Quality Excellence Project Manager

Job Number: 23000DLU

Garland, Texas | Minneapolis, Minnesota | MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota | GARLAND, Texas

Primary Location: Garland, Texas 75042

Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time

Schedule: Full-time

Base Salary: $83340.00 - $126124.00 per year

Posted: 8/11/2023

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The Project Manager will organize, manage, and plan complex projects for Coil product development and product implementation efforts. This role involves overseeing a team to ensure projects are completed on time and to specifications. This role has high business visibility within Coil and would involve cross-functional interactions to achieve successful project implementation for business impact.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identify and resolve issues that arise with the project.
• Ensures the project has risk assessments at all stages, has risk mitigations built into the project plan, and communicates the risk status to the business.
• Ensure the team has effective data analysis to support investigations. Data analysis must be presented in a way that all can interpret it easily to drive to the correct conclusion.
• Leverage project opportunities or learnings which could improve business knowledge or processes.
• Identifies resource needs and risks for contingency timelines.
• Ensures the project team has developed a comprehensive project plan with a project timeline and milestones.
• Identifies resource needs and gains commitment from business leadership.
• Shephard new formula introduction into the plant.
• Lead the project team in identifying the scope, business need, business priority, gaining voice of the customer, and prioritized key critical to quality requirements.
• Lead cross-functional team for selected divisional projects on time and to key specifications with a focus on business impact
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects and prioritize appropriately.
• Documents project progress with regular communication to the stakeholders and business leadership

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated ability to lead a cross functional team to a successful outcome
• Program Leadership - Primarily facilitating program leadership.
• System Knowledge - Working knowledge of the basic functions and benefits of the SW systems (PV, QAD, Batch tracking, Horizon etc)
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.
• Must have at least 5 - 8 years of experience in product development, Operations, Quality, Technical, or Sales
• Change Leadership - Working knowledge of change leadership skills.
• Results oriented
• Previous direct customer interaction
• Able to work with an international team to drive improvement.
• Data Acquisition - Completed formal training and is able to acquire raw data and make recommendations.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the country for which you are applying for employment (without now or in the future needing sponsorship for employment work visa and/or permanent residence status).
• Demonstrated success in leading Root Cause investigations and analysis tools
• Knowledge of more complex problem solving and error proofing skills
• Versatility - Trained, aware of the different social styles, needs little guidance on how to adjust to other styles.
• Continuous Improvement Knowledge - Working knowledge of stats, ARC, and Lean.
• Must have at least 2 years of project management experience
• Strong Facilitator
• Flexible work schedule to adapt prioritization changes and needs
• Autonomy - Relies on peers for day to day tasks and direction on investigations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Program knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Minitab
• Business Knowledge – A basic understanding of SW’s business units, products, Operations, and processes.
• Presentations skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• System knowledge of Business Objects, Watson, MES, Product Vision, Discovery, and MES
• Previous international travel for work.
• Six Sigma Green Belt
• Experience with Stage Gate Process
• PMP Certification
• 5 years of experience in coatings products development, Operations, Quality, Technical, or Sales

Travel Requirements: 30%Domestic and International

Who we are
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Sherwin-Williams is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, pregnancy, genetic information, creed, marital status or any other consideration prohibited by law or by contract.

As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, Sherwin-Williams requests state and local employment services delivery systems to provide priority referral of Protected Veterans.

Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case and will impact where actual compensation may fall within the stated wage range.

The wage range listed for this role takes into account the wide range of factors considered in making compensation decisions including skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. The wage range, other compensation, and benefits information listed is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.