Project Manager I

Description:

Springs Window Fashions is hiring for an Enterprise Project Manager I at our Corporate Headquarters in the Madison, WI area.

This is a hybrid role with 3 days each week in office, two days working remotely.

Company Overview

Springs Window Fashions is a leader in the custom window treatment industry since 1939. Headquartered in Middleton WI, we have over 8,000 associates with locations in North America, Europe, and Asia.  Our custom window treatments are available under the Bali, Graber, SunSetter and Mecho brands in nearly every major retailer, in thousands of designer showrooms, and showcased in large commercial buildings.

Our company has made significant investments to become a leader in product innovation.  As North America’s premier window covering company, we’re committed to creating a “Best Experience” for our consumers, channel partners and associates.  We are bringing new innovations to the market at an accelerated pace and have a variety of offerings to consumers who want to improve their home décor. 

Job Summary

Project Management plays a crucial role in driving the successful execution of initiatives at Springs Window Fashions through effective collaboration with project teams.  The role involves partnership with project sponsors, ensuring effective stakeholder management and business engagement, serving as the owner for project status and budget reporting and facilitating strong partnerships within the organization and with third-party contributors to manage project scope, schedules, cost, risks, and issues.

Key Job Duties:

• Strategic Project Planning: Assist with creation of project plans, considering scope, timeline, budget, and resource allocation for initiatives.
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with leaders at Springs Window Fashions to ensure alignment with business strategies and engagement throughout the project lifecycle.
• Risk Management: Identify potential risks and assist with development of mitigation strategies to ensure successful project delivery while maintaining the highest standards of quality.
• Resource Collaboration: Encourage collaboration across project resources for optimal utilization and efficiency in achieving project goals.
• Budget Oversight: Assist with project budgets, expenditure monitoring, and ensures project within budget guidelines.
• Performance Metrics: Track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of projects and identify areas for improvement.
• Reporting: Provide regular and comprehensive project status reports to department leadership, highlighting achievements, challenges, and recommended actions.
• Continuous Improvement: Participate in a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and best practices in project management methodologies.

Additional Job Duties:

• Coordinates the business case for each initiative with input from stakeholders.  Solicit input on project objectives, scope, timing, and resources.
• Assists with projects to achieve defined business outcomes.  Participates in cross-functional teams for project success.
• Escalate risks as needed.  Seek to learn assigned business function, challenges, barriers, needs, as well as enabling processes and systems, to deliver desired outcomes.
• Incorporate people change management and business process activities into the project plan to ensure adoption and sustainability of the delivered outcomes.
• Financial management through monitoring and communicating project costs and benefits with business owners and Finance.
• Maintain effective communication with project team and internal/external stakeholders including producing accurate project status reports, decision logs, etc. to ensure team alignment and to drive forward progress.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or related field; Project Management Certification (PMP) is a plus.
• 2+ years of experience in project management, with a focus on initiatives in the manufacturing sector.
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, tools, and best practices.
• Experience with change management.
• Experience utilizing project management tools, Excel, Power BI, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project or similar.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across all levels of the organization.
• Analytical and strategic thinking capabilities, with a focus on problem-solving and decision-making.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.

Behavioral Competencies

• Ensures Accountability – Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments
• Drive Engagement – Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives
• Instill Trust – Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity
• Drive Results – Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances
• Consumer/Customer Focus – Building strong customer relationships and delivering on customer-centric solutions
• Critical Thinking – Making Sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems
• Being Resilient – Rebounding from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult situations
• Optimize Work Processes – Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement