Cook Medical

Overview

The Project Manager provides subject matter expertise in developing and managing projects supporting the corporate business plan and other global cross-functional initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Work with key stakeholders to define full project scope and lead the operational planning for assigned projects.
• Establish meeting agendas, facilitate team discussions, and drive clear and timely team actions and decisions.
• Pro-actively addresses barriers and risks to project progress, keeping leadership informed of critical considerations and the implications of priority decisions.
• Ensure that project deliverables are achieved on or ahead of schedule, within budget, and with quality that meets or exceeds business needs.
• Must work and interact effectively and professionally with and for others throughout various levels of the global organization.
• Manages scheduled and ad-hoc project status reporting.
• Manager project communication for all entity stakeholders, including providing leadership updates.
• Lead and facilitate conversations between functions when there is new information, including scope changes, risks, and competing priorities.
• Expert in listening and understanding what motivates team members team members and stakeholders to establish and maintain engagement and support.
• Must strictly adhere to safety requirements.
• Maintain regular and punctual attendance.
• Must maintain company quality and quantity standards.
• Must have effective oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree or experience of such kind and amount as to provide a comparable background.
• A minimum of 3-5 years project management experience or leadership capacity handling multiple projects.
• Experience with managing and directing project team members towards a defined objective.
• Strong analystical and problem solving skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft suite of software tools.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.

Physical Requirements:

• Attends and leads various strategic and informational meetings.
• Works under general office environmental conditions.
• Sitting for extended periods, utilizes close visual acuity for working with computers, etc.
• Requires occasional early morning or late evening teleconferences.