Project Manager

FORTNA partners with the world’s leading brands to transform omnichannel and parcel distribution operations. Known world-wide for enabling companies to keep pace with digital disruption and growth objectives, we design and deliver solutions, powered by intelligent software, to optimize fast, accurate and cost-effective order fulfillment and last mile delivery. Our people, innovative approach and proprietary algorithms and tools ensure optimal operations design and material and information flow. We deliver exceptional value every day to our customers with comprehensive services and products including network strategy, distribution center operational design and implementation, material handling automated equipment, robotics and a comprehensive suite of lifecycle services.

At FORTNA, we believe in fostering a workplace that isn't just a job but a movement – a collective effort to redefine success and transform challenges into opportunities. "Join the Movement" encapsulates our commitment to a workplace culture that thrives on collaboration, celebrates diversity, and empowers every individual to contribute to something greater than themselves. Our Team. Our Passion. Our Approach. 

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Project Manager (PM) manages the coordination and completion of Material Handling System (MHS) projects with increasing levels complexity, scope, and budget. The PM assures all deliverables are on time, on budget, and within scope. The PM works directly with FORTNA employees, customers, supplier-partners, and other service providers in connection with project deliverables.

The PM will rely on broad project management experiences and judgment to plan and accomplish goals while planning, leading, and directing the work of others.  The PM will be expected to demonstrate a breadth of creativity commensurate with their experience. The role requires the PM to demonstrate broad project and customer leadership management skills.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Consistently practice and demonstrate through example an appropriate level of character and integrity in the performance of all duties and responsibilities.

• Works with manager to create robust learning objectives to assure learning experiences drive growth around critical competencies, skills, and knowledge. Proactively shares knowledge in the development of others. Effectively builds strong project teams, understanding development needs in self and others.

• Develop and deploy plans to achieve results through self and others by stressing precision of execution and action to address complex challenges and conflicts. Build strong relationships by applying strong interpersonal, communication and listening skills.

• Lead the business by supporting organizational goals and objectives. Expectations include understanding and solving business problems, supporting change, managing with confidence, inspiring others, and supporting a diverse environment in support of continuous improvement.

• Apply broad understanding of supply chain concepts, processes, and trends in the design and implementation of solutions.

• Leverage progressive experience and knowledge to evaluate and compare material handling alternatives and technologies when supporting the design and implementation of solutions.

• Understand specific capabilities within supply chain applications and leverage broad knowledge to assist with design and implementation efforts.

• Utilize a broad understanding of Fortna project governance activities and Fortna project governance tools in the delivery of projects and management of project risks.

• Lead two or more external / internal project or work streams of intermediate size, scope, budget, and complexity.

• Leverage progressive consulting skills in support of problem resolution, helping assure client acceptance to agreed deliverables, provide critical support on approach and methods, and help with developing closed-loop communications for project stakeholders.

• Support the delivery of training.

• Support internal project teams in the development of tools, templates, and methodologies.

• Support the development of trade show material.

• Assist the sales team with preliminary schedules, sales calls, site reviews and installation plans for projects of moderate scope and complexity and generally inline with brown field projects.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Education / Work Experience:

Bachelor’s degree and 2-5 years of experience and/or 5+ years of work experience in one of the following discipl