Senior Project Leader - Transformation & Lean Supply Chain

BeInBA; Broken Arrow, Northern (OK, KY); Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 161,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare, dental and vision plans

Wellness program

401(k)

Job summary

Alfa Laval is seeking a Senior Project Manager for the Broken Arrow, OK site to plan and run high-impact projects across technology, organization, footprint structures, and processes. This role requires leading cross-functional teams, managing budgets, and driving safety, quality, delivery, and cost improvements in a fast-paced environment.

The candidate will coordinate with business units and product groups, support site operations, and travel up to 30% domestically and internationally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science required; Master of Science preferred or equivalent.
• 10+ years of project management experience; PMP certification is a plus.
• Strong cooperation, communication, and leadership skills.
• Experience implementing Lean Six Sigma principles; Green Belt certification is a plus.
• Experience in production industrialization (layout optimization, takt-time analysis, and process validation).
• Excellent technical, analytical and commercial acumen.
• Demonstrated leadership, motivation, and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to coordinate activities across departments and make data-driven decisions.
• Traveling up to 30% domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Plan, manage and execute major projects/programs containing varying capital investments for the Broken Arrow site and Business Unit.
• Develop and implement major transformations with new ways of working that include people, processes and investments.
• Developing the new and existing products and transforming the Supply Chain.
• Implementation of the Air footprint strategy.
• Initiate projects through business cases definition and promotion: gains vs costs and time to profit.
• Manage all project components: scope, budget & planning; teams’ animation; change management; risks; communication & lobbying; reporting & steering committees.
• Follow up on the complete project specification, objectives, deliverables, time plan and cost, including sub-projects.
• Establish clear priorities; schedules activities to ensure optimum use of time and resources; monitor performance against objectives.
• Lead, develop, and motivate high performing project teams.
• Manage key stakeholders and provide status updates to steering committees and business leaders.
• Support, coach and train local colleagues; be contact point with Operations Development management team.
• Be involved in air factories operational plan management.
• Prioritize safety and comply with company policies; promote safe practices.

Skills

Strong cooperation

Communication

Leadership

Technical acumen

Analytical thinking

Commercial acumen

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor of Science in manufacturing or supply chain

Master of Science preferred or equivalent

PMP certification

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification

Lean Six Sigma tools knowledge

Tools

Lean Six Sigma tools

Job description

Alfa Laval is seeking a Senior Project Manager for the Broken Arrow, OK site to plan and run high-impact projects across technology, organization, footprint structures, and processes. This role requires leading cross-functional teams, managing budgets, and driving safety, quality, delivery, and cost improvements in a fast-paced environment.

The candidate will coordinate with business units and product groups, support site operations, and travel up to 30% domestically and internationally.