Senior Project Manager (Irvine)

Senior Project Management

Drive the implementation of an operational start-up or closedown, process improvement initiative, network redesign, systems deployment, or network wide projects that span a broad spectrum of multifunctional aspects of the business. Accountable for the creation and maintenance of a realistic timeline, complete with milestones, targets and identification of responsible parties. Handles many tasks and assignments directly, delegating as needed to other subject matter experts. Will ensure stakeholder and shareholder buy-in and facilitate regular communication to convey progress, inhibitors or roadblocks to the successful completion.

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for delivering new capabilities that drive business results on one or more medium to large sized, moderately to highly complex supply chain projects and/or programs from initialization through project close.
• Effectively partners and influences in order to deliver scalable, optimized solutions.
• Leads project and/or program activities following defined methodology and reports on status to ensure that assigned projects are completed on time, within approved budget, and provides desired business value.
• Assigns and supervises multiple, concurrent tasks and properly assesses priorities of assigned activities and ensures integration of all dependent projects.
• Responsible for timely and effective project communications including stakeholder and sponsor interactions, meeting management, and reporting.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory agencies and company policies and procedures.
• Manages project change control process with business sponsor ensuring any requested changes to scope are reviewed to assess impact on schedule, cost and resources.
• Develops project or program strategies and enterprise level project plans and ensures that they align to the business strategy.
• Accountable for project financials, including baselines, forecasting, reporting, and reconciliation.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Decision Making

• Recommends solution approach to projects and/or programs.
• Makes decisions and recommendations on policy changes, resource requirements, project schedules, solution options, and project budgets.

Span of Control

• May be assigned to lead others and/or third parties.
• Can operate in or with a matrixed environment.
• Assigns and monitors tasks for project resources.
• Responsible for managing and reporting on project teams performance.

Skills/Knowledge

• Ability to work autonomously or collaboratively and apply problem solving, critical thinking skills
• Very strong organizational, presentation, and business partnering skills
• Great leadership, effective communication, persuasion and negotiation skills
• Excellent ability to multi-task and alter direction easily to accommodate changing priorities
• Ability to handle large project and/or program workload
• Ability to assess project health at defined stage gates and provide critical analysis to support the decision to proceed or not to proceed with the project
• Outstanding ability to navigate between the art and science of project management
• Excellent knowledge of system development life cycle methodology and project management techniques
• Ability to use advanced Estimation techniques including PERT and CPM
• Expertise with financial, retail, human resource, or logistics systems
• Experience with MS office suite, MS Project, MS Visio

Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Business, or similar discipline with analytical bias
• At least of 5 years of multiple supply chain service line experience (Transportation, Warehousing, LLP, etc.) preferred
• 6+ years relevant experience in program management
• 5+ years of experience with Excel
• Project Management certifications preferred.