Senior Project Manager Operations

Garmin International, Inc.•Olathe, KS

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Garmin is seeking a full-time Senior Project Manager Operations at its U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. The role serves as a leader and mentor in project management activities between project teams and other departments developing Garmin products, particularly for mid- to large-scale and complex projects. The Distribution and Logistics Team manages the movement of goods through the distribution channel to end users, consumers, or customers. Its work includes managing inventory in motion and at rest, and planning, executing, and controlling the procurement, movement, and stationing of personnel, materials, and other resources to achieve company objectives. The Senior Project Manager applies advanced project management expertise to define and communicate scope, milestones, and decisions; lead teams and stakeholder discussions; manage timelines, metrics, and risks; and drive project development and issue resolution. The role also contributes to product concepts and technology research, improves project management processes and tools, assesses project feasibility, and mentors less-experienced project managers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, Operations, Engineering, or a related field and at least 5 years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
Cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 as a general rule.
Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills and effective customer service skills.
Ability to lead a team and successfully execute projects of any scale or complexity.
Advanced understanding of Operations, IT, and Engineering issues as they relate to engineering project management, including identifying and mitigating risks.
Demonstrated communication, interpersonal, organizational, and analytical skills through prior project management success.
Demonstrated success bringing cross-functional teams together to resolve problems effectively.
Previous experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Project, and PowerPoint.
Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
Positive, detail-oriented, organized, team-oriented, and driven problem solver; able to multitask, self-start, prioritize, and lead in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Nice To Haves

APICS certification (American Production and Inventory Control Society).
Cumulative GPA of at least 3.5.
Experience with Oracle ERP demonstrating technical competence in configuring business functional modules.
General understanding of application programming, databases, and system design.
General understanding of Internet, Intranet, Extranet, and client/server architectures.

Responsibilities

Apply advanced project management expertise to complex projects and communicate project scope, milestones, and decisions.
Lead the timely documentation of project scope, including assumptions, requirements, objectives, validation needs, resource estimates, costs, and timing.
Model effective team meetings, drive efforts toward resolution and closure, and identify and resolve team conflicts.
Keep team members and stakeholders informed, lead project tradeoff discussions, and drive decisions that move projects forward.
Create and maintain complex timelines and milestone tracking, and use project metrics and risk management to identify and mitigate schedule risks.
Drive project development and issue resolution by identifying risks and issues, creating mitigation plans, and identifying issues affecting other segments.
Resolve conflicts by understanding interdependencies and building relationships across teams, Garmin departments, customers, suppliers, and other external entities.
Use product-domain knowledge to contribute to advanced concept and new-feature development and research new technologies.
Apply document-control and change-management processes.
Independently solve challenges and suggest or lead improvements to product development and project management processes.
Create or enhance tools for project planning and tracking development activities.
Make substantial contributions to assessing the feasibility of project goals and objectives.
Mentor, evaluate, and share knowledge with less-experienced Project Managers 1 and 2.
Provide reliable solutions to difficult problems using sound problem-solving techniques.
Prepare flow charts and diagrams as needed to manage project success, and recommend new project opportunities and improvements.