Project Manager - Part Time

Project Manager - Part Time

Key Responsibilities

• Set up and chair project governance, including steering committee and workstream meetings, and define decision lines and escalation paths.
• Define roles and responsibilities among warehouse management, PMO consultant, operational support, and other stakeholders.
• Translate remediation needs, technical findings, and warehouse transformation objectives into an integrated project scope with clear workstreams, deliverables, priorities, milestones, and decision points.
• Validate and steer the integrated project plan, ensuring alignment of timing, resources, dependencies, and operational constraints.
• Coordinate workstreams covering building remediation, safety, operational continuity, temporary material flows and relocations, warehouse capacity and layout, processes and organization, and system embedding.
• Monitor the impact of project activities on operational continuity and coordinate mitigation measures and resources with operational stakeholders.
• Steer the Project Management Officer and review planning, budget and WBS follow-up, risk and issue management, reporting, and stakeholder communication.
• Determine, together with the PMO and operational stakeholders, when additional operational support is required and integrate this into project planning.
• Oversee project budget, commitments, actual costs, forecasts, and WBS follow-up, including costs of external contractors and temporary support.
• Identify risks and issues early and propose mitigation actions.
• Provide concise, decision-oriented reporting to the Steering Committee on progress, budget, risks, dependencies, required decisions, and recommendations.
• Align with operations, supply chain/procurement, IT/business applications, EHS, controlling, and external partners.
• Ensure all project actions comply with EHS standards on an active industrial site.
• Leave a documented, transferable project structure at the end of the assignment.

Key Deliverables

• Integrated project scope, governance structure, roadmap, and master plan for remediation and warehouse transformation.
• Consolidated technical and operational baseline following initial actions and further investigations.
• Documented safety and operational continuity measures for different project phases.
• Evaluated scenarios for remediation, redevelopment, and alternative storage or operating arrangements where relevant.
• Recommended solution including scope, risks, budget, phasing, and operational impact.
• Decision package and roadmap for subsequent implementation or capital project phase.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in project or programme management, with substantial experience in warehousing, logistics, supply chain operations, or industrial transformation projects in an industrial or production environment.
• Proven track record in setting up governance and leading multiple workstreams in operational change projects (e.g., warehouse reorganization, capacity expansion, or WMS/ERP implementation).
• Experience stabilizing operations under pressure while running a project in parallel (crisis or turnaround context).
• Solid understanding of warehouse processes: inbound, storage, internal supply, outbound, inventory control, and repair or return flows.
• Advantageous experience includes:
  • Knowledge of SAP logistics (WM/EWM, IM, MM).
  • Capacity analysis, warehouse layout, and material flows.
  • Budget follow-up at project or cost-center level.
  • Proficiency in MS Project or equivalent planning tool, MS Excel, PowerPoint; Power BI is a plus.
  • Knowledge of EHS standards and good practices on an industrial site.

Non-Technical Profile Requirements

• Strong coordinator who brings structure and calm to a team under pressure.
• Able to work effectively within a limited time budget: sharp prioritization and short decision cycles.
• Leads without hierarchy and coaches junior or medior project staff.
• Communicates clearly with both the operational floor and management.
• Pragmatic, hands-on, and results-oriented, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Change-minded and able to support a team that has recently implemented a new system.
• Works autonomously with minimal supervision.

Qualifications & Certifications

• Master's or Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, logistics, industrial engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Project management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, or IPMA) is a plus.
• Lean or Six Sigma certification (e.g., Green Belt) is a plus.
• Site safety certification (e.g., VCA): to be confirmed.

Language Requirements

• Fluent Dutch (required for warehouse team and operations).
• Good to fluent English, written and spoken.