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Project Manager 1 - Marketing Communications

Overview:

We are seeking a full-time Project Manager 1 for our Marketing Communications team at our office in Olathe, KS. In this role, you will be handling our Internal/External Corporate projects as well as working with our Marine and Outdoor market segments. You will be responsible for managing small to medium size projects of average complexity including development and maintenance of project plans and reporting of project statuses.

Responsibilities:

Essential Functions

Manages all aspects of projects from planning through closing tasks and provides regular communication of status to stakeholders
Interfaces with multi-functional team, including Account, Creative, Web, Social, Merchandising and IT, to define the overall project scope and effort
Uses neutrality and impartial reasoning to minimize conflict between teams and keep project members on target
Proactively identifies project issues/problems, assists in issue/problem resolution, collaborates with team members to initiate solutions and communicates resolution plan to all stakeholders
Contributes to weekly resource planning sessions, evaluates staffing needs across clients and brands, works with other department leads to prioritize work, fills resource gaps and anticipates future resource needs
Provides concise and appropriate feedback on project inputs, outputs, internal processes and quality assurance measures to the appropriate functional groups
Develops, manages and communicates project and program timelines
Ensures that all project deliverables are completed to specifications and approved by all appropriate stakeholders
Maps and documents processes to standardize workflows and improve efficiency
Creates and maintains project documentation including requirement gathering, change logs, status reports, meeting notes and postmortem findings

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree
Demonstrated track record in effectively delivering projects on time and within parameters
Demonstrated proficient understanding of project management best practices
Proficiency with MS Office applications, particularly Outlook, Word and Excel
Proficiency using project management applications (e.g. Microsoft Project, Jira, Workamajig, RequestTracker or Smartsheet)
Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate to people at various organization levels
Ability to generate and support pragmatic solutions that meet Garmin’s market launch requirements, while maintaining high quality standards
Demonstrated ability to effectively facilitate and lead meetings
Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
Must be positive, detail oriented, organized, team oriented and a driven problem solver, multi-tasker, and self-starter with the ability to prioritize, follow-up and work in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment with minimal supervision
Demonstrated ability to be flexible with shifting priorities based on business needs

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits.

By Garmin

To be an enduring company by creating superior products for automotive, aviation, marine, outdoor, and sports that are an essential part of our customers' lives.

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FUNDING

Public

INDUSTRY

Consumer Product Manufacturing

TEAM SIZE

10000+

LOCATION

Hybrid, based in Olathe, KS

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