- Lead, manage, and monitor a diverse portfolio of complex supply chain projects, including new customer implementations and strategic initiatives
- Guide project managers in executing detailed project plans aligned with customer goals and organizational strategies
- Maintain portfolio tools with accurate project status, timelines, and resource allocation
- Ensure project governance and achievement of cost, quality, and delivery goals
- Balance resources across multiple projects
- Collaborate with operations, technology, HR, finance, legal, commercial, customer, and vendor teams
- Serve as primary contact for senior leadership, stakeholders, and customers regarding project status, risks, and outcomes
- Support RFPs and proposals with cost estimates, timelines, and risk assessments
- Develop status-reporting and steering-committee communication strategies
- Lead and develop project managers and analysts through mentorship, training, and knowledge sharing
- Implement project-management best practices, including Agile methodologies
- Lead innovation and change-management initiatives for operations, system upgrades, and technology deployments
- Develop commercial content, project structures, timelines, cost estimates, and risk-management plans
- Oversee projects from initiation through service go-live and transition to ongoing operations
- Manage project costs and estimate variance at completion
- Maintain accurate project health reporting and integrate project documents with customers and service providers
- Build project-management capabilities and develop innovative approaches to delivering supply-chain strategies
Requirements
- Preferred 15+ years of combined domestic and international supply-chain experience
- Preferred 10+ years of leadership experience managing complex projects or portfolios, including direct team management
- Preferred 10+ years of experience in logistics-solutions design and account management
- PMP® credential preferable
- Advanced user proficiency in MS Visio, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and MS Project
- Proficient user level in MS Power BI
- Working knowledge of Cascade and Monday.com
- Scrum Master certification or strong understanding of Agile methodologies
- Ability to work remotely and autonomously
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally for meetings, projects, customer engagements, and project-related work
- Experience working across multiple regions and with functional teams in multiple geographies
- Experience leading and collaborating on integrated solutions for existing operations and new customers
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, conflict-resolution, and decision-making skills
- Experience implementing supply-chain strategies through APLL standard project management or Agile methodologies
- Experience in the global logistics industry, preferably consolidation, warehousing, freight forwarding, or domestic transportation
- Continued education to obtain and maintain professional project-management credentials
- Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills at all organizational levels
- Bilingual communication and public-speaking skills preferred
Core Competencies
Demonstrates extensive experience in managing complex supply chain projects and portfolios, with a strong focus on project governance, cost management, and stakeholder communication. Proficient in implementing Agile methodologies and developing innovative supply chain strategies across diverse teams and regions.
Highest-signal resume keywords
- 15+ Years Supply Chain Experience
- PMP® Credential
- Agile Methodologies Expertise
- MS Project Proficiency
- Logistics Solutions Design
ATS Optimization Keywords
Hard Skills
- Project Management
- Cost Management
- Risk Management
- Supply Chain Strategy Implementation
- Logistics Solutions Design
- Project Health Reporting
- Resource Allocation
- Project Governance
- Agile Methodologies
- Mentorship and Training
Soft Skills
- Analytical Skills
- Problem-Solving
- Conflict Resolution
- Decision-Making
- Communication Skills
Certifications & Qualifications
- PMP® Credential
- Scrum Master Certification
Industry Keywords
- Supply Chain Management
- Logistics Industry
- Freight Forwarding
- Warehousing
- Domestic Transportation
- Customer Engagement
- RFP Support
- Project Implementation
- Global Logistics
- Integrated Solutions
Tools & Technologies
- MS Visio
- MS Excel
- MS PowerPoint
- MS Project
- MS Power BI
- Cascade
- Monday.com