Job Title: Project Manager IV
Location: 8285 Tournament Drive, Memphis, TN 38125
Job Description: - Responsible for assisting teams to deliver project(s) that span across one or more business units.
- Coordinate resources, schedules, and financials with FedEx Freight's Operations Support and Engineering (OSE) organization.
- Maintain awareness of issues, risks, and project changes to ensure successful and on-time project delivery.
- Lead project(s) of high complexity, highly sensitive and/or with complex technical elements to ensure overall effort is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives
- Prepare estimates and detailed project plans for all phases of the project procure adequate resources to achieve project objectives in planned timeframe. Ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope
- Manage a comprehensive and efficient process to establish priorities and milestones for project(s) that understand interdependencies between technology, operations, and business needs
- Manage all aspects of project engagement from the day-to-day project activities, resources and conducting project meetings to engagement with external vendor relationships, communications, resources, budget, changes, risks, and issues
- Participate in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools, and partnerships to expand
- Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and excellence.
- Analyze organizational, functional, team and/or project needs to provide recommendations including return on investment and cost-benefit analysis leading to successful strategies and execution plans
- Report on project results, metrics, test, and deployment management activities including milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues
- Build and maintain solid relationships with management and business process owners throughout FedEx Freight and the FedEx organization
- Comply with all applicable laws/regulations, as well as company policies/procedures
- Perform other duties as required
Qualifications: Master's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, Communication/Journalism or related quantitative discipline plus 5 years of direct experience in project management, or process improvement profession. The employer will alternatively accept a Bachelor's degree or equivalent* in Business Administration, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, Communication/Journalism or related quantitative discipline plus 7 years of direct experience in project management, or process improvement profession. in lieu of a Master's degree plus 5 years of experience. The position requires experience with:
• Enterprise Program & Project Management;
• Scaled Agile Delivery Leadership;
• Data Analysis, KPI Development & Executive Reporting;
• Strategic Planning;
• Systems Integration & Acceptance Testing;
• Enterprise Business and Systems Requirements Analysis;
• Risk, Dependency & Escalation Management;
• Product Strategy & Lifecycle Management.
• Strong Leadership, diplomatic and motivational skills including the ability to lead up, across and down the FXF organization
• Advanced Experience with business analysis techniques in a wide range of projects and complexities
• Excellent critical thinking, analytical, problem solving, leadership, project management, and training skills
• Superb time management, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Experience and ability to use Microsoft Office Software, including but not limited to; Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Superb presentation, verbal and written communication skills with all levels of leadership and employees.
• Ability to work independently and as a team-oriented collaborative environment
Must be able to travel. *Employer will accept one (1) year of directly related experience in lieu of one (1) year of education. This position will be hybrid in Memphis, TN and candidates must live within a 50-mile radius. This position is hybrid, meaning that employees will be required to work at a FedEx Freight office location up to several times per week.
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