Supply Chain Project Manager

Insight Global; Ontario; Remote; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Supply Chain Project Manager to oversee their new distribution footprint in Ontario. This role will involve managing various projects to enhance operations and efficiency, working closely with both business and technology teams. Candidates should have extensive experience in project management within supply chain operations, along with a solid understanding of metrics development and change management.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of project management experience in supply chain, with a focus on distribution projects.
• Strong understanding of demand and volume planning.
• Ability to drive accountability and manage change effectively.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the company's new Canadian distribution footprint.
• Manage communications and training initiatives.
• Drive accountability across teams related to project deliverables.

Skills

Project Management

Demand Planning

Metrics Development

Change Management

Risk Assessment

Accountability

Technical Oversight

Tools

SAP

Excel

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CA$70.00/hr - CA$80.00/hr

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Job Title: Supply Project Manager

Location: Remote PST hours. Prefence for candidate to be located as close to Bellville ON as possible (if they are not within driving distance, they will have a travel requirement once every two months to the Distribution Center in Bellville ON)

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Insight Global is seeking a Supply chain Project Manager to join a large retail company based out of Ontario. The Project Manager will oversee the company's new Canadian distribution footprint to Ontario (located in Bellville ON), and potentially opening new distribution centers across North America down the line. The Project Manager will need to apply an operational and process-oriented lens to this expansion, whether it involves working with third-party logistics providers, establishing new distribution centers, or creating in-house solutions. They will be responsible for supporting both the business and technology teams as they develop an interface to harmonize the disparate WMS systems between the two distribution centers nationwide. Acting as the business's advocate, they will champion timelines, foster collaboration, and ensure continuity throughout the process. They will support the overall project, ensuring timelines are aligned, conducting volume and carrier planning, and developing metrics for a second distribution center. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of automation and be able to expand on the scope of work from a technological standpoint.

Responsibilities will include:

• Provide regular status updates to integrate technology, processes, and Belleville operations.
• Drive accountability across teams to ensure deliverables are met.
• Manage communications and training initiatives.
• Oversee change management, including the assignment of new responsibilities.
• Consolidate various functional timelines into a single cohesive schedule.
• Maintain an end-to-end holistic view to ensure all dependencies are aligned.
• Manage transportation and carrier planning for 2026, including cross-border e-commerce operations.
• Oversee the development of metrics to track progress.

Must Haves

• 8+ Years Project Manager Experience in Supply Chain with some experience on distribution projects
• Strong understanding of demand and volume planning and metrics development oversight
• Experience defining the scope of a project and carrying this through from start to finish
• Change Management and risk assessment experience
• Strong capability to drive accountability on deliverables and rally teams around a goal
• Ability to see the bigger picture on projects and oversee technical deliverables

Plusses

• Experience with SAP
• Ability to support data and analytics with excel
• Experience / background in transportation within supply chain space (ie. Outbound networks)
• Experience working on automation projects

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Information Services and IT Services and IT Consulting

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