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Senior Project Manager

Location: 

Apodaca, NLE, MX, 66647

Requisition ID:  1054

Job Summary/Overview

Position Overview: The Project Manager – NPD is responsible for the successful execution of new product development (NPD) projects to deliver organic revenue growth and other projects to support the overall business. The projects will primarily focus on industrial material handling equipment for a wide range of vertical markets and partner with mechanical, electrical, and software engineering teams.  Will collaborate across entire cross functional scope including product management, marketing, manufacturing, sales, customer service, and sourcing to ensure projects are a success.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Deliver complex new product development project related to material handling equipment, such as: actuators, hoists, controls, automation, and conveyors.  May also deliver projects related to sustaining engineering, cost reduction, product transfers, and business process improvements.
  • Ensure alignment across voice of customer, market requirements, specifications, and test plans.
  • Develop project scopes, work breakdown structures, resource plans, schedules, and budgets.
  • Manage project data across business systems to ensure accurate and timely reporting.
  • Control project execution through change management, risk management, and escalation.
  • Support continuous improvement via process development and learnings from post-sell reviews
  • Lead large teams of shared resources across multiple regions and functions including: operations, sales, marketing, supply chain, etc…

Knowledge, Skills, Competencies, and Abilities

  • Engage team members to ensure they are challenged, supported, and retained.
  • Effectively present and communicate across all levels, from the shop floor to the CEO.
  • Hold the team, peers, and stakeholders accountable to deliver on commitments.
  • Support Product Management in development of business cases and product positioning.
  • Champion for the overall growth strategy, keeping projects aligned and prioritized accordingly.
  • Lead project team at Gate reviews in a single, data-driven business recommendation.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Software Engineering, or related engineering field
  • 3+ years of experience in Project Management delivering complex, engineered systems including mechanical, electrical, firmware, and software design components
  • ~10% domestic and international travel
  • 3+ years of experience in new product development preferred
  • Project Management Certification (PMP and CSM), preferred
  • Higher education in Business/Marketing (MBA), preferred

About Columbus McKinnon:

Columbus McKinnon is a leading worldwide designer, manufacturer and marketer of intelligent motion solutions that move the world forward and improve lives by efficiently and ergonomically moving, lifting, positioning and securing materials.  Key products include hoists, crane components, precision conveyor systems, rigging tools, light rail workstations and digital power and motion control systems.  We are focused on commercial and industrial applications that require the safety and quality provided by our superior design and engineering know-how.  Columbus McKinnon is a publicly traded company that has been in business for almost 150 years – proud of our heritage, where we come from, and where we’re going. As Columbus McKinnon grows globally, so does our need for driven and inspired employees. Join our winning team!

Columbus McKinnon Corporation promotes a diverse and inclusive workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, marital status, or any other Federal or State legally-protected classes.  We also value the safety of all associates and work hard to maintain a Drug Free Workplace.

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