Project Manager- 3PL

Verst Logistics•Erlanger, KY

15h

About The Position

The Project Manager - 3PL works in the Business Solutions Group and manages projects across warehousing, distribution, transportation, fulfillment, value-added services, and technology. The role turns customer requirements and contractual commitments into organized project plans and coordinates internal teams, customers, and vendors to deliver project outcomes. The position has no direct reports and operates in office, warehouse, distribution-center, and customer-site environments. Personal protective equipment is required in operational areas, and travel to customer and operating locations is required as project needs dictate.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, logistics, business, engineering, information systems, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
Five or more years of project-management, implementation, or operations experience.
Experience in third-party logistics, warehousing, distribution, transportation, fulfillment, or supply-chain operations.
Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
Working knowledge of project planning, budgeting, risk management, change control, and status reporting.
Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.
Proficiency with project-management and productivity tools.
Ability to travel to customer and operating locations as project needs require.

Nice To Haves

Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), Lean Six Sigma, or comparable certification.
Experience with warehouse management, transportation management, labor management, enterprise resource planning, or electronic data interchange systems.
Experience supporting facility start-ups, customer onboarding, systems integrations, automation, or process improvement.

Responsibilities

Manage projects across warehousing, distribution, transportation, fulfillment, value-added services, and technology.
Develop and maintain project charters, work plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, risk registers, and status reports.
Translate customer requirements and contractual commitments into clear tasks, milestones, owners, and acceptance criteria.
Coordinate Operations, Solutions, Engineering, IT, Transportation, Finance, Sales, Human Resources, Safety, Quality, Procurement, customers, and vendors.
Facilitate project meetings, document decisions and action items, and ensure timely follow-through.
Monitor scope, schedule, costs, resources, dependencies, risks, and issues; escalate concerns and implement corrective actions.
Manage change requests and maintain stakeholder alignment regarding impacts to cost, timing, and deliverables.
Coordinate testing, training, cutover, go-live, hypercare, operational readiness, and transition to steady-state ownership.
Support compliance with customer requirements, standard operating procedures, safety expectations, quality standards, and applicable regulations.
Prepare customer and leadership updates that communicate progress, decisions, risks, and required support.
Capture lessons learned and improve project tools, processes, templates, and delivery practices.