Job DescriptionAll About the role: The Transportation Project Manager/Product Owner leads high-complexity, cross-functional projects that support Electrolux's 3-5-year roadmap for North America Transportation. This role manages projects focused on International, Inbound and Outbound Transportation, Freight Audit & Pay as well as cross-border operational improvement projects, 4PL engineering and continuous improvement initiatives.
Where you'll be: This position will be based in HQ office, Charlotte NC.
What you'll do:- Plans and ensures execution of project deliverables within agreed-upon timing and budget. Composes a project work-breakdown structure/schedule and plan for executing the project - including sequencing, identification of dependencies, duration and resource needs, cost estimations, budgeting, and control.
- Conducts regular project team meetings. Regularly presents project status reports to Steering Committee, other senior managers, and, when relevant, North America Senior Leadership Team.
- Clearly communicates roles and responsibilities within the project core and extended team.
- Tracks progress against agreed targets. Develops and implements mitigation plan for at-risk items. Submits investment requests. Tracks and manages capital and expenses through close of project.
- Resolves conflicts with capex, schedules, and resources as needed. Elevates issues to management when necessary.
- Promotes culture of "Teamship" and professional accountability among core and extended team members. Communicates vision, promotes goal alignment, provides coaching and feedback for performance management.
- Actively contributes to the definition of the quarterly OKRs.
- Develop and maintain roadmap of ongoing and upcoming projects planned for the Last Mile.
- Collect business requirements, pain points/issues, market features, and customer feedback to take part of the backlog.
- Differentiate items that must be executed as a project from the items that will take part of the regular Sprints.
- Orchestrate with stakeholders the directions for the requests that are defined as a project.
- Facilitates user acceptance testing (UAT) for the user stories that take part of the sprint.
- Ensure periodic review meetings to get feedback on the sprint's delivery.
Minimum Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree completed, engineering or supply chain preferred.
- Minimum 5 years product management within supply chain last mile or order management experience.
- PMP (Project Management Professional) certification is preferred.
- Knowledge of Transportation Management is a plus.
- Minimal travel (up to 10%) required.
Benefits highlights:- Discounts on our award-winning Electrolux products and services.
- Family-friendly benefits.
- Insurance policy plan and 401k.
- Extensive learning opportunities and flexible career path.
Please be advised that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position at this time.Find more on:Electrolux Group North America: https://www.linkedin.com/company/electrolux/life/northamerica/
Electrolux Group Careers: https://career.electroluxgroup.com/global/en
