Global Packaging Program Manager, NPI & Sustainability

Veritiv; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Resource Groups

Professional development

Healthcare + 401k

Job summary

Veritiv in Phoenix, AZ seeks a Program Manager to coordinate globally with Sales, Engineering, Marketing, Procurement, and Supply Chain, leading programs from RFQ to implementation and ensuring on-time delivery of customer requirements.

You will drive new packaging development for sustainable, user-friendly, and cost-competitive packaging, leveraging expertise across packaging disciplines and a collaborative drive.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in program management.
• 3+ years of experience in NPI project planning preferably within a manufacturing environment.
• International business experience in China / Southeast Asia / Mexico preferred.
• Experienced program management practitioner able to work unsupervised.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, work under pressure, and adapt to sudden changes in the work environment.
• Excellent organizational skills in a multi-disciplined and multi-project environment.
• Ability to effectively present information to internal and external partners.
• Motivated, self-directed and demonstrate effective problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to present to a wide audience range of corporate customer contacts.
• Stakeholder management skills.
• Conflict resolution and problem‑solving skills.
• General knowledge of packaging design, packaging test protocols, international sourcing, supply chain optimization, business case development.
• College degree in related field or equivalent Business experience.
• Major or Specialty Area: Supply Chain, Packaging, Business Management.
• Formal project management qualification: PMP, CAPM, PMI-ACP certification, or equivalent professional certification.

Responsibilities

• SOW development, project planning, scheduling, progress tracking/monitoring, resource assignment, risk management, scope management, driving the teams, carrying out the projects against committed goals, managing project members and dependencies and presenting to internal teams and where needed, external partners.
• Complete program level documentation and reports such as KPIs, KAIs, and Milestones.
• Negotiate terms/price/conditions in accordance with management objectives understanding trade-offs between scope, quality, time, and cost.
• Proactive identification of programs risks, and development of risk mitigation plans as required.
• Liaise with the customers, establishing and maintaining single point of contact to ascertain satisfaction with progress and performance.
• Monitor the project status, establish, and update plans with actual and forecasted details, coordinate correctives actions to mitigate risk items and prevent deviations from the plan of record.
• Work closely with adjacent functional groups such as Sales, Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Marketing to coordinate interdepartmental activities ensuring the completion of the project on schedule and within the customer parameters.
• Execute new material innovation and sustainability projects to meet customer timeline and requirements.
• Attends and schedules project meetings, and manages the production of agendas and meeting minutes.
• Initiate and support continuous improvements to our processes and workflows.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Global stakeholder engagement

Sourcing & supply chain knowledge

Negotiation

Education

CAPM / PMP / PMI-ACP certification

College degree in related field or equivalent experience

Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMI

Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP) - PMI

Tools

Salesforce.com

ERP systems

CRM systems

Project management tools

Job description

Veritiv in Phoenix, AZ seeks a Program Manager to coordinate globally with Sales, Engineering, Marketing, Procurement, and Supply Chain, leading programs from RFQ to implementation and ensuring on-time delivery of customer requirements.

You will drive new packaging development for sustainable, user-friendly, and cost-competitive packaging, leveraging expertise across packaging disciplines and a collaborative drive.