Special Projects Manager

What We Do

CarParts.com is the go-to eCommerce platform for auto care and maintenance. We offer drivers quality parts at competitive prices and allow customers to schedule an appointment with a trusted mechanic directly from our website. We use world-class design principles and the latest technologies to deliver a fast, easy-to-use, and mobile-intuitive website. And with our company-owned national distribution network, we bring the best brands and manufacturers directly to consumers, cutting out the costs associated with brick-and-mortar retailers. Our more than 1,700 team members worldwide are dedicated to Empowering Drivers Along Their Journey.

Our Culture

At CarParts.com, we're DRIVEN by our core values: Safety First, Customer Focused, and a Commitment to Excellence. These values guide us in everything we do and push us further in our growth both as a company and as people. They cultivate an environment where employees are inspired and empowered as we build and thrive together. All the hard work of our entire team has resulted in back-to-back record-breaking quarters since Q1 of 2020, as well as our inclusion in the Los Angeles Business Journal's top 100 Best Places to Work in Los Angeles list for four years in a row (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023). Join us!

Position Summary

The Special Projects Manager is a dynamic and strategic role responsible for overseeing and executing unique and high-priority initiatives within the organization. This role involves collaborating cross-functionally to define project objectives, develop comprehensive plans, assess needed resources, and ensure timely and successful project delivery. The Special Projects Manager will analyze project feasibility, manage potential risks, and adapt strategies as needed to meet evolving challenges. With a keen eye for detail and a results-driven mindset, this role contributes to the organization's growth by managing projects that have a significant impact on its success.

Responsibilities:

1. Project Planning and Strategy:

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to define the project's objectives, scope, deliverables, and success criteria.
• Develop a comprehensive project plan, including timelines, milestones, and resource allocation.
• Ensuring project goals and timelines are understood across multiple departments.

• Identify and assess risks and develop contingency plans with efficiency.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and communicate project updates, progress, risks, and issues.

2. Project Execution and Control:

• Monitor and oversee the execution of multiple projects, ensuring adherence to timelines and budgets.

• Monitor project progress, track key performance indicators (KPIs), and adjust plans as needed.
• Anticipate and proactively address project risks, issues, and obstacles with a solutions-focused approach.
• Conduct regular project status meetings with thorough agendas to track progress and manage project dependencies.
• Ensure project goals and timelines are understood and met by all stakeholders.
• Ensure project deliverables meet the required quality standards and specifications with a fine attention to detail.

3. Cross-functional Collaboration:

• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration between participating teams, individual contributors, and/or external agencies or partners.
• Ensure information flows smoothly and timely across different functional areas.
• Liaise with stakeholders to maintain their engagement and support throughout the project.

4. Communication and Reporting:

• Establish effective communication channels and processes within the project team and stakeholders.
• Facilitate regular project meetings, providing updates, and capturing action items.
• Prepare and deliver comprehensive project reports, executive summaries, and presentations.

• Present project outcomes, lessons learned, and recommendations to senior management.
• Provide clear and concise project documentation and ensure its accuracy and accessibility.

5. Process Improvement:

• Work with cross-functional teams to analyze existing processes and develop streamlined approaches, as needed.

• Implement lessons learned and best practices for future projects.
• Stay updated with industry trends, project management methodologies, and tools.
• Conduct project post-mortems to evaluate project success and identify areas for improvement.
• Capture and analyze project lessons learned and incorporate them into future projects.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g., project management, business administration) or relative work experience.
• Proven experience as a project manager, with a track record of successfully managing complex projects.
• Analytical and problem-solving mindset.

• Excellent organizational and time management abilities.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, including stakeholder management.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams per project.
• Project management qualifications such PMBOK, PMP, Agile, Six Sigma, a plus.

A reasonable estimate of the salary range for this position based on job experience, education level, global geographic region, etc: $85,000-$120,000

CarParts.com is an equal-opportunity employer. We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances. Our management is dedicated to ensuring that we fulfill this policy with respect to hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruitment advertising, pay, and other forms of compensation, training, and general treatment during employment.

The above-noted job description is not intended to describe, in detail, the multitude of tasks that may be assigned but rather to give the incumbent a general sense of the responsibilities and expectations of his/her position. As the nature of business demands change so, too, may the essential functions of this position.