Transformation Project Manager - Global Supply Chain

DP World; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

DP World in Charlotte, NC seeks a Project Manager – Transformation to lead enterprise-wide transformation programs across Freight Forwarding, Contract Logistics, Ports & Terminals, and Technology. You will partner with senior leaders, drive governance, and deliver measurable benefits while navigating a matrix organization.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of PM experience, strong facilitation and communication skills, and a proven ability to influence without direct authority in a global logistics

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field
• 5+ years of project management experience delivering complex cross-functional initiatives
• Experience in Transformation, PMO, Continuous Improvement, Strategy Execution, or Business Excellence environment preferred
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid). PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent certification preferred
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders across all organizational levels without direct authority
• Excellent facilitation, communication, presentation, and executive stakeholder management skills
• Experience using MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Asana, or similar project management tools
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and change management capabilities
• Supply Chain industry experience required; experience in Freight Forwarding, Contract Logistics, and/or Ports & Terminals is strongly preferred
• Bilingual capability is an advantage where required by the business

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end transformation projects from business case through implementation and benefit realization
• Develop project charters, governance, workplans, milestones, budgets, RAID logs, and communication plans
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to align priorities, remove barriers, and deliver shared business outcomes
• Facilitate workshops to define current-state processes, future-state operating models, and business requirements
• Drive organizational change by supporting stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and adoption activities
• Monitor project health, KPIs, dependencies, risks, and issues; accelerate where appropriate
• Provide regular executive-level reporting on project status, decisions, risks, and value realization
• Capture lessons learned and embed best practices to support continuous improvement across the Transformation function

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Influence without authority

Facilitation

Change management

Project management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Information Technology

Tools

MS Project

Smartsheet

Jira

Asana

Job description

DP World in Charlotte, NC seeks a Project Manager – Transformation to lead enterprise-wide transformation programs across Freight Forwarding, Contract Logistics, Ports & Terminals, and Technology. You will partner with senior leaders, drive governance, and deliver measurable benefits while navigating a matrix organization.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of PM experience, strong facilitation and communication skills, and a proven ability to influence without direct authority in a global logistics