Project Manager

Company Overview:

If a culture of excellence, innovation and ownership is what you're searching for, consider putting your experience in motion at Flowserve. As an individual contributor, or as a leader of people, your enterprise mindset will ensure Flowserve's position as the global standard in comprehensive flow control solutions. Here, your opportunity for professional development and industry leading rewards will be supported by our foundational commitments to the values of people first, integrity and safety. Thinking beyond opportunity and reward, at Flowserve, we are inspired by working together to create extraordinary flow control solutions to make the world better for everyone!

Role Summary: Lead and manage new product development projects.

Responsibilities:

Project Planning:

• Collaborate closely with the strategic business management team to develop, finalize, and document project requirements, scope, and budget.

• Work with functional leaders and key stakeholders to allocate resources and form project teams.

• Conduct risk assessments, develop mitigation plans, and create project schedules.

• Lead and present project plans for gate review approvals.

Project Execution:

• Lead cross-functional teams to successfully execute projects using project management methodologies and the product development process (PDP).

• Hold team members accountable for delivering per plan.

• Actively manage scope changes, project budgets, and project risks, seeking leadership input as needed.

• Present frequent updates to leadership and key stakeholders on project progress and seek approvals during gate reviews.

• Maintain up-to-date project documentation and data using project repositories and portfolio tools. Help maintain the project dashboard to communicate project status.

Process Improvement:

• Identify process improvement opportunities.

• Assist in implementing process changes and train cross-functional teams as needed.

Other duties as assigned.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Proven leadership abilities with a talent for addressing program-specific issues and achieving goals.

• Exceptional communication skills: verbal, written, and interpersonal.

• Competent in navigating a matrix organization and adept at negotiation and consensus-building.

• Takes full responsibility and ownership for project execution, problem solving and ensuring successful completion.

• Demonstrated capability to collaborate and communicate with all stakeholders and management.

• Ability to lead project teams independently with minimum supervision.

• Experience with project management tools such as Microsoft Project and Planview.

• Background in a manufacturing environment.

Qualifications:

Required:

• BS degree

• 8-10 years of related experience, ideally in a manufacturing industry

• Experience working on a new product development project as a team member or project manager.

• Experience leading complex development projects utilizing waterfall/agile methodologies

• Experience working with distributed, global and remote teams

Preferred:

• BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a similar discipline

• MBA and/or PMP Certification

• Experience managing or working on projects utilizing waterfall, agile methodologies.

Work Location:

Kalamazoo, MI

Travel:

approximately 25% (domestic and international).

Flowserve is a world-leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of comprehensive flow control systems. Join a company whose people are committed to building a more sustainable future to make the world better for everyone. With 16,000+ employees in 50+ countries, we combine our global reach with local presence. Our team challenges themselves to approach each situation with ingenuity and creativity to help provide our customers with the most innovative flow control products and services. We support 10,000+ customers worldwide, creating products to meet the needs of our customers who are supplying energy, fresh water, pharmaceuticals and other essentials to consumers, businesses and governments globally. We invite you to put your talents and career in motion at Flowserve.

Req ID : R-19444

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