Senior Project Manager - Supply Chain

Bunzl Distribution NA is a global leader in various industries including Cleaning & Hygiene and Food Processing. They are seeking a Senior Project Manager - Supply Chain to deliver complex cross-functional projects, focusing on strategic initiatives and productivity efforts to improve operational efficiency and drive business goals.

Responsibilities:

• Manage large-scale, cross-functional, complex process improvement projects while, often concurrently, scoping other projects in the pipeline
• Lead charter development, stakeholder analysis, process design, improvement solutions, testing, and implementation plans through successful application of methodologies for each the project
• Work with users to ensure accurate and complete definition of appropriate business requirements
• Develop and manage detail project plans, milestones, and critical-path dates, and identify and mitigate issues and risks associated with the project schedule
• Manage the project to successful completion with the goals of completing on time and on budget, and with needed and expected functionality
• Ensure processes and procedures, including time and cost management, documentation and change management are followed
• Coordinate ongoing communication between team and management
• Design and collaborates with stakeholders to track metrics and key performance indicators for each project
• Develop and coaches internal project team members to understand methodologies, project requirements, timeline, etc. through clear and consistent communication
• Manage relationships with business partners and sponsors to help them understand business cases and to foster a culture of continuous improvement across the enterprise
• Identify, design, plan, implement, validate and sustain new technology investments and material handling equipment appropriate to optimizing network of warehouses and support business growth
• Identify, plan, and execute process efficiency opportunities throughout the organization, including simplification, standardization, implementation and sustainability

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Management, Operations, Industrial Engineering or a related field (or foreign degree equivalent)
• 5 years of relevant experience
• 5 years of project management, process management, business process improvement, or value stream mapping experience
• 5 years of experience in project management standard concepts, best practices and procedures with experience planning and delivering on projects
• 5 years of experience with project management/planning software MS Project, and Smartsheet
• 5 years of experience managing a portfolio of projects simultaneously
• 5 years of experience in retail or supply chain operations
• Position requires domestic travel up to 25% of the time to other BRS warehouses, including locations in OH, TX, MI, KY, NV, PA & IL, in order to support project implementations across the warehouse network