A global leader in Outdoor Apparel and Sporting Good is looking to strengthen their End to End Supply Chain capabilities within their North American presence in 2025 and beyond. This organization has seen significant growth in the last 5 years, specifically within the NA market and is currently in need of a Logistics Project Manager to join their international PM team.
The focus of this role will be to optimize the network based on the Distribution and Transportation strategy, drive Distribution and Transportation projects (typical scale of a Project ranges from USD$10-40 million in size) with a solid project management approach in order to:
- Enable growth
- Drive warehouse strategy
- Define degree of automation used in warehouses and delivery centers
- Improve speed to customer
- Channel transformation towards D2C
- Optimize cost & quality of service
- Improve Distribution and Transportation processes
Monitor projects in close relationship with all relevant stakeholders, especially operational teams, from idea to execution, and manage project budget issues, risks and KPIs.
Main areas of responsibility for a successful candidate will include:
- Own the concept & business case of the project as well as all the defined demands (time, scope, costs) by analyzing relevant data in detail.
- Define project scope definition, design the master plan, identify risks, propose mitigation plan, contribute to project team creation
- Lead regular project steering committees with senior management
- Drive the realization and be responsible for all project resources (people, budget, final decisions, IT tools, data collection & analysis and support)
- Map out and implement optimal systems and process improvements with assigned projects
- Monitor the project (cost / timing / scope / risks / prioritization) and drive the related communication
- Define and implement standards for reporting and documentation linked to the project
- Ensure change-management involvement and aligning all stakeholders
- Monitor the project success after the realization / Go-Live
- Research and write up applications for government funding for intralogistics projects
- Propose improvement actions
- Steer involved consultancy companies (if appropriate)
- Scope of action is mostly North America, but can be extended to global projects in Europe and Asia depending on skills, workload and demand.
The ideal candidate will have the Qualifications and Skillset of:
- Project management skills is a must
- Knowledge of SCM, Logistics, Warehousing and/or Intra-Logistics is a must
- Language: Fluent in English both verbal and in writing is a must, additionally
- basic knowledge in French, German or Spanish is a plus
- Analyzing complex data with relevant tools and know how to interpret the data
- Analyzing end-to-end processes and identify optimal systems and process improvements
- IT: MS Office, Power BI, Visio or similar, any warehouse management system experience
- Lean management & continuous improvement methods are a plus
- Official Project Management Certification (e.g. PMI Standard) is a plus
The minimum Experience required of a Successful candidate are:
- Master's degree (in Supply Chain, Logistics or Engineering)
alternatively bachelor's degree plus equivalent and extended working experience - Minimum of 10 years professional work experience in project management (preferably in the Logistics / Warehousing / Transportation sector)
- Knowledge in real estate projects, and/or IT-projects
- Knowledge about Logistics 3PL warehouse provider and/or contract logistics
