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Masco Corporation is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of home improvement and building products, as well as a leading provider of services that include the installation of insulation and other building products. Our products include faucets, kitchen and bath cabinets, paints and stains, bath and shower units, spas, shower and plumbing specialties, windows, lighting and controls and decorative hardware.

At Masco, we believe the professional development of our people is central to improving company performance and meeting the challenges of our increasingly demanding markets and customers. Our award-winning Masco University offers numerous opportunities for individual development including in-house degreed courses, Leadership Development Programs in Operations Management and Innovation, as well as many other programs focused on employee development.

Our culture includes the unrelenting pursuit of excellence, innovation, employee engagement and community support. If you want to work for a company that is committed to excellence, knows how to have fun, values diversity, and recognizes, develops and rewards great talent with career opportunities, you couldn’t be in a better place.

For more information, please visit our web site at www.mascocareers.com.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Design Project Manager

Masco Product Design is a division of Masco Corporation, a Fortune 200 diversified home products manufacturer.   Masco Product Design is located in the West Loop Gate near downtown Chicago.  Our major brands include Delta Faucet Company, Liberty Hardware, AquaGlass, Kraftmaid Cabinetry, Arrow Fastener, BrassCraft, Caldera Spas, and many more.  If you are interested in working with the next generation of innovative smart home products, send us your resume.
The Design Project Manager will develop and manage client relationships and coordinate activities of the design team to ensure expectations are exceeded and projects are successfully completed on schedule.
Duties include: 
* Collaborate with clients at Masco business units to develop project design briefs to communicate strategic business and product development goals to the design team.
* Coordinate with client marketing and engineering teams to collect all relevant project supporting materials such as market research reports and samples, photos, or CAD databases of competitive and existing products.
* Reviews and critique project plans for time frame requirements, deliverables, tracking & forecasting of budgets, staff requirements (internal and external), and specialized resources.
* Develop and maintain Gantt charts to continually track and manage project schedules and design team workload
* Manage client expectations by communicating project status and issues; resolves concerns; analyzes time and cost issues
* Build new business by presenting additional services to current clients; explores opportunities to develop new business between MPD and non-participating business units.
* Continually update job knowledge; participates in educational opportunities; reads professional publications; maintains personal networks; participates in professional organizations.
* Enhance business unit’s and MPD’s reputations by accepting ownership of the accomplishment of new and different initiatives; explores new opportunities to add value to the job and to our organizations.
Skills/Qualifications:  
 
The selected candidate will possess a thorough understanding of product development and design processes, preferably in the consumer durable goods industry.   A minimum of eight years project management experience is a must. Expertise obtained in a manufacturing environment is preferred. An undergraduate degree in business, marketing, industrial design or engineering is required and a graduate degree would be considered a plus. Expertise with Microsoft Project software is required.





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