5-7 years of experience in supply chain, retail and supply chain execution
Knowledgeable of retail systems functionality and technology
PMP or other project management certification is a plus
Proven project management experience and leadership in supply chain execution (SCE) capacity
Requirements:
Lead Supply Chain Execution (SCE) projects, managing schedule, budget, and scope; escalate issues as needed
Collaborate with client resources to establish credibility as trusted advisor and develop baseline project plans and statements of work
Plan project resources, guide the project team, and ensure adherence to policies, procedures, methodologies, and quality standards
Provide regular project status reporting, manage billable time and budgets, track risks and issues, and ensure value/ROI delivery
Job description
Supply Chain Project Manager - Remote
Contract
USC or GC
Description:
PMP Certified heavy Project Management. They are going to need a "PMI minded discipline
Exposed to getting into the weeds on schedule management and budget management
Project financial Management (CAPEX / OPEX)
Task/Schedule Management
Retail a Huge Plus
WMS Background
Project Manager Job Description
Leads Supply Chain Execution SCE projects in the resolution of customer project issues, escalating to appropriate parties as needed across warehouse management, transportation management, order management
Collaborates with appropriate resources on customer's business, organization, and culture to strengthen their credibility as trusted advisors
Helps validate and produce appropriate baseline project plans and templates
Assists in generating Statement of Work and customer proposal documents for future work after the initial assessment.
Works with appropriate parties to plan project resource requirements
Provides guidance, feedback, coaching, and developmental experiences to project team members
Assesses project performance and communicates lessons learned to increase institutional knowledge
Ensures project team adheres to policies, procedures, methodologies, and quality standards
Provide feedback to the consultant team.
Project planning and time management. Know the workload of the team and project requirements to balance assignments during the project.
Manages services engagements including interactions with client project team and client executives
Resolves all project issues including budget, timeline, accounts receivable, scope changes, software functionality and technology
Keep updated an internal and external issue log
Tracking and follow-up of the issues to resolve them as soon as possible
Provides regular project communication and status reporting including financial status of the project to client and internal management.
Track the budget for the billable projects. Forecast variances to have adjustments made to the budget.
Keeps individual expenses within budget
Manages project quality to ensure customer satisfaction
Ensures that projects deliver the value/ROI sold with the engagement
Records billable time to customer, as appropriate
Perform a risk assessment of each project phase
Detect risks in a timely manner and provide actions to mitigate them before becoming an escalation
Escalates issues that may have negative financial impact
Manages service engagement budgets
Reviews billing for all active accounts
Maximizes margin on service engagements
Ensures supporting project documentation is in order and submitted timely
Assess project performance and communicates lessons learned to increase institutional knowledge
Build and maintain close relations with implementation team to ensure understanding of original design and configuration.
Required Skills & Experience
5-7 years of experience in a supply chain, retail and supply chain execution
Knowledgeable of Retail systems functionality and technology
PMP or any other Project manager certification is a PLUS.
Proven experience working as a Project Manager or similar capacity.
Demonstrated project leadership experience in Supply Chain execution SCE capacity i.e. Order Management, Warehouse Management, Transportation Management, Manufacturing Execution Systems..
Knowledgeable of project management best practices.
Skilled at leading and coordinating across diverse teams to achieve desired outcomes.
Ability to resolve complex problems with little to no guidance
Capable of facilitating (design sessions, conflict resolutions, brainstorming, etc).
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to mentor, coach and train.
Excellent communication, client relationship and analytical skills.
Skilled at leading difficult discussions and provide multiple options on a complex topic. Drive a resolution or bring other parties into the discussion to gain agreement.
Well organized and consistently meets commitments.
Negotiation skills
Relevant technologies/exposure/skills:
Manhattan WMS
New distribution center infrastructure deployment (network, hardware, etc)
