Supply Chain Sr Project Manager

Annual Wage Range: $167,200.00  - $229,900.00 
Other Compensation:  Eligibility for the Short-Term Incentive program and other applicable bonuses 
Benefits: U.S. Employee Benefits Summary (grace.com)

Final salary and compensation will be based on several factors including candidate qualifications and experience, geographical location, market, and business considerations.

Job Description

Grace is seeking a Supply Chain Senior Project Manager to join our Supply Chain Project Management Office. The role reports to the Senior Director, Supply Chain Center of Excellence and is in Columbia, MD. 

Job Overview

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our Supply Chain Center of Excellence team of Project Managers lead, oversee, and ensure the successful delivery and management of single or multiple projects. The Senior Project Manager must do this within scope, to a certain quality, and within time and cost constraints

Responsibilities

• Review project proposals or plans to determine a time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing projects, staffing requirements and the assignment of available departmental resources to various project phases.
• Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones, and required activities and tasks.
• Develop KPI’s for the PMO for project execution as well as governance for execution outcomes and summarize performance monthly to leadership 
• Provide leadership and motivation to project team members throughout the project life cycle and confer with project staff to outline a work plan.
• Act as a coach to junior project managers, executives and others who need assistance and advice regarding project management practices.
• Establish a work plan and staffing for project activities, iterations, or phases, and arrange for recruitment or assignment of project personnel.
• Analyze project proposals to determine a time frame, funding limitations and appropriate processes for accomplishing projects.
• Manage and drive project execution of milestones, action items, risks/issues and development of mitigation plans.
• Identify and escalate issues and mitigations through leadership for support as needed.
• Ensures Change Management strategies are incorporated into improvement programs and provides overall leadership for Change Management across the programs to ensure continuity and connectivity.
• Design and deliver training programs for continuity in project management as well as to enable transformation project execution.
• Establish standards and procedures for project reporting and documentation.
• Develop and distribute weekly project updates as well as Steering Committee presentations.
• Direct and coordinate the activities of project personnel to ensure projects progress on schedule and within budget.
• Review status reports prepared by project personnel and modify schedules or plans as required.
• Benchmark project management performance continuously to identify the potential for improvements and increase capability in project and portfolio management

Required Qualifications

• Distinctive blend of business, IT, financial and communication skills. 
• Ability to adapt to new circumstances in a changing business environment.
• Significant knowledge of project planning/scheduling tools with a solid track record of practical application.
• Cross-functional business awareness and track record of cross-functional/cross-organizational collaboration
• Forward thinking and ready, able, and willing to leverage technology to achieve scalable results for our growing organization
• Influence and Communication – must be capable of turning business acumen into actionable management executio