Manager, Project Management - Systems & Product Master Data

SC Johnson • Sturtevant, WI

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Join SC Johnson’s dynamic Lifestyle Brands (LSB) business unit and lead a powerful cross‑functional engine that brings innovation to life. As the head of our System and Projects Coordination (SPC) team—spanning Racine and San Francisco—you’ll shape the future of how LSB commercializes products in a fast‑moving, highly matrixed environment. In this role, you’ll be the strategic force driving a renewed vision and roadmap across business and technology teams. You’ll lead the design and execution of LSB’s master data strategy (MDM), ensuring excellence in customer master data, product lifecycle data, and the processes that enable supply chain resiliency and innovation delivery. You’ll be a hands‑on master data expert while also guiding the end‑to‑end setup of new products, overseeing commercialization workflows, and facilitating critical cross‑functional forums that keep projects moving and teams aligned. You’ll also define and embed new ways of working to elevate global project execution—occasionally stepping in to directly manage high‑visibility, complex initiatives that shape LSB’s long‑term success. Your leadership will extend into supply chain coordination, where you’ll streamline decision‑making, anticipate challenges, and accelerate speed‑to‑market for NPDs. You’ll also oversee resources managing special packs across all North America brands, ensuring operational excellence. Additionally, you’ll steward the global C.R.E.A.T.E. project management system, driving its evolution to remain globally relevant, efficient, and insightful through optimized operations and reporting. Your influence will also support strategic marketing activities, ensuring projects are flawlessly planned and executed to maximize distribution and business impact. This role is ideal for someone energized by complexity, passionate about transformation, and ready to lead a team that sits at the heart of innovation delivery for some of the world’s most loved consumer brands.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree (technical/business/supply chain)
• 7+ years of end‑to‑end product commercialization and stakeholder management experience, including at least 3+ years in Program/Project Management and Master Data or Systems Governance.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States now and in the future without sponsorship

Nice To Haves

• 2+ years of people leadership experience
• Advanced leadership skills with proven success driving complex, cross‑functional initiatives and leading teams through significant change (CPG experience preferred).
• Strong ability to influence without authority, build relationships across levels/functions, and communicate clearly across global teams.
• Expertise with enterprise systems (SAP, PLM, ECC), Power BI, and advanced MS Office skills.
• Demonstrated capability in program/portfolio management, process/governance design, and managing multiple high‑complexity projects under tight timelines.
• Strong problem‑solving, strategic thinking, adaptability, and change‑management skills in fast‑paced, ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead, grow, and inspire a high‑performing team.
• Oversee design, development, and launch of Lifestyle Brands (LSB) projects.
• Mentor and coach team members and direct reports.
• Occasionally lead key strategic projects.
• Influence cross‑functional teams and align workstreams.
• Track milestones, report progress, and escalate risks.
• Resolve issues using root‑cause problem solving.
• Manage stakeholder and executive communications.
• Deliver projects on time, in full, and on budget.
• Drive process improvements that build capability.
• Lead LSB Data Governance aligned to enterprise standards.
• Maintain controls for Customer and Product Master Data.
• Oversee data quality reporting and documentation.
• Support strategic marketing activities for distribution.
• Lead and optimize special pack operations.
• Run supply chain forums to enable fast decisions.
• Lead SCC team engagement across S&OP/S&OE.
• Serve as supply chain escalation point for projects.
• Advance PM systems and reporting for faster decisions.

Benefits

• Subsidized health insurance benefits package
• Competitive vacation + holiday bundle
• Generous retirement match + pre-tax savings options
• Dedicated volunteer time, to be a force for good
• Pioneering events + experiences that build team connection (...ask us about the Packaging Olympics, Bubble Bash, Ping Pong Tournament + more!)
• Access to discounted/free company products

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager