Senior Materials Project Manager

Gulfstream • Atlanta, GA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Materials Project Manager in Atlanta, GA, will be responsible for maintaining and building strategic relationships with domestic 3PL providers. This role serves as the primary onsite contact, bridging communication between the corporate office and the distribution network to align priorities. The position requires enabling smooth collaboration across multiple organizations by establishing trust to achieve the best outcomes. Traditional project management skills are essential for leading key processes and scaling operations as required. The role is based onsite at our Atlanta 3PL facility.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in related curriculum required or equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.
• 7 years related experience in project management.
• Proven project management skills with working knowledge of the principles of analytical problem solving techniques.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.

Nice To Haves

• Builds trust across departments, stakeholders, and external partners.
• Maintains long-term relationships beyond individual projects.
• Anticipates stakeholder needs before they’re voiced.
• Goes beyond coordination and becomes a trusted partner.
• Certified Lean Specialist or Six Sigma Green Belt qualified preferred.
• Experience in Cognos reporting, Microsoft Office suite, enterprise planning tools, iGrafx and/or Visio preferred.
• Experience developing standard operating procedures or documenting work instructions preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in implementing problem solving skills or change initiatives at an enterprise level.
• Demonstrated experience of leading project teams of subject matter experts through projects and implementing change.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with appropriate management and team members to establish projects that align with the Continuous Improvement Objectives and vision of the department.
• Assist in the assignment of current and future resources on projects that bring the greatest benefit to the business unit and organization.
• Facilitate value proposition activities for project and action definition.
• Develop, coach and mentor problem solving skills, creating problem solvers within the organization.
• Engage every employee in the value stream to sustain and improve the flow of information and material.
• Establish methods that identify and/or track root causes and provide corrective action.
• Support global distribution centers by identifying problems within current processes and implementing corrective action.
• Assist Materials Management in the support of a Distribution Requirements/Resource Planning strategy to determine/satisfy demands for inventory at global distribution centers by optimizing current and future enterprise resource planning applications.
• Facilitate the development and execution of the functional areas continuous improvement objectives in support of the business unit operational goals.
• Assist management to develop and sustain a continuous improvement culture in which employees are empowered to improve the processes they support.
• Assist management in planning and coordinating activities related to Lean implementation to all levels of employees, including training, Kaizen events, Your Ideas at Work events, and Lean promotional events.
• Work with functional departments, Finance and other members of the organization in assessing, tracking and reporting the progress and financial benefit of continuous improvement projects.
• Coordinate and quantify improvement efforts with the department staff and other influencing departments.
• Identify and work to remove barriers that slow or prevent the successful attainment of process/productivity improvement and administrative efficiency.
• Use DMAIC methodology and Lean tools to achieve process improvements.
• Actively work to strengthen relationships between/within the organization(s) to promote communication and best practices.
• Develop and provide metrics for project status and completion.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior