Product Development Project Manager - III

$104,000 - $156,000/Yr

The Judge Group - Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Remote - Los Angeles, CA

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Project Manager - Global Supply Chain is a critical role within the organization, responsible for managing key strategic initiatives for both consumer and business supply chain teams. This position is designed for a highly skilled individual with a proven track record in project management, particularly within the global supply chain domain. The role requires the ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage complex projects that support supply planning, channel allocations, and collateral planning. The successful candidate will work closely with senior leadership to communicate project milestones and ensure that all initiatives align with the overall business strategy. In this role, the Project Manager will be tasked with identifying, developing, and executing business efficiencies that contribute to the digitalization of the supply chain. This includes extensive data management and validation to ensure the successful delivery of project deliverables. The candidate will also be responsible for leading supply chain optimization projects that involve collaboration with various internal and external teams, ensuring that all initiatives are executed at an aggressive pace on an enterprise-wide scale. The position demands a self-motivated individual who can take calculated risks and demonstrate positive results. The Project Manager will need to communicate effectively with audiences at multiple leadership levels and possess excellent analytical skills. This high-impact role requires a visionary leader who is passionate about building a best-in-class supply chain team and driving cross-functional process improvements that yield tangible benefits to the business.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute strategic initiatives for Client Supply Chain
• Manage cross-functional supply chain teams and represent Supply Chain in external cross-functional teams to ensure launch readiness
• Act as a liaison to internal business partners including Intake Process, IT & Analytics/Reporting
• Communicate launch readiness and project milestones to Senior Management and internal/external partners as needed, including documentation of presentations
• Conceptualize, design, and manage multiple complex projects/programs simultaneously to completion; responsible for end-to-end strategic project elements
• Create cohesive project plans with identifiable critical paths, task dependencies, and major milestones
• Manage plans and schedules, ensuring successful completion within scope, budget, time, and quality parameters
• Identify key risks and develop mitigation plans
• Lead implementation of new or reengineered processes including project planning, resource management, change management, and training.

Requirements

• 6+ years of project management or relevant work experience
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work independently and efficiently in a fast-paced/dynamic environment
• Experience working with gSuite (gSlides, gSheets, gWord, gMail), MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word), Smartsheet application
• Proven record of leading cross-functional team projects timely
• Experience with competitive insights, market research, and turning ideas into hypothesis & executive level proposals, business cases/financial modeling
• Collaborate to define and support the product roadmap and business strategy
• Experience in management/strategy consulting/customer experience

Nice-to-haves

• 5+ years of client global supply chain experience
• 5-7 years of client marketing experience
• Willingness to work flexible hours and schedule
• BI/data analytics experience
• Experience in Microsoft SQL
• Experience with supply chain planning systems such as wSAP, IBP, 1ERP
• Excellent forward-thinking and analytical skills
• Self-motivated individual that takes calculated risks and consistently demonstrates positive results
• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences of multiple leadership levels
• Passionate, driven, and a visionary leader with a track record of successful performance.