Project Manager

The Clorox Company; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

401(k) plan

Healthcare benefits

Flexible work environment

Learning & development

Half-day Fridays

Job summary

The Clorox Company in Richmond, VA is seeking a Project Manager to lead cross-functional teams through charter to implementation, delivering new products, supply chains, and cost savings. You will coordinate between management and project teams to ensure scope, budget, and schedule adherence.

Ideal candidates have 3–7 years of project leadership, strong communication, and a bachelor’s degree (engineering/technical preferred).

Qualifications

• 3-7 years leading projects or in Product Supply organizations.
• Strong business and project leadership skills, assertive and diplomatic, self directing, able to manage up and down the organization without authority, willing to hold others accountable.
• Excellent communication and listening skills.
• General knowledge of FMCG products in manufacturing, logistics, R&D, regulatory, finance and marketing.

Responsibilities

• Leads projects from charter to final implementations through cross-functional teams.
• Ensures project deliverables, scope and resources are clearly captured in charter, and agreed to by stakeholders.
• Drives leadership’s timely decisions by ensuring data analysis and critical assessment.
• Coaches others and ensures adherence to PM processes.

Skills

Project leadership

Cross-functional teamwork

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Stage-gate processes

PM certification

Job description

Clorox is the place that’s committed to growth – for our people and our brands. Guided by our purpose and values, and with people at the center of everything we do, we believe every one of us can make a positive impact on consumers, communities, and teammates. Join our team. #CloroxIsThePlace

Your role at Clorox:

Leads small and medium complexity projects through cross-functional teams (i.e., marketing, sales, engineering, R&D, Product Supply and others as needed). Delivers projects for new product launches, new supply chains and/or cost savings. Acts as primary liaison between general management, leadership teams and project teams. Leads projects from initiation (charter) through technical transfer into final implementation. Organizes the cross-functional activities to ensure completion of the project requirements on schedule on budget and within charter constraints. Ensures the development of risks & contingency plans. Integrates all project activities ensuring clarity and congruency. Enables and ensures appropriate informing, and leadership’s timely decisions. Is the Project Management Process Owner, drives process stewardship, ensures abidance and coaches others as needed. Is considered a key business partner and leader by Category stakeholders.

In this role, you will:

Key Responsibilities

• Leads projects of any nature (e.g., growth, capability, savings, etc.) from charter to final implementations through cross-functional teams.
• Ensures project deliverables, scope and resources are clearly captured in charter, and agreed to by all stake-holders.
• Drives leadership’s timely decisions by ensuring team has right data analysis, facts, and critical assessment to drive.
• Ensures PM Processes are followed and leveraged by all team. Proactively drives process abidance, explicitly declaring breakdowns and coaching others, as needed.
• Maintains a high performing organization of enthusiastic owners through active listening, direction setting, coaching, and execution.
• Advances project management functional knowledge through coaching, mentoring.

What we look for:

Minimum Requirements:

• 3-7 years leading projects or in Product Supply organizations

Required Qualifications:

• Strong business and project leadership skills, assertive and diplomatic, self directing, able to manage up and down the organization without authority, willing to hold others accountable.
• Excellent communication and listening skills.

Desired Qualifications:

• General knowledge of FMCG products in following areas: Manufacturing, logistics R&D, regulatory, finance and marketing).
• Industry experience with a preference for Consumer Packaged Goods
• Knowledgeable in stage-gate processes and project management practices (certification / professional project management education preferred)

Education Level/Degree:

Bachelor’s degree required (engineering/technical degree preferred)

Our values-based culture connects to our purpose and empowers people to be their best, professionally and personally. We serve a diverse consumer base which is why we believe teams that reflect our consumers bring fresh perspectives, drive innovation, and help us stay attuned to the world around us. That’s why we foster an inclusive culture where every person can feel respected, valued, and fully able to participate, and ultimately able to thrive.

Benefits we offer to help you be well and thrive:

• Competitive compensation

• Generous 401(k) program in the US and similar programs in international

• Health benefits and programs that support both your physical and mental well-being

• Flexible work environment, depending on your role

• Meaningful opportunities to keep learning and growing

• Half-day Fridays, depending on your location