Transportation Project Manager

Transportation Project Manager

Job Description

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role.

Neither are we.

Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference.

Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands.

In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU. 

This role typically takes strategic direction in support of developing and executing Transportation Strategy Deployment and working independently while managing and leading key Transportation Strategies & projects. This role reports to the Senior Director of Transportation for North America. Customers include business team leaders including: Transportation Strategy, Solutions and Operations, Customer Logistics, Planning, Finance, IT, and Global Supply Chain.

The purpose for this role is to lead and manage initiatives to ensure successful delivery of strategic Power Logistics programs, with a specific focus on Transportation project leadership, as well as providing Transportation and operations expertise to these activities.

The goal is to enhance transportation execution, optimize end-to-end supply chain processes, improve cost and efficiency for Power Logistics programs.

The individual must be capable of leading multifunctional teams assigned to specific projects to deliver results.

In this role, you will:


* Lead assigned North America (NA) POWER Transportation development and project execution, with a focus on best practices and continuous improvement programs to meet productivity, sustainability, cost, and service expectations.


* Support the Logistics Value-Stream team in process development and continuous improvement, particularly as it relates to POWER Transportation program.


* Coordinate the connection of Transportation projects and improvement plans with all necessary cross-functional teams; Communicate clearly and precisely, both orally and in writing, to individuals and groups.


* Take operational ownership of key Transportation initiatives as needed, ensuring effective project management of start-up activities


* Present innovative supply chain and business solutions to customers and team leaders/members.


* Build sustainable business relationships at various levels within the organization and with key customers; and lead or participate in cross-functional initiatives to improve current business processes or solve business issues.


* Conduct strategic business and data analyses, providing data-driven recommendations for improvements and advancements; and promptly reconcile and communicate changes in plans, programs, conditions, issues, and accomplishments that may affect results to various levels of staff.


* Provide a Transportation Strategy perspective in creating efficien...