Overview

The Supply Chain project manager is accountable for driving the successful implementation of strategic initiatives focusing on driving growth, productivity, safety, quality initiatives coordinating cross-functional teams, driving schedules, project pipeline prioritization, change management, risks identification and mitigation planning, and improving the organization’s overall project management systems and processes.

Successful candidates for this position are highly strategic, clearly understand operations for Food and/or Beverage, strategic and logical thinkers, resource deployment, data driven, curious learners, and experienced professionals. The project manager must be a communicator, an influencer, trusted adviser, and strategic partner to successfully implement necessary projects and initiatives.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions/Primary Responsibilities:

• Ensure all key Supply Chain projects are on track and execute them on time and within budgets. The successful individual integrates cross-functional teams.
• The team will build or assist the operational leaders with project charters that clearly define problem statements, goals, measures, scope, and schedules. Understand trade-offs between opportunities and risks. Provide recommendations based on cost-benefit analysis.
• Communicate progress and manage expectations of key stakeholders at all levels. Know when to escalate roadblocks.
• Deliver supply chain commitments and milestones for supply chain projects. Influence discussions surrounding product manufacturability, continuity of supply, and production flexibility.
• Develop and disseminate status reports in a timely manner.
• Lead change manager process execution from idea to implementation by setting vision, engaging cross-functional and intra-organizational teams to change the culture.
• Develop strategies to facilitate smooth adoption of new processes and technologies. Collaborate to develop communication plans, training materials, and engagement strategies to drive successful change initiatives.
• Continuously improve the project management toolkits used within Marzetti; enable best practice sharing by ensuring all projects are properly closed out and key learnings are documented.

Qualifications

Qualification Requirements:

• 5 years of relevant experience in manufacturing and supply chain environment; 3 years in Project Management
• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field (Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent experience)
• Data analytics and change management process implementation experiences are a plus.

Competencies

Competencies:

Leadership Competencies

• Communicate, Collaborate and Integrate
• Customer Focus
• Interpersonal Savvy
• Negotiating
• Drive for Results
• Plan & Align
• Directing Others

Position Competencies

• Strong process focus and critical thinking skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Extensive change management and project management knowledge
• Ability to plan and prioritize workload; ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Passion for solving complex problems and building scalable processes.
• Working knowledge of Planisware and Microsoft Power BI
• Basic knowledge of supply chain principles

Working knowledge of manufacturing operations

Working Conditions/Environment

Working Conditions/Environment:

Works in a normal office environment where the employee is regularly required to speak, see, hear, sit, stand, talk, type, walk and bend while moving about the facility. The noise level in the office is quiet. Occasional travel to plants or meetings is required (10-15%).