Transformation Office Project Lead

Perdue Farms is a family-owned food and agriculture company now in its second century of growth and innovation. We were founded on trust-a value that carries through everything we do. Perdue Foods is a leader in Premium Proteins and Perdue AgriBusiness ranks among the top US grain companies.

Summary

We are recruiting for a Transformation Office Project Lead. This position is responsible for leading projects in the Transformation Office Portfolio and for delivering value for multiple functions within the Supply Chain and Commercial areas at Perdue. The Project Lead will lead transformation projects for Perdue and manage the Project Management Office's software platform. This is an exciting opportunity to lead high impact projects and work in multiple areas of the business at Perdue.

This position will lead Supply Chain and Commercial projects from start to finish, which includes:

• Manages and coordinates all aspects of the project including requirements definition, vendor evaluation, process reengineering, design, development, documentation, implementation, and production support.

• Documenting project requests including benefits, costs, estimated timelines, and stakeholders.

• Managing project budgets and actuals.

• Evaluating potential solutions or vendor proposals, composing vendor comparison matrixes and making solution recommendations.

• Learning the Project Management Office's software platform and ensuring the data in the platform up to date for enterprise reporting.

• Facilitating Transformation Office PMO and departmental meetings, including the preparation of presentations and reports.

• Working with multiple business and IT teams to compose detailed project schedules, monitor project success, track and raise risks and issues, and lead projects to success.

• Develop process documentation such as functional requirements documents, process flow diagrams, standard operating procedures, training documentation and other documentation as required.

The salary range for this position is $111,000 - $167,000 per year, based on experience and qualifications with annual bonus available (variable depending on performance).

In addition to the base salary, Perdue offers a competitive benefits package, including medical/Rx, 401(k) with employer match after 1 year, critical illness, accident insurance, dental, vison, life insurance, optional group life insurance, short-term and long-term disability protection, flexible spending accounts and paid time off.

Principal and Essential Duties & Responsibilities

1. Works with the business units, plants and Company functional groups to fully understand functional requirements

2. Leads cross-functional teams to develop effective, efficient solutions which meet the requirements of the business, utilizing project management skills.

3. Demonstrates attention to detail and ensures all details of the Transformation Office's Project Management Methodology are followed to facilitate best in class project execution.

4. Defines project resource requirements and secure resources. Defines project timelines and use project scheduling and tracking tools.

5. Builds effective working relationships within the Transformation Office, Supply Chain, Commercial, IT, and the business community.

6. Demonstrates the mastery of skills necessary to maintain and champion the use and maintenance of the Project Management Office's project management software. Maximizes use of available technology and standard approaches to enhance and improve business processes.

7. Demonstrates executive presence, organizational and leadership skills, and is comfortable facilitating meeting with 10+ senior level leaders on a regular basis.

8. Supports Perdue strategy, challenges status quo, focuses on continuous improvement and support of business objectives, acts like an owner and executes with urgency.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

REQUIRED: .

• BA or BS degree or equivalent related work experience in Business Management, Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, Finance or related field plus 7 years or more related work experience.

• Proven record of successful Project Management on large scale projects with multiple teams.

• Proven record of delivering strong project execution in a fast-moving, dynamic environment with hard deadlines.

• Proven record of managing multiple projects and priorities simultaneously. Demonstrates strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Demonstrates executive presence and leadership skills.

• Knowledge and experience using project management tools/practices, work process analysis, improvement processes, and systems development methodology.

• Experience working for large organizations and demonstrated organizational awareness.

• Process orientated: Experience with creating process maps, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and similar documents.

• Must be able to travel (currently estimated at 10%) including overnight, to any customer area, which could be any Company facility, Customer facility for project activities, training, or a conference.

• Requires potential on-call, off hours, or weekend work as project schedules may require.

PREFERRED:

• Master's degree in business management or similar field

• Project Management Professional Certification

• Experience with project management software such as Smartsheet, JIRA, or similar a plus.

• Agile certification

• Change Management training experience or certification

• Experience with formal problem-solving methodologies such as Lean Six Sigma training.

Environmental Factors and Physical Requirements

1. Positions at Corporate are mostly sedentary but may require occasional moving to other offices or buildings, or support in facilities when they are deployed to a site. Positions in plants involve moving throughout the plants, feedmills, hatcheries and other facilities as needed to deploy, monitor, and support manufacturing systems equipment.

2. May need to move light equipment or supplies from one place to another.

3. May need to access files, supplies and equipment.

4. Work activity is in an office, open-partitioned, cubicle environment.

5. When in a plant environment:

6. Exposure primarily consists of wet and moist floors which include metal and plastic grating surfaces.

7. May be exposed to temperatures of 28 degrees to 100 degrees Fahrenheit with both ambient and 100% humidity.

8. May handle product 25 degrees to 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

9. May be exposed to noise ranges of 50 db to 110 db.

10. May be exposed to all chemicals found in poultry, food and processing plant.

11. Must wear and use protective and safety equipment required

Perdue Farms, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.