Senior Program Manager

Lasko Products, an industry leader in the design and manufacture of portable fans and heaters for over 100 years, is seeking a Senior Program Manager to join our team. In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead the Project Management team in the creation and maintenance of key products in the home comfort and environment category.

The Senior Program Manager lead the company's major initiatives to ensure they are completed on time and on budget. This position requires excellent project management skills and the ability to effectively work with others across the organization. This person should be a self-motivated individual with a strong work ethic that has experience with managing complex projects across various functions including operations, IT and Product Development.

Primary Responsibilities

• Controls project scope, schedule and cost. Ensures that blueprint plan is being followed with each project.
• Coordinate program changes or potential program changes to the baseline and ensures the approved changes are communicated and implemented.
• Provides thought leadership to the creation of project plans and facilitates workout sessions and key meetings. Aids in selection of success metrics for proof of concepts, pilots, and rollouts.
• Determines and documents project issues/risks and tracks timely mitigation/resolution.
• Interact and influence regularly with key stakeholders including senior executives, customers, and board members.
• Proactively engage with business stakeholders to identify key pain points and areas of inefficiency, and proactively propose and implement improvement.
• Highlight processes in need of software development and partner with the Software Development team to execute changes.
• Maintain regional project plan, process workflow, SOPs, training material, and communication plan to ensure successful project execution on critical business initiatives.
• Plans and manages project communications with key stakeholders to keep them informed as well as escalate critical issues for timely resolution.
• At the completion of a project or project phase, captures key lessons learned and communicates to PMO and business. Effectively applies lessons learned in subsequent projects.
• Develops project charter and management plan for both internal and external team members.
• Defines and sequences activities including duration and overall project schedule; ensures focus on key dependencies and control schedule.
• Assists with the development of cross functional, cross-company project team; provides input leadership and direction when project scope or timing changes.

Personal and Leadership Qualities

• Demonstrated success in strong execution and implementation of innovation solutions.
• Ability to quickly synthesize large amounts of information into actionable plans.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and attention to detail
• Passionate about bringing people of all disciplines (engineering, sales, marketing, supply chain, finance) together to capture opportunities and/or solve problems that have the greatest chance of overall success.
• Excellent project management skills, with ability to prioritize and meet deadlines with acute attention to detail.

KPI's of which the Sr. Program Manager will be measured by:

• Schedule Attainment
• Project Budget Accuracy
• Resource Capacity

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required; an MBA is a plus
• PMP certification is a must
• Minimum 5 years' experience managing Large Corporate Projects
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant project management - product development experience including experience participating on project-oriented teams.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, SmartSheets or MS Project and Word; ERP experience is preferred.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed.

About the Company

Lasko Metal Products was founded in 1906 by Henry Lasko in Philadelphia. Lasko designs, manufactures, assembles, and distributes portable fans, heaters, and humidifiers for the consumer market (Lasko brand), air purifiers (Germ Guardian brand), ventilation products such as range hoods and bathroom exhaust fans to the construction industry (Air King brand) and water damage restoration products such as air scrubbers and dehumidifiers (B-Air brand). Lasko's products are sold in North America, South America, the Caribbean, and Asia. The company is recognized as the leader in the portable fan and portable heating categories and proudly operates American manufacturing, assembly, and distribution facilities across the US. Lasko's leading market share in fans and heaters is 2X - 4X larger than the #2 brand. Lasko's domestic production capabilities uniquely position Lasko to serve its customers.

Lasko's Mission is to improve everyday life with trusted products which create a healthier and more comfortable environment. The company's success is based on 5 Core Values:

• Be Bold:
• Challenge the status quo
• Courageously pursue the impossible
• Reject mediocrity
• Be Together
• Work together for success
• Drive trust and candor with each other
• Prioritize "We" before "I"
• Be A Leader
• Lead with personal conviction
• Inspire each other to deliver high- quality results
• Leverage resilience and agility to drive excellence
• Be Accountable
• Consistently deliver to our customers
• Embrace commitments as a contract
• Take pride in our actions
• Be The Change
• Demonstrate a passion to win
• Make a difference at work in our communities
• Step forward and take initiative

The Lasko family owned and operated Lasko Products until November 2016, when private investment firms Comvest Partners and JW Levin Management Partners ("JWLMP") acquired the business. Comvest Partners and JWLMP are committed to growing the business with investments in growth and productivity.

Geographic Reach

Based in the greater Philadelphia, PA area, Lasko Products operates in locations throughout the US and Canada. The company's Tennessee, Texas, and Pennsylvania manufacturing facilities produce both indoor and outdoor fans and heaters. The company also sources select products internationally from China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, and India. Lasko operates distribution centers in all manufacturing locations plus Nevada and Ohio.

Diversity & Inclusion

Comvest and its portfolio companies recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote regardless of race/national origin, gender/gender identification, sexual orientation, age, disability status, veteran status, religious affiliation, and other protected status. We have a clear vision to be the place where diverse talent wants to come, stay, and do their best work. We know our companies run on the hard work and dedication of our passionate and smart employees. We believe that diversity within an organization creates long-term value for the organization itself and its constituents. Comvest and its portfolio companies are high performing organizations that seeks to hire hard-working and dedicated high performers. While Comvest and its portfolio companies always strive to look at a diverse pool of candidates, we will always choose the most qualified candidate for the job being recruited for, in order to strive for success for both the employee and the firm.