Project Manager, Supply Chain - Essendant, Inc.

Scope

Projects and processes addressed will have significant tangible financial benefits to the company and may cross multiple business units. The Manager will be responsible for gaining acceptance and support across functional areas and to work up and down the organizational chart.

 

Major Responsibilities

• Develops business requirements for new projects, capabilities and redesigned processes to ensure the customer and business needs are met, interacting directly with stakeholders as required.
•  Provides business insight, leadership and direction to cross functional teams and IT to ensure the successful prioritization, design and execution of key, strategic projects.
• Defines project scope, goals, and deliverables to support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Estimates the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals. Drafts and submits budget proposals; recommends subsequent budget changes where appropriate.
• Develops project plans and identifies and manages project dependencies, milestones, and critical path using appropriate tools. Proactively manages changes in project scope. Identifies potential crises and devises contingency plans.
• Manages the project development life cycle from inception to completion, ensuring quality control at all stages.
•  Provides project management oversight to ensure projects are delivered with agreed upon functionality and are within approved timelines and budgets.
• Develops and implements communications to ensure changes are understood and implemented as planned.
• Coordinates comprehensive system testing to ensure technology changes are implemented as designed and that changes did not negatively impact any other system functionality.
• Manages people, processes, budgets, performance management, compliance activities, and associate development as required by the job.
• Conducts project post-mortems and creates a recommendations report in order to evaluate the efficacy of project elements.
• Understands and demonstrates Essendant’s Core Values.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

 

Skills/Knowledge Required

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Thought leadership to drive business decisions balancing revenue generation, profitability and risk management.
• Influential leadership and teamwork skills to drive effective cross functional decision making.
• Ability to conform to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines.
• Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management, clients, and other departments. Ability to motivate and encourage staff.
• Ability to resolve conflicts.
• Ability to bring projects to successful completion in a multi BU and corporate environment.
•  Moderate to advanced knowledge of PowerPoint, Excel, Project and Word and Outlook skills.
•  Moderate to advanced SharePoint skills to store and manage all key project related documentation.

 

Education and Experience

•  Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Minimum of 5 years extensive experience in Supply Chain, the office products industry or proven large scale project management experience

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) Ind Contributor-Exempt