Supply Chain Project Manager In Huntersville, Nc At American Tire Distributors

Are you looking for an opportunity to turn your ambition and your people skills into a rewarding career with an industry leader? Join our team at American Tire Distributors! As the nation's premier tire distributor, ATD’s coast-to-coast distribution network provides approximately 80,000 customers across the U.S. and Canada with rapid and frequent delivery of high quality tires, custom wheels and shop supplies. 

The purpose of the Supply Chain Project Manager is to provide project leadership and support for change management for a major and transformational Supply Chain initiative. The Supply Chain Project Manager will support the program leadership in the establishment and execution of a program governance framework and project management approach that all sub-project tracks will follow. Includes weekly status reporting, issue and risk management, scope management, change control procedures, quality management, budget tracking, schedule tracking, and project communication. Critical to this role will be planning, communication, coordination, supporting project execution and ultimately the successful delivery of the project against scope, timing and budgetary commitments.

                                                    

• Plan and implement Supply Chain Projects using project management processes, tools, and techniques.
• Establish and update standard program status reports and dashboards (Green/Yellow/Red).
• In collaboration with program leadership, identify content required from each workstream, the cadence in which project status meetings will be held, and the reports which will be submitted to program leadership, Stakeholders, and Sponsors.
• Develop project plans and provide direction and support to the project teams/workstreams including but not limited to Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations/Logistics, Sales, IT,  Stakeholders and Sponsors.
• Participate with all functional project teams/workstreams in the requirements gathering process.   
• Provide regular reports, dashboards and presentation materials regarding project status, deliverables, milestones, project phase reviews, issues and risks, etc. as required by the project communication plan.
• Actively track project timelines, project expenses/financials (budget, actual, etc.), resource allocations, risk mitigation and contingency planning processes.
• Participate in cross-project and cross-workstream planning meeting. Help identify and resolve conflicts in project priorities, resourcing, schedule and scope.
• Work with program leadership to establish scope change control approach.  Monitor adherence to the change approach and ensure change requests are addressed.
• Prepare Executive Steering Committee materials jointly with program leadership and business areas/workstreams.
• Assist in tracking performance against project success criteria and distribute to involved parties throughout the project life cycle.
• Recommend improvements to project management policies/procedures where needed.
• Assist with special projects, reports and other duties as assigned.

• Sr. Director, Network Deployment
• Director, Network Deployment
• Supply Chain Functional Teams

• Required Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Business, Computer Science, Project Management, or related disciplines.
• 3+ years of direct work experience in a project management capacity, supporting Supply Chain or broader/complex cross-functional projects involving multiple linkages across an organization.
• Extensive use of Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK) processes or equivalent project management processes, tools and techniques.
• Proven experience in Supply Chain, IT/ERP Systems, Distribution Operations or related fields.

• Unyielding project management orientation.
• Executive presence. The ability to influence others while building and strengthening relationships in a matrix organization.
• Unmatched attention to details, including nuance, balanced by the ability to see and articulate the big picture.
• Strong listening skills, with the common sense and courage to know when to speak.
• Serial processor who can effectively analyze, prioritize, execute, adapt, and repeat across multiple workflows in order to meet deadlines in a high pressure environment.
• Ability to react to project adjustments and alterations promptly and efficiently
• Ability to effectively work independently and across teams, functions and departments.
• Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications:  Projects, Visio, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, SharePoint, etc.

•   While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk, hear, taste and/or smell; the employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to office, site, and weather conditions prevalent at the time.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• 50% Domestic Travel

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying the position.  Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodations.  Nothing in this job description creates a contract of employment in any way for any person.   All employees hired by American Tire Distributors, Inc. are employees at will and the company reserves the right to terminate employees at any time for any reason or no reason at all.

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Job ID: R29597