Senior Manager, Project Management - Brand & Packaging

Senior Manager, Project Management – Brand & Packaging

This role is based onsite in Bentonville, AR

• Drive the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs, developing and communicating business plans and priorities, removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance, providing resources, identifying performance standards, measuring progress, and adjusting performance accordingly.
• Develop contingency plans and demonstrate adaptability and support continuous learning.
• Provide supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training, mentoring, assigning duties, building a team‑based work environment, establishing performance expectations, conducting regular performance evaluations, providing recognition and rewards, coaching for success and improvement, and promoting a belonging mindset in the workplace.
• Promote and support company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others, ensuring compliance, and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy.
• Ensure business needs are met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs and initiatives, consulting with business partners, managers, coworkers or other key stakeholders, soliciting and evaluating suggestions for improving efficiency and cost‑effectiveness, and supporting community outreach events.
• Develop and lead multiple cross‑functional projects by anticipating and understanding current process and value gaps, benchmarking industry best practices, utilizing multiple methodologies to leverage data, ensuring data accuracy and credibility, managing efforts to support sustainable best practices and complex organization‑wide projects, managing expectations of program and project leadership, and adjusting approaches in response to changing business demands.
• Manage current and forecasted projects by developing, prioritizing and coordinating project work plans, supporting the review and selection of proposed projects, ensuring project objectives align with overall program goals, forecasting and managing internal project resources, monitoring project milestones, expenditures and costs against schedules and budgets, tracking projects and communicating status to key stakeholders, overseeing project documentation, and acting as focal contact for project requests.
• Influence change processes by making data‑driven recommendations to support multiple projects, persuading and educating cross‑functional teams or associates on new or enhanced business processes, and building relationships with senior leadership to ensure alignment of change initiatives.
• Drive informed decision‑making for large cross‑functional projects by collaborating with cross‑functional project teams and leadership to identify goals, success criteria, assumptions, risks and known issues; identifying potential risks and developing mitigation strategies; prioritizing and ensuring resolution of critical issues; developing communication plan frameworks; and educating sponsors, stakeholders and executive leadership on project requirements.
• Enhance project workflow by identifying and tracking current workflow, establishing and auditing consistent practices and standards for project deliverables, and ensuring deliverables adhere to standardized sign‑off procedures.
• Demonstrate respect for all individuals, build a high‑performing team, embrace differences in people, cultures, ideas and experiences, create a workplace where associates feel seen, supported and connected, drive a positive associate and customer/member experience, attract and retain the best team members, develop talent through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and development opportunities, promote an environment that allows everyone to bring their best selves, empower associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer/member and company, and recognize contributions and accomplishments.
• Build strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners, work collaboratively and cross‑functionally to achieve objectives, and…