Senior Manager, Packaging Project Management & Sourcing

• Lead the development of our packaging product lines to further expand our company and customer portfolios

• Develop global sourcing strategies and build strong vendor relationships to maximize our ability to deliver solutions for our customers

• Skillfully manage team capacity and maximize work output by tactically distributing resources, aligning with objectives, and prioritizing projects

• Manage department goals and performance and development of direct reports through coaching, feedback, training and stretch assignments

• Partner with the Sales team to identify business opportunities and leverage insights to effectively oversee company’s sourcing projects through the entire product development cycle for all customers

• Proactively identify and communicate opportunities, risks, challenges and recommend solutions

• Create, execute, and consistently improve standard operating procedures and training programs to drive growth in the department

• Define key performance indicators (KPIs) for the department, generate progress reports, and analyze data to optimize team performance

• Instill product development and project management best practices to enhance the customer experience, improve team operational efficiencies, promote scalability and growth

• Actively contribute to cross-functional teams and companywide initiatives to drive process improvements, enhance vendor and customer relationships, and identify opportunities for profit enhancements

• Evaluate and recommend project and product specifications, designs, and pricing elements to build profitable customer solutions

• Deeply understand our business, value proposition and customers to diagnose project challenges, identify root causes, recommend, and implement solutions

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a related field

• 7-10+ years of project management or product development experience, and a minimum of 5 years of people management experience

• Packaging, manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, or other relevant industry knowledge

• Overseas sourcing and familiarity working with international factories
• Demonstrated success managing, motivating, and developing a high-performing team

• Prior experience partnering with Sales, Customer Experience, Account Management functions

• Strong communication skills (written and verbal) to engage with stakeholders and customers

• Ability to manage multiple complex priorities, complex projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced work environment with a high level of attention to detail

• Strong analytical thinker and experience analyzing and presenting data

• Proficient in the Microsoft Suite offering, with more advanced Excel skills

• Certification in Project management skills or other quality management processes

• Experience with CRM (Salesforce)

• Are passionate about “raising the bar” to produce high-quality work and deliverables

• Have a growth mindset, with a passion for continuous improvement and development

• Thrive in a collaborative team environment, and be open to feedback and suggestions

• Have empathy and seek to understand others’ perspectives to build strong relationships

• A competitive salary, including annual discretionary cash bonus

• Your health is important! We offer excellent healthcare (medical, dental, vision) benefits with national providers, short-term and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, employee assistance program, and mental health support programs such as Talkspace and Sondermind

• We provide paid time off including company paid holidays

• We care about your future and offer 401(k) retirement plan, employer match, and a discretionary non-elective profit-sharing program

Gadge USA