Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kuehne+Nagel is a global leader in logistics, and they are seeking a National Logistics IT Project Manager to play a key role in designing, managing, and optimizing solutions that keep goods moving efficiently. The role involves leading high-visibility client implementations and system migrations, ensuring effective stakeholder management and successful project outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate IT resources for customer implementations, strategic initiatives, and organizational change projects
- Serve as IT sub-project lead on large customer onboarding initiatives, ensuring alignment with overall project objectives
- Manage external partners and vendors, overseeing delivery, costs, and compliance with statements of work (SOWs)
- Gather and validate customer requirements, partnering with Solutions Engineering and IT teams to develop solution designs and system integration plans
- Oversee project execution, including testing, training, deployment, implementation, support, risk management, scope control, and change management
- Act as the primary IT liaison for Customer Onboarding, Engineering, and Operations, managing stakeholder communications, project budgets, and customer change requests
Skills
- 5+ years of project management experience leading WMS system implementation projects required, experience with JDA/BY or Manhattan an advantage
- Experience in a 3PL environment highly desirable
- Ability to travel 30% during project execution, depending on project phase
- Proven ability to manage large system implementation teams including external resources
- Excellent interpersonal, facilitation and communication skills
- Degree in Logistics, Engineering, or Business Management preferred
- PMP certification or similar desired
- Technical experience with WMS systems desired
Benefits
- Excellent training programs
- Career mobility
- Health and welfare benefits
- A 401k retirement savings plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Incentive compensation for eligible roles
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