Marketing Project Management Director

5 days ago


Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States Meijer Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Marketing Project Management Manager to join our team at Meijer. As a key member of our Marketing Operations team, you will be responsible for leading marketing processes, overseeing deployment of resources, and tracking key department success metrics.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management, with experience in managing simultaneous projects, programs, and portfolios. You will be responsible for providing Meijer Marketing and key business partners/agencies with project management partnership, planning, scheduling, and controlling all key marketing (creative) business projects.

You will work cross-functionally with your peers and Director, Marketing Operations to improve work processes, gain team efficiency, and lead in the development of key business relationships and integrate across departments to ensure successful implementation and support of projects.

The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or a related discipline, and PMP certification, Lean, and/or Scaled Agile certification is strongly preferred. You will have 8+ years of experience in project management, with prior experience with and knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite applications, especially Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provides Meijer Marketing and key business partners/agencies with project management partnership.
  • Plans, schedules, and controls all key marketing (creative) business projects.
  • Works cross-functionally with peers and Director, Marketing Operations to improve work processes and gain team efficiency.
  • Leads in the development of key business relationships and integrates across departments to ensure successful implementation and support of projects.
  • Sets up and tracks specific project plan schedules and budgets. Adjusts project plans and resolves issues as necessary.
  • Leads and facilitates Marketing Train events, like PI Planning, and weekly Agile Success Team meetings.
  • Plans and leads the successful onboarding of new vendor partners (i.e., Agency of Record).
  • Leads the creation of AOR contract and annual scope of work in alignment with business objectives. Manages actual work against the AOR SOW and budget throughout a given year.
  • Organizes and designs team structures and operational models for seamless, successful execution.
  • Identifies and develops business reports/scorecards for projects and team member performance. Reviews and interprets results of reports and data and analyzes data integrity and effectiveness of reports.
  • Manages and sets direction for Marketing workforce management and development processes in partnership with Marketing leadership.
  • Evaluates and implements software tools for project management, budget, and procurement, and/or ITS workforce management and development; coordinates enhancements.
  • Utilizes knowledge of industry best practices for project management and recommends/implements necessary changes.
  • Provides forecast analysis and planning for Marketing processes (and corresponding workforce needs), establishes and executes forecast strategies and goals.
  • Leads the strategic development, implementation, and ongoing management of the Marketing Training Curriculum; conducts project management and Agile-specific training.
  • Serves as Marketing subject matter expert for the annual Summer Intern Program, providing Marketing guidance and exposure to a team of interns throughout their internship experience.
  • Develops and provides presentations for Marketing, Business Leaders, Executive Leadership.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or related discipline.
  • PMP certification, Lean, and/or Scaled Agile certification strongly preferred.
  • 8+ years of experience in project management.
  • Prior experience with and knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite applications, especially Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
  • Has extensive experience managing simultaneous projects, programs, and/or portfolios.
  • Has extensive experience with managing cross-functional projects, programs, and/or portfolios.
  • Has extensive experience with outsourced projects, programs, and/or portfolios (vendors, consultants, and/or contractors).
  • Previous management experience preferred.
  • Ability to lead through ambiguity and inspire teams to follow in the face of change and innovation.
  • Possesses superior project management skills for managing project scope, time, cost, quality, team member resources, communication, risk, and procurement.
  • Possesses extensive knowledge of Corporate financial and fiscal year budgeting processes.
  • Possesses full knowledge of Meijer procurement business practices.
  • Possesses strong planning and tracking/controlling skills.
  • Possesses excellent follow-through, administrative, and organizational skills and is able to multi-task.
  • Possesses strong interpretation skills for the review of reports and data from all areas of the company.
  • Possesses strong problem-solving, negotiating, facilitation, and presentation skills.
  • Possesses strong customer service orientation and skills.
  • Possesses strong leadership, team building, coaching, mentoring, and consulting skills.
  • Familiarity with Lean-Agile principles.
  • Possesses excellent written, verbal, and oral communication skills.
  • Ability to communicate technical issues and principles to non-technical people.
  • Possesses ability to define methods to measure processes and standards.
  • Able to work cross-functionally across business areas, with all levels of Meijer team members, project leads, management, and vendor partners.
  • Adaptive, flexible, and responsive to challenges, change, and customer business cultures.
  • Possesses an independent and innovative orientation.
  • Possesses extensive knowledge of industry project management, budget/procurement, methodology, and/or workforce management and development best practices.


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