Senior Project Manager - Supply Chain
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Bunzl Distribution NA
Morton Grove, IL, US
Summary
The Senior Project Manager will lead large-scale, cross-functional process improvement projects to drive operational efficiency and financial returns. They are responsible for managing project lifecycles, including scoping, stakeholder engagement, implementation, and tracking key performance indicators.
Job Description
The Senior Project Manager – Supply Chain position will deliver projects across large complex cross-functional processes by leveraging appropriate tools to develop sustained improvements that help management achieve business goals and yield increased operational and financial return. This includes identifying problem statements and customer expectations, executing projects to remove waste, defects, and unnecessary work, and building performance indicators to measure improvement. The role focuses on strategic initiatives, productivity efforts, and cross-functional projects to take cost out of the organization and to set cost improvement efforts to drive the enterprise forward.
Position allows for telecommuting from anywhere in the continental U.S.
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.
The salary for this role is $140,760.
The perks of being a Bunzl team member don’t stop at being part of a great team or being valued as our #1 asset. We offer a full range of benefits to help our employees take care of themselves and their families today, tomorrow and for the future.
- Medical, Dental & Vision Benefits effective the 1st day of the month after 30 days
- Paid Time Off - Vacation, Sick, Holidays and Personal Time
- 401K with generous company match
- Additional benefit information can be found on the Bunzl Careers home page under Benefits and Perks.
Bunzl is a global leader in the Cleaning & Hygiene, Food Processing, Grocery, Health Care, Non‑Food Retail, and Safety industries. We have grown both organically and through acquisitions to exceed $10 billion in sales. Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, Bunzl North America operates more than 100 warehouses and serves all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Canada, and parts of the Caribbean and Mexico. With more than 10,000 team members and over 400,000 supplies, Bunzl is recognized as a leading supplier across North America—and proudly certified as a Great Place to Work®. At Bunzl, you’ll find Unlimited Potential… your career, our future.
Bunzl Distribution offers competitive salaries, a comfortable work environment, and a full range of benefits including a 401k with a company match.
Bunzl Distribution has a tradition of commitment to equal employment opportunity. It is the established policy to attract and retain the best qualified people without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex/gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, national origin, sex/gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, age, disability or veteran status as provided by law.
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Bunzl Distribution USA, Inc. supplies a range of products including outsourced food packaging, disposable supplies, and cleaning and safety products to food processors, supermarkets, non-food retailers, convenience stores and other users. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, Bunzl Distribution is the largest division of Bunzl plc, an international distribution and outsourcing group headquartered in London.
Bunzl Distribution owns and operates more than 140 warehouses that serve all 50 states and Puerto Rico, as well as Canada, the Caribbean and parts of Mexico. With more than 4,000 employees and 400,000-plus supply items, Bunzl is regarded as a leading supplier in North America. Worldwide sales are in excess of $10 billion.
Throughout its history, the company has maintained a strong commitment to productivity, delivering both quality service and competitive pricing. As it looks to the future, Bunzl Distribution is focused on increasing productivity, enhancing customer service and exploring new business opportunities.
Company size
5,001-10,000 employees
Industry
Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
Org type
Public Company
Headquarters
St. Louis, MO