Associate Project Manager

Great Northern•Chippewa Falls, WI

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Great Northern is a leading developer and manufacturer of creative solutions for packaging, shipping, merchandising and distributing products for industrial, commercial and retail markets. Great Northern – Chippewa Falls is seeking a Associate Project Manager to join our growing team! Our Associate Project Manager's Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm. Daily schedule can be flexible.

Requirements

To be successful your teammates will depend on you to have pride in your work, be on time, work safely, work effectively with others, be optimistic, take ownership of your responsibilities, and look for continuous improvement opportunities.

Nice To Haves

You will have the opportunity to learn new skills and acquire new knowledge that can be applied to grow into new positions with higher pay. Furthermore, you can grow your career with Great Northern through advancement opportunities available at our facilities both locally and nationally.

Responsibilities

Understands the current state of customer projects and deadlines and assures necessary coordination is being achieved, and step in as necessary in order to achieve desired results.
Communicates with customers and Account Managers about the specifics of Instore projects or their special needs.
Assist the VP of Sales Development and Account Managers with internal and external value added programs such as cost downs, RFPs, margin enhancements, and/or strategic projects.
Assist in onboarding of new strategic accounts and nurture long-term relationships with strategic customers.
Support existing business and growth opportunities with key strategic accounts to include providing quotations and negotiating pricing, providing quality alternatives and solutions to customers’ expressed wants and needs and driving projects through the system.
Facilitate communication between key strategic accounts, account manager and internal staff to efficiently maintain positive momentum on all projects, orders, or initiatives.