Associate Manager Project Marketing

Associate Manager Project Marketing

Location : Hershey, PA

Summary : Strategic leader of business-critical product portfolio initiatives and portfolio reviews by partnering with various cross-functional groups to support business priorities.

Responsibilities :

• Supports commercial portfolio reviews and acts as key partner point of contact for the respective portfolio leader (Sr Mgr / Mgr), in partnership with the portfolio operations team. Provides expert analysis, mines insights, and recommends actions while delivering forward-looking project portfolio visibility and viability, financial assessment, and capacity indicators to drive prioritization and business decisions (10%)
• Contributes to Stage-Gate process design across Types and Tiers for the assigned individual projects and participates in initiatives to continuously improve the Stage-Gate process, deliverables, Accolade system, and / or project portfolio management tools (10%)
• Provides critical leadership role in ensuring the successful development and execution of Medium / Low complexity projects for the commercialization of new and changing products / pack types, actively leading timelines, defining scope, managing resources, holding functions responsible for deliverables, and owning the budget, while requiring considerable coaching (60%)
• Accountable to deliver profitability and operational success by problem solving, removing roadblocks, elevating risks / issues, developing risk mitigation plans / contingencies, and facilitating decision making to drive projects forward through the stage gate process (20%)

Project management process expert - owns project execution and adherence to stage gate processes from project initiation (confirming correct project type & tier) through 1st delivery to the customer.

Core Competencies :

Ability to work under pressure and be comfortable taking ownership of leading a team towards a quick resolution

Qualifications :