Project Manager (VM/ Displays)

Title: Project Manager (VM / Displays)
Company  Manufacturer of Displays for Beauty and Retail
Location: Melville, NY
Salary: 90-100K
Salary is commensurate with experience and is an estimated range provided by JBC.

Responsibilities: 

• Manage and coordinate multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring they are completed on time and on budget.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, organizing tasks and timelines to meet company protocols and client requirements.
• Manage tasks in accordance with company process end protocols.
• Maintain and support company goals and strategies.
• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration across departments to ensure successful project execution.
• Maintain regular communication with customers/brands, providing updates, addressing concerns, answering any questions, and ensuring satisfaction throughout the project lifecycle.
• Create and adhere to realistic project timelines, incorporating both the brand’s needs and requirements as well as D3’s.
• Promptly schedule and conduct initial project launch meetings with the team.
• Provides consistent follow-up with engineering for drawings and type safety.
• Reviews engineering drawings and compares to estimate prior to sending to customer.
• Ensures prototype, including ordering of any specific materials needed, is ready to present to brand per estimate and, along with the engineer assigned, ensures prototypes are made to specifications.
• Launches detailed and accurate Bill of Materials (BOM).
• Consistently follows up with in-house purchasing to ensure timely arrival of materials needed–communicates same to team.
• Consistently follows-up with clients to assure timely receipt of any/all materials provided directly to D3 from the client–i.e., photos, graphics factices.
• Effectively coordinates shipping with customer.
• Works with production to set QA/QC standards in production prior to the project      reaching the assembly line.
• Consistently monitors production quality and demonstrates ability to identify quality issues during production.
• Demonstrates the ability to handle multiple projects and prioritize tasks based on evolving timelines and project demands.

Requirements:

• Strong interpersonal and team leadership skills.
• Strong organizational, time management, and verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools.
• Ability to work at a computer for a prolonged period of time.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee multiple projects to ensure on-time, on-budget completion, aligning with company protocols and client requirements.
• Develop and manage detailed project schedules, balancing brand requirements with company standards.
• Facilitate cross-departmental collaboration to support seamless project execution and company goals.
• Act as the main point of contact for clients, providing regular updates, addressing questions, and ensuring satisfaction throughout the project lifecycle.
• Schedule and lead project kickoff meetings and maintain consistent follow-up with engineering on design accuracy and safety.
• Review engineering drawings to ensure alignment with estimates and prepare prototypes to specifications for client presentations.
• Launch and manage accurate Bills of Materials (BOMs), monitoring in-house and client-supplied materials for timely arrival.
• Coordinate shipping logistics and establish QA/QC standards with production teams to maintain quality throughout production.
• Regularly monitor production quality, quickly identifying and addressing any issues that arise.
• Adapt to changing project demands, prioritizing tasks effectively across multiple projects.

Requirements:

• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and team leadership skills.
• Proficient in time management and both verbal and written communication.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite.
• Ability to work at a computer for extended periods.