Senior Manager, PMO

Job ID: 2670 

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Newell Brands is a leading $8.3B consumer products company with a portfolio of iconic brands such as Graco®, Coleman®, Oster®, Rubbermaid® and Sharpie®, and 25,000 talented employees around the world. Our high-performance culture, unparalleled curiosity about the world around us, and talented people fuel our success. Our culture is enabled through our core values which guide all we do and how we win as One Newell. They are Integrity, Teamwork, Passion for Winning, Ownership & Leadership.

The PMO Sr. Manager will report to the Director of PMO and will work with the Home Fragrance leadership team to support the successful execution of critical initiatives. This role will be responsible for ensuring the development of project plans, supporting the attainment of key milestones, identifying necessary resources, and overcoming obstacles to ensure project/portfolio deliverables are realized successfully.  In addition, this role will function as a Subject Matter Expert on world-class project, process, and portfolio management, responsible for adopting best practice tools, processes, and training with BU personnel.  This is a working manager role, where roughly 50% of its capacity will be leading projects, while the remaining capacity will be focused on efficiencies and growth of the business.

Additional Expectations

• Business Acumen
  • Cascades top BU priorities and clear objectives for PMO to ensure short and long-term success.
  • Challenges resource utilization and drives projects that have optimal Return on Investment (ROI) to meet the company growth objectives.
  • Manages team budget to ensure buy-in from leadership and finance.
  • Considers future tactical requirements/projects and ensures team is positioned and resourced to deliver business needs.
  • Translates and communicates Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to ensure team performance contribution is aligned with the overall business strategy.
  • Creates development planning and objective setting for managers and individual contributors.
• Portfolio Leadership
  • Collaborates with functional leaders to execute the relative mix of Derivative, Renovation, Expansion, and Transformational innovation.
  • Implements portfolio management of NPD to drive awareness, inform decisions, and enable efficient execution of initiatives.
  • Develops, and leads program managers to commercialize business/product solutions.
• Problem Solving
  • Leads cross-functional teams to pursue creative solutions to business-critical challenges/roadblocks.
  • Challenges PMO to think outside the box with creative solutions using a winning business mentality not just a successful project approach.
  • Prioritizes resources to execute development efforts while communicating risks effectively.
  • Evaluates and recommends best problem-solving methodologies to meet given objective.
• Communication
  • Drives cross-functional teams to work seamlessly across boundaries of company, culture, and geography for successful project execution. 
  • Leads collaboration efforts across organization to leverage best practices, expertise, and shared resources.
  • Nurtures relationships with peers in other businesses to ensure BU stays on par or ahead with respect to operational excellence within Newell Brands.
• Technical Mastery
  • Evaluates procedures to ensure each project plan contains activities required in the NPD process.
  • Leverages cross-functional knowledge of business operations to effectively manage risks, coordinate project activities, and make appropriate decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, mathematics, or related field required (Master’s degree preferred)
• 10 years of product development leadership and project management experience in a new product development environment with evidence of successful product launches (12 years preferred)
• 7 years management experience required
• Demonstrates experience in managing a large number of projects through a team of direct reports in a cross functional environment
• Demonstrates organizational skills, aggressive drive for performance, and extremely high levels of personal accountability required
• Demonstrates experience in personnel management
• Demonstrates influencing skills (leads by example, clearly articulates business cases and interpretation of cause-effect impact)
• Demonstrates ability to foster constructive and cooperative working relationships in a global environment
• Demonstrates sensitivity and acts appropriately with varying cultural societies
• Demonstrates strong problem-solving skills including identifying potential problems and developing solutions
• Demonstrates proven track record of creativity and innovation
• Demonstrates excellent communication, interpersonal, writing, planning, and presentation skills and ability to lead by direct control and influence for positive business outcomes
• Demonstrates highly effective organization and planning skills
• Demonstrates ability to scope and size work efforts effectively
• Demonstrates ability to support the needs of and interact appropriately with cross-functional personnel through executive leadership

Newell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Rubbermaid, Sharpie, Graco, Coleman, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Yankee Candle, Paper Mate, FoodSaver, Dymo, EXPO, Elmer’s, Oster, NUK, Spontex and Campingaz. We are focused on delighting consumers by lighting up everyday moments. Newell Brands and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers and comply with applicable employment laws. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled are encouraged to apply.