Responsibilities Include:

- Leads cross functional programs and projects and serves as a liaison between key stakeholders including functional units (e.g. supply chain, marketing, R&D, etc.) and affiliates.

- Serves as the key point of contact for all aspects of the program or project; ensures smooth execution and delivery

- Develops, manages and reviews status of projects and budgets, manages schedules and prepares communication reports

- Assesses project issues and develops solutions to meet cost, quality, timing and delivery objectives

- Develops appropriate tools to monitor project progress and communicate appropriately to key stakeholders

- Representative projects may include new product development and product launches.

- Project support activity may include development, management and maintenance of the operational documents and data requirements for the project portfolio management system

PROFICIENT

- Requires full proficiency in principles and practices of area of specialty

- Provides solutions to a variety of problems of simple to moderate scope and complexity using application of basic standards, principles, theories, concepts and techniques

- Leads simple to moderately complex projects

- Manages simple to moderately complex programs

- Work is reviewed for soundness of judgment, overall adequacy, and accuracy

Requirement Includes:

- Priority Management: Effectively oversees, coordinates, and integrates resources to support project and/or organizational goals; provides support and guidance to navigate the bureaucracy of the organization.

- Planning and Organizing: Establishes courses of action for self and others to ensure work is completed efficiently and on time, on profile and on budget.

- Issues Resolution: Uses sound judgment to escalate issues for quick resolution; allows for challenges to be alleviated with a sense of urgency.

- Knowledge of the Business: Ability to interpret and apply the key internal and external drivers that affect the business, including financial, political, cultural and industry trends in support of diverse and globally distributed teams.

- Interpret Data: Ability to read, interpret and draw accurate conclusions from technical or business material.

Also Includes:

- Communicate Business Information: Effectively communicating and presenting complex data (both verbally and written) to influence all levels and global audiences; helps others understand data and translate it into actionable business insights.

- Strategic Thinking: Ability to think strategically and understand the broader view. Demonstrates an understanding of the long-term, "big picture" view of needs and opportunities.

- Relationship Management: Ability to develop and maintain effective and productive relationships, including ability to influence, negotiate and manage conflicts effectively and constructively with clients, vendors and peers.

- Critical Thinking: Ability to formulate conclusions and recommendations using facts and data, business analysis, deductive reasoning and sound judgment.