**We are a leading company in the global pool & wellness industry**:
Fluidra, a multinational group listed on the Spanish Stock Exchange, is the global leader in the pool and wellness industry. Founded in 1969, Fluidra has long-standing experience in developing innovative products and services in the general residential and commercial pool market.
Fluidra has a clear mission**:to create the perfect pool and wellness experience responsibly**.
Fluidra operates in more than 47 countries through its subsidiaries. We have more than **135 sales branches** and more than **35 production centers** around the world, in addition to strategically distributed logistics hubs that support our production and distribution centers.
Our team is comprised of more than **7,000 employees** motivated and skilled employees from **over 45 countries**.
**Vacancy to cover paternity leave**
**Mission**:
**Your responsibilities**:
- Champion fact-based, values-guided decision making
- Manage multiple projects across various product categories.
- Maintain a strong leadership role in large cross-functional groups to achieve the project goals and deadlines. This includes conducting all of the team meetings, gate reviews, and off-line communications necessary for progress.
- Effectively communicate project risks, progress, and key milestones in a group environment, while tracking project status, including schedule, cost, development cost, capital, and product performance specifications
- Drive team-based solutions to project challenges.
- Develop key cross-functional relationships to facilitate teamwork and innovation.
- Manage complex project calendars and multiple deadlines.
- Document and analyze key project activities.
- Assist team members and support an energetic, dynamic department.
- Responsible for identifying risks, elevating team conflicts, constraints or other road blocks to the leadership team in a timely manner to minimize impact on project schedule and keep cross-functional project teams moving forward
- Champion of the product development process, both for New Product Development (NPD) and Value Improvement (VI)
**To succeed in this role, you’ll need a positive attitude and the following**:
- ** Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience.**:
- **Minimum of 3+ years professional program management experience.**:
- **Minimum of 6+ years overall professional-level experience.**:
- **Ability and willingness to travel domestically and overseas as needed.**
- **Must be a demonstrated problem solver with the ability to manage information, to systematically analyze that information and willingness to delegate tasks and responsibilities.**
Highly developed expertise in the following areas:
- Understanding and effective use of KPIs to drive successful projects (schedule, costs, EVA, etc.)
- MS Project, Smartsheet, Primavera or other project and portfolio management software.
- Google Suite and Google Drive.
- Expectation to deliver on all commitments.
- Ability to act as an independent intermediary between engineering, supply chain/operations, IT and marketing team members.
- PMP, CAPM, or similar certification preferred.
- Experience with Consumer Product Manufacturing, design, marketing, selling and business processes preferred.
- Knowledge of IT and Business System tools preferred.
- Knowledge of financial reports.
- 6 Sigma process improvement experience is a plus.
- At Fluidra, we are committed to both the professional and personal development of our employees. Thanks to our highly qualified team of experts we are able to fulfill our main mission: To create the perfect Pool and Wellness experience responsibly._