Senior Project Manager - Supply Chain

Role Description

The Senior Project Manager – Supply Chain position will deliver projects across large complex cross-functional processes by leveraging appropriate tools to develop sustained improvements that help management achieve business goals and yield increased operational and financial return. This includes:

• Identifying problem statements and customer expectations.
• Executing projects to remove waste, defects, and unnecessary work.
• Building performance indicators to measure improvement.
• Focusing on strategic initiatives, productivity efforts, and cross-functional projects.
• Driving cost improvement efforts to advance the enterprise.

Position allows for telecommuting from anywhere in the continental U.S.

Responsibilities

• Manage large-scale, cross-functional, complex process improvement projects while scoping other projects in the pipeline.
• Lead charter development, stakeholder analysis, process design, improvement solutions, testing, and implementation plans.
• Work with users to ensure accurate and complete definition of appropriate business requirements.
• Develop and manage detailed project plans, milestones, and critical-path dates.
• Identify and mitigate issues and risks associated with the project schedule.
• Manage the project to successful completion on time and on budget.
• Ensure processes and procedures, including time and cost management, documentation, and change management are followed.
• Coordinate ongoing communication between team and management.
• Design and collaborate with stakeholders to track metrics and key performance indicators for each project.
• Develop and coach internal project team members on methodologies, project requirements, and timelines.
• Manage relationships with business partners and sponsors to foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Identify, design, plan, implement, validate, and sustain new technology investments and material handling equipment.
• Identify, plan, and execute process efficiency opportunities throughout the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Management, Operations, Industrial Engineering or a related field (or foreign degree equivalent).
• 5 years of relevant experience.
• 5 years of project management, process management, business process improvement, or value stream mapping experience.
• 5 years of experience in project management standard concepts, best practices, and procedures.
• 5 years of experience with project management/planning software MS Project and Smartsheet.
• 5 years of experience managing a portfolio of projects simultaneously.
• 5 years of experience in retail or supply chain operations.

Requirements

• Position requires domestic travel up to 25% of the time to other BRS warehouses, including locations in OH, TX, MI, KY, NV, PA & IL.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision Benefits effective the 1st day of the month after 30 days.
• Paid Time Off - Vacation, Sick, Holidays and Personal Time.
• 401K with generous company match.
• Additional benefit information can be found on the Bunzl Careers home page under Benefits and Perks.