Worthington Industries is looking to add an experienced Project Manager to our Innovation/New Product Development Team, which is part of our growing Consumer Products business unit. We have leading products in the following categories: Outdoor Living; Celebrations; and Tools marketed under leading brands such as Coleman, Balloon Time, Bernzomatic, Garden Weasel and Level5. In this role, you would be responsible for managing multiple projects at various phases of the product development cycle.

Responsibilities and desired skills include:

• Manage plan, scope, and schedule key development projects.
• Develop and execute New Product roadmaps for assigned product families.
• Lead cross-functional teams through various stages of product development from early concept work through commercialization.
• Communicate project plans and regular reporting of progress to key stakeholders.
• Track and communicate project milestones and changes to scope, timing, and budget.
• Champion best in class project management practices.
• Leverage and communicate project metrics and statistics.
• Manage vendor relationships.
• Participate in Consumer Insight work and engage in hands-on product learning.
• Perform risk reviews for assigned projects.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of Stage Gate process.
• Schedule and assign project tasks; track status to keep schedule on track.
• Issue & opportunity identification, problem solving and decision making; obtains information from variety of sources to evaluate alternatives and draw conclusions.

Desired Experience

• 3-5 years of product development and launch experience in consumer product environment.
• Experience leading multiple development projects with cross-functional Teams.
• Thorough knowledge Stage Gate development process.
• Thorough knowledge of Project Management Best Practices.
• Thorough knowledge of product design process and quality planning.
• Thorough knowledge of the Commercialization process
• Experience with previous product launches in mass retail channels.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including people skills tied to leadership, negotiating, influencing, and mentoring.
• Excellent presentation, training, and facilitation skills.
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Project or project planning software such as Wrike, Monday, Asana, etc.
• Understanding of how to interpret and leverage Consumer Insights in product design.