Planning Manager

Waste Management, Inc. (WM)•Seattle, WA

14h•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for measuring, designing, implementing, training and deploying business operating plans within assigned Regions, Districts and Locations - Improvement initiatives as assigned and dictated by business need.

Nice To Haves

(accredited) in Business, Engineering, Logistics, or other related field
equivalent in related work experience, demonstrating strong organizational and change management skills
or more years of relevant business or project management experience
LEAN or Process Improvement Implementation experience in a multi-site setting

Responsibilities

Support and ensure that the projects and initiatives are planned and delivered to the outcomes.
Develop and implements project governance including project change management.
Manage a central depository of different templates and tools that are approved for effective project delivery.
Ensure compliance with project initiatives, captures, and tracks including their specific financial impact/Strategic value contributions.
Provide the roll up of our executive reporting tools and ensures they are delivered on-time and accurate.
Effectively manage and maintain project risks and issues and following escalation procedures.
Develop efficiencies in project delivery.
Implement and monitor KPI’s for project performance.
Manage potential multi-million-dollar projects including but not limited to facility and equipment moves etc.
Develop, manage and communicate project integration office needs where there are cross functional dependencies.
Responsible for numerous deliverables including, Scope definition, Planning, Resource identification/allocation, Gate reviews, Delivery, and overall quality of deliverables.
Lead the coordination to define the requirements and scope for strategic projects.
Schedule tasks, deadlines, and key milestones to ensure projects are delivered on time and within scope. Looks for ways to mitigate resource constraints and other risks, associated with the timeline.
Meets with business sponsors on a regular basis to communicate project progress and discuss issues.
Resolves issues with the appropriate level of management.
Effectively manages “scope creep” by building consensus about the necessity to change the original project plan.
Meets Industrial Engineering and Organizational goals
Partner with Leaders to roll out centralized procedures globally
Other related duties as required or requested.