Sr Project Manager - Supply Chain

The primary purpose of this role is to 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/or financial return. This includes responsibility for 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.

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 / 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

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Management, Business Administration, Operations, or related field
• 5-7 years of experience in Project Management, Process Management, Business Process Improvement, or Value Stream Mapping
• Expert in project management standard concepts, best practices and procedures with extensive experience planning and accomplishing goals
• Experience in the use of project management/planning software (MS Project, Smartsheet)
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence and resolve issues.
• Experience managing a portfolio of projects simultaneously
• Travel in support of project requirements
• PMP (Project Management Professional) certified preferred
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt trained or certified, Master Black Belt, or accredited certification equivalent
• Experience in retail or supply chain operations

Salary Range: $120K - $130K depending upon education, experience and location. 15% Bonus Opportunity

So, what are you waiting for? A new career awaits you with endless opportunities.

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 sales in excess of $10 billion. Bunzl North America is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Bunzl North America owns and operates more than 100 warehouses and serves all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Canada and parts of the Caribbean and Mexico. With more than 5,000 employees and 400,000 plus supplies, Bunzl is regarded as a leading supplier in North America.

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 or veteran status as provided by law.