• Job Description

  Req#: R04004

  Charter Manufacturing is a fourth-generation family-owned business where our will to grow drives us to do it better. Join the team and become part of our family!

  POSITION PURPOSE/MISSION :

  Collaborate with business unit and functional stakeholders to manage multiple large to medium-size projects in support of Charter’s strategic digital efforts.

  This is a future pipeline posting for future opportunities.

  MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

  • Bachelor’s Degree.

  • Five plus years directly managing large business and technology-based projects (system implementations, strategic business initiatives, etc.).

  • Experience successfully delivering large projects with both waterfall and agile project management methodologies.

  • Experience successfully delivering large projects across multiple business processes and stakeholders (Commercial, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, etc.).

  • Experience successfully delivery large projects across a spectrum of technologies (ERP, Web, Middleware, Upgrades, and Infrastructure).

  • Experience working with a variety of project management tools (e.g., ChangePoint, MS Project, Jira, etc.).

  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate across all levels of the organization (leadership, project teams, end users, etc.).

  • Excellent leadership skills, with the ability to adapt leadership style based on stakeholder group (situational leadership).

  • Excellent organizational awareness, with the ability to identify and collaborate with key influencers specific to each project to drive success.

  • Proven ability to persuade and influence without authority.

  • Strong business/financial acumen and negotiation skills.

  • Strong analytical, problem solving, and qualitative analysis skills.

  • Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including leadership, management, peers, and external resources.

  • Ability to act as a servant leader, teaching and mentoring both business unit and technology teammates to build stronger and more effective teams.

  PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS :

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) or related degree.

  • Seven plus years’ directly managing large business and technology-based projects (system implementations, strategic business initiatives, etc.).

  • Five plus years’ leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.

  • Experience working across a variety of organizations (variety from both an industry and size perspective).

  • Experience leading or participating in digital transformation.

  • Experience working in a matrix organization being accountable to multiple stakeholders, such as various centers of excellence (COE), business relationship managers, and portfolio managers.

  • Scrum master experience.

  • PMP certification.

  MAJOR ACCOUNTABILITIES :

  • Deliver projects tied to annual improvement priorities and strategic goals.

  • Assist digital leadership in developing project objectives, defining project scope, and determining success criteria.

  • Develop project, communication, risk mitigation, and change management plans.

  • Control and monitor project scope, time, cost, and quality, including managing the budget and interfacing with applicable vendors.

  • Create and present high-level project status updates to project sponsors, management, and steering committees.

  • Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.

  • Research, identify, and negotiate for all project resources (internal and external).

  • Coach, mentor, motivate, and supervise project team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.

  • Conduct project postmortems, communicating lessons learned and providing feedback to support the continued growth of Charter’s IT project delivery.

  • Educate stakeholders on the processes and procedures of Charter’s project methodologies.

  • Follow Environmental, Quality and Safety Management System procedures and requirements.

  • Ability to meet the essential job requirements, with or without reasonable accommodation, as outlined in the job description.

  POSITION CHALLENGES :

  • Managing in a resource constrained matrix organization.

  • Resource challenges are expected, and COE collaboration is critical to ensure resources are aligned to the highest priority work across the portfolio.

  • Constant communication, and the ability to escalate to the correct level when appropriate (requires strong organizational awareness).

  • Managing multiple large and medium sized projects.

  • Managing organizational change across a diverse stakeholder group.

• About the company

  Customer-focused, leading American supplier of carbon and alloy steel bar, rod, and wire products with facilities in Wisconsin and Ohio.

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