Senior Project Manager

ALPLA is a global family-owned, privately held company that makes innovative, customized, recycled packaging for top companies such as P&G, Unilever, L'Oréal, Pepsi, and more. ALPLA values their employees, work-life balance, personal growth, compensation and sustainability.

What Can You Expect From ALPLA

• Health and Wellness Care Program- Benefits 
• Child Care Benefits
• Dependent Care Cost Savings Program
• Recognition programs; Promotional opportunities
• 401K Retirement Plan and excellent Matching Plan
• Medical, dental, vision plan
• Education assistance program/tuition reimbursement
• Short term, long term and life insurance paid by ALPLA
• Paid vacation; paid holidays

What You Will Enjoy Doing

Leads technically complex, innovative, and unique product developments within projects by applying deep technical expertise. Coordinates all activities throughout the development process, from project kick-off to handover to the production plant, ensuring alignment with ALPLA's interests and customer requirements.

• Represents the Alpla with enthusiasm and acts according to the principles of the ALPLA IDENTITY.
• Leads technically complex, innovative and unique product developments within projects.
• Provides expertise in the product development community.
• Clarifies and aligns product specifications and requirements with the customer/supplier and the technical product development team.
• Identifies and resolves technical issues and risks to achieve project goals by considering the whole process chain.
• Specifies product design, mould and sampling requirements (in PDS).
• Plans, participates and reviews samplings and mould qualifications under technical and economical aspects.
• Provides leadership on product development projects (caps & packagig systems), coordinates and performs activities from project initiation until project close-out. This includes product design, pilot development, production development, qualification and successful handover into production environment.
• Develops adequate project plans for managing the project objectives, scope, schedule, resources, budgets.
• Coordinates activities between customer, supplier and internal stakeholders and provides direction.
• Performs project controlling and project reporting.
• Secures production approval and project closing.
• Communicates effectively within the project organisation.
• Provide technical support for sales/TAM (C1) and Alpla plants

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee is:

• Frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms,talk and hear
• Occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds
• Environment can regularly be above 90dB

It is required to act in a safe and environmentally responsible manner at all times by adhering to all ALPLA policies and procedures and Safety Standards (OSHA). #salaried #KCI

ALPLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: ALPLA is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ALPLA are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. ALPLA will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

What Makes You Great

Education/Experience:

• Product Development Experience 7+ years within Product Development
• Completed technical education or equivalent experience in related fields
• Distinct technical understanding

Qualifications/Skills:

• Curiosity for technical innovations
• Distinctive problem solving competence
• Interpersonal competence and social adaptability
• Excellent communication skills
• Organizational skills
• Basic understanding of production processes
• Structured and solution oriented approach
• Willingness to travel globally and intercultural competence
• Travel up to 50%