Senior Project Manager - Shelton, CT

Posting Address

Shelton, CT or Greenville, SC

Position Overview

In the Hubbell Electrical Solutions (HES) Operations Project Management Office (PMO), the Sr Project Manager/Team Leader will organize, plan, and lead high visibility, high value, strategic initiatives while also managing a team of 3 to 5 Project Managers. He or she must be adept at organizing and facilitating multi-functional teams, building relationships, and driving change in either a remote or onsite format. He or she must have demonstrated ability and willingness to coach team members to improve abilities and overall effectiveness. This role will provide the opportunity to make significant direct contribution across all areas of the business.

Duties and Responsibilities

•    Assist, coach, and develop team to be more effective in all facets of project management, including organization, team facilitation, and communication.
•    Lead high-profile strategic initiatives that may include but is not limited to: capacity expansion, footprint rationalization, product transfers, business process improvement, or efficiency/productivity improvement
•    Owns a project from feasibility analysis (costs, benefits, risks), to execution planning and team engagement, to periodic executive stakeholder updates and communication, to driving team execution while staying within approved capital and expense budgets.
•    Assumes leadership role on projects of low to moderate complexity and size. Able to work on complex tasks, lead teams, and manage multiple projects to completion.
•    Identifies, evaluates, and resolves project conflicts and issues. Identifies resource constraints that negatively impact progress and presents to senior leadership for resolution.
•    Create and present structured, concise project updates to stakeholders, which include senior management and executive leadership
•    Proven ability to apply Lean or other CI skills, to solve problems, and to facilitate cross-functional teams in attaining desired business objectives.
•    Leads regular, concise, project updates to stakeholders including senior leadership.

Skills and Experience

4-year degree in finance, business, or a technical field
o    Project Management Professional (PMP certified) a plus 
o    MS Engineering or Business a plus
o    5-10 years in a manufacturing environment preferred
•    Experience leading, managing, and developing people
•    Ability to work and communicate effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization and build relationships
•    Ability to work autonomously, escalating where necessary, and possess acumen in executing business decisions. 
•    Ability to work effectively in an enterprise wide or cross matrix environment to develop solutions for the business.
•    Ability to plan work and anticipate organizational needs
•    Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
•    Strategic thinker with a demonstrated ability to successfully develop, launch and execute multiple projects to target goals. 
•    Strong facilitation and organization skills
•    Proficiency with MS Project or SmartSheets, Teams, Excel, OneNote, and PowerPoint is needed. 

Travel up to 50%

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