About Us:

Vi-Jon is one of the nation’s oldest brand and private label Health and Beauty Care companies, serving retailers in all 50 states and Canada. For over 100 years, the Vi-Jon name has come to represent some of the highest standards in the manufacturing of quality products in the Health and Beauty Care industry. The Vi-Jon corporate headquarters are in St. Louis, Missouri, and we operate manufacturing and distribution centers in Missouri and Tennessee 24 hours a day.

Vi-Jon is a company of tradition and commitment to our associates and our customers, and our company culture reflects that. By joining Vi-Jon, you will become part of a team-oriented and entrepreneurial culture that allows associates to grow both personally and professionally. We recognize that a company is not a building, production line, equipment or products, but people. Our company is not made up of just people, but individuals who together make up a team – the Vi-Jon team.

Current Opportunity:

We currently have an opening for a Project Manager within Vi-Jon’s Sales Operations Department at our St. Louis, Missouri location.  We offer an exciting and challenging work environment, a competitive salary and benefits package, and a business culture that rewards performance.

The Project Manager, Sales Operations position:

·       Provides project management leadership and guidance to sales projects

·       Provides input to project management training 

·       Actively engages to ensure that all project management systems and business processes are continuously improved to best serve our customers and the sales team

·       Provides strategic input and partners with National Account Management staff to best support and exceed all customer expectations 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:  

·       Provides customer specific account support and project management

·       Provide project management of NBA process, artwork approval process, conversion process, and new-existing item launches for all areas of account responsibility

·       Ability to create analytical work plans to diagnose issues

·       Develop recommendations and action plans to deploy process improvement opportunities

·       Lead sub-projects and analysis as defined by the Director, Sales Operations and Supervisor, Sales Operations

·       Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with key stakeholders

·       Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents

·       Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis

·       Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals

·       Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders

·       Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel

·       Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path

·       Plan, schedule and track project timelines, milestones, and deliverables using appropriate tools (ex: Microsoft Project)

·       Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations

·       Work with Director, Sales Operations and Supervisor Sales Operations define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties

·       Provide input to project post mortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements

·       Provides preparation of visual aids, sample comparisons, and data collection for the Sales team. Coordinates with NAM to exceed the Customer expectations.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field required
• Three years experience in project management, managing various phases involved in implementation from beginning to completion.
• PMP certifications a plus
• Experience working with all levels of the organization, both technical and non-technical.
• Strong decision making and problem solving skills
• Highly developed interpersonal, written and verbal skills with an ability to express complex technical concepts in business terms
• Good organizational skills, strong attention to detail, with the ability to prioritize and meet objectives
  

Vi-Jon is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to recruiting and retaining the best talent in the health and beauty care industry.

To learn more about Vi-Jon, please visit our website at www.vijon.com .