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kdc/one Columbus, 8825 Smith's Mill Rd N, New Albany, Ohio, United States of America Req #4454

Kdc/one is currently growing and we are looking for an experienced Director of Project Management. As part of the kdc/one network, we are the leading best-in-class producer of beauty and personal care products!

This role will manage and lead projects at both our Groveport and New Albany sites with coordination and tracking primary customer related projects (existing or new) at the assigned locations, including creation and review of customer quotes, verification of ability to manufacture, preparation for first production, tracking of internal preparedness for customer launch success, and executive awareness of project status to maintain a high level of product recognition & communication for organizational reporting.

The essential duties of the role include:

• Oversees customer projects across multiple regional sites to ensure projects are handled in a consistent manner from start to finish at all sites.
• Coordinates and supports the tracking of new projects for customers, working with each site's Engineering, Quality, Production and Customer Support departments.
• Establish and monitor customer Best Practices in New Project Implementation, to include:
• Creating and establishing a process on how Project Managers work with Engineering teams to assure the highest degree of awareness and complicity in all new projects (e.g. process to validate access to formulas, drawings, and all relevant customer documentation for set up and costing purposes).
• Streamlining how sites identify equipment needs, cap ex requirements and challenges for all new projects including completing and tracking Tooling Authorizations and other customer responsible costs.
• Developing a process to handle the receipt and automated distribution of customer material information in the form of specifications, protocols, product bills of materials, etc.
• Oversees the creation of like documents in internal systems and a formalized process to review customer documentation for accuracy, errors, and potential issues to production as well as to provide feedback on missing information to the customer, and request error correction.
• Works with center-led Project Management team to establish a network approach to quotes for all trials, pilots, and validations per KDC assigned fees and a format to provide to the customer for approval.
• Tracks all network customer visits for the purposes of testing, piloting, and First Production viewing; ensures that personnel can support planned visits and supports sites for New Product and new site startups, etc.
• Work as a resource with all NPI Project teams to offer expertise and assistance as appropriate on launches and new production; provides day-to-day support at the site level when appropriate.
• Coordinates with Client Services teams on progress for any open Projects to assure Exec Management is aware of any projects at risk.
• Trains, coaches and develops employees within the team to ensure performance expectations and department objectives are met according to established standards; manages performance expectations and delivers feedback.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Bachelor's degree in business management or related field is strongly preferred; in lieu of a degree, equivalent work experience is required.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in project management.
• Experience acquired in directly related sectors (FMCG, consumer packaged goods sector), or other sectors with similar characteristics. Direct experience in contract manufacturing is strongly preferred along a proven track record of developing strong relationships with customers.

We offer:

• Competitive Salary with annual incentive
• Competitive PTO and 11 paid holidays