What are the responsibilities and job description for the PROJECT COORDINATOR position at Adhesives Research Inc.?
Job Summary:
Leads the progression of key projects through Stage Gate, ensuring timeliness, cost, revenue and quality are met. Monitors timelines, delays, and progressions while ensuring tasks are completed in a timely manner by all parties participating in the Stage Gate process. Communicates effectively with a cross-functional team to drive project closure.
Essential Functions:
- Assists in planning and managing projects through entire Stage Gate cycle to achieve product launch and revenue generation.
- Responsible for monitoring Stage Gate timelines, metrics, monthly progression meetings, project notebook compilation, delays, and approvals.
- Responsible for task management inside projects to ensure staff is meeting timelines.
- Monitors projects to keep them on time and moving forward.
- Prepares, organizes, and distributes important project documents and materials
- Assesses possible project risks and setbacks
- Advises staff on project schedules
- Serves as liaison with a diverse range of departments in the product development process including Sales, Innovation, Quality, Operations, EHS and Marketing/Product Management, as well as with the Customer.
- Works alongside Innovation leadership to ensure project timeliness, cost, revenue and quality objectives are met.
- Provides timely updates to all stakeholders
- Works across practices/disciplines to share lessons learned and best practices
- Recognizes areas for internal improvement and develops plans for implementation.
- Implements improvements to the PDR Stage Gate process
- Complies with and enforces standard policies and procedures
Additional Responsibilities:
Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Job Specifications:
- Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering or Science
- Minimum of 1-3 years as a project administrator or in a similar role managing Innovation projects
- Proven track record of successful management of projects meeting budget and target date requirements
- Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
- Strong oral and written communications skills
- Proven experience with Microsoft platforms (Work, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Ability to problem solve and troubleshoot project issues in a timely and effective manner
- Ability to motivate and keep staff on task
- Excellent team leadership and facilitation skills
- Works well under pressure ensuring tasks and goals are met
- Ability to travel as needed (up to 10%)