Manager, Project Management (Amazon)

KION Business Services Polska; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career Development

Competitive Compensation

Pay Transparency

Global Opportunities

Job summary

KION is seeking a Manager, Project Management to lead a team delivering complex automation, modernization, and upgrade projects across multiple sites. You will ensure projects meet scope, schedule, budget, safety, quality and customer expectations while driving predictable financial outcomes.

You will manage day-to-day direction, governance, coaching, escalation, and cadence across concurrent projects, interfacing with customers and internal teams. Travel up to 30% may be required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading projects or project function in automation, logistics, or manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop project management team members; foster inclusion and accountability.
• Provide oversight for a portfolio of modernization and upgrade projects across multiple streams.
• Drive comprehensive project plans including implementation, testing, cutover, and go-live strategies.
• Escalate and resolve complex project, customer, financial, or technical issues.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Project mgmt

Risk mgmt

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

PMP certification

Tools

MS Project

Job description

The Manager, Project Management, leads a team of Project Managers within the Mods and Upgrades, LSS Business Unit. This role is responsible for delivering complex, multi-site automation, modernization, and upgrade projects across assigned customer portfolios and solution types. The Manager ensures projects are delivered within scope, schedule, budget, safety, quality, and customer expectations while achieving predictable financial outcomes. As a people leader, this position manages and develops project management team members assigned to customer and solution-specific portfolios. The Manager provides day-to-day direction, governance, coaching, escalation support, and operating cadence across a portfolio of concurrent projects. The Manager acts as a key interface between customers, internal engineering and delivery teams, installation, Procurement, Manufacturing, Controlling and other functional leadership.

We offer:

• Career Development
• Competitive Compensation and Benefits
• Pay Transparency
• Global Opportunities
• Learn More Here: https://www.dematic.com/en-us/about/careers/what-we-offer/

Dematic provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Tasks and Qualifications:

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership & People Management Lead, coach, and develop project management team members, fostering a culture of inclusion, accountability, customer focus, and continuous improvement. Set clear expectations, manage performance, strengthen leadership capability, and support succession and career development for team members.
• Project & Program Execution Provide oversight for a portfolio of concurrent modernization and upgrade projects of varying scope and complexity, including controls, software, mechanical, electrical, installation, system upgrade, and capacity expansion workstreams. Ensure effective transition from Sales to Operations, including pre-contract support, estimating input, and leadership of project kickoff processes. Drive the development and execution of comprehensive project plans, including implementation, testing, acceptance, cutover, and go-live strategies. Act as the primary point of escalation for complex project, customer, financial, or technical issues, ensuring timely resolution. Ensure alignment and coordination across project management, software, controls, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, installation, vendors, subcontractors, and integrator partners supporting project delivery.
• Financial & Risk Management Own financial performance across the assigned project portfolio, including forecasting, revenue recognition, cost-to-complete, invoicing, cash flow, and profitability analysis. Establish and monitor project milestones, billable deliverables, and invoicing schedules. Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, ensuring proactive issue management and governance. Ensure accurate project closeout and turnover to service and support organizations.
• Customer & Business Engagement Serve as a customer interface, building trusted relationships and ensuring customer expectations are met or exceeded. Support identification of follow-on business opportunities in collaboration with sales and lifecycle services teams. Represent Project Management in strategic planning, operational reviews, customer reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Skills & Capabilities Exceptional leadership, coaching, and stakeholder management skills. Strong customer focus with excellent verbal and written communication abilities. Advanced project and program management skills, including scope, schedule, cost, risk, and quality management. Ability to manage multiple complex initiatives simultaneously in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with attention to detail.

Experience Desired

5+ years of successful experience leading projects or project function, preferably in automation, logistics, manufacturing, lifecycle services, or large customer-dedicated portfolio environments. Proven experience managing large-scale project portfolios, and significant customer-facing revenue responsibility. Strong understanding of automation systems, controls architectures, and systems integration; solid working knowledge of industrial and enterprise software systems. Experience with schedule and change management, demonstrated leadership in safety excellence, permit and installation processes, material supply chains, contract administration, subcontractor management, and risk management. Proficiency with project management tools and MS Office; Microsoft Project or equivalent required.

Education & Certifications

Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree in Business, Engineering, Construction Management, Computer Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience. PMP certification preferred but not required.

Additional Job Description Travel required up to 30% of time.

KION brands keep the world moving – globally, regionally, and locally. KION is the Supply Chain Solutions Company. With over 42,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we enable smart, sustainable, and reliable supply chains worldwide – wherever goods are stored, moved, or delivered. KION offers its customers the full spectrum of solutions to make their supply chains future-ready. Our international brands, Linde Material Handling, STILL, and Baoli and our regional brands, Fenwick and OM, stand for outstanding technological innovation, intelligent automation and service excellence in forklift trucks and warehouse equipment. Dematic complements this expertise with state-of-the-art automation technology and AI-supported software solutions that optimize intralogistics across warehousing, production, and distribution. Whether locally or globally – we offer exciting career opportunities in an innovative environment shaped by our core values: Integrity, Collaboration, Courage, and Excellence. Together, we create the magic of supply chain solutions.

Join our team – Push it forward.