Logistics Project Manager Job Description
Logistics project manager
provides analytics support for payments products (using Excel, Tableau, GTS-BI, PARS) for use in strategies and business cases.
Logistics Project Manager Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Responsible for managing our International Shipping Integration, which include various global sites including Canada, Europe, and Japan
Responsible for F135 logistics global support
Responsible for the overall implementation for the Japan Logistics Center
Engage in contract negotiations with logistics suppliers and sub-contractors
Responsible for completing projects on time and in coordination with the outsourced supplier
Responsible for the coordination of cross functional team members and required project materials
The individual will be required to identify lead-time constraints, and take corrective action to remedy any issues with project delivery
Participate in cross functional team projects to provide management with actionable data
Evaluate data to ensure the proper strategy is formulated and any risks are identified
Act as the primary contact for IT and ITC
Logistics Project Manager Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Logistics Project Manager
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: PMP, LEAN, PMI, APICS, PM, CSCP, CPIM, ITIL, CPM, II
Education for Logistics Project Manager
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the logistics project manager job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Engineering, Business, Industrial Engineering, Education, Project Management, MBA, Management, Supply Chain Management, Business/Administration, Technical
Skills for Logistics Project Manager
Desired skills for logistics project manager include:
Lean Manufacturing Concepts
Excel
Oracle BI
Programming languages
SQL
Tableau
Unix
Visual Basic
Business enterprise functions and processes
CPIM
Desired experience for logistics project manager includes:
Five or more years experience with post production and/or broadcast operations required
Strong knowledge of post-production - such as tape formats, standards and equipment required
Self-motivated and able to work independently and collaboratively
Flexible, positive attitude with a commitment to ongoing, on-the-job education
Must be willing to work in NY and NJ
Bachelor Degree in Management Engineering or Business Administration
Logistics Project Manager Examples
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Logistics Project Manager Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a logistics project manager. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for logistics project manager
- Present project updates weekly, identifying and communicated risks in project scope or schedule
- Ensure that all contractors are performing to the project timeline and the quality expectations for the project
- International Shipping Integration, which include various global sites including Canada, Europe, and Japan
- F135 logistics global support
- Implementation of the Japan Logistics Center
- Contract negotiations with logistics suppliers and sub-contractors
- Completion of projects on time and in coordination with the outsourced supplier
- Coordination of cross functional team members and required project materials
- Coordination of shared resources, identifying resource constraints, and assisting with corrective action plans to remedy any issues
- Participation in cross functional team projects to provide management with actionable data
Qualifications for logistics project manager
- Fluency in Italian and English, French knowledge would be an advantage
- Available to travel (about 25%)
- 4+ years of work experience, including at least 2 years project management experience with at least 1 year managing Supply Chain projects (not pure technology deployments)
- Minimum 2 years Supply Chain / Logistics experience
- Passion for project management and track record of delivering business value through successful project management, implementation, support and PM transformation
- Demonstrated ability to support plan design and execute plans, and to ensure success on all projects through proven track record of applying proven methods and tools to enterprise-wide project implementations
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Logistics Project Manager Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a logistics project manager. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for logistics project manager
- Distribution & Logistics project set-up, planning & execution
- Development of new (optimized) processes and procedures for the (mainly 3rd party) distribu-tion & logistics function (move from Oracle to SAP)
- Project management and development of implementation processes
- Development of the controllership processes (like physical and cycle counting) where needed
- Connect the internal and external relationships by creation of clear KPI’s
- Drive & Strive for an adequate ERP-system solution
- Fulfill for the 3rd party providers the operational SAP “help-desk” function
- Focus continuously on EHS, Quality and Productivity
- Train employees on the new processes and procedures developed
- Build & implement a robust supplier management framework for all operational suppliers across multiple supply categories appropriately segmented, through effective SLAs and KPI metrics
Qualifications for logistics project manager
- Ability to build constructive business relationships and gain the trust of others, including anticipating, mitigating and resolving conflicts across workgroups
- Strong written and verbal communication negotiating skills
- Strong experience in SAP (preferably with Distribution, Logistics, Trade modules)
- High understanding of Distribution & Logistics processes
- Experienced with Supply Chain Management
- Strong reliability, stress resistant
