Project Manager, Operations - Military Veterans

Time type: full time

Posted on: February 19, 2025

Job requisition id: R4602

What we need

GreenBox Logistics is seeking a Project Manager to lead and implement projects across both existing and new sites. This role will collaborate with cross-functional leaders, customers, and vendors to align teams, execute project plans, mitigate risks, and drive clear communication to ensure the successful completion of complex initiatives. As a highly visible role, the Project Manager will interact with stakeholders at all levels, including executive leadership.

GreenBox* is pioneering warehousing-as-a-service, offering outsourced warehousing operations, and specializing in automated warehousing solutions. Our focus is on the efficient movement of goods in cases and pallets across all sectors, such as wholesale, retail, and general merchandising.

*GreenBox is an independently managed joint venture between Symbotic and Softbank.

What you'll need

• Develop and implement detailed project plans for warehouse startups, logistics operations, and key initiatives, including defining scope, goals, timelines, resources, and deliverables.
  

• Lead the planning, development, and operational launch of new warehouse facilities, overseeing setup, equipment installation, staffing, and integration.
  

• Manage relationships with external vendors, ensuring alignment with project goals, timelines, and quality standards. Negotiate contracts, resolve disputes, and assess vendor performance.
  

• Oversee procurement of materials, equipment, and supplies, ensuring cost control, timely purchasing, and alignment with sustainability goals.
  

• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, internal teams, and vendors, ensuring effective communication and relationship management.
  

• Identify and mitigate potential project risks related to warehouse startups, vendor management, and purchasing, proactively addressing challenges that may impact timelines, budgets, or quality.
  

• Manage project budgets, track expenditures, and oversee resource allocation, ensuring cost efficiency and financial control.
  

• Ensure all project deliverables meet GreenBox Logistics' quality and operational standards.
  

• Provide regular project status updates to senior management, adjusting timelines and strategies as needed.
  

• Work closely with Operations, IT, HR, Sales, and Finance to ensure seamless execution and cross-functional alignment.
  

• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, sustainability, and overall logistics operations.
  

• Bachelor's degree in business, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related field.
  

• Minimum 3 years of experience in project management within logistics, supply chain, or transportation, with a focus on warehouse startups, vendor management, and purchasing.
  

• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification is a plus.
  

• Strong organizational and time-management abilities.
  

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with attention to detail.
  

• Proficiency in project management software (e.g., Smartsheet, MS Project, or similar).
  

• Experience in vendor management, contract negotiation, and performance evaluation.
  

• Knowledge of purchasing, supply chain management, and procurement processes.
  

• Understanding of sustainable logistics practices and green supply chain principles.
  

• Experience in warehouse design, setup, and operational integration.
  

• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities.
  

• Budgeting and financial management expertise.
  

• Remote, travel-based position.
  

• Travel is required up to 75% of the time. Employee must have a valid driver's license and the ability to drive and/or fly to client and other customer locations.
  

• The employee is responsible to own a credit card and manage expenses personally to be reimbursed on a bi-weekly basis.
  

• A portion of site time will be spent on a construction site with PPE required (hard hat, safety vest, steel toes, eyeglasses, ear protection, fall protection (e.g., safety harness).
  

• Subject to environmental conditions, protection from weather conditions but not necessarily temperature changes. Must be capable of working in temperatures ranging from 105° to 32° Fahrenheit.