About this role
About the Role DHL Global Forwarding is seeking a Midwest Region Program Manager to translate strategy into execution by overseeing planning, resource allocation, and delivery of key initiatives. The role leads a portfolio of Midwest strategic projects, partners with the RVP Midwest and Station Managers to identify and prioritize initiatives, and drives cross-functional collaboration to achieve organizational goals.
What You'll Do
- Manage and deliver a portfolio of Midwest region strategic projects and programs.
- Partner with RVP Midwest and Station Managers to identify, scope, and prioritize strategic initiatives aligned with organizational goals for both short to medium term projects.
- Translate objectives into clearly defined project roadmaps with milestones, KPIs and success criteria and lead these projects to completion.
- Lead cross-functional project teams to deliver complex and high value initiatives.
- Present to senior management a structured analysis providing solutions to manage dependencies and interfaces between projects.
- Analyze business processes, identify alternative solutions, assess feasibility and recommend new/ alternate approaches.
- Define success metrics and oversee reporting on business outcomes, ROI and performance improvement.
- Conduct project post-implementation reviews to capture lessons learned and ensure continuous improvement.
- Champion best practices across projects and functions to ensure continuous improvement.
- Support Midwest leadership with special assignments like growth meetings, presentations and airfreight related projects (20% of time).
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's Degree required; advanced degree preferred in relevant discipline (e.g., Business Administration, Management).
- 4-6 years’ work experience in Management Consulting, Operations Strategy, Business Transformation, Strategic Projects, Logistics Operations or Development.
- Experience leading project teams.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex data (financial, operational, market) into actionable insights.
- Strong Data Analytics, AI and PM tools.
- Advanced skills in MS Excel and PM tools.
Nice to Have
- Advanced degree preferred.