Allegion

Field Productivity Project Manager

Allegion

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Connecticut • United States

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About the role

  • Lead and support productivity improvement projects with field branches focused on install and service operations
  • Partner closely with field leaders and ops teams to identify pain points, root causes, and improvement opportunities
  • Help drive project momentum by tracking milestones, holding contributors accountable for deliverables, and escalating risks as needed
  • Support pilot programs and phased rollouts to test, refine, and scale improvements
  • Support and, when needed, help facilitate Kaizen and rapid improvement events
  • Assist with A3 problem-solving, including documentation of current state, future state, countermeasures, and results
  • Identify opportunities to reduce waste, streamline handoffs, and improve end-to-end process flow
  • Work closely with IT partners on system enhancements, automation opportunities, and technology-enabled process improvements
  • Collaborate with Central Operations, Billing, Customer Service, Manufacturing, and other functional teams to ensure improvements align across the full value stream
  • Act as a bridge between field operations and central ops teams, ensuring field realities are understood and addressed
  • Document projects, decisions, risks, and outcomes using standard project and continuous improvement tools
  • Track and validate financial benefits and productivity gains from projects, including entry and maintenance in EPM
  • Prepare clear summaries and updates for leadership on project progress, outcomes, and realized benefits
  • Ability to travel up to 25%.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, manufacturing, business or equivalent experience
  • Minimum of 3 years’ experience working in or closely with field branches (e.g., operations, service, installation, dispatch, scheduling, or branch leadership roles)
  • Strong knowledge of field operations within install and/or service environments, including an understanding of day-to-day branch challenges
  • Experience participating in, or leading process improvement initiatives, productivity projects, or operational change efforts
  • Exposure to cross-functional work involving IT, operations, billing, customer service, or manufacturing
  • Strong project coordination skills, including organizing work, tracking deliverables, and driving follow-through
  • Comfort holding peers and stakeholders accountable in a collaborative, respectful way
  • Proven problem-solving skills, techniques.
  • Excellent leadership and communication skills.
  • Self-starter with a desire to make a significant impact on the project execution.
  • Courage to raise issues to upper management when a program is at risk.
  • Credibility with field teams and the ability to build trust quickly
  • Curious, improvement-oriented mindset with a bias toward action
  • Passion for making work easier, faster, and more efficient for field teams
Benefits
  • Health, dental and vision insurance coverage, helping you “be safe, be healthy”
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • A commitment to your future with a 401K plan, which currently offers a 6% company match and no vesting period
  • Health Savings Accounts – Tax-advantaged savings account used for healthcare expenses
  • Flexible Spending Accounts – Tax-advantaged spending accounts for healthcare and/or dependent daycare expenses
  • Disability Insurance –Short-Term and Long-Term coverage, paid for by Allegion, provides income replacement for illness or injury
  • Life Insurance – Term life coverage with the option to purchase supplemental coverage
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Voluntary Wellness Program – Simply complete wellness activities and earn monetary rewards
  • Employee Discounts through Perks at Work
  • Community involvement and opportunities to give back so you can “serve others, not yourself”
  • Opportunities to leverage your unique strengths through CliftonStrengths assessment & coaching
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
A3 problem-solvingprocess improvementproductivity projectsproject coordinationfinancial trackingcontinuous improvement toolsautomation opportunitieswaste reductionend-to-end process flowmilestone tracking
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationproblem-solvingcollaborationaccountabilityself-startertrust buildingcuriosityimprovement-oriented mindsetcourage to raise issues