The Recruitment Co. is currently recruiting for a Senior Project Manager to join our clients team based in the Swansea area.

Contract: Permanent
Salary: £55,000 per annum.
Hours of work: Days / Full time
Location: Hybrid/ Swansea

Our client is a rapidly growing Beauty tech company that has achieved remarkable success in recent years. To strengthen their project and programme capability, our client is seeking a highly experienced senior project manager.

Responsibilities:-

• Plan, execute, and supervise projects to meet management’s strategic objectives, ensuring delivery within quality, budget, and schedule.
• Collaborate with various departments to ensure seamless coordination and successful project implementation.
• Monitor project budgets and optimise resource allocation and manage dependencies across projects for efficient execution.
• Effectively manage change within projects, anticipate and address potential roadblocks, and implement strategies to mitigate risks and maintain project momentum.
• Track project progress, set deadlines, and identify potential risks, taking responsibility for completing project work in line with the plan.
• Manage stakeholder relationships, including cross-functional teams, clients, vendors, and senior executives, ensuring effective communication and alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
• Actively seek opportunities for process improvements, promote a culture of continuous learning, and implement best practices to enhance project management effectiveness and efficiency.
• Provide leadership, guidance, and mentorship to project teams, fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment, and facilitating professional development opportunities.
• Stay updated with industry trends and contribute to strategic decision-making.
• Meet with management to identify project requirements, delivery timelines, resource allocation, and costs.
• Develop detailed project schedules and Gantt charts to guide project teams, revising them as needed based on changing requirements.
• Coordinate the project team, ensuring alignment, motivation, and effective communication.
• Monitor project performance to ensure timely delivery, identifying and addressing any deviations from the plan.
• Adhere to the company’s new product development tollgate process, ensuring that all required gates and checkpoints are properly followed and documented.
• Compile and submit comprehensive project status reports to management, providing updates on project milestones, risks, and achievements.
• Develop effective communication skills to liaise efficiently with all project stakeholders.
• Conduct project closeout activities, evaluating successes and challenges to facilitate learning for future projects.

The successful candidate must have:-

• Possess a minimum of 10 years of experience in launching new product development projects within the consumer goods industry, preferably in an international setting.
• Demonstrate expertise in end-to-end NPD project management, from concept creation to market introduction. Is familiar with tollgate processes.
• Proven track record of launching product in CE and/or medical territories hold a project qualification such as Prince2, APM, or PMICSM.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Project or other project management software.
• Undergraduate Degree or equivalent education.
• High level of tenacity
• Conflict management skills
• Proactive, pragmatic and flexible

If you feel you have the right experience for the above role, please submit your CV for immediate response.
CPSwansea

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