What are the responsibilities and job description for the Marketing Project Manager position at Sherwin-Williams?
Job Description
The Project Manager, Marketing Operations (XPM) is responsible for managing a range of cross-functional projects within Global Architectural Marketing (GAM) to ensure on-time, in-scope delivery, aligned to GAM standards and objectives. This position is also accountable for championing the overall project management practice for GAM and supporting its continual optimization.
Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company’s staff, employees, and business relationships.
Responsibilities
Project Management
FORMAL EDUCATION
Required:
At Sherwin-Williams, our purpose is to inspire and improve the world by coloring and protecting what matters. Our paints, coatings and innovative solutions make the places and spaces in our world brighter and stronger. Your skills, talent and passion make it possible to live this purpose, and for customers and our business to achieve great results. Sherwin-Williams is a place that takes its stability, growth and momentum and translates it to possibility for our people. Our people are behind the strength of our success, and we invest and support you in:
Life … with rewards, benefits and the flexibility to enhance your health and well-being
Career … with opportunities to learn, develop new skills and grow your contribution
Connection … with an inclusive team and commitment to our own and broader communities
It's all here for you... let's Create Your Possible
At Sherwin-Williams, part of our mission is to help our employees and their families live healthier, save smarter and feel better. This starts with a wide range of world-class benefits designed for you. From retirement to health care, from total well-being to your daily commute—it matters to us. A general description of benefits offered can be found at http://www.myswbenefits.com/ . Click on “Candidates” to view benefit offerings that you may be eligible for if you are hired as a Sherwin-Williams employee.
Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case and will impact where actual compensation may fall within the stated wage range. The wage range listed for this role takes into account the wide range of factors considered in making compensation decisions including skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. The wage range, other compensation, and benefits information listed is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws including with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act where applicable.
Sherwin-Williams is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, pregnancy, genetic information, creed, marital status or any other consideration prohibited by law or by contract.
As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, Sherwin-Williams requests state and local employment services delivery systems to provide priority referral of Protected Veterans.
Please be aware, Sherwin-Williams recruiting team members will never request a candidate to provide a payment, ask for financial information, or sensitive personal information like national identification numbers, date of birth, or bank account numbers during the application process.
The Project Manager, Marketing Operations (XPM) is responsible for managing a range of cross-functional projects within Global Architectural Marketing (GAM) to ensure on-time, in-scope delivery, aligned to GAM standards and objectives. This position is also accountable for championing the overall project management practice for GAM and supporting its continual optimization.
Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company’s staff, employees, and business relationships.
Responsibilities
Project Management
- Manage complex, cross-functional projects requiring input and alignment across 2-6 functions to ensure on-time, in-scope delivery:
- Schedule and lead meetings, facilitate alignment and issue resolution, gather feedback, capture and disseminate notes.
- Develop project plans, project timelines, and other documentation as required, while adhering to GAM standards.
- Ensure projects are executed pursuant to GAM standards and aligned to identified GAM and brief or business case objectives.
- Participate in the establishment of timelines by deliverable owners, ADCI/RACI matrices, and identifying dependencies.
- Collaborate to ensure stakeholders and project team members are aware of and accountable for action items and deliverables that are high quality, on time, and aligned to the project objectives.
- Track projects pursuant to GAM standards in Workfront (or specified MarOps Tech tool) with necessary detail to monitor project progress and resource utilization, feed reporting and goal alignment, and support productivity measurement.
- Provide ongoing status updates to key stakeholders throughout each project.
- Work with project initiator and other project team members or stakeholders to identify risks, and resolve project-related or resourcing issues, escalating as needed to the PMO Director with solutions-oriented recommendations.
- Collaborate across the GAM PMO to track and improve total portfolio performance.
- Ideate, bring forward, and implement innovative solutions to advance PMO mission and performance.
- Play a critical role in other core initiatives of Marketing Operations as needed to drive the efficiency and effectiveness of marketing, particularly in continual optimization of project management processes, standards, and best practices.
FORMAL EDUCATION
Required:
- Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field or equivalent experience
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent experience
- 5 years of cross-functional project management experience required.
- Marketing project management experience preferred.
- High level of self-motivation, initiative, and detail-orientation.
- Demonstrated skills in planning, organizing, and managing multiple simultaneous complex projects from start to finish, while appropriately engaging stakeholders.
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to build trust with, inspire, and influence cross-functional teams and stakeholders to achieve common objectives.
- Ability to maintain a culture of continuous improvement by promoting optimization, soliciting feedback, and implementing best practices.
- Ability to anticipate the needs of your projects and how to remove barriers to success for the team.
- Proven track record to exercise good judgment and be adaptable to competing demands.
- Excellent communicator with ability to tailor messaging for various audiences and levels in the organization.
At Sherwin-Williams, our purpose is to inspire and improve the world by coloring and protecting what matters. Our paints, coatings and innovative solutions make the places and spaces in our world brighter and stronger. Your skills, talent and passion make it possible to live this purpose, and for customers and our business to achieve great results. Sherwin-Williams is a place that takes its stability, growth and momentum and translates it to possibility for our people. Our people are behind the strength of our success, and we invest and support you in:
Life … with rewards, benefits and the flexibility to enhance your health and well-being
Career … with opportunities to learn, develop new skills and grow your contribution
Connection … with an inclusive team and commitment to our own and broader communities
It's all here for you... let's Create Your Possible
At Sherwin-Williams, part of our mission is to help our employees and their families live healthier, save smarter and feel better. This starts with a wide range of world-class benefits designed for you. From retirement to health care, from total well-being to your daily commute—it matters to us. A general description of benefits offered can be found at http://www.myswbenefits.com/ . Click on “Candidates” to view benefit offerings that you may be eligible for if you are hired as a Sherwin-Williams employee.
Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case and will impact where actual compensation may fall within the stated wage range. The wage range listed for this role takes into account the wide range of factors considered in making compensation decisions including skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. The wage range, other compensation, and benefits information listed is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws including with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act where applicable.
Sherwin-Williams is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, pregnancy, genetic information, creed, marital status or any other consideration prohibited by law or by contract.
As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, Sherwin-Williams requests state and local employment services delivery systems to provide priority referral of Protected Veterans.
Please be aware, Sherwin-Williams recruiting team members will never request a candidate to provide a payment, ask for financial information, or sensitive personal information like national identification numbers, date of birth, or bank account numbers during the application process.