Sr. Program Manager

About Us

Americold is a global provider of temperature-controlled infrastructure. We partner with farmers and food producers to ensure their perishable and frozen product reaches foods suppliers, restaurants, and your local grocery store without spoilage. Our customers, which include some of the most respected brands in the food industry, rely on our expertise and commitment to safety in order to deliver on their commitments.

What You'll Do

Plan, execute, and finalize large, complex programs/projects ($50-150M projects) according to scheduled deadlines and within budget while meeting or exceeding projected business benefits. This includes acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of team members in order to deliver programs according to plan. The Senior Program Manager will work with project executives and design leads to define the program's scope/objectives and manage the program through all phases of Americold PMO methodology and project life cycle. The Senior Program Manager will also oversee other Program Managers on the team, providing quality checks to their workplans while serving as their resource manager. The Senior Program Manager will travel with the PM's to support key customer-facing and supplier coordination meetings.

• Develops and executes program work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements, while applying PMO methodologies and program standards• Plans, scripts and executes new business or new facility launches, including the workstreams of People, Systems, and Facility Readiness for large, complex facilities• Partner with construction team lead and contractors to incorporate detailed design into construction planning and automation integration• Ability to utilize and manage tools like project scheduling, facility ramp-up plan, hiring/training tracker, testing scripts, and key process indicators to track progress of launch stability.• Support facility go-lives, conversions and/or retrofits as needed; ensure operational readiness to minimize downtime, productivity reductions, and accuracy issues. This includes analytics around staffing, dock door and equipment requirements. Ability to pull together solid content for each workstream to lead customers and internal operations through readiness checks and other workshops.

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What Experience You Need

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Operations, Project Management, or related field• 7-10 years of demonstrated Project Management.• 5+ years of demonstrated experience working with large-scale & complex sized projects.

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft applications to include Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio and SharePoint (and other process documentation tools)

Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

EOE/AA M/F/D/V DFW.

What Could Set You Apart

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Automation Implementation Experience
• Warehouse operations management experience desired, with proven examples of multiple go-live leadership
• Experience with large, complex facility startups with refrigeration a plus
• Experience with installing, testing, and commissioning distribution automation including but not limited to AS/RS, mini-load, robotics, and shuttle systems is preferred

What We Offer

Our associates know the answer to the question What's in it for me? We offer best-in-class benefit programs and continuously work with our associates to ensure that our offerings meet the needs of their health and financial well-being. When you join Americold you join a values-oriented company with a clear mission. We help our customers feed the world.

Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

EOE/AA M/F/D/V DFW.