Associate Project Manager - Packaging

Summary:  Fanatics Collectibles is seeking a Associate Packaging Project Manager (APL) to join our Project Management team. This critical role helps form the backbone of Fanatics Collectibles and is responsible for ensuring that 200-300 new products are delivered to the market annually on-time and in accordance with our high standards.

We are looking for strong leaders with a problem-solving mindset, a disciplined execution-first approach, who thrive in complex settings with multiple stakeholders, and who have a relentless ability to drive alignment and “run through walls” to get things done. A passion for sports and the sport collectibles and merchandise ecosystem is a very welcome plus.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end ownership: Be the single responsible owner of the packaging development and procurement process for approximately 300 products per year.
• Delivery roadmap: Assist in developing, aligning, and distributing a comprehensive timeline of milestones across the complete lifecycle of each product.
• Performance management: Track and provide visibility of the current status of every product, ensuring that hand-offs are cleanly executed.
• Problem-solving: Proactively identify upcoming bottlenecks and convene stakeholders to problem-solve and resolve them.
• Escalation: Prepare materials for escalation to senior leadership as and when needed.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Lead meetings to ensure that product, design, engineering and procurement teams are aligned.
• Global Vender Management: Coordinate with domestic and international vendors to ensure smooth integration of their timelines with internal project milestones. 
• Interdepartmental Prioritization Optimization: Manage and strategically balance competing priorities to ensure each department’s critical tasks are addressed at the right time.

Requirements:

• Establish and maintain a strong leadership presence with the ability to influence overlapping stakeholders across complex organizations.
• Attention to detail and strong organizational skills particularly in the ability to multi-task and prioritize across a complex portfolio.
• Data proficiency particularly in understanding complex processes with multiple touchpoints, particularly ability to identity (and act on) warning flags and long-term trends.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities particularly in unanticipated or novel problems.
• Business judgment in balance competing demands and prioritizing requests for resources and escalation.
• Cool under pressure in dealing with unanticipated changes and last-minute shifts.
• Relentless focus on delivery and “run through walls” attitude on execution!
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field preferred.
• Experience in working in or managing a cross-functional team across a fast-paced environment.

The salary range for this position is $75,000 - $85,000, which represents base pay only and does not include short-term or long-term incentive compensation. When determining base pay, as part of a final compensation package, we consider several factors such as location, experience, qualifications, and training.

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