Project Manager Operations Excellence

DHL

DHL

Operations

Mechanicsburg, PA, USA · Silver Spring, PA, USA

USD 85k-150k / year + Equity

Posted on Apr 9, 2026

The Project Manger OE role has a national salary range of $85,000- $150,000.

DHL Supply Chain offers multiple benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription, Discounted Stock Purchase, General Bonus Plan and a generous PTO policy.

Are you an innovative thinker who can easily prioritize and communicate key points quickly? Do you want to have a direct impact on customers and the overall business strategy? Do you enjoy managing multiple projects at the same time with the responsibility to keep them on-time and on-budget? Do you feel that your skills of thinking outside the box and working across multiple teams, functions, etc. are in need of a new home?

If so, DHL Supply Chain has the opportunity for you.

Job Description

In support of the North America growth agenda, the Project Manager will:

  • Manages the implementation of medium to large new business start-up and other business projects with significant risk and complexity
  • De-risks new business opportunities through to execution
  • Manages start-ups to deliver upon promises to our customer and shareholders
  • Assures Supply Chain culture, standards & business practices are deployed in new operations
  • Implement strategic initiatives
  • Manage overall planning, control, status reporting, stability and delivery of medium to large projects with high risk and/or complexity
  • Ensure sales to delivery requirements are met for startups, to ensure successful delivery
  • Establish and manage scope to ensure business case realization, including Deviation to Plan post go live
  • Drive risk/ issue identification, tracking, escalation and resolution
  • Manage the budget and resolve spending issues
  • Manage communication and escalation at all levels of the organization
  • Deliver best practice project documentation
  • Provide support to the sales / bid management process, upon request
  • Manage project performance against business cases
  • Identify project resource requirements
  • Implement previous lessons learned and drive continuous improvement
  • Lead, drive and challenge the project team
  • Facilitate Steering Team meetings to ensure senior team awareness and alignment
  • Develop and execute robust Cutover Plans, which include all Operational, Systemic and Customer activities
  • Prepare for and participate in Project Assurance Reviews
  • Facilitate Lessons Learned and Project Assurance Reviews for Small – Medium projects that are led by others

Required Education and Experience

  • Bachelor’s Degree or 7+ years of experience within project management or operations related field, required
  • Professional project management certification e.g.-PMI PMP, preferred
  • 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing operations environment, preferred
  • 5+ years of experience in supply chain, preferred
  • 5+ years of production / operations management experience, preferred

Our Organization is an equal opportunity employer.