Logistics & Fulfillment Project Manager

Verst; Erlanger (KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Verst is seeking a Project Manager to lead complex logistics initiatives across warehousing, distribution, and transportation for diverse customers. You will translate requirements into actionable plans, coordinate multi-functional teams, and manage scope, budget, and risk from start to steady-state operations.

The role requires 5+ years in project management within supply chain or operations, with strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, and travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, logistics, business, engineering, information systems, or related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Five or more years of project-management, implementation, or operations experience.
• Experience in third-party logistics, warehousing, distribution, transportation, fulfillment, or supply-chain operations.
• Ability to travel to customer and operating locations as project needs require.
• Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects across warehousing, distribution, transportation, fulfillment, value-added services, and technology.
• Develop and maintain project charters, work plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, risk registers, and status reports.
• Translate customer requirements and contractual commitments into clear tasks, milestones, owners, and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate Operations, Solutions, Engineering, IT, Transportation, Finance, Sales, Human Resources, Safety, Quality, Procurement, customers, and vendors.
• Facilitate project meetings, document decisions and action items, and ensure timely follow-through.
• Monitor scope, schedule, costs, resources, dependencies, risks, and issues; escalation concerns and implement corrective actions.
• Manage change requests and maintain alignment among stakeholders regarding impacts to cost, timing, and deliverables.
• Coordinate testing, training, cutover, go-live, hypercare, operational readiness, and transition to steady-state ownership.
• Support compliance with customer requirements, standard operating procedures, safety expectations, quality standards, and applicable regulations.
• Prepare customer and leadership updates that clearly communicate progress, decisions, risks, and required support.
• Capture lessons learned and improve project tools, processes, templates, and delivery practices.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Problem-solving

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain

Equivalent relevant experience

Job description

Verst is seeking a Project Manager to lead complex logistics initiatives across warehousing, distribution, and transportation for diverse customers. You will translate requirements into actionable plans, coordinate multi-functional teams, and manage scope, budget, and risk from start to steady-state operations.

The role requires 5+ years in project management within supply chain or operations, with strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, and travel as needed.