This position will be domiciled at a FedEx Freight location in Harrison, AR or Memphis, TN. You will be required to work at a FedEx Freight Location several times per week.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
Responsible for assisting teams to deliver project(s) that span across one or more business units. Coordinate resources, schedules, and financials with FedEx Freight’s Operations Support and Engineering (OSE) organization. Maintain awareness of issues, risks, and project changes to ensure successful and on-time project delivery.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Enable project(s) to ensure overall direction is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives
- Assist in the preparation of estimates and detailed project plans and raise awareness to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope
- Play a key role in a comprehensive and efficient process to establish priorities and milestones for project(s) that understand interdependencies between technology, operations, and business needs
- Support all aspects of project engagement from the day-to-day activities, resources and conduct meetings to engage with external vendor relationships, including communications, resources, budget, changes, risks, and issues
- Participate in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools, and partnerships to expand
- Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and excellence.
- Analyze organizational, functional, team and/or project needs to provide recommendations including return on investment and cost-benefit analysis leading to successful strategies and execution plans
- Report on project results, metrics, test, and deployment management activities including milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues
- Build and maintain solid relationships with management and business process owners throughout FedEx Freight and the FedEx organization
- Comply with all applicable laws/regulations, as well as company policies/procedures
- Perform other duties as required
Disclaimer: This job description is general in nature and is not designed to contain or to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, essential functions and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, Communication/Journalism or related quantitative discipline or equivalent experience plus three (3) years direct experience in project management or process improvement profession
- Certification such as SAFe Program Consultant (PC), Scaled Agilist (SA), Prosci Change Management, Project Management Professional (PMP), Lean Six Sigma, or QDM Expert preferred
- Excellent time management, organizational and interpersonal skills
- Experience and ability to use Microsoft Office Software, including but not limited to; Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Excellent presentation, verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently and as a team member
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Must be able to travel
EST FedEx Freight, Inc
FedEx Freight is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans. If you have a disability and you need assistance in order to apply for a position with FedEx Freight, please e-mail at [email protected]. FedEx Freight will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, Communication/Journalism, a related quantitative discipline, or equivalent experience
- Three years of direct experience in project management or process improvement
- Microsoft Office experience, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Excellent time management, organizational, interpersonal, presentation, verbal, and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently and as a team member
- SAFe Program Consultant, Scaled Agilist, Prosci Change Management, PMP, Lean Six Sigma, or QDM Expert certification
- Ability to travel
What We Do
FedEx Freight operates FedEx’s less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation business across North America. Its services include Priority, Economy, and Direct shipping, while subsidiary FedEx Custom Critical provides expedited, time- and temperature-specific freight solutions. The company uses a large vehicle fleet, extensive service-center network, operational efficiency, data-driven technology, and dedicated personnel to deliver freight safely, securely, and reliably across the United States, Canada, Mexico, and nearby territories.
