Shift 1 (United States of America)
Position Summary:
Milacron is looking for a Project Manager to join our team in the Cincinnati area (Afton/Batavia). As a Project Manager you will be responsible for using industry standard project management tools and methods to provide structured project execution for multiple, simultaneous projects from initiation through closeout, on time and with high quality having a direct positive impact on business results.

Work You’ll Do:

• Provide structured project execution for cross functional projects while championing a culture of collaboration, inclusion, and accountability.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans with input from stakeholders and team members. Establish action items, due dates, dependencies, and people responsible.
• Lead project team meetings, driving accountability among project team members to complete their required activities on time.
• Manage critical path, risks, and issues. Raise issues to project stakeholders quickly, identify mitigating actions and develop recovery plan.
• Own all project communication, including weekly project status meetings, weekly email status updates, and all stakeholder communications, effectively communicating to management project progress, risks, and mitigation plans.

Team:
This person will be a member of the Project Management Office reporting to the Sr. Project Manager, New Product Development. The Project Management Office’s team of project managers is responsible for delivering projects on time, within budget and in alignment with Milacron’s strategic goals.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience with minimum 3 years of experience in Project Management, preferably in a manufactured-product development, engineer-to-order (ETO), configure-to-order (CTO), or machine design environment.
• Associate’s degree in a business, technical or manufacturing field. Or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Proven track record to deliver high quality projects on time.
• Proficiency with implementing and/or improving processes.
• Must be comfortable:
• Leading through influence while driving accountability across project team to deliver
• Creating an inclusive, collaborative, customer focused environment
• Working with globally dispersed sites
• Working with business leaders and team members on project timelines and problem resolution
• Strong communication skills with experience providing stakeholder project updates and communicating clear objectives with project team members
• Proficiency with project management tools and related technology
• Strong problem-solving skills with sound decision making based on structured data analysis.
• Proficient in MS Office tools.
• Ability to use collaboration tools such as team-based document control, video conferencing, scheduling meetings, conference calls, etc.
• Proficiency managing external resources (suppliers, contracted service resources, etc.) to achieve project results

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience in working in an ISO 9001 Product Development Process System is desired.
• Desire to obtain PMP certification (or PMP certification holder)
• Working knowledge of Configure Price Quote (Oracle CPQ), Customer Relationship Management and Field Service (Salesforce), Enterprise Resource Planning (Oracle JDE ERP) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tools is desired.
• Proficiency to translate business needs into technical requirements (bridging the gap between business and technical stakeholders)
• Plastics Processing Industry experience desired
• Experience in Manufacturing environment desired

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• Provide structured project execution for cross functional projects while championing a culture of collaboration, inclusion, and accountability.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans with input from stakeholders and team members. Establish action items, due dates, dependencies, and people responsible.
• Lead project team meetings, driving accountability among project team members to complete their required activities on time.
• Manage critical path, risks, and issues. Raise issues to project stakeholders quickly, identify mitigating actions and develop recovery plan.
• Own all project communication, including weekly project status meetings, weekly email status updates, and all stakeholder communications, effectively communicating to management project progress, risks, and mitigation plans