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About the Company:

Navico Group is the global leader in technology, systems and solutions for a variety of industries, from Marine & RV to Specialty Vehicles and beyond. Our broad portfolio consists of the industry's leading brands in Power Systems, Digital Systems, Fishing Systems, and Performance Components including Ancor, Attwood, B&G, BEP, Blue Sea Systems, C-MAP, CZone, Garelick, Lenco, Lowrance, Marinco, MotorGuide, Mastervolt, ProMariner, RELiON, Simrad and Whale.  

Our team is committed and driven, every day, to be the most trusted supply partner to the marine and mobile industries...and beyond. 

Project Manager

Navico Group, a Brunswick Company, is the world’s leading manufacturer of marine accessories for the boating industry.

We are currently seeking a Project Manager to join our team in the Lowell, MI or Menomonee Fall, WI area. The primary responsibility of this role is to manage and motivate the team towards established project goals and objectives. This role is tasked with ensuring that new product development projects meet the established goals with clear focus on cost, timing, and risk identification and mitigation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Single point contact ultimately accountable for delivery of project.

• Manage projects through all phases including definition, concept selection, design validation, and start of production.

• Manage expense, capital, and labor expenditures and forecasting for multiple projects.

• Track and report key financial project measures.

• Utilize strong decision making and leadership abilities to manage multiple projects to meet goals for cost, quality, and on time delivery.

• Ensure consistent reporting of project information across departments, and teams utilizing Brunswick High Performance Product Development (HPPD) Process.

• Work with appropriate functions to develop cross-functional plans to support NPD process and gate requirements.

• Prepare and present gate reviews and records of decision to senior management.

• Conduct regular project status reviews.

• Ensure collection of lessons learned, facilitate root cause analysis, and share-out plans

• Manage mix of large HPPD and custom product quote and release projects.

• Ensure Voice of Customer research is represented in product Critical to Customer Requirements with appropriate competitive benchmarking.

• Utilize decision guidelines and apply lessons learned to help commonize approaches to solving complex new product development problems.

• Identify and resolve barriers and risks to project execution.

• Utilize standard methodologies, tools, and frameworks to help provide leadership for best practices on project and functional teams.

• Support development of project scope and resource requirements during portfolio planning process based on program benchmark data and stakeholder input.

• Occasional travel required to domestic and overseas suppliers and Brunswick manufacturing locations.

• Support continuous improvement efforts in all areas of project management.

• Facilitate production tool kickoff process.

• Drive validation build process with support from New Product Introduction planning functions.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge & Education:  Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required, PMP certification is preferred. Excellent working knowledge of project management. Some experience in other functional areas related to product management or product development preferred. 

• Experience:  Minimum three years of experience in project management or planning.

• Passion for boating and/or fishing a plus.

Skill Requirements:

• Strong familiarity with Microsoft Project, Excel, and PowerPoint

• Conflict resolution skills and assertiveness

• Fundamental understanding of project management and new product development process

• Proven communication and interpersonal skills

• Demonstrate a strong desire to exceed expectations inherent with the position.  Excel in a team environment, demonstrate an upbeat attitude, willingness to be heard, and ability to work effectively and professionally with all levels of the organization

Behavioral Requirements/Distinguishing Characteristics:

• Teamwork and collaboration-oriented

• Respects others: must have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with many different types of people (needs to be a good listener); ability to effectively present

• Determination and bias for action; results-oriented

• Ability to perform under tight deadlines and in a high stress environment

• Professional poise and presence

• Personal accountability/ownership mentality

• Change-oriented

• Act as a role model by displaying good judgment and integrity

We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and inspiration. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process.

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