Project Manager
Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area
Lead new product development projects in Steelcase Health, Education, and Strategic Partnerships.Strategic Partnerships: Managed the co-development of a product family from concept to implementation.• Responsible for defining and maintaining a budget of $7 million in expense and capital and revenue potential of $100 million.• Led a 50-person inter-disciplinary global development team through a 150-deliverable process leveraging team meetings, governance reviews, 1:1s, brainstorming sessions, and celebrating together for success.• Managed partnership contract as well as IP security and confidentiality for physical products, digital assets, and the access of 300+ total project members.• Established dynamic project dashboard and status reports with automated feedback and approval sequences.• Oversaw six Project Managers of sub-teams responsible for plants, launch activities, and the development of a new IT infrastructure to support a new distribution channel.• Named as inventor on Provisional Patent.Education Category• Managed the rapid development of a product for a strategic opportunity with a $565,000 budget and $20 million in forecasted revenue. • Responsible for the discovery, development, and on-boarding of a new supplier, doubling their annual revenue.• Interim PM for $2 million budget project through development phase of a complex mechanism. Seamlessly transitioned project to new PM and actively monitored project health until stable.Healthcare Category• Led two cost reduction and line extension projects in Healthcare category simultaneously.