What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, PMO/Special Projects position at Trivium Packaging?
Role Summary:
This global role helps lead the Project Management Office for Global Aerosol and Beverage (GAB), setting strategies, tools, processes, and governance to drive execution and alignment across global sub-BUs. The role also supports special projects in procurement and transformation, including shared services, systems, and tools, KPI development and strategic category initiatives. This role reports to SVP GAB and is based in the US.
- Drive the transformation and global sub-BU alignment on standard work, KPIs & change management & communication processes
- Manage governance, measurement and reporting for key programs and overall execution
- Assess performance regularly and partner with workstream leaders to drive results
- Develop recommendations on prioritization, resource allocation, and portfolio alignment
- Facilitate workstream, leadership and SteerCo reporting and problem-solving forums
- Strengthen reporting capabilities through training and dashboards that support leaders across the organization
- Lead transformation communications and messaging for teams and the broader organization
- Perform financial and savings analysis to evaluate impact, data quality and returns
- Partner with Finance on savings validation and sign-off processes
- Lead the P&L reconciliation process
- Partner with Finance to manage CapEx, restructuring costs, ROI, and hurdle-rate controls
- Prepare board-level and Executive Committee reporting materials
- Improve tracking quality, data integrity, and financial impact through outreach to workstream and project leaders
- Drive initiative owner engagement and stronger workstream data quality
- Maintain a repository of transformation materials, plans, and key program documents
- Build credibility and collaborative relationships with global stakeholders
- Keep the program aligned to business objectives and recommend performance improvements
- Project management and/or support of special projects in procurement including but not limited to:
o systems and tools design and development
o performance management, tracking and KPI development
o strategic category management support
- Strong financial and business acumen with experience in value capture and performance management
- Strong change management and program leadership skills, with the ability to lead large-scale transformation and drive adoption
- Experience leading high-impact cross-functional, technical, and procurement-related projects
- Strategic planning capability, including target operating model design, roadmap development, and portfolio alignment
- Strong risk, issue, dependency, stakeholder, and decision management across global programs
- Digital and systems transformation fluency, including data, analytics, reporting tools, and process enablement
- Continuous improvement mindset with the ability to simplify, standardize and strengthen ways of working
- Excellent communication, presentation and influencing skills, including the ability to align teams without direct authority
- Experience coaching leaders and initiative owners to strengthen transformation capability and execution discipline
- AI literacy and practical application skills, including use of generative AI, copilots, automation, and predictive analytics to improve reporting, planning and decision-making
- Sound data governance and judgment, including the ability to validate AI-supported outputs and apply responsible use standards
- 5 years in transformation or top-tier consulting, with significant manufacturing experience
- 2 years’ experience in leadership roles
- Experience managing projects across a global footprint
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Engineering, Finance or Business degree required; MBA or equivalent experience preferred
Work Environment:
This position will primarily work in an office environment where sitting for prolong periods of time and using a computer, telephone and other office electronics are critical. The position will also need to lift up to 15 pounds on occasion.
Trivium Packaging is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.