Description:
Under general direction of a senior-level Project Director or Operations Director, responsible for the overall management of the analytical design, detailed design and execution according to an established project charter of one to two projects at one time which can range in size, complexity and cross functional involvement. The projects will be for ABC subsidiaries or its trading partners, and examples of the type of projects includes new facility design and construction, rework of existing facilities, new system and/or process implementations across multiple sites.
Primary Duties And Responsibilities
- Works closely with local and regional distribution management teams, Human Resources, Information Technology, Division Operations, Finance, Real Estate, other ABC corporate functions and external trading partner teams if applicable to assist in the development of a project charter and manages project design and implementation plans according to the guidelines established in the project charter.
- Manages overall project budgets and time lines to include capital equipment and external contracting support requirements.
- Manages the development of supplier specifications, supports the contractual negotiations and oversees the execution of the plans outlined in the contracts.
- Manages internal ABC resources, consultants and other outsourced resources that perform work associated with items such as material handling design, systems design, building design and construction.
- Coordinates with other internal project teams to ensure alignment.
- Prepares on-going progress reports regarding progress against project plans and budgets.
- Assists in the preparation of capital expenditure projects.
- Responsible for project completion including construction/installation, inspection, testing, training, and start up.
- May directly manage ABC associates that work on the projects which include expense report review, performance evaluations, goal setting and review, etc.
- Willing to travel up to 75% of the time.
- Performs related duties as assigned.
Experience And Educational Requirements
- Requires training and experience in fields such as business administration, engineering, accountancy, sales, marketing, logistics, computer sciences or similar vocations generally obtained through completion of a four year bachelor's degree program or equivalent combination of experience and education.
- Normally requires a minimum of six (6) years directly related and progressively responsible experience; Engineering or other Technical Degree required.