One of the largest North American retailers is seeking a Program Director to develop, organize, and lead programs of long-term strategic impact and focus on the realization of initiatives for automating distribution center material handling.

 

·        Plan, organize and lead an initiative’s overall project budget, scope of work, and schedule.

·        Organize and manage a diverse team of subject matter experts for construction, systemic process development and change management.

·        Financial and budget management, as well as analyzing financial impact of initiative decisions.

·        Maintain a high level of customer service to both company and public customers.

·        Continuous interaction with divisional leadership with focus on distribution center management as well as retail store leadership with developmental improvements.

·        Ensure timely completion of goals/action plans, both short and long term.

 

·        Eight years of progressively challenging project management experience.

·        Ten years in a leadership role of managing professionals in a production or warehouse environment.

·        Strong experience in architectural and engineering construction.

·        Experience in electrical and/or mechanical engineering is highly preferred.

·        Ability to think strategically, formulating action plans and seeing them through.

·        Ability to work with and communicate to VP levels.

·        Demonstrated ability to lead multiple projects, while being flexible and responsive to changing priorities.

·        Excellent project leadership skills. Ability to develop hypotheses, structure a work plan, assign tasks, monitor progress and lead project teams to develop fact based conclusions, recommendations and action plans.

·        Ability to empower the workforce and build strong teams.

·        Strong communication skills, particularly in public speaking and writing.

·        Strong interpersonal skills for relationship building and collaborative/committee work.

·        Must be able to address large-scale problems in conceptual and practical ways.

·        Proven ability to manage and lead a diverse workforce strong preferred.

·        Excellent organizational skills with a high degree of initiative and flexibility.

·        Experience in holding employees accountable for working safely, and providing a safe work environment.

·        Excellent customer service focus, results oriented.

·        Computer skills, including Excel, MS Word, and PowerPoint.

Four-year college degree in Engineering required. MBA or similar graduate degree preferred.

 

Please send resumes (text format only) to:

Debora Majors                                                dmajors@boyden.com