Tech Senior Project Manager (Logistics & SCM)-7

Position Overview

Job Title: Tech Senior Project Manager (Logistics & SCM)

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Key Responsibilities

• Use standard life cycle program management methodologies to drive cross functional projects with vendor and WSI deliveries per aligned flight plans.
• Provide clear project status to all stakeholders, articulate risks and issues with clear owners and due dates, and communicate what is needed from leadership to keep projects on track.
• Maintain a clear schedule and escalate when sufficient schedule details are not available to execute the project, ensuring realistic timelines for both internal and external vendor partners.
• Leverage industry leading project management methodologies and tools (such as JIRA and Rally) to define work effort, estimates, develop execution plans, remove impediments, anticipate issues, and engage the right parties for resolution.
• Lead and coordinate discussions with business users and product owners for grooming business requirements for Supply Chain and Logistics systems, particularly Manhattan Associates’ Warehouse Management for Open Systems (WMOS) and IBM Sterling.
• Manage activities related to out-of-the-box configuration versus customized extension (MODs) development in the WMOS system, ensuring MOD specifications and design gaps are identified and resolved timely.
• Oversee integration touchpoints between WMOS and upstream systems (Sterling OMS/IMS and Retek Merchandizing System (RMS)) as well as downstream 3rd party systems (including ProShip and 3PL logistics providers).
• Manage the development and QA of Microservices-based interfaces for integration points, messaging/error logging, performance monitoring via AppDynamics, and transactional/analytical reports using analytics platforms and data visualization tools such as Snowflake and MS Power BI.
• Perform financial management of projects including budgeting, forecasting, cost benefit analysis, EV/ROI calculations, and adjust forecasts as needed.
• Manage multiple complex projects simultaneously, tracking quality control and taking corrective actions as appropriate.
• Develop project quality control policies, procedures, and communication plans, while ensuring effective information flow to team members, sponsors, vendors, and Technology managers.
• Anticipate strategic project impacts, coordinate with relevant parties regarding interdependencies, and recommend project strategy by clearly articulating complex regulatory and project issues/risks.
• Establish, motivate, and lead high-performance cross-functional teams, building effective partnerships among developers, architects, QA teams, and product managers.
• Coordinate with potential product vendors to collect and analyze information, and negotiate resolution of project-impacting issues.

Required Qualifications

• TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER
• Bachelor's or master’s degree in Computer Science, Applications, or equivalent work experience.
• 10+ years of project/program management experience.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in Logistics, Supply Chain, and Retail.
• Deep technical understanding of Logistics IT systems, including system design and architecture.
• Experience working with technical developers to achieve technical deliverables and milestones.
• Proven ability to create and maintain executable project schedules and to escalate when critical details are missing.
• Hands-on experience executing projects in the Retail and/or Logistics space.
• Proficiency in Warehouse Management Systems, such as Manhattan or equivalent platforms.
• Strong skills in project estimating, budgeting, story development, technical concepts, and defect tracking.
• Experience integrating systems across multiple platforms.
• Ability to analyze data and provide meaningful insights to senior-level leaders.
• In-depth understanding of project management methodologies and tools (including Jira and Rally) within the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Proven track record in tracking and analyzing project metrics and trends.
• Excellent collaboration, facilitation, communication, and influencing skills.
• Strong analytical abilities with an emphasis on using data and metrics to drive decisions.
• A strong drive toward execution with a hands-on, can-do attitude.
• Ability to articulate project risks and issues, assign owners and due dates, and provide examples of successfully resolving such challenges.
• Experience working with 3rd party vendors, with the ability to manage and hold them accountable for project timelines.