Project Manager Operations Excellence

DHL (Supply Chain)•Hampden Township, PA

1d•$85,000 - $150,000

About The Position

The Project Manager OE role has a national salary range of $85,000- $150,000. DHL Supply Chain offers multiple benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription, Discounted Stock Purchase, General Bonus Plan and a generous PTO policy. Are you an innovative thinker who can easily prioritize and communicate key points quickly? Do you want to have a direct impact on customers and the overall business strategy? Do you enjoy managing multiple projects at the same time with the responsibility to keep them on-time and on-budget? Do you feel that your skills of thinking outside the box and working across multiple teams, functions, etc. are in need of a new home? If so, DHL Supply Chain has the opportunity for you. In support of the North America growth agenda, the Project Manager will manage the implementation of medium to large new business start-up and other business projects with significant risk and complexity, de-risk new business opportunities through to execution, and manage start-ups to deliver upon promises to our customer and shareholders. The role assures Supply Chain culture, standards & business practices are deployed in new operations, implements strategic initiatives, and manages overall planning, control, status reporting, stability and delivery of medium to large projects with high risk and/or complexity. The Project Manager ensures sales to delivery requirements are met for startups, to ensure successful delivery, establishes and manages scope to ensure business case realization, including Deviation to Plan post go live, and drives risk/issue identification, tracking, escalation and resolution. The role also manages the budget and resolves spending issues, manages communication and escalation at all levels of the organization, delivers best practice project documentation, provides support to the sales / bid management process, upon request, and manages project performance against business cases. Additionally, the Project Manager identifies project resource requirements, implements previous lessons learned and drives continuous improvement, leads, drives and challenges the project team, facilitates Steering Team meetings to ensure senior team awareness and alignment, develops and executes robust Cutover Plans, which include all Operational, Systemic and Customer activities, prepares for and participates in Project Assurance Reviews, and facilitates Lessons Learned and Project Assurance Reviews for Small – Medium projects that are led by others.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or 7+ years of experience within project management or operations related field, required

Nice To Haves

Professional project management certification e.g.-PMI PMP, preferred
5+ years of experience in a manufacturing operations environment, preferred
5+ years of experience in supply chain, preferred
5+ years of production / operations management experience, preferred

Responsibilities

Manages the implementation of medium to large new business start-up and other business projects with significant risk and complexity
De-risks new business opportunities through to execution
Manages start-ups to deliver upon promises to our customer and shareholders
Assures Supply Chain culture, standards & business practices are deployed in new operations
Implement strategic initiatives
Manage overall planning, control, status reporting, stability and delivery of medium to large projects with high risk and/or complexity
Ensure sales to delivery requirements are met for startups, to ensure successful delivery
Establish and manage scope to ensure business case realization, including Deviation to Plan post go live
Drive risk/ issue identification, tracking, escalation and resolution
Manage the budget and resolve spending issues
Manage communication and escalation at all levels of the organization
Deliver best practice project documentation
Provide support to the sales / bid management process, upon request
Manage project performance against business cases
Identify project resource requirements
Implement previous lessons learned and drive continuous improvement
Lead, drive and challenge the project team
Facilitate Steering Team meetings to ensure senior team awareness and alignment
Develop and execute robust Cutover Plans, which include all Operational, Systemic and Customer activities
Prepare for and participate in Project Assurance Reviews
Facilitate Lessons Learned and Project Assurance Reviews for Small – Medium projects that are led by others