SENIOR MANAGER, SUPPLY CHAIN PMO

Senior Manager, Supply Chain Pmo - Manager, NSC PMO LeadThe Supply Chain Project Management Office (SCPMO) operates as a Center of Excellence for Project Management at a strategic level and sits inside of the Global Supply Chain function. It collaborates directly with Senior Leaders in Manufacturing, D&T, Strategy, Integration, Productivity and ERA and has responsibility for key projects across Global Supply Chain organization. The main goal of the SCPMO is to provide quality project management services and build project management capabilities across the Global Supply Chain using standards, guidelines, processes, tools, and techniques to efficiently and agile implement projects. **Specific Responsibilities**- Lead and oversees high priority and complex projects which requires high level of functional integration to deliver projects in all Supply Chain regions for Manufacturing and D&T operation optimization. - Demonstrate good capabilities in all project management competencies, including planning, executing, monitoring, and controlling of strategic and complex technical projects. - Manage projects from initial concept through final implementation following the project Lifecyle from initiation to closeout. - Responsible to define and deliver project scope; manage a decentralized project team; partner effectively with multiple functional and segments leads to identify and mitigate risks to timeline and cost. - Responsible for ensuring all project requirements are properly identified and translated to project documentation to define the scope. - Create and review project plans, work with stakeholders to understand complex problems, propose resolution, remove roadblock in a timely manner and escalate when necessary to meet timelines. - Drive the adoption to SCPMO management standards and practices to conduct consistently, efficiently, and timely the projects execution. - Drives team accountability and ownership on execution to deliver project on timing, cost, quality, and budget. - Monitor and report status of project progress and risks to the project sponsor, leadership team and key stakeholders. - Hold regular reviews with peer managers to ensure program and project plans are aligned with major initiative among Global Supply Chain as assigned. - Use financial information and data to conduct analysis and support fact-based project and business decisions. - Identify project management gaps and develop, improve, and implement standards, guidelines, practices, processes, and templates for managing projects consistently and efficiently in order to achieve results on time while reduce project related risk and costs. - Provide support and guidance to Associate Manager, Project Manager as needed with oversight on their project progress and development, while forming strong partnerships with cross-functional teams. - Mentor and coach Associate Manager and Project Managers to drive their performance and future career goals. - Encourages alignment across functions in Global Supply Chain and Segments to effectively manage and monitor Capital /Cash spend within guidelines of established project budget to meet project objectives. - Leads collaboration efforts across the organization to leverage best practices, expertise, and shared resources. - Provide coaching and training to functional or local Project Managers to build on site project management capabilities across Newell global supply chain. - Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business Management, or related technical field, PMP Certification preferred. - 10+ years of leadership experience preferred in project management for Supply Chain on CGP industries. - Demonstrated familiarity with manufacturing or DC operation and production/supply planning. - Experience leading complex programs with high complexity and high levels of capital spend. - Proven ability to facilitate relations between Executive Leadership, Operations and Distribution teams, along with business and segments functions at a global level. - Ability to interact and communicate appropriately with cross-functional personnel through executive leadership. - Demonstrated track record of effectively building partnerships to manage and resolve challenges. - Demonstrated familiarity with structured project management methodologies. - Demonstrate knowledge and experience managing technical and business requirements to deliver integrated solutions. - Experience in developing and deploying project management best practices, policies, procedures, and processes. - Logical and creative problem-solving and analytical skills required. - Proficient in project management tools such as Microsoft office suite, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, PowerBi and SharePoint. - Possesses influencing skills (leads by example, clearly articulates business c