Company Snapshot:
Born in Miami more than a quarter of a century ago, TUUCI is the global leader in premium shade and placemaking products for hospitality, commercial, and residential outdoor settings. Our teams strive to meet and exceed the TUUCI vision: to help people live their best life outdoors through inspiring design, enduring performance, and convivial service. We foster a fun, fast-paced, and diverse environment that encourages close collaboration and the spirited exchange of ideas. Our culture supports creativity, drives excellence, and promotes personal growth and development.
Location and Reporting Structure:
This position is based in Miami and reports to the Sr. Product Manager.
Position Summary:
The Project Manager plays a crucial role in overseeing projects from initiation to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget. This position requires strong project management skills, a comprehensive understanding of business operations, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Project Planning: Organize the project scope including deliverables to create and manage the project timeline.
- Execution and Monitoring: Facilitate projects to successful completion ensuring adherence to timelines, identifying and managing the critical path, and maintaining budget constraints while tracking project expenses and financials.
- Risk Management: Identify potential project risks, propose contingency plans, and facilitate decision-making through thorough analysis of options.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Organize and lead cross-functional team meetings, documenting action items and coordinating project-related activities.
- Communication: Maintain clear and effective communication with all levels of the organization, ensuring alignment and addressing any project-related issues.
- Documentation: Create and maintain organized project documentation to support transparency and accountability throughout the project lifecycle.
- Best Practices Promotion: Foster a culture of best practices within project teams, ensuring consistent application of project management methodologies.
- Technical Oversight: Collaborate closely with engineering, manufacturing, Supply chain, and quality control teams to validate and verify BOM accuracy. Assist with cost analysis by providing accurate BOM data to help determine the cost of goods
- Familiarity with Operations: Become familiar with TUUCI’s products, operations, and internal business practices.
Experience and Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Project Management, or a related field preferred.
- Minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience in project management, leading cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency in project management software, with strong knowledge of MS Office products (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive, self-starter mindset capable of working independently and collaboratively.
Preferred Experience and Expertise:
- PMP Certification: Project Management Professional certification is a plus.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Proven ability to work effectively with diverse teams, including operations, supply chain, marketing, and finance.
- Process Improvement: Experience in implementing best practices and methodologies to enhance project delivery and outcomes.
- Manufacturing processes: Understanding of manufacturing processes Is a plus.
- Knowledge of new product development: Familiarity with the stages of bringing a product from concept to production within a manufacturing environment. Is a plus.
Tuuci Offers:
- A welcoming, friendly environment that encourages diversity of thought.
- Support for professional growth and development within a dynamic and talented team.
- A collaborative atmosphere that welcomes innovative ideas and allows you to make an immediate impact.
- Comprehensive health benefits, a matching 401k retirement plan, paid holidays, and personal days.
About Tuuci:
For more than 26 years, Tuuci has revolutionized outdoor living spaces with durable, innovative shade and furniture products featuring nautically inspired designs. Founded by Dougan Clarke in 1998, Tuuci was born from his seaside roots in Miami, where he began his career as a marine outfitter. Today, Tuuci’s award-winning designs are sought by leading design professionals worldwide and are experienced in various hospitality, commercial, and residential settings.
Globally headquartered in Miami, Tuuci operates additional manufacturing centers in Northern Europe and Southeast Asia and maintains showrooms in Miami, Chicago, Atlanta, and The Netherlands. Our commitment to community and environmental concerns is a cornerstone of our foundation, reflecting our mission to help people live their best life outdoors through inspiring design, enduring performance, and convivial service.