Strategic Operations Project Lead

Socket.dev; Bowling Green (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CMC Group, Inc. is seeking a highly organized CME Operations Project Manager to drive operational projects from planning through implementation, partnering with manufacturing, warehousing, supply chain, quality, engineering, IT and other stakeholders.

Reporting to the EVP of Operations, you will define scope, schedules and budgets, maintain visibility of priorities, track risks, and ensure projects deliver improvements in safety, quality and capacity.

Qualifications

• Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Operations Management, Engineering, Supply Chain, Project Management, or related field.
• Two or more years of project coordination or project management experience in manufacturing, packaging, warehousing, supply chain, engineering, or operations environment.
• Experience supporting cross-functional projects, capital initiatives, process improvements, or operational change is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manages CME operations projects from concept through implementation, stabilization, and closeout.
• Defines project scope, objectives, deliverables, business value, ownership, timing, resources, budgets, and success measures.
• Maintains the CME operations project portfolio with priorities, schedules, milestones, and risks.
• Develops and maintains project plans, action trackers, meeting notes, dashboards, and status reports.
• Leads cross-functional project meetings, confirms commitments and due dates, and ensures deliverables.
• Coordinates projects across manufacturing, warehousing, supply chain, quality, engineering, IT, safety, commercial teams and suppliers.
• Monitors performance against schedule, budget, scope; recommends corrective actions when needed.
• Identifies risks early and escalates issues through CME Operations leadership.
• Supports capital equipment, facility, process improvement, capacity expansion, automation, systems implementation and operational readiness initiatives across CME.
• Coordinates implementation planning including testing, training, standard work, documentation, communications, and transition to operations.
• Uses data and metrics to validate project needs and outcomes.
• Promotes consistent project management practices and continuous improvement of intake, governance, reporting and closeout.

Skills

Project coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Budgeting

Risk management

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration/Operations/Engineering

Tools

Project management software

Job description

CMC Group, Inc. is seeking a highly organized CME Operations Project Manager to drive operational projects from planning through implementation, partnering with manufacturing, warehousing, supply chain, quality, engineering, IT and other stakeholders.

Reporting to the EVP of Operations, you will define scope, schedules and budgets, maintain visibility of priorities, track risks, and ensure projects deliver improvements in safety, quality and capacity.