Senior TMS Project Manager

Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee, coordinate and manage TMS implementation projects including:
• Collaborate with customer project manager to document project scope, schedule and work plan.
• Facilitate and administer on-site project kickoff and design workshops
• Define CLX tasks and resource assignments
• Monitor project progress, identify risks, and document change requests as needed
• Lead weekly status meetings and provide periodic status reports to stakeholders
• Facilitate test planning, execution, and quality assurance efforts
• Coordinate design, development, configuration, and go-live activities among internal and external team members
• Ensure CLX deliverables are completed to specification, reviewed by internal subject matter experts, and approved by customers
• Document project close and manage the transition to run-and-maintain support
• Support upgrade and continuous improvement projects with existing TMS accounts, including both external clients and the CLX Managed Transportation Services team.  
• Manage by influence to ensure that customers are successful in their adoption of the TMS product after the project is complete and the team has been released.
• Develop functional knowledge in the use of TMS and logistics operations

Requirements

Required Skills and Experience:

• 3-5 years’ experience in freight transportation operations, consulting and/or project management
• Minimum 2 years of project management experience in a customer-facing role
• Technical and/or operational knowledge of system integration activities (using EDI, XML, or API’s)
• Working knowledge of MS Office, Project, and Visio
• Excellent written and verbal business communication skills (negotiation, conflict-resolution, issue escalation, and presentation skills)
• Situational awareness (ability to anticipate/prevent problems and escalate effectively for resolution)

Helpful Skills and Experience

• Project management certification
• Functional knowledge of ERP or Transportation Management systems
• Business analysis and quality assurance of technology-enabled business process change
• Experience in a logistics operations or supply chain management role

Education:

• 4-year degree in business or technology (or equivalent career experience)