Senior Project Manager - GP Improvement

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The Sr. Manager, Sustaining Project Management drives project/program excellence and change management to drive year-over-year cost savings across the UCC business. This role leads cross-functional project activities that deliver GP improvement over the ASR period, starting with idea creation of high value transformative programs to business case development, budgeting, execution and savings. This strategic role serves as the single point of contact for CTW (cost savings) programs.

• Program Management & Insights Owns GP improvement targets across assigned platform and products
• Proactively drives idea / opportunity creation to fill savings pipeline over the ASR period
• Develop business cases to secure program specific funding and resources
• Presents portfolio performance/health and risks to leadership and governance forums
• Process Excellence & Governance Works cross functionally to develop project plans and resources allocation
• Promotes PM best practices, templates, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Leverages AI and advanced analytics to drive operational efficiency
• Team Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement Develops and manage portfolio analysts and change management PMs, as needed
• Mentors and Train manufacturing plant PMs on standardized best practices, project charter, project schedule and risk identification
• Influences cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders to align priorities and resolve conflicts
• Identifies project risks and leads proactive risk mitigation
• Collaborates with plant finance, business excellence and functions leaders Leads direct reports to drive Project Execution to deliver Y-o-Y cost savings commitments
• Resource & Financial Planning Consolidates, tracks, reports CTW savings over current year and ASR period Reviews resources allocation and budget management across projects
• Collaborates with UCC Finance on yearly budgeting and monthly financial results

• Bachelor's degree
• 4 years in portfolio/program management in technical or regulated environment
• Experience with design control and product development processes
• Up to 20% travel domestically and internationally

• Expertise in portfolio tools (PowerBI, MS Project) and performance metrics
• People management and mentoring capability
• Strategic thinking with cross-functional influence skills
• Excellent communication across all levels

• Medical device industry experience
• Bi-lingual
• Project management certification (PMP, PgMP)

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