Supply Chain Project Manager - Russell Tobin : Job Details

Job Title: Supply Chain Project Manager

Job Type: W2 Contract (12 months)

Location: Maplewood, MN

Schedule: M – F 40 hours/week

Pay Rate: $55– 60 / hour

Position Overview:

The Supply Chain Project Manager will lead global logistics initiatives focused on improving customer shipment efficiency, vehicle utilization, and order optimization. This role reports to Global Logistics and collaborates across transportation, manufacturing, distribution, commercial, and customer engagement teams to deliver measurable cost savings, efficiency gains, and improved customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive USAC inbound operational performance, including track-and-trace, process updates, and training with plants, subcontractors, and subsidiaries.
• Lead customer logistics initiatives such as Load Factor improvement, Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ) optimization, and shipping frequency optimization.
• Leverage Power BI and other analytics tools to identify trends, monitor KPIs, and improve Customer Load Factor Metrics (LFM) toward an 80% vehicle utilization target.
• Develop decision-support tools (process maps, prioritization matrices, timelines) to accelerate rollout of initiatives.
• Partner with transportation and operations teams to ensure consistent implementation of shipping efficiency improvements.
• Define customer-site-level targets, track progress, and provide executive-level performance summaries on logistics initiatives.
• Lead performance reviews with leadership and conduct customer-facing presentations on logistics improvements.
• Support and participate in onsite events, workshops, and facility visits at manufacturing plants and distribution centers.
• Maintain and update centralized communication platforms (Viva Engage Community) with links, documents, events, and responses to inquiries.
• Establish governance procedures and structured feedback loops with internal and external stakeholders to maintain long-term improvements.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in Supply Chain Operations, Logistics, or Customer Logistics.
• Experience in multi-modal transportation operations (FTL, LTL, Intermodal, Parcel, Rail, etc.).
• Strong project management skills with the ability to define scope, deliverables, risks, and timelines across multiple workstreams.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite, Power BI, SAP, and transportation management systems.
• Strong analytical skills, financial acumen, and ability to drive data-driven decision making.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed, with flexibility across time zones.

Preferred

• Experience leading customer logistics or transportation optimization projects (e.g., order consolidation, palletization, MOQ initiatives).
• Experience with business transformation and logistics technology implementation.
• PMO or formal project management experience.

Location & Travel

• Position preferred in Minnesota.
• Domestic and international travel required, particularly during early-stage initiative rollouts and roadshow events at key facilities.

Pride Global offers eligible employee's comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.