Elkay

Senior Project Manager

Downers Grove, IL Full time
Senior Project Manager

The Company

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation is a thriving, values-driven company focused on doing the right things. We’re a fast growing, publicly traded company (NYSE: ZWS), with an enduring reputation for integrity, giving back, and providing an engaging, inclusive environment where careers flourish and grow.

Named by Newsweek as One of America’s Most Responsible Companies and an Energage USA Top Workplace, at Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation, we never forget that our people are at the center of what makes us successful. They are the driving force behind our superior quality, product ingenuity, and exceptional customer experience. Our commitment to our people and their professional development is a recipe for success that has fueled our growth for over 100 years, as one of today’s leading international suppliers of plumbing and water delivery solutions.

Headquartered in Milwaukee, WI, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation employs over 2800 employees worldwide, working from 24 locations across the U.S., China, Canada, Dubai, and Mexico, with sales offices available around the globe.  We hope you’ll visit our website and learn more about Zurn Elkay at zurnelkay.com.

If you’re ready to join a company where what you do makes a difference and you have pride in the work you are doing, talk to us about joining the Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation family!

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Job Description

As a Senior Project Manager at Zurn Elkay, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary, footprint optimization projects for the Zurn Elkay business. You plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules and budget, identifying risks, and clearly communicating goals to project stakeholders, including senior leadership. You will be responsible for providing program management support for strategic operations and distribution initiatives across a variety of business groups and geographies.

Key Accountabilities

  • Lead development of complex program schedules, expense and capital budgeting, and resource forecasting.  Ensuring integration of cross-functional schedules and deliverables.

  • Identify and manage risks, making judgments about quality and stopping/speeding up the program at the right time.

  • Lead the program scope definition and timely execution of key program decisions.  Manage program change after decisions are made.

  • Deliver the program on time via the allocation of time, budget, and resources

  • Lead the improvement of processes and tools

  • Drive accountability to schedules and budget by maintaining program schedules, scorecards, and facilitating project reviews.

  • Capture learnings and incorporate into new projects and process improvements.

Qualifications/Requirements

  • Demonstrated experience and success in managing complex, cross-functional projects.

  • 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing or distribution environment – operations, engineering, supply chain, logistics, finance, or similar role.

  • University bachelor's degree: advanced degree a plus

  • Travel up to 35%

  • Prefer working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing

  • Strategic and creative thinker with strong analytical and decision-making skills that can achieve quality, service, cost, and profit goals.

  • Use influence to drive project results and obtain buy-in from key stakeholders include senior leadership.

  • Maintain agility and flexibility in a dynamic environment.

  • Proven success at managing and leading a team of professionals with demonstrated success as an energizing, empowering leader

  • Well organized with exceptional written, verbal and formal presentation skills

  • Must possess team, organizational effectiveness skills, and financial/strategic acumen.

Capabilities and Success Factors

  • Strategic Mindset – Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.

  • Business Insight – Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals.

  • Collaborates – Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.

  • Plans & Aligns – Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.

  • Customer Focus – Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.

Total Rewards and Benefits

  • Competitive Salary
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, STD, LTD, AD&D, and Life Insurance
  • Matching 401(k) Contribution
  • Health Savings Account
  • Up to 3 weeks starting Vacation (may increase with tenure)
  • 12 Paid Holidays
  • Annual Bonus Eligibility
  • Educational Reimbursement
  • Matching Gift Program
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan – purchase company stock at a discount!

**THIRD PARTY AGENCY: Any unsolicited submissions received from recruitment agencies will be considered property of Zurn Elkay, and we will not be liable for any fees or obligations related to those submissions.**

Equal Opportunity Employer – Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran