Sr. Manager - Japanese Bilingual

QUICK USA; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 96,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

QUICK USA seeks an experienced Sr. Manager who is fluent in English and Japanese to drive project management, supply chain initiatives, and digital transformation across regions. You will coordinate stakeholders, manage plans and budgets, and guide teams through complex business requirements with a focus on technology alignment.

The role requires strong cross-cultural communication, travel up to 10%, and leadership of large-scale transformation programs within a global manufacturing context.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or related technical discipline.
• Business-level English and Japanese communication skills (spoken and written).
• Ability to facilitate meetings and prepare project documentation in both languages.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-regional digital transformation projects across stakeholders.
• Act as liaison between business users, IT, vendors and leadership.
• Develop and manage project plans, schedules, budgets, risks, and dependencies.

Skills

Bilingual English/Japanese

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Agile methodologies

Waterfall

Hybrid delivery

Job description

Sr. Manager - Japanese Bilingual

Summary

Seeking a highly motivated and experienced Bilingual Sr. Manager in project management, supply chain operations, and digital transformation to join our dynamic Supply Chain Solutions team. This position is ideal for a candidate with strong expertise in supply chain business processes, cross-functional stakeholder management, and global project delivery, combined with exceptional bilingual communication skills and the ability to work effectively across multicultural environments. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading cross-regional digital transformation initiatives, managing project plans, budgets, risks, and stakeholder communications, facilitating business requirements gathering, driving process improvements across supply chain functions, and ensuring successful alignment between business objectives and technology solutions for a global manufacture and their partners.

Essential Duties

• Lead and manage cross-regional digital transformation projects involving stakeholders.
• Act as the primary liaison between business users, IT teams, external vendors, and executive leadership.
• Develop and manage project plans, schedules, budgets, risks, and dependencies.
• Facilitate workshops, requirements gathering sessions, and steering committee meetings.
• Coordinate project activities across multiple time zones and business units.
• Translate business requirements into actionable project deliverables.
• Drive process improvement initiatives across supply chain functions.
• Monitor project progress and provide regular status updates to leadership teams.
• Ensure alignment between business objectives and technology solutions.
• Support change management, user adoption, and stakeholder communication activities.

Working Hours / Working style

09:00 - 18:00 Monday to Friday Occasional domestic and international travel may be required to support project activities and stakeholder engagement. (Up to 10%)

Working Location

North Dallas, TX

Salary / Benefit

$70/hr - $80/hr

This is a contract position.

Holidays

Saturday, Sunday and Company holidays

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree / Related Technical Discipline
• Business-level English and Japanese communication skills (spoken and written).
• Ability to facilitate meetings and prepare project documentation in both languages.

Project Management

• 5+ years of project management experience leading large-scale business or IT transformation programs.
• Experience managing cross-functional and international project teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Experience with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project delivery methodologies.

Supply Chain Expertise

Strong knowledge of supply chain business processes, including:

• Demand Planning
• Supply Planning
• Inventory Management
• Logistics & Distribution
• Procurement
• Supplier Collaboration
• Manufacturing Operations
• Ability to work directly with business leaders to identify process improvements and transformation opportunities.