About the job
As a Project Manager at Avery Dennison, you will play a pivotal role in driving the success of high-profile projects by supporting agile, cross-functional teams. You will collaborate closely with key internal stakeholders such as Sales, Marketing, and IT, as well as external partners to ensure seamless project execution. Your primary responsibilities will encompass project planning, documentation, meeting facilitation, communication, and providing leadership updates. The Project Manager will oversee the comprehensive delivery of the project plan, ensuring that timelines are adhered to, risks are effectively managed, and customer satisfaction is prioritized.
Your Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the swift and precise execution of significant cross-functional projects.
- Oversee all facets of the development and implementation of assigned projects.
- Work alongside management teams to translate strategic objectives into actionable projects while collaborating with product owners to devise thorough plans.
- Provide executive leadership with risk assessments and high-level project status reports.
- Collaborate with the project team to anticipate challenges, evaluate risks and solutions, and develop alternative strategies.
- Create detailed work plans, timelines, project estimates, forecasts, and status reports.
- Facilitate project meetings and maintain accountability for project tracking and analysis.
- Partner with IT to align technology implementation timelines with business requirements.
- Integrate process discipline, including agile methodologies, to enhance the organization's project management capabilities.
- Utilize tools and methods to expedite project timelines, foster collaboration, and ensure quality in project outputs.
- Proactively identify and resolve issues while balancing project constraints.
- Manage interpersonal dynamics within global project teams, ensuring consensus among stakeholders and accountability for commitments.
- Ensure project teams achieve or surpass expected outcomes on time, within budget, and to the desired quality standards.
- Engage effectively with internal and external clients, third-party vendors, and Avery Dennison's global offices to fulfill project goals.
- Lead strategic planning and execution of change management initiatives.

