Our Excellent client, a US Chemical Manufacturing Company with a nearly 70 year history is looking to hire a permanent Project/Product manager. The role located in the Houston area of TX is structured around managing the development of new products. This is an excellent company to work for and has a great compensation and benefits package. Please email me your resume and call me. I take calls 7 days a week. Forward this excellent role to a colleague if you are not interested.
Project Manager – Corporate Growth
Pasadena (or The Woodlands)
Innovation & Sustainability Manager
The Project Manager would be responsible for the key corporate organic growth projects in our product development process at our Pasadena and Silsbee sites. This role spans many types of activities, from idea conception to commercialization. The Project Manager provides cross-functional leadership and bridges organizational gaps between different functional groups, most often between technical services, engineering, marketing, sales, finance, and operations.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Project Management
Develop and implement a project plan with key milestones: project prioritization, financials, timing, action items, product technology, and market analysis for each new product idea
Screen new product ideas to meet future business growth
Oversee preliminary engineering design during the early stages of product development
Actively seek out and engage third parties where they provide competitive advantage as part of development
Identify and define key process/plant integration issues
Business
Develop options to ensure advantage of technology based on understanding of industry wide strategic opportunities
Develop and execute methodology to assess commercial feasibility of project before Pilot or Commercial trials
Develop financial model for new products to determine if economically viable
Technical
Evaluate new process configuration options from Technical Services to identify leading configuration options which warrant further development in Engineering
Assess how business opportunity will best integrate into existing operations and the implications integration has on the process configuration
Determine key parameters for process scale-up to commercial volumes from the pilot or demo scale.
Other duties as assigned
Minimum Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree (Technical, Business, or related)
5-7 years of experience in petrochemical industry
2 - 3 years project management or product/business development experience required
Preferred
5+ years project management experience
Proven track record in early-phase project or product/business development, including engineering deliverables
Prior experience in Specialty Chemicals or Polymers
Other Skills
Strategic thinking and a vision for product development
Strong communication skills, interpersonal skills, and ability to build relationships.
Strong leadership and team-building skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
Proficient in problem-solving and decision-making
Ability to collaborate effectively in a diverse and dynamic environment.
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