Supply Chain Program Manager – Facility Start-ups, Automation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee, strategize, manage, and coordinate Facility Startup and Automation integration projects.

• Customize enVista’s Program Management methodology to align with client requirements.

• Understand client objectives, facility design, automation processes, systems, organizational culture, and team functions.

• Manage the creation of operational descriptions, engineered designs, business requirements documents, and other integration-related documents.

• Lead the development of project execution documentation, including project plans, charters, and timelines.

• Facilitate the execution of integration documents from conceptual understanding to operational distribution center.

• Generate ongoing project management documentation, such as status reports, risk logs, issue logs, roles/responsibilities, and meeting minutes.

• Develop project tools as necessary to effectively execute client projects.

• Act as a trusted advisor utilizing industry standards and best practices.

• Create and coordinate client and strategic communications for assigned projects.

• Address project issues, identify and mitigate risks, and manage change requests.

• Utilize the PMO and enVista organization for insights and project feedback.

• Manage the communication schedule for stakeholders throughout the project.

• Foster consensus among workstream leaders regarding scope, tasks, staffing, and issue resolution.

• Develop work plans, allocate responsibilities, oversee resource workload, and clarify project-team roles.

• Cultivate relationships with sponsors, stakeholders, and project members to achieve business objectives.

• Support post-implementation analysis and compile lessons learned.

• Promote continuous improvement of project management methodologies and tools.

• Execute internal project management tasks related to resource utilization, revenue forecasting, and project maintenance.

• Perform additional related duties as needed.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration, or a related discipline.

• 5+ years of Project Management experience handling complex projects.

• Proven experience in managing intricate projects that encompass multiple workstreams.

• Familiarity with the necessary tasks for launching a new distribution center.

• Basic understanding of construction management and architectural schematics.

• Knowledge of distribution center automation and its integration.

• Understanding of operations and methods to make a distribution center operational.

• Familiarity with key distribution systems and their integration, including WMS, WCS, WES, TMS, LMS, OMS, BI, and other emerging systems.

• Capability to navigate ambiguous situations to formulate actionable plans.

• Ability to analyze existing project plans and adapt them for new initiatives.

• Excellent organizational skills with a talent for quickly synthesizing information.

• Proficiency in building solid relationships with clients and project teams.

• Skill in uniting a team and guiding them toward a shared objective.

• Ability to utilize emotional intelligence to unify a team during challenging situations.

• Strong written, verbal, and visual communication abilities.

• Confidence in engaging with all organizational levels.

• Exceptional presentation skills, including the ability to convey strategies and technical information to non-technical audiences.

• Capability to anticipate needs three steps ahead of the project team.

• Expert proficiency in SmartSheet, Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Teams, and SharePoint.

• Experience with Lean and/or Six-Sigma methodologies is preferred.

• Expected travel requirement of 40%.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive onboarding and training programs.

• Recognition and award programs.

• Opportunities to participate in volunteer and affinity groups.

• A strong mentoring culture.

• Opportunities for professional growth and career development.