Delicato Family Wines · 1 day ago
Director Project Management
Delicato Vineyards Napa
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$127K/yr - $198K/yr
10+ years expDelicato Family Wines is a company focused on the wine industry, and they are seeking a Director of Project Management to lead key strategic initiatives and oversee the project management process. The role involves collaborating with stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of major corporate projects while maintaining a standardized approach across functions.
Food and BeverageWine And Spirits
Responsibilities
Oversees, directs, and manages departmental activities and team performance
Drives and models company culture and holds self, peers, and direct reports accountable for demonstrating a constructive company culture through influential, personal behavior and actions
Develops and implements clearly defined operational and individual goals to develop employees, achieve productivity levels, and to attain the company's strategic plan
Researches best practices, stays abreast of industry trends, and maintains awareness of regulatory changes to ensure compliance and continually improve operations
Executes departmental financial objectives by preparing budgets, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective action
Achieves departmental results to ensure the effective delivery of the strategic plan
Develops staffing needs; attracts, motivates, and retains a workforce with the appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities to achieve goals and objectives
Promotes and ensures a safe and healthy work environment for all employees
Leads the way and prepares departmental staff for success in a continually changing environment
Fosters a work environment that encourages creative thinking, promotes flexibility, and drives innovation
Addresses employee issues, concerns, and complaints in an objective and confidential manner; notifies HR Business Partner and keeps immediate manager informed as appropriate
Ensures compliance and consistent application of company policies, initiatives, and decisions
Coaches, guides, and develops direct reports; fully engages in the GPS (Performance Management) process; provides high-quality feedback, and ensures proper GPS documentation of employee performance, recognition, and deficiencies
Manages the company’s strategic major projects and new product development portfolio with regular progress reporting to the EVP Strategic Initiatives (or executive committee) and Senior Leadership Team. Develops and leads the process for prioritization, cross functional resource allocation, and project approval
Defines scope of work for enterprise projects in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders. Leads the reporting of project reports including key milestones, timelines, progress toward deliverables, risks, and financial considerations. Ensures executive and stakeholder project reviews are conducted on a regular cadence to provide appropriate steering and escalation of issues for resolution
Proactively assists key stakeholders to translate strategic projects into actionable plans. Ensures collaboration in addressing resource constraints to build a project plan that meets schedule and financial requirements. Provides guidance, support, and oversight to project teams to ensure the most important projects maintain focus to meet business goals
Identifies potential risks involved in project execution and develops plans to mitigate where possible. Translates complex project data into actionable issues to facilitate informed decision making for the team
Leads the Executive Innovation Committee approving all new products for development. Collaborates with Marketing, Sales, Finance, Supply Chain, Winemaking, and Operations to ensure all new products are launched as approved and all changes/cost optimizations to existing products are managed within the life cycle project management process. Oversees the postmortem project evaluation process
Develops project communications and change management plans to ensure collaboration and a constructive environment for all parties involved during implementation of new assets, systems, processes, tools, and infrastructure
Leads the development and provides guidance and training on standardized project management processes to cross functional stakeholders. Ensures the team facilitates project management meetings proactively to drive action and efficiencies on a routine basis. Develops and refines project tools by soliciting input from customers on needs and improvements
Provides oversight to project process metrics to ensure delivery of the desired benefit and conducts periodic project debrief assessments with stakeholders to drive continuous improvement. Creates and maintains comprehensive project documentation, adhering to all corporate policies
Leads efforts in cost and complexity reduction, facilitates process mapping and Kaizen activities, and identifies improvement opportunities via ad hoc analysis and insights
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in business, Supply Chain, Engineering, IT, or related field
10+ years experience leading large-scale cross-functional projects in operations, engineering, supply chain, IT or equivalent
Exceptional influencing capability with the ability to manage cross-functional resources and work with different personalities and styles
Excellent oral and written communication skills – both formal and informal with the ability to communicate across all levels of the organization
Excellent problem solving and project management skills
Advanced technology application skills, including Microsoft Office Suite, project management software, and ERP (SAP preferred)
Strong curiosity and drive for improvement and attention to detail
Preferred
MBA highly desirable
Strong analytical skills with prior hands-on experience are preferred
CPG experience, with preference for Food & Beverage industry experience
PMP Certification (Project Management Professional) preferred
Lean/Continuous improvement certification preferred
Benefits
Medical
Dental and vision
Life
Disability and flexible spending accounts
401(k) with generous company match
Discretionary profit sharing
Paid time off (PTO)
Paid holidays
Wine & merchandise discounts
Tuition reimbursement
Gym discounts & many more
Company
Delicato Family Wines
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501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Juan Valdes
Chief Financial Officer
Dana Michaud, PHR, SHRM-CP
HR Director & Business Partner - Hospitality & Administration
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