Senior Project Manager — Cross-Functional Transformation

Sandvik; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

GWS, a leader in design and manufacturing of custom cutting tools, seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead cross-functional initiatives within the PMO. Flexible location with travel requirements, this role drives operational and commercial projects, aligning ERP/CRM efforts with strategic business outcomes.

You will define scopes, manage budgets, lead governance, and deliver value across diverse departments, including Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Finance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; seven+ years of project or program management experience.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional transformation initiatives.
• Operations or Commercial management experience preferred.
• PMP, Lean Six Sigma, Agile, or change-management certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic operational, commercial, and digital initiatives.
• Define project scope, objectives, business cases, plans, budgets, and success measures.
• Manage milestones, resources, dependencies, risks, issues, and decisions.
• Lead project governance, steering committees, executive updates, and escalations.
• Coordinate teams across Operations, Supply Chain, Planning, Logistics, Quality, Customer Service, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Product Management, Finance, and IT.
• Deliver operational projects such as manufacturing improvement, S&OP, supply chain optimization, inventory reduction, automation, and process standardization.
• Deliver commercial projects such as CRM, customer experience, quote-to-order, pricing, sales effectiveness, forecasting, and go-to-market improvements.
• Connect ERP, CRM, analytics, automation, and AI initiatives to business outcomes.
• Lead change management, communication, readiness, training coordination, and adoption.
• Track schedule, budget, benefits, productivity, service, customer, revenue, and adoption measures.
• Apply PMO standards, support fact-based decisions, and capture lessons learned.

Skills

Project planning

Governance

Risk management

Financial tracking

Benefits realization

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Executive presentation

ERP/CRM knowledge

Analytics tools

Education

Bachelor's degree

PMP certification

Lean Six Sigma

Agile certification

Tools

ERP

CRM

Analytics tools

Collaboration tools

Job description

GWS, a leader in design and manufacturing of custom cutting tools, seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead cross-functional initiatives within the PMO. Flexible location with travel requirements, this role drives operational and commercial projects, aligning ERP/CRM efforts with strategic business outcomes.

You will define scopes, manage budgets, lead governance, and deliver value across diverse departments, including Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Finance.