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Logistics Project Manager Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a logistics project manager. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for logistics project manager
- Regularly review supplier & supply chain performance and ensure operational and contractual standards are met against agreed metrics and KPIs and ensure that any customer concerns are dealt with effectively & in a timely fashion
- Generate & deliver all relevant management reporting against supplier & supply chain performance to regularly communicate effective measurement of all key metrics on a regular basis
- Develop, implement and manage an ongoing supplier audit programme which ensures the company’s supply chain is effectively supported and managed
- Manage relationships with the Supply Chain in line with the Relationship Management Plan
- Perform discovery with customers to identify needs and opportunities
- Qualify opportunities, recommend value proposition, and design service solutions
- Collaborate with multiple business units to provide comprehensive service solutions
- Collect and interpret volume and transactions to drive cost models
- Model supply chain, logistics, warehousing, and financials for proposal
- Executive presentation and stakeholder management
Qualifications for logistics project manager
- Willing to travel across Europe frequently
- Based in Budapest Hungary
- To plan, control, manage and be accountable for overall delivery of an IT project(s) to meet the agreed business needs, acquiring and utilising the necessary resources and skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timescales and quality
- To ensure that the business case is produced by the business which quantifies potential business benefits with input provided by Business Analysts
- To ensure business change activities and requirements are included in the project plan as defined by the Change Manager, Business Analyst and the business
- To be accountable for testing at project plan level
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Logistics Project Manager Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a logistics project manager. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for logistics project manager
- Coordinate and drive resources for implementation while quickly resolving issues
- Effectively communicate across global regions and business units
- Actual and advertised leadtime
- Freight as a % of sales
- Provide mentoring, coaching and direction setting to team members, in order to assure quality solutions are delivered
- Manage project risks and pro-actively start mitigation actions
- Manage all project stakeholders
- Have accountability for setting up and meeting realistic deadlines
- Prepare and drive smooth Transition to Operations and post Go-Live activities Decision Making
- Final selection of project staffing
Qualifications for logistics project manager
- To work with the business to make sure they track and measure business benefits that were identified in the business case
- To work with IT Procurement, IT colleagues and Suppliers to ensure the most cost effective, timely & appropriate IT solutions are developed to fulfil the commercial and business requirements
- To establish and maintain good relationships with the business, IT and suppliers resolving conflicting
- Priorities or issues that may arise
- To be familiar with tools and technologies to be able to make the right decisions for issues affecting the delivery of the IT project
- To ensure adherence to defined methods and standards including the operating model and quality gates and participating in robust quality assurance activities on projects
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Logistics Project Manager Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of logistics project manager. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for logistics project manager
- Establish working relationship with logistics team (Director of Logistics at CVA, logistics engineers, material flow team, packaging engineers, design for logistics, logistics services, logistics manager sourcing)
- Understand and manage information and work flows between various project preparation organizations including Industrial Engineering, Logistics Services, Purchasing, Quality Engineering & KD, Manufacturing Plants
- Manage project-generated budgets and expenditures for logistics
- Project Managers are the time-keepers for the business, managing the team to ensure we’re on-track to hit the milestones required to build our business
- You will write and review project plans, business cases, perform supporting research and analysis, write specifications, and drive the product development schedule from design to release
- Successful candidates will be excellent communicators, highly motivated and effective within distributed teams
- Defines and drives projects supporting existing business processes and systems
- Provide an enterprise perspective when identifying and addressing business needs relative to inventory / fulfillment initiatives, processes and tools
- Work collaboratively as part of the larger national team on strategies, initiatives, standards and cross-team resource allocation
- This position works across department and functional lines on a variety of projects that range in scope, risk and complexity
Qualifications for logistics project manager
- Project planning, estimating, monitoring and controlling tools and techniques
- Risk management techniques - risk identification, analysis, estimation and mitigation
- Quality management tools and techniques
- Knowledge of or qualification in a project management methodology
- Strong experience of managing successful IT projects through the full project lifecycle using leadership qualities and management skills to ensure that project stays on plan
- Familiar with IT architecture, design, operational service & support