Customs Brokerage Senior Project Portfolio Manager

Job Title: Customs Brokerage Senior Project Portfolio Manager

Job Location: Anywhere within the United States, preferably near a DHL Global Forwarding facility

DHL Global Forwarding (DGF) manages the flow of goods and information across a customer's global supply chain utilizing air/ocean/ground transportation, customs brokerage services, and dedicated warehousing/distribution centers.

We are part of Deutsche Post DHL, the world’s leading logistics provider with operations in over 220 countries.

Visit our career site on the web at https://www.logistics.dhl/us-en/home/careers.html

We have an exciting opportunity for a Customs Brokerage Senior Project Portfolio Manager who will be responsible for managing the Customs Brokerage Project Portfolio for the US Customs Brokerage product.  This position will report to the Head of CDZ Business Optimization and Program Manager.

Key Responsibilities:



* Manage medium to large Projects based on PMI methodology


* Work with cross-functional teams including Air/Ocean/IT/Finance


* Creating long- and short-term plans, including setting targets for milestones and adhering to deadlines


* Delegating tasks on the project to employees best positioned to complete them


* Presenting effective decisions to management when presented with multiple options for how to progress with the project


* Serving as a point of contact for teams when multiple units are assigned to the same project to ensure team actions remain in synergy


* Communicating with executives or the Steering Committee to keep the project aligned with their goals


* Performing quality control on the project throughout development to maintain the standards expected


* Adjusting schedules and targets on the project as needs for the project change


* Manage the documentation, collection, evaluation, and communication of changes to existing functional specifications between business and I.T.


* Delegate tasks to individual Project Managers/Workstream Owners, setting clear standards for their work that they will use to integrate each task into a completed project.


* Provide relevant (to the projects and roadmap) and frequent reporting to Management


* Create standards for project management within US Customs Brokerage which includes working with training department in creating documentations


* Standardize project management tools including Charters, Issue Logs, Risk Logs, and various other tools


* Risk/Impact Analysis, Communications Plan, Change Control, Stakeholder Management, Project Closure including Lesson’s Learned and integration of improvements into standards

Skills / Requirements:



* BA/BS preferred or minimum of 5 years business including 3 years of logistics / freight forwarding and / or customs brokerage industry experience


* PMP Certification


* Exceptional communication skills (verbal, written, presentations)


* Proficient computer skills: MS Exce...