About us

LSG Sky Chefs is one of the world’s largest airline catering and hospitality providers, known for its outstanding reputation and dynamic approach in the industry. Voted “Airline Caterer of the Year in North America” for 2023 and 2024, we are committed to excellence and innovation, driven by the dedication and expertise of our talented employees. Our team members are the heart and soul of our success, consistently delivering exceptional culinary experiences and outstanding service to our clients and their passengers across North and Latin America.

Role Purpose Statement

The Senior Commercial Project Manager takes charge of overseeing all aspects of Commercial projects. This role involves developing comprehensive project execution plans, resolving challenges in planning and implementation, monitoring progress and budgets, and leading projects from initiation to successful completion across the commercial organization and its departments.
*This positions support the Commercial team in managing assigned projects but will be reporting in the EPMO business unit.
 

Main Accountabilities

Project Management 

•    Drive the planning, execution, and successful delivery of Commercial projects, including but not limited to large tender projects, ensuring adherence to project timelines and budgets.
•    Implementing enterprise project management structure across all ongoing and new commercial projects, while proactively contributing to the coordination and content readiness of each project.
•    Serve as the trusted point of contact to provide on time updates and status of assigned projects. 
•    Drive the content development process by coordinating with bid leads and subject matter experts (SMEs), ensuring timely delivery of compelling, accurate and client aligned commercial material
•    Collaborate closely with Key Account Managers and sales leads to ensure full alignment of project content, timing, and messaging with client expectations
•    Define and manage project scope, objectives, and deliverables in close collaboration with relevant sales leaders and key stakeholders, aligning initiatives with strategic business goals.
•    Lead Commercial project deliverables, fostering proactive engagement and responsiveness from all stakeholders.
•    Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, timelines, and budgets, ensuring deliverables meet quality standards.
•    Anticipate, identify, and mitigate project risks, issues, and dependencies through innovative problem-solving and strategic action.
•    Monitor and report on project performance, providing clear, actionable updates to stakeholders and senior management.
•    Lead the development, management, and reporting of project financials, ensuring fiscal discipline and transparency across the commercial domain.
•    Facilitate seamless communication and collaboration across cross-functional teams and third-party vendors to achieve defined project objectives.
•    Partner with Subject Matter Experts to ensure all project documentation is accurate, up-to-date, and comprehensive.
•    Plan, track, manage, and report on the full lifecycle of assigned Commercial projects, driving accountability and results.
•    Deliver consistent status updates to customers, sponsors, stakeholders, and executives, fostering alignment and informed decision-making.
•    Conduct and document lessons learned from completed projects, leveraging insights to enhance future initiatives within the portfolio.
•    Actively contribute to PMO standardization efforts, enhancing Commercial projects efficiency and strategic alignment across the organization.
•    Promote, communicate & implement Enterprise PMO toolkit (methodologies, processes) across all Commercial Projects.
•    Support RFP proposal development and related for new and existing bid renewals including content design, formatting and storytelling components.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

•    Bachelor’s degree in project management or related field required with focus on Commercial Operations
•    Deep knowledge in Commercial domain preferably in an airline or food catering business.
•    Seven to Ten years of direct work experience in commercial project management required
•    Project management certification (PMI or PMP) strongly desired but not mandatory
•    Knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of project management
•    Proven experience in strategic planning, as well as people, risk and change management
•    Proficient in project management techniques, tools / software  and MS Office
•    Familiarity with sales enablement and proposal software/tools (e.g., Salesforce, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Adobe PDF tools) is a plus.
•    Multi-disciplinary experience (RFP, RFQ, Bidding proposals, documentation, Commercial operations)
•    Excellent communication and presentation skills, ability to interact at senior levels
•    This position is based out of Sky Chefs HQ in Irving, Tx and is not eligible for remote participation.  

LSG Sky Chefs is an EEO and Affirmative Action Employer of Women/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.