Project Manager, Business Management, Business Analyst

Overview

Job Title:

Project Manager 2 Logistic Services

Job Number: 1178

Overtime: 10 %

Travel: up to 5 % for travel to field locations/meetings

Length: 12 month initial duration potential for up to 5 years

MUST be US Citizen to be eligible to apply for Federal Background Check

Requires Real  or Valid Passport to interview

The position works closely with the Logistics Manager to develop special projects, and support implementation across organizations. This requires providing support in supply chain strategies, including long range and intermediate planning and development of programs, systems, and work processes, which are necessary to fully implement right-cost solutions. It is essential this position works with all organizations supporting data and industry sources to ensure the viability of these solutions, and recommendations

• Help facilitate and coordinate the completion of training and change management efforts supporting the process changes implementation and adoption.
• Provide project management skills to support project planning and process
• Investigate ways to integrate project constraints into the business portfolio decision-making process.
• Recommend/request appropriate project resources to fulfill project needs.
• Collaborate with business units and corporate performance managers to identify any resource allocation issues
• Schedule and lead project team meetings
• Recommend an overall roadmap of efforts required to achieve program initiatives and project objectives.
• Suggest improvement(s) to project expectations, approach, roadmaps, work plans, deliverables, and goals.
• Draft project plans, suggest resource strategies, and help with funding estimates
• Alert manager of and obtain appropriate authorization for any potential changes to project cost, schedule, or performance.
• Serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects
• Organize, coordinate, and help monitor progress of assigned projects to track timelines, milestones, deadlines, standards, and targets, alerting corporate personnel of any obstacles / potential delay to project timelines, targets, or success.
• Coordinate activities for assigned projects that enable goals or objectives to be accomplished within the prescribed time frame and funding parameters
• Collaborate with the manager and internal stakeholders to facilitate the tasks and activities of project team(s) a
• Provide background information, technical input, options, and recommendations for project decisions as requested by corporate personnel
• Draft and distribute project status reports
• Maintain consistent communication with project sponsors, performance managers, and clients
• Collaborate and work with project sponsors and corporate performance managers to help identify obstacles and suggest remediation(s)
• Capture project “lessons learned” and provide draft recommendations for appropriate corporate management review
• Identify potential areas of risk and obtain guidance from appropriate corporate manager, Contracting Officer a or Contracting Officer (CO).
• Monitor and track resolution of issues and risks identified within the projects, as well as compliance-related dependencies.
• Maintain a standard issue, risk, and/or action logs.
• Draft and recommend potential contingency plans to minimize risks for acceptance by appropriate corporate manager/personnel.
• Communicate regularly with project sponsors, stakeholders, and corporate managers
• Help draft plan for organizational design and change management requirements
• Partner with project teams to enhance and assist corporate management with implementing the asset management lifecycle business model.
• Identify resistance and performance gaps and help develop as well as assist corporate management with implementing corrective actions.
• Perform gap analysis from the “as is” to the “to be” state.
• Provide support in defining appropriate performance metrics and track progress towards targets.
• Facilitate change management methodology and serve as a change management resource for managers
• Provide support and collaborate with front-line managers and supervisors and provide suggestions for staff adoption to a new or revised business model for asset…