Strategic Capital Projects Leader in Food Manufacturing

Sysco Corp.; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Sysco Northeast RDC seeks a Corporate Project Manager to drive key projects across national, regional, and site levels in operations. You will lead cross-functional teams with a customer-centric focus, coordinating vendors and contractors, and delivering projects on time and within ROI targets.

This role emphasizes continuous improvement, adherence to safety standards, and alignment with corporate construction and engineering teams. Strong experience in capital project management is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years in food production, manufacturing, and distribution design.
• Lean Six Sigma experience.
• Experience reading AutoCAD drawings.
• Transformation experience.
• Project Management Experience.
• Strong collaboration with vendors and teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead with a customer-centric and associate-focused mindset to drive development and execution of projects.
• Work with vendors and general contractors to ensure compliance with laws and regulations.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation and plant flow.
• Plan, develop, and execute capital projects and monitor ROI.
• Utilize industry best practices to execute projects.
• Prioritize safety and assist EHS with training on new equipment.
• Ensure inspections and audits are completed accurately and on time.
• Adjust department activities to meet KPIs and customer satisfaction.
• Oversee budgets including labor, materials, and capital investments.
• Engage with market activities to raise company recognition.
• Collaborate with national/local vendors to define tasks and deliverables.

Skills

Active Listening

Personnel Management

Complex Problem Solving

Decision Making

Negotiation

Process Equipment Reading

Reading Drawings

Vendor Quotes

Project Management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering, or a relevant field

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Access

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

Through consultation with the SSMG VP of Continuous Improvement and Sysco Corporate Construction & Engineering Teams, the Corporate Project Manager identifies the key actions necessary for delivering national, regional, and site level development and execution of key projects related to operations.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• In partnership with all National and Region Team Leaders, lead with a strong customer-centric and associate- focused mindset to drive development and execution of projects.
• Working with vendors and/or general contractors to assure projects are following Local, State and Federal laws and regulations.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation and plant flow.
• Work to develop, plan, and execute capital projects and monitor return on investment
• Utilize Industry best practices, methods, and standards to execute projects
• Make safety a top priority in each project. Help reduce or eliminate operations-related injuries or accidents and assist EHS Director with training initiatives on all projects, including new equipment
• Drive a culture of compliance with internal/external policies and regulations by ensuring all required inspections and audits are completed on time, accurately and with all necessary detail
• Strategically adjust department activities, policies, and practices to meet or exceed key performance metrics and customer satisfaction goals.
• Oversee budget management including labor, benefits, supplies, company assets, capital investments, depreciation and maintenance and repair.
• Company meetings and any other market activities to foster the company’s recognition within the business community.
• Collaborate with national and local vendors to establish working relationships, assigning task, and expected project deliverables

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering, or a relevant field preferred

Experience

• Minimum 10 years in food production, manufacturing, and distribution design
• Demonstrable experience in driving operational efficiencies and production thruput through site layout and planning

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Lean Six Sigma
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, Teams, Access, and Outlook
• Ability to read and understand AutoCAD drawings
• Transformation experience
• Project Management Experience

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

• Deep experience with manufacturing or production processes to include continuous improvement tools.
• Able to read and understand vendor quotes.
• Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
• Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
• Oral Comprehension: Listening to and understanding the information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Written Comprehension: Reading and understanding the information and ideas presented in writing.
• Written Expression: Communicating information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
• Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Deductive Reasoning: Applying general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Problem Sensitivity: Perceiving when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Fluency of Ideas: Coming up with several ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
• Ability to read drawings and understanding process equipment

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• The ability to sit, stand, walk and use hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and telephone to talk and hear.
• The ability to frequently sit and reach with hands and arms.
• The ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

WORK CONDITIONS

• The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by associates within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• The requirements listed above are representative of knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Must be able to do limited travel to facilities or operating companies.
• Must be able to utilize office equipment such as desktop/notebook computers, copiers, printers, scanners, telephones, and calculators.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Must be able to work in various indoor and outdoor climates and driving conditions.
• 60% Travel required