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　　The Senior Project Manager - Transportation and Logistics, drives short and long-term initiatives supporting the strategic roadmap. This role leads implementations by engaging with senior leadership within and across functions in the elevation of business plans and initiatives, determines areas of opportunities and risks, develops alternative solutions to challenges, leads the execution of strategy plans and initiatives, and partners with senior leadership to support strategy development initiatives. The Senior Project Manager - Transportation and Logistics is responsible for governance of the projects, collaborating on the framework, tools, templates, and processes to balance resources against business priorities.

　　Flexible Work Policy: The Sr. Project Manager position has been segmented as Hybrid, meaning the work is a combination of onsite and virtual. This position is based out of our corporate headquarters in Rosemont, IL.

　　ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

　　Leads the prioritization and alignment and manages the execution of the Transportation & Logistics initiative roadmap by identifying and evaluating resource needs and utilization across Transportation functions; collaborating with key stakeholders to analyze project initiatives; identifying and communicating interdependencies across operations and business units; developing prioritization recommendations and communicating the recommendations to execute and senior leadership; ensuring program alignment with business strategies and goals; obtaining buy-in on project prioritization and ensuring accountability for the initiative roadmap; reporting initiative status and results to executive leadership; and overseeing project alignment and resource planning for Transportation & Logistics

　　Leads projects and project teams for Transportation & Logistics by determining scope, deliverables, objectives, and project plans and ensuring alignment with both the company and supply chain priorities; determining key project metrics and translating project requirements into goals; analyzing solution approaches and benchmarking them against industry standards and best practices; partnering with key stakeholders to create implementation and/or transition plans; monitoring impact of changes; evaluating progress against goals and standards; and adjusting project plans and initiatives accordingly

　　Drives the execution of multiple business initiatives by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and communicating business plans and priorities; removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance; providing resources; identify performance standards; measuring progress and adjusting performance accordingly; developing contingency plans; and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning

　　Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives; consulting with business partners, managers, associates, or other key stakeholders by driving continuous improvement projects; soliciting, evaluating, and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost effectiveness

　　Other duties as assigned by manager

　　RELATIONSHIPS

　　Internal: Replenishment, Finance, Logistics, Gampac, Carrier Management, Fleet, Routing, Transformation Office, I&A, Supply Chain PMO, IT

　　External : Vendors, Various Supply Chain Companies | Benchmarking Services

　　MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

　　7 years of project management or project lead experience in supply chain with a focus on large-scale initiatives and continuous improvement projects

　　Strong project management functional experience with deep business, problem solving expertise

　　Extremely detail oriented and organized

　　Ability to influence others without formal authority with a solid understanding of the business context to communicate fact-based messages effectively across all levels of the organization

　　Clear, concise communicator able to interface with all levels of the organization; strong written and oral presentation skills, including comfort delivering presentations to the senior leadership team

　　EDUCATION

　　Bachelor’s degree in business, transportation and logistics, operations management, supply chain management, engineering, or equivalent experienceCERTIFICATIONS/TRAINING

　　Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt

　　PMP certification preferred

　　PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

　　Industry knowledge: Working knowledge of distribution operations, including routing and/or transportation, and of related federal, state and local regulations in the foodservice or transportation industry.

　　Management consulting experience

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