Project Management Leader Medina, MN

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At Polaris Inc. we have fun doing what we love by driving change and innovation. We empower employees to take on challenging assignments and roles with an elevated level of responsibility in our agile working environment. Our people make us who we are and we create incredible products and experiences that empower us to THINK OUTSIDE.

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION :

As a Project Management Leader your role will be to identify opportunities that drive operational efficiencies across the manufacturing network proactively monitor and optimize back shop capacity build Make vs. Buy financial business cases to develop data-driven strategic recommendations and execute approved projects to achieve measurable marginal cost savings. Key components of the marginal cost savings are driven by operational costs logistics costs and tariff mitigation.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES :

These duties may include but are not limited to :

Develop plan communicate and implement assigned project(s) using a cross-functional team.

Develop financial estimates and execution plans for network optimization initiatives.

Proactively manage capacity to best leverage Polaris core competencies across the manufacturing network.

Discover quantify communicate and execute operation improvement projects to reduce total cost for Polaris.

Develop Make vs. Buy marginal cost financial models to formulate strategic insource / outsource recommendations for Business Unit approval.

Partner with engineering sourcing manufacturing logistics quality and finance to gather business case inputs and align on insource / outsource strategy for existing and NPI parts.

Ensure seamless part transitions through disciplined project management and adherence to released transition standards.

Develop and maintain relationships with operations and business leadership to ensure alignment and support of proposed plans.

Facilitate weekly cross functional injection mold meetings for manufacturing sourcing and quality functions to proactively mitigate risk.

Own financial performance for assigned initiatives including forecasting budget adherence and cost optimization.

Provide regular updates to senior management on financials project status and mitigations for critical program risks.

Other duties as assigned.

Additional Qualifications / Responsibilities

SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE :

Bachelors Degree required in operations engineering supply chain or a related field

Minimum 2 years related experience preferably in a similar industry.

Demonstrate high personal integrity and ethics.

Decisive and prone to action self-motivated and able to navigate ambiguity.

Effective communication at all levels of the organization and with suppliers customers and outside agencies.

Effective at managing multiple projects in parallel across various cross functions within the organization.

Demonstrated ability to coordinate and manage teams across geographies and without direct report relationships.

Demonstrated competence in manufacturing processes optimization with a strong product knowledge base.

Experience with Microsoft software including Excel Word Outlook and PowerPoint.

PMP or PgMP Certification preferred

Understanding of Lean principles and continuous improvement strategies preferred.

WORKING CONDITIONS :

Fast paced work environment

15% travel required or more depending on business need(s)

The starting pay range for Minnesota is $74000 to $90000 per year. Individual salaries and positioning within the range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education experience knowledge skills and geography. While individual pay could fall anywhere in the range based on these factors it is not common to start at the high end or top of the range.

Key Skills

IT Experience,Robot Programming,PMBOK,HVAC,Project Leadership,Conflict Management,Meeting Facilitation,Schedule Management,Project Management,Project Management Software,Microsoft Project,Leadership Experience

Employment Type : Contract

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Yearly Salary Salary : 74000 - 90000