Senior Manager, Project Management - IL

About Us

Our company designs, engineers, and markets in-home secure storage and products in the USA, Canada, and several international countries. Our company is the fastest growing marketer of gun safes, home and office safes, quick access vaults, and steel cabinets in the USA and Canada since the company began in 2014. We have earned the #1 in-home secure storage market share position in USA and Canada. We market our safes under Sports Afield, Remington, Sanctuary, Primos, private label, and house brands. Our customers include several major mass volume retailers, warehouse clubs, home centers, sporting goods retailers, buying groups, independent retailers, and online retailers.

We are dedicated to continuing our explosive growth beyond the in-home secure storage category to include golf equipment under the Spalding brand along with in-house and mass volume retail private brands.

Position Summary

The Senior Manager, Project Management, is responsible for leading and overseeing all aspects of project management for SA Products, ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives. This role manages cross-functional teams and streamlines projects from concept to completion to ensure timely launches, improve efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership & Governance
• Develop and implement project management frameworks, methodologies, and best practices.
• Align project execution with business goals and corporate strategy.
• Oversee project portfolio management, ensuring resources are allocated efficiently.
• Report project performance to senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Cross-Functional Project Oversight
• Lead, coordinate and drive product development, supply chain, logistics, marketing, manufacturing, retail rollout, B2C, system configuration, IT, digital transformation, and e-commerce initiatives from concept to timely launch.
• Team Leadership & Development
• Build and mentor a high-performing project management team.
• Establish clear KPIs and performance metrics for project managers.
• Foster collaboration between departments to improve project execution.
• Risk Management & Continuous Improvement
• Identify risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure project success.
• Optimize processes and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with industry regulations, quality standards, and sustainability goals

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• An exceptional leader with the burning desire to create the project management strategy and team that they have always wanted.
• Understands and practices 1 1 = 3.
• Outstanding collaboration skills, across the company and our business partners.
• Ability to convey complex project management concepts to all stakeholders.
• Always respectfully engages others.
• Boundless creative energy and fun to be around.
• Leads up - Leads across - Leads down. Internally and externally.
• Embraces constant change.
• Fact based, tenacious problem solver and fast paced dot connector.
• Excellent organizational, verbal, written and attention to detail acumen.
• Accurately nails timelines and keeps commitments while balancing multiple priorities.
• Ability to keep up with a fast-paced and demanding retail customer driven environment.
• Quick responsiveness to opportunities and unforeseen hurdles.
  
  

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, supply chain or related field. MBA is preferred.
• 10 years of experience in project management, with at least 5 years in a project management leadership role in the hardlines consumer product industry leader.
• Certifications: PMP, PRINCE2, or Agile certifications (e.g., Scrum Master) are a plus.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Excel. Experience with NetSuite software preferred.