Temporary Project Manager

OLLY; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 76,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

OLLY is seeking a Project Manager to own and drive commercialization of new products and optimize the current portfolio. Reporting to the Project Management Director, this 7-month role ensures on-time, on-budget delivery while meeting cost and quality metrics for rapid business expansion.

You will lead cross-functional teams, drive stage-gate decisions, and manage scope and risks with operations and partners, all while maintaining strong communication across levels of the organization.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in project management or new product innovation at a CPG company.
• Proven experience leading and managing project teams in a highly collaborative and fast-paced business environment
• In depth knowledge of Project Management fundamentals and best practices
• Dynamic problem solver - comfortable challenging assumptions and offering solutions with incomplete information
• Transparent, open communicator - great listener who can read between the lines
• Ability to balance competing interests and ensure all objectives across multiple projects are met in a timely manner
• Highly organized, detail oriented and self-motivated
• Great technical prowess - Excel and other MS Office products, expertise with Gantt Charts and either Wrike or similar project management software tools

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional project teams to develop and commercialize products on-time and on-budget
• Create integrated project plans across Product Development, Operations, Creative, Marketing and Sales
• Conduct ad hoc financial/scenario analysis to support launches
• Lead stage gate presentations with Leadership Team for go/no-go decisions
• Manage project scope, schedules, budgets and transitions with Operations
• Interface with internal and external partners to identify and mitigate risks
• Coordinate BOM setup with master data manager for launches

Skills

PM experience

CPG

Cross-functional

Excel

Gantt Charts

Wrike

Asana

Microsoft Project

Tools

Wrike

Asana

Microsoft Project

MS Excel

Job description

Our Project Manager will be responsible for working with the cross-functional team within OLLY to own and drive commercialization of our new products as well as optimization of the current OLLY portfolio. Reporting to our Project Management Director, this high-impact role will ensure OLLY continues to deliver amazing product experience for our consumers, hit the timeline requirements of our retailers, and meet our internal cost and quality metrics as we continue to rapidly expand our business.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead cross-functional project teams in the development and commercialization of products – ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, on-budget and on-strategy. Create project plans that seamlessly integrate workstreams between all Product Development, Operations, Creative, Marketing and Sales processes and functions
• Conduct ad hoc financial/scenario analysis to support product launches
• Lead stage gate presentations with our company's Leadership Team to make go-forward decisions on product launches
• Manage product changes by guiding decision making on project scope (hard versus soft conversions, budget allocation for obsoletes, transition window and communication plan to retailers), creating project schedules and liaising with Operations to ensure a seamless transition
• Interface with both internal and external partners; remove barriers by pre-emptively identifying and mitigating project risks
• Manage BOM setup process for product launches alongside master data manager

THE CANDIDATE
You are a strong team player with a bias for action and creative problem solving, always thinking about contingencies and keeping options in your back pocket for those just-in-case situations. You have a keen attention for detail that helps keep people organized and on task. You excel at distilling complex issues into Cliffs Notes summaries for all levels of the organization and use your great communication skills to forge strong relationships with our external partners.

CAPABILITIES + SKILLS REQUIRED

• 5-7 years of experience in project management or new product innovation at a CPGcompany
• Proven experience leading and managing project teams in a highly collaborative and fast-paced business environment
• In depth knowledge of Project Management fundamentals and bestpractices
• Dynamic problem solver - comfortable challenging assumptions and offering solutions with in complete information
• Transparent, open communicator - great listener who can read between thelines
• Ability to balance competing interests and ensure all objectives across multiple projects are met in a timelymanner
• Highly organized, detail oriented and self-motivated
• Great technical prowess - Excel and other MS Office products, expertise with Gantt Charts and either Wrike or similar project management software tools (Asana, Microsoft Project, etc.), background and strong interest in process development and project managementprinciples

THE DETAILS

HOURS: 40 hours/ week, 7-month temporary position

PLEASE NOTE: Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. For all OLLY positions. Religious and/or medical accommodations will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

The pay range for this position is $54.78 - $66.95/hour