Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kenco Logistics is a third-party logistics provider focused on innovation, safety, sustainability, and continuous improvement in the supply chain industry. The Senior Application Launch Manager - Blue Yonder leads functional and technical projects implementing warehouse management systems across Kenco’s operational sites, managing requirements, development, testing, launch, stakeholder communications, risk, budgets, and production support.
Responsibilities
- Independently leads the coordination of all project activities during the life of a project; including but not limited to, design, implementation planning and execution; scheduling kickoff meetings; requirements gathering; analysis; build, testing and launch; vendor liaise; customer liaise; development and maintenance of product documentation; development and maintenance of product training materials; troubleshooting; and Level 3 production support
- Writes the business requirement documentation for configuration, customizations and integrations as well as develops those documented customizations for the WMS, Labor Management Systems (LMS) or Warehouse Control Systems (WCS)
- Launch projects on time in accordance with the agreed upon timing for accessory development and ability to predict project delays to ensure an on-time launch
- Leading client consulting engagements with project scoping, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
- Develop communication plan, including project status reporting, and effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion
- Effectively, in concert with project team members, assemble and manage risk, including mitigation planning
- Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle
- Conduct project postmortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements
- Prepare necessary artifacts for project closure turnover to production support and oversee successful turnover
- Assist management to define best practices for project management
- Submit and recommend post-launch budget changes where necessary
- Cost control, invoicing and budget reconciliation
- Tracks the progress of all departments’ activities and reports status to management and related departments
- Follow a data map, functional processes and technical processes to ensure that the system performs as expected, ability to design a test plan
- Provide mentorship for junior level resources assigned to the project
- Perform other duties as assigned
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, Supply Chain Management, Computer Science or a related field required
- Minimum 6-8 years' experience in project management and implementation launching WMS and/or LMS
- Proficiency in SQL required
- Experience integrating WMS systems with ERP systems (SAP for example) required
- Ability to create a positive and professional business relationship with internal and external clients as well as third-party service/product providers
- Knowledge of Distribution center/logistics concepts-- understand best practices, conversant in warehousing terminology, ability to read and visualize "to be" model based on experience, and able to look beyond current practices
- Must be creative and strategic in order to make decisions that provide the best possible solution and supports company goals
- Must be able to utilize problem solving techniques to identify root cause of failures and solutions to meet customer requirements
- Must be able to effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously without affecting deadline commitments
- High degree of professional confidence and credibility with the presence and communication skills to represent IT-related concepts effectively with executive-level management
- Strong business planning and analytical skills, including market intelligence, metrics, financial analysis and business model development
- Highly motivated and self-sufficient, requiring little to no guidance completing assigned tasks
- This position is expected to travel approximately 25% - 50%
- Experience integrating WMS systems with ERP systems (SAP for example) required, WCS (Warehouse Control Systems) a plus
Benefits
- Medical insurance including HSA, HRA and FSA accounts
- Supplemental insurance including critical illness, hospital indemnity, accidental injury
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Basic Life and Supplemental Life
- Short Term and Long Term Disability
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401(k)
- Paid Time Off approximately 2 weeks (accrual begins on Day 1 of employment)
- Employer Paid Holidays- 10 days
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