What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager - Freelance position at Matthews International?
SGK is a global brand experience company. From idea to implementation, we deliver packaging solutions and brand experiences that give brands the freedom to speak louder, scale faster and grow stronger. We simplify marketing and amplify brands to deliver value. SGK is a Matthews International company.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Project Manager plans, coordinates, and manages the execution of various projects, ensuring adherence to all project performance targets such as timing, cost, quality, and achievement of proposed benefits / return. This role gathers project requirements, establishes project plans, confirms cost structures and oversees the overall execution of the project. The Project Manager interacts with various teams, departments and clients to ensure the project maintains its critical path.
We seek a candidate with experience managing large-scale rollouts, particularly in event production, merchandising implementations, and campaign execution specifically in branded retail spaces. The ability to manage multiple stakeholders, adhere to tight deadlines, and maintain a high level of quality across all deliverables is essential for this role. This role will span from Mid-February to Early May 2025.
SKILLS
- Resourcefulness - the ability to think thru a challenge and find ways to solve. Able to bring together what they already know, who they've met that has relevant information / skills, ways they can approach a problem.
- Curiosity & Ability to Learn - willingness to explore / immerse in / learn something new or different to suit each project. Willingness to make a mistake and learn from it.
- Innovative Thinking - being open-minded, considering evidence, using reasoning skills, seeking alternatives, clarity of thought that improve projects.
- Be the communication hub for client and creative - Ablity to understand client feedback and willing to ask clarifying questions or provide proactive solutions
- Organize - Ablity to either develop their own consistent and organized way to manage documents / emails / projects / to do's / etc. or to adopt / adapt someone else's. Maintain the organizational system consistently so are easily accessible
- Lead - Display Leadership level confidence to own projects / teams and in interpersonal work
QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS
PHYSICAL ASPECTS / WORK ENVIRONMENT
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