Strategic Packaging Project Leader

24 Seven Talent; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 83,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

24 Seven Talent is seeking an experienced Packaging Project Manager contractor to support national retailer packaging initiatives across the product development lifecycle.

You will coordinate planning, documentation and tracking from initiation through post-launch evaluation, liaising with packaging, product development, creative, brand, sourcing teams and international suppliers in the U.S., China and India.

Qualifications

• Four-year degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience supporting project management activities, preferably in packaging, product development, retail, sourcing or related industries.
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining project plans, schedules and milestone trackers.
• Familiarity with Stage-Gate project management processes and cross-functional coordination.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple activities and deadlines.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
• Ability to identify, document and escalate project risks and issues.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders and geographically distributed teams.
• Proficiency with project management, reporting and collaboration tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project plans, Stage-Gate documentation and end-to-end Timing & Action trackers for assigned packaging projects.
• Gather and document requirements, deliverables, dependencies, constraints and assumptions from stakeholders.
• Maintain schedules aligned with business calendars and approved milestones.
• Track activities, deadlines, action items and deliverable completion.
• Maintain a centralized T&A tracker showing owners, activities and target completion dates.
• Identify schedule conflicts, dependencies and execution risks, and upscale concerns to the client’s project leaders.
• Prepare status reports, dashboards and supporting documentation.
• Document project changes, decisions and lessons learned.
• Analyze project data to improve planning and tracking processes.
• Coordinate activities across packaging, product development, creative, brand, sourcing and supplier teams.
• Schedule, organize and facilitate working sessions, including Stage-Gate reviews.
• Prepare agendas, document discussions, capture action items and track follow-up.
• Monitor progress from kickoff through post-launch evaluation against milestones and deliverables.
• Identify, document and escalation risks, issues and roadblocks to stakeholders.
• Support issue resolution by gathering information and coordinating follow-up.
• Maintain project visibility in the client’s approved project management systems.
• Prepare project summaries and status updates for stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Stage-Gate coordination

Cross-functional coordination

Scheduling

Risk identification

Communication

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

PM software

Job description

24 Seven Talent is seeking an experienced Packaging Project Manager contractor to support national retailer packaging initiatives across the product development lifecycle.

You will coordinate planning, documentation and tracking from initiation through post-launch evaluation, liaising with packaging, product development, creative, brand, sourcing teams and international suppliers in the U.S., China and India.