, timelines, etc.
• Assists with the implementation of workflow management and reporting tools focusing on quality, profitability, efficiency, and productivity.
• Participates in cross-functional teams to develop and/or adapt processes, policies, and workflows to improve efficiency, accuracy, speed, quality, etc.
• Plans, directs, and coordinates activities of employee(s) to ensure goals or objectives are accomplished. Mentors, coaches, trains and develops team.
• Additional duties as assigned.

##### QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Project Management or related field
• Advanced degree preferred
• 4+ years of previous project management experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Occasional travel either locally, nationally, and/or internationally may be required.
• High degree of proficiency MS Office Suite, Outlook & Internet applications
• Strong analytical, prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, presentation, budgeting, project management (from conception to completion), & planning skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills (including analysis, interpretation, & reasoning)
• Solid understanding and application of mathematical concepts
• Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with peers and colleagues across the organization, as well as, internal and external clients
• Ability to work well autonomously and within a team in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment.
• Ability to work with and influence peers and senior management
• Self-motivated with critical attention to detail, deadlines and reporting

##### PHYSICAL ASPECTS / WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Regularly required to stand; walk; sit; and talk, hear and see.
• Regularly/Occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $65,000 USD - $75,000 USD annually. Ultimately, in determining pay, we will consider the successful candidate’s location, experience, and other job-related factors.

Group benefits currently include a selection of health care plans with prescription drug coverage, dental plan, vision plan, basic and supplemental life insurance, a flexible spending account for medical and dependent care expenses or a health savings account based on plan selection, short/long term disability and 401(k) Savings Plan.

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