As a Senior Project Manager, this individual drives results through strategic thinking, influence, and a strong grasp of Project Management fundamentals. The primary responsibility will be in managing New Product Development (NPD), product line transitions, portfolio expansions, cost savings initiatives, and off-shelf executions. They engage cross-functional partners at all levels to identify and overcome challenges, reapplying expertise to unlock business-building opportunities. Known for leading complex, high-impact projects, they foster continuous improvement across core and upstream operations. With a commitment to excellence, they own issues through resolution, provide objective insights to guide decisions, and proactively lead in the face of adversity. Through mentoring and coaching, they help build team capability and promote a culture of accountability that drives sustained business success.

What's in it for you?

Thanks to our commitment to creating a supportive and engaged workplace culture, Gorilla Glue has been recognized as a top place to work for 14 years in a row. We offer competitive compensation packages, comprehensive healthcare benefits, and other perks and incentives to ensure our employees feel valued and supported.

Joining the Gorilla Glue family means being part of a team passionate about building strong brands and promoting a culture of excellence. As an employee, you'll be able to help create high-quality products and build brands that people love. Join us in an inspiring workplace where you can belong, grow, and make a difference!

What your day will look like:

• Lead approximately 15 concurrent projects - ranging in scope and higher complexity—from initiation through launch
• Drive cross-functional collaboration, guide team through structured delivery processes and influence key strategic decisions to ensure successful outcomes.
• Expected to identify, coordinate, influence, develop and implement process improvements to match rapid growth (volume and complexity) of business ensuring both innovation and operational efficiency across the organization.
• Lead others through ambiguity to define requirement, scope and deliverables.
• Monitor project workflow against critical path, risk areas and has defined proactive and corrective steps.
• Create and contribute to strategy process to establish and maintain improvement in core and upstream business.
• Apply strategic thinking skills to approach obstacles with a Continuous Improvement mindset.
• Conduct and lead effective cross-functional meetings professionally and effectively with leadership presence demonstrating the ability to collaboratively lead others who do not share the same reporting structure.
• Can quickly identify potential conflicts and risks that impact current delivery. Create recommendations and elevate independently with a critical thinking mindset.
• Analyze and present issues in a clear, concise and logical manner.
• Maintain organized and accurate project documentation while tracking tasks, timelines, risk and cost across multiple initiatives in our project management software program. (PPM 360)
• Prepare for and lead stage gate reviews on more complex projects.
• Provide clear status updates and actionable insights to stakeholders to support informed decision making.
• Provide objective summaries and insights to help guide business decisions.
• Other duties assigned by Management.

What you bring to the table:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, applied science, or equivalent.
• 5+ yrs. experience in project management.
• Microsoft Project or similar PM software experience required.
• Experience with the Microsoft Suite of software is required.
• Oracle experience a plus.
• PMP Certification is a plus.

Specific Skills:

• Proven track record of launching new products with strong PM skills including scope definition, risk management, critical path and stakeholder management.

• Action oriented, confident, outgoing, and able to work well under pressure to succeed within a competitive environment.
• Sound foundation of supply chain operations, including procurement, bill of materials management, production planning and logistics function.
• Action oriented, thrives under pressure and adapts quickly to shifting priorities.
• Build strong, collaborative cross-functional relationships to resolve conflicts.
• Innovates and applies expertise to drive business growth.
• Makes sound decisions in uncertainty and understands financial fundamentals.
• Organized with excellent time and task management.
• Thinks strategically with a critical mindset.
• Strong analytical stakeholder management
• Demonstrates integrity, credibility and personal effectiveness.
• Proven ability to coach junior project managers and cross functional members.
• Ability to establish and build diverse and collaborative relationships.
• Possesses the ability to think strategically by connecting minute details to the big picture.

Company Values:

Adhere to The Gorilla Glue Company’s Core Values that ensure everyone works together to exceed expectations.

• Have fun, be passionate and show it!
• Act with integrity and respect in all relationships.
• Communicate openly and appreciate the effort of others.
• Embrace knowledge, growth, and change.
• Strive for excellence in what we do every day!