What are the responsibilities and job description for the Warehouse Implementation Project Manager position at UNIPART SERVICES AMERICA?
Job Description
Job Description
Reasonable Accommodations Statement : To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disability to perform the essential functions.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities :
The role of the Warehouse Implementation Project Manager is to lead the project management delivery for a US logistics market.
The Warehouse Implementation Project Manager will lead and demonstrate the values and culture of “The Unipart Way” by adopting lean management principles and approach.
Responsibilities
- Planning and design of projects to deliver successful business solution concepts and improvements, including the development of detailed project plans to track progress
- Effective planning and control to ensure delivery on time budget and to customer satisfaction (time, cost, quality, etc.)
- Manage the Unipart Program Delivery System tools and techniques
- Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
- Follow processes for robust change control and risk management identifying opportunities and areas for conflict
- Ensure all implementations are reported and available for governance
- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
- Manage project to implementation and operational stage
- Lead Steering Committee meetings with customers during the implementation phase to identify any risks and mitigations to the project
- Ensure that lessons learned from previous project(s) are incorporated in all activities
- Monitor and measure appropriately to ensure key deliverables are met
- Administer all aspects of the project; reporting and communication of project progress including project spend
- Responsible to schedule and run implementation post-mortem meetings for Senior Leadership, capturing all “lessons learned’
- Responsible effective two way communication processes with team and managers
- Work effectively with managers and staff to maximize the use of resources within the team
- Ensure that resource skills and level are consistent with medium and long term business plans
- Cross functional liaison, management and communication in the design and delivery of all aspects of the project
- Establish and maintain relationships with third parties / vendors
- Liaise, in conjunction with Business Development, with Customers and Senior Management
Other
Education and / or Work Experience Requirements :
Physical Requirements :
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, work is normally performed in a typical interior / office work environment. No or very limited physical effort required. No or very limited exposure to physical risk.
EEO Statement
Unipart is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the Company to prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientations, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
