Project Manager

Maersk Agency USA, Inc.; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 96,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics company is seeking an Operational Excellence Project Manager to drive standardization and optimize processes across MGF Operations. This fully remote role requires a minimum of 8 years of industry experience and a data-driven approach to enhance operational metrics and initiatives.

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k + Company Match

Employee Assistance Program

Paid Time Off

Flexible Work Schedules

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years' experience in the industry.
• Hands-on Lean experience.
• Ability to drive results and lead without authority.

Responsibilities

• Oversee projects across OpsEx including new equipment and site moves.
• Drive standardized Operational Excellence across the organization.
• Collect feedback to continuously improve engagement models.

Skills

Change Management

Data Driven Approach

Lean Experience

Team Orientation

Job description

About Us:

As a company, we promote a culture of honesty and integrity, and value the trust it allows us to build with customers and employees alike. Our focus on our people is what sets us apart and keeps our customers coming back to work with us!

If you are seeking to be a part of a family, this is the place for you!

We are an integrated logistics company responsible for moving 20% of global trade annually. With a dedicated team of over 110,000 employees across 130 countries, we go all the way to connect and simplify global trade, and help our customers grow and thrive.

Maersk Ground Freight (MGF) offers transportation services like FTL (Full Truckload), LTL (Less Than Truckload), brokerage, cross-border trucking, groupage, and sortation hubs, connecting Maersk or Customer warehouses or depots or cross-dock/consolidation/deconsolidation facilities through a robust network led by best-in-class operations and technology. This integrated network will service multi-channels like B2B, B2C, B2B2C, e-commerce, direct to store, dropship, returns, and more, leveraging asset-based, asset-light, and non-asset models.

Summary:

The Operational Excellence Project Manager drives and supports a standardized approach project management and initiative tracking across MFG Operations. The role will be crucial to drive standardization, optimize the MOS, improve metrics (page0 and input) including data products, drive network optimization initiatives and other Operational Excellence efforts.

Location: Fully remote anywhere in the U.S.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee project across OpsEx to include new equipment, new site moves/open/closure. Identify and provide requirements across Regional MGF for data products to support the different user-groups and ensure adoption of new data products.
• Own the OPEX piece of MOS to support the teams locally and ensure that we move in a direction of structurally solved challenges rather than fire-fighting.
• Coordinate with teams to support global initiatives, identify and provide resource support, track initiatives and impact on GP and EBIT initiatives.
• Drive standardized Operational Excellence across the Regional MGF Operations organization to ensure process alignment, standardization and network optimization.
• Collect feedback from Communities, SMEs etc. to ensure that the engagement model is continuously improved.

Accountable for:

• Process and System Optimization
• Process and System Design
• Continuously improve the role charts/capabilities/competencies across TbM CD
• Cross-Product Subhauler Management
• Cross-Product Driver Management
• Compliance Audit - SOPs, KPI, Revenue recognition timeliness

Required Skills and Experience:

• A minimum of 8 years' experience in the industry
• Able to drive change management
• Not afraid of challenging status quo and senior stakeholders
• Experienced facilitator
• Data driven approach
• Hands on Lean experience
• Able to lead without authority
• Possess a can-do attitude and can drive results
• Team oriented and actively involved in team engagement across different locations
• Understand outcome and input metrics
• Can create followership

Company Benefits:

Medical
Dental
Vision
401k + Company Match
Employee Assistance Program
Paid Time Off
Flexible Work Schedules (when possible)
And more!

Pay Range:

$96,000-$115,000

*The above stated pay range is the anticipated starting salary range for the position. The Company may adjust this range in light of prevailing market conditions and other factors such as location. The Company will work directly with the selected candidate(s) on the final starting salary in accordance with all applicable laws.

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