Project Manager - Mergers & Acquisition

We are looking for a Project Manager - Mergers & Acquisition to lead operational process discovery and implementation planning for newly acquired manufacturing businesses in Illinois. This contract position is ideal for a hands-on individual who can translate complex cross-functional workflows into clear documentation, align stakeholders across the organization, and drive projects from assessment through go-live. The role begins with a strong onsite presence and evolves into a flexible travel-based model supporting acquisition activity across the country.Responsibilities:• Lead end-to-end business process mapping across manufacturing, operations, IT, supply chain, finance, customer order management, inventory, and related functions impacted by acquisition integration efforts.• Create detailed current-state and future-state workflow documentation, including swim lane diagrams and cross-functional process views that support implementation readiness.• Partner with local site teams and enterprise stakeholders to gather operational details, clarify dependencies, and keep project milestones moving forward.• Coordinate working sessions, status meetings, and follow-up activities between site leadership and broader integration teams to maintain momentum on action plans.• Investigate open items at the site level, resolve information gaps, and support execution of functional workstreams when additional hands-on assistance is needed.• Build strong working relationships with team members ranging from shop floor personnel to senior leaders to encourage collaboration and trust throughout the project lifecycle.• Guide initiatives from initial assessment through implementation and go-live, ensuring process documentation supports successful operational adoption.• Support ERP-related readiness activities for acquired businesses by documenting processes that inform system transition planning and process standardization.• Contribute to future acquisition projects by taking ownership of workstreams that support broader merger and acquisition integration objectives.