Global Product Change Leader & Project Manager

Hayward Industries, Inc.; North Kingstown (RI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Hayward Holdings Inc. in North Kingstown, RI, is seeking a Change Leader / Project Manager to oversee the global product improvement process and front-end portfolio management. You will manage cross-functional projects, align resources, and drive LEAN and CM initiatives across engineering, operations, and supply chain.

Travel is minimal as the role is based in North Kingstown, with five days in the office. The successful candidate will have 5+ years in program management or engineering

Qualifications

• Comfortable working autonomously to resolve complex challenges where no precedent exists.
• Understanding of manufacturing environments, operations, and supply chain processes.
• Enterprise OCM experience, including driving organizational changes related to major technology efforts.
• Strong analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to see multiple perspectives.
• Ability to clearly communicate complex ideas patiently, in a transformative environment.
• Ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences, establish and maintain relationships.
• Strong organizational skills, ability to work on multiple projects.
• Business process development and documentation experience.
• Prior experience working with engineering and/or manufacturing business systems and applications.
• Experience with MS Office applications including advanced Excel.
• Working knowledge of PLM, MRP, MES, and/or ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional sustaining, VAVE, regulatory, quality, supply chain, and product improvement projects from opportunity identification through implementation and closure.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, and dependencies to ensure successful delivery against objectives.
• Drive prioritization and execution of a diverse portfolio of engineering change opportunities.
• Facilitate collaboration across Engineering, Operations, Quality, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Product Management, and Supply Chain teams.
• Lead evaluation and implementation of cost reduction, value engineering, product reliability, manufacturability, and compliance improvement initiatives.
• Establish and maintain project governance processes, including status reviews, risk management, change control, escalation management, and executive reporting.
• Identify, develop, and implement process improvements, automation opportunities, and best practices.
• Support enterprise transformation initiatives, including PLM, ERP, and change management process enhancements.
• Create industry leading processes using latest available technologies to transform Hayward including: Investigation and Change Request Process to identify and document opportunities and define solutions.
• Enterprise Change Assessment process to assess internal and external requirements and validate change costs and impacts.
• Change prioritization and disposition process including Change Review Board for managing high-risk and high-impact opportunities.
• Define criteria for identifying opportunities requiring additional oversight. Address board membership, roles and responsibilities, and decision-making procedure.
• Identify opportunities for improvement in PMO and CM processes and lead continuous improvement activities.
• Participation in global improvement and standardization of CM processes through data driven decisions and requirement driven solutions.
• Technology transition: Actively support transition from localized MRP systems to a successful global PLM and ERP.
• Develop and maintain playbooks for CM standards to be used in PLM, MRP and ERP migrations.
• Comply with and support the health, safety, and environmental programs, policies and procedures.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder management

Organizational change management

LEAN

Education

BS in Engineering or Manufacturing

Tools

PLM

MRP

MES

ERP

Job description

Hayward Holdings Inc. in North Kingstown, RI, is seeking a Change Leader / Project Manager to oversee the global product improvement process and front-end portfolio management. You will manage cross-functional projects, align resources, and drive LEAN and CM initiatives across engineering, operations, and supply chain.

Travel is minimal as the role is based in North Kingstown, with five days in the office. The successful candidate will have 5+ years in program management or engineering