Sr. Project Manager- 3PL

Verst Careers•Erlanger, KY

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sr. Project Manager leads multiple concurrent projects across warehousing, distribution, transportation, fulfillment, value-added services, and supply-chain technology. The role develops project plans and governance, translates customer requirements and contractual commitments into operational and technical deliverables, and coordinates cross-functional teams and external partners. Projects may include customer onboarding, site start-ups, network transitions, systems integrations, automation initiatives, and continuous-improvement programs. The position tracks scope, schedules, budgets, financial performance, dependencies, risks, issues, and change requests, and takes corrective action when needed. It oversees testing, training, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and transition to steady-state operations; ensures solutions meet customer, quality, safety, procedural, and regulatory requirements; and identifies opportunities to improve cost, service, capacity, productivity, inventory accuracy, and customer experience. The role also coaches project team members and promotes consistent project-management practices. The position is based in Erlanger, Kentucky, and operates in office, warehouse, distribution-center, and customer-site environments. Personal protective equipment is required in operational areas. Travel to customer and operating locations is required as project needs dictate. The role reports to the SVP Business Solution and Director of Project Management and has Project Managers and Project Coordinators as direct reports.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, logistics, business, engineering, information systems, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
Seven or more years of progressive project-management experience, including responsibility for complex, cross-functional initiatives.
Demonstrated experience in third-party logistics, contract logistics, warehousing, distribution, transportation, fulfillment, or supply-chain operations.
Experience managing customer-facing implementations, operational start-ups, systems deployments, or network transitions.
Strong knowledge of project planning, risk management, financial controls, change management, and executive communication.
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), Lean Six Sigma, or comparable certification.
Experience with warehouse management, transportation management, labor management, enterprise resource planning, or electronic data interchange systems.
Experience with automation, material-handling equipment, facility design, or warehouse engineering.
Working knowledge of 3PL commercial models, statements of work, service-level agreements, and implementation budgets.

Responsibilities

Lead multiple concurrent projects across warehousing, distribution, transportation, fulfillment, value-added services, and supply-chain technology.
Develop project charters, work plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, communication plans, and governance routines.
Translate customer requirements and contractual commitments into executable operational and technical deliverables.
Coordinate cross-functional teams across Operations, Solutions, Engineering, IT, Transportation, Finance, Sales, Human Resources, Safety, Quality, and Procurement.
Manage customer onboarding, site start-ups, network transitions, systems integrations, automation initiatives, and continuous-improvement programs.
Track scope, milestones, dependencies, financial performance, risks, issues, and change requests, and implement corrective actions when performance deviates from plan.
Facilitate project meetings, executive reviews, customer updates, and lessons-learned sessions.
Ensure solutions comply with customer requirements, standard operating procedures, quality standards, safety expectations, and applicable regulations.
Manage vendors and implementation partners, including deliverables, timelines, dependencies, and escalation paths.
Oversee testing, training, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and transition to steady-state operations.
Identify opportunities to improve cost, service, capacity, productivity, inventory accuracy, and customer experience.
Coach project team members and promote disciplined, repeatable project-management practices.