Supply Chain Project Manager

Essential Functions:

• Independently translate contents of a Client Statement of Work, Letter of Intent, or other Work Order into deliverables and milestones for customers
• Ensure that the project requirements are documented and agreed upon
• Establish a project plan that will achieve the project deliverables and milestones
• Responsible for maintaining the detailed project schedule over the project duration
• Manage IT projects, project segments, and resources schedules
• Define goals, outline approach, and make adjustments to achieve desired delivery
• Track project changes, produce updates, and report to the customer based on the agreed schedule
• Provide leadership/direction for the project team including resource assignments for both company and client
• Achieves operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change
• Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs
• Proactively manage escalations
• Ensure billing is correct prior to invoicing
• Create Project controls such as action item lists, risk logs, issues logs, change control, decision logs
• Act as point person for Project-level communications that will keep sponsors, stakeholders, business partners, and team leads informed on matters including, progress to plan; key milestones; integration efforts/needs across the program and/or project; risks, issues, etc.
• Capable of garnering consensus in challenging circumstances
• Instill confidence of delivery to Clients
• An expert in project team management including dynamics of virtual teams, matrix reporting relationships, and cross-functional resource identification and allocation
• Drive operations meetings or another appropriate forum to prospectively manage upcoming milestones, decisions, and plans
• Ensure meetings have structure and clear purpose and goals; facilitate and drive meetings effectively and communicate decisions and action items clearly to team members and relevant parties outside of the team
• Responsible for all aspects of HR including hiring, firing, and performance management