Senior Project Manager

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions•Downers Grove, IL

About The Position

As a Senior Project Manager at Zurn Elkay, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary, footprint optimization projects for the Zurn Elkay business. You plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules and budget, identifying risks, and clearly communicating goals to project stakeholders, including senior leadership. You will be responsible for providing program management support for strategic operations and distribution initiatives across a variety of business groups and geographies.

Requirements

Demonstrated experience and success in managing complex, cross-functional projects.
5+ years of experience in a manufacturing or distribution environment – operations, engineering, supply chain, logistics, finance, or similar role.
University bachelor's degree: advanced degree a plus
Travel up to 35%
Strategic and creative thinker with strong analytical and decision-making skills that can achieve quality, service, cost, and profit goals.
Use influence to drive project results and obtain buy-in from key stakeholders include senior leadership.
Maintain agility and flexibility in a dynamic environment.
Proven success at managing and leading a team of professionals with demonstrated success as an energizing, empowering leader
Well organized with exceptional written, verbal and formal presentation skills
Must possess team, organizational effectiveness skills, and financial/strategic acumen.
Strategic Mindset – Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.
Business Insight – Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals.
Collaborates – Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
Plans & Aligns – Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
Customer Focus – Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.

Nice To Haves

Prefer working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing

Responsibilities

Lead development of complex program schedules, expense and capital budgeting, and resource forecasting.
Ensuring integration of cross-functional schedules and deliverables.
Identify and manage risks, making judgments about quality and stopping/speeding up the program at the right time.
Lead the program scope definition and timely execution of key program decisions.
Manage program change after decisions are made.
Deliver the program on time via the allocation of time, budget, and resources
Lead the improvement of processes and tools
Drive accountability to schedules and budget by maintaining program schedules, scorecards, and facilitating project reviews.
Capture learnings and incorporate into new projects and process improvements.