About the position
The Senior Packaging Project Manager is responsible for developing and managing all PetSmart Proprietary Brands packaging projects. Core responsibilities will include scheduling projects, driving workflow efficiency during packaging development along with developing and maintaining detailed project timelines, task assignments, and key milestone tracking. This individual must be able to handle high volumes of projects simultaneously that range in scope, size, and complexity with a calm demeanor. The Senior Packaging Project Manager needs to be a strategic thinker with the ability to embrace change and foster creative solves to ensure projects meet deadlines. This individual advises on project statuses and creates reports that are business relevant. The Senior Packaging Project Manager needs to be highly organized, detail oriented, and a strong communicator. This individual must remain objective when managing projects and collaborates with cross-functional partners to find the best project solution. The Senior Packaging Project Manager must be comfortable hosting and leading business meetings for all Packaging print and web development stages. Must be experienced as an Adobe Workfront Admin and can train new partners when needed. This role does not have any direct reports.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate packaging project in-take meetings.
- Manage documentation, scheduling, reporting.
- Work creatively and analytically in a critical thinking, strategic, problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence.
- Identify potential roadblocks, mitigate risks on projects, develop contingency planning, and proactively engage in problem-solving.
- Provide status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverables, timelines, resources, risks and issues.
- Set and continually manage project and program expectations of internal and external partners.
- Provide relevant and succinct information in presentations, reviews and meetings.
- Always know what is happening under your realm of responsibility and have a general grasp of creative strategies.
- Passionately champion the creative processes and procedures of the team.
- Research best practices for continual process and operational improvements and efficiencies. Remain composed during high-workload volumes.
- Be interested in scrappy ways of solving problems. Be interested in new technologies that can vault the team forward faster.
- Excellent communication skills to collaborate with creative, brand partners and external vendors.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in project management, operations or related discipline or equivalent professional experience. PMP certification preferred, not mandatory.
- 6-8+ years project management experience on an in-house creative team or creative agency account/project management role.
- Knowledge of cross-functional creative processes and practices in retail.
- Expert knowledge of Adobe WorkFront program, fluid as a WorkFront Admin, MAC proficient, and skilled in using MS Office applications (Excel, Word, and Sharepoint) are a must.
- Experience managing the delivery of simple to large, complex, cross-functional creative projects.
- Experience managing or working within cross-functional creative teams.
- Experience managing vendor partnerships through regularly cadenced communication and set connection points.
- Effective relationship builder to establish credibility and form partnerships with internal and external partners.
- Excellent organization and time management skills with the ability to set priorities.
- Excellent communications skills (written and verbal) with the ability to create presentations with little advance notice.
- Unbelievably organized, energetic and quick on your feet.
- Experience managing processes, resources and schedules with proven problem-solving and resourcefulness.
- Proactive and decisive. Able to quickly adapt to change and competing demands through strong critical thinking and strategic problem solving.
Benefits
- Pet friendly environment, bring your pets to work!
- On-site Dog Park
- "Top Dog" gym with equipment, fitness classes, massage therapists and personal trainers
- "Sit & Stay" Café serving fresh breakfast and lunch options
- On-site coffee bar
- "Lil' Paws" learning center and onsite daycare facility (associate paid)
- Volunteer events with PetSmart Charities
