Project Manager

Your role

The Project Manager manages projects and customer relationships at Ceres Technologies to ensure on-time delivery of high-quality projects for domestic and international customers. Project manager tracks and reports schedule/budget information and elevate instances where a project is in jeopardy of not obtaining company profit expectations. Project manager conducts pre-post analysis of the project and feedback lessons learned to appropriate departments. Project manager works in collaboration with the process owners to develop solutions, gain sign off on solution design and agree approach to enable build & test of those solutions.

Main Responsibilities: 

•    Manage and communicate a clear vision of the project’s objectives and motivate the project team to achieve them; create a project environment that enables peak performance by project team members. Coordinate internal resources and third parties and vendors for the flawless execution of projects.
•    Develops project plan, monitor & track progress. Assists and helps in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders in ensuring technical feasibility, also set deadlines, assign responsibilities.
•    Coach to clarify assignments and deliverables to project team; review quality of work and manage integration of team members work; provide performance input to project team members’ functional management.
•    Proactively identify and manage changes to scope/schedule/budget and ensure appropriate planning measures are taken with internal and external stakeholders to reassess and amend the scope of work requirements, budget, and timeline
•    Supports project managers and projects managed by other colleagues and assists in various improvement initiatives.
•    Analyze and manage risks, establish contingency plans and identify trigger events and responsibilities for initiating mitigating action.
•    Determine what constitutes successful closure for all parties. Gain acceptance and sign-off by all parties when closure is attained. Proactively manage project stakeholder satisfaction to position and secure customer reference and success story.
•    Prepare reports for upper management regarding status of project.
•    Create value-added project documentation and help with maintenance of project templates.

To succeed, you will need

We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. We value diverse experiences and perspectives and are excited to see what you bring to the role.

Skills/Knowledge/Experience: 

•    Bachelor degree in related field or equivalent experience
•    Minimum 5 years working in project management
•    Minimum 5 years in product or equipment management
•    Strong knowledge of MRP/ERP (preferably Encompix) with a solid understanding of discrete manufacturing, bills of material, and supply chain operations
•    Project Management methodologies
•    Proficient in Microsoft Office applications – PowerPoint and Excel.
•    New product development skills
•    Strong planning skills
•    Excellent communication and prioritization skills
•    Mastery of Microsoft office 365

In return, we offer

• Culture of trust and accountability
• Lifelong learning and career growth
• Innovation powered by people
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits
• Health and well-being

Job location

This role requires you to work on-site at our office in Saugerties, NY. You will be part of a dynamic team and enjoy the benefits of face-to-face collaboration.

Contact information

 Talent Acquisition Team: Sarah J. Wigger Garcia