Strategic Project Manager - Engineered Polymers

GMM Pfaudler; Pennsylvania; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

GMM Pfaudler US Inc. is seeking a Project Manager for Edlon in Avondale, PA.

This role oversees the most strategic customer opportunities from authorization to delivery, coordinating Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Customer stakeholders. You will lead cross-functional teams to deliver on time, on budget, to specification, and with target margins, while escalating issues and managing risks.

Qualifications

• 8–15 years in engineered-to-order manufacturing.
• Project leadership of large industrial products.
• Manufacturing and Engineering experience.
• Customer-facing experience preferred.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and structured problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Lead overall projects from quote through customer acceptance and delivery.
• Coordinate Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Customers.
• Manage schedules, budgets, risks, and milestones.
• Escalate issues to maintain commitments and drive mitigation.
• Monitor risks and change orders with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Cross-functional coordination

Project leadership

Client-facing communication

Negotiation

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Education

Business degree

MBA

Job description

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Project Manager

Regular Full Time Indirect Edlon - US Avondale, Avondale, PA, US

30+ days ago Requisition ID: 1597

Project Manager

Edlon is the expert in engineered polymer and fluoropolymer material , with over 50 years of experience in creating specialized, cost-efficient solutions. As a global provider of innovative process solutions integrated within the GMM Pfaudler Group , Edlon is a pioneer in developing new technologies with a broad array of premium products .

Full-time employees are eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Disability coverage on the first day of employment. We also offer a 401(k) Plan with employer match and safe harbor contribution, as well as Vacation, Holidays, Tuition Reimbursement and professional development opportunities.

Position Summary

The Project Manager is accountable for the successful execution of EDLON's largest and most strategic customer opportunities from project authorization through final delivery. The position coordinates and leads cross-functional activities across Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Customer stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered:

• On Time
• On Budget
• To Specification
• At Target Margin
• With High Customer Satisfaction

This role does not replace functional management responsibilities. Instead, it provides overall project leadership, alignment, accountability, risk management, and communication across all functions involved in project execution. The Major Projects Manager serves as the single point of accountability for project results and the primary escalation point for project-related issues.

Primary Responsibilities

1. Project Leadership and Ownership

• Assume overall responsibility for assigned strategic customer projects.
• Establish project objectives, scope, milestones, budgets, risks, and success criteria.
• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules from quote acceptance through customer acceptance, based on functional capabilities and requirements.
• Drive accountability for commitments made by each functional area.
• Escalate issues when required to maintain project commitments.

2. Commercial Coordination

Partner with Sales and Engineering to:

• Define/confirm customer requirements and deliverables.
• Evaluate commercial and execution risks.
• Validate project assumptions used in quotes.
• Manage customer expectations (through sales function) throughout execution.
• Monitor sales and margin performance against targets.

Work with Engineering to:

• Assess engineering capacity and capabilities to deliver on specification and on schedule.
• Ensure engineering deliverables are completed on time.
• Facilitate design reviews with all necessary parties.
• Monitor technical risks and mitigation plans.
• Ensure design changes are evaluated for schedule and cost impacts.

4. Manufacturing Coordination

Work with Operations to:

• Align production schedules and capabilities with project milestones.
• Monitor manufacturing progress versus plan.
• Facilitate prioritization decisions when resources conflict and resolve bottlenecks impacting timelines.
• Coordinate recovery plans when schedules slip.
• Identify project risks early.
• Maintain project risk registers, mitigation steps and owners.
• Quantify schedule, cost, and technical risks in all functions.
• Lead mitigation planning and implementation.
• Escalate significant risks to leadership.
• Monitor project budgets and profitability.
• Manage scope changes and customer change orders with Engineering and Operations.

7. Governance and Reporting

• Maintain and communicate project dashboards/status.
• Report project health to leadership.
• Communicate schedule, cost, quality, and risk status.

Key Performance Indicators

The KPI’s for this role will be outcome-based:

Delivery

• On-time milestone completion
• Change order recovery rate
• Budget adherence

Customer

• Repeat business from strategic accounts

Execution

• Engineering deliverables on schedule
• Functional team feedback

Ideal Background

Education

• Business degree acceptable with strong technical background and experience managing projects at a similar company
• MBA preferred

Experience

• 8-15 years in engineered-to-order manufacturing
• Project leadership of large industrial products
• Manufacturing and Engineering experience
• Customer-facing experience preferred but not required
• Influence without authority
• Strong communication
• Negotiation
• Customer perspective
• Structured problem-solving

All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. This job posting in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed for this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise.

GMM Pfaudler US Inc provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. We prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.