Application Launch Manager

🕒 March 23

🎸 Tennessee – Remote

🎸 Tennessee – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

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Kenco Group

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1950

🚗 Transport

🤝 B2B

🛍️ eCommerce

💰 Private equity on 2022-11

Transport • B2B • eCommerce

Kenco Group is a U. S. -based third-party logistics (3PL) provider offering integrated supply chain services including warehousing and distribution, transportation management, freight brokerage, dedicated contract carriage, eCommerce fulfillment, parcel and material handling solutions, and automation/telematics-enabled reporting. With over 70 years in business and an emphasis on combining legacy experience with modern technology—data analytics, automation, and innovation labs—Kenco partners with consumer packaged goods, retail/eCommerce, food & beverage, life sciences, and industrial clients to optimize operations and scale logistics solutions. The company emphasizes custom, scalable solutions, sustainability, and strategic consulting for customers across North America.

📋 Description

• Coordinating all project activities during the life of a project; including but not limited to, design, implementation planning and execution; scheduling kickoff meetings; requirements gathering; analysis; build, testing and launch; vendor liaise; customer liaise; development and maintenance of product documentation; development and maintenance of product training materials; troubleshooting; and Level 3 production support. • For Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), writes the requirements documents for enhancements and integrations to the WMS. • Launch projects on time in accordance to the agreed upon timing for accessory development and ability to predict project delays to ensure an on-time launch. • Leading client consulting engagements with project scoping, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders. • Develop communication plan, including project status reporting, and effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion. • Effectively, in concert with project team members, assemble and manage risk, including mitigation planning. • Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle. • Conduct project postmortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements. • Prepare necessary artifacts for project closure turnover to production support, and oversee successful turnover. • Assist management to define best practices for project management. • Submit and recommend post-launch budget changes where necessary. • Hires, manages and motivates team members. • Cost control, invoicing and budget reconciliation. • Tracks the progress of all departments’ activities and is able to report status to management and related departments. • Follow a data map and technical process to ensure that the system performs as expected, ability to design a test plan. • Perform other duties as assigned.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Supply Chain Management, Computer Engineer or a related field required. • Specific experience with warehouse management systems (i.e. BlueYonder/JDA/RedPrairie) required. • Experience integrating WMS systems with WES/WCS (Warehouse Control Systems) a plus • Ability to create a positive and professional business relationship with internal and external clients as well as third-party service/product providers. • Knowledge of Distribution center/logistics concepts-- understand best practices, conversant in warehousing terminology, ability to read and visualize "to be" model based on experience, and able to look beyond current practices. • Must be creative and strategic in order to make decisions that provide the best possible solution and supports company goals. • Must be able to utilize problem solving techniques to identify root cause of failures and solutions to meet customer requirements. • Must be able to effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously without affecting deadline commitments. • High degree of professional confidence and credibility with the presence and communication skills to represent IT-related concepts effectively with executive-level management. • Strong business planning and analytical skills, including market intelligence, metrics, financial analysis and business model development.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance including HSA, HRA and FSA accounts • Supplemental insurance including critical illness, hospital indemnity, accidental injury • Dental Insurance • Vision Insurance • Basic Life and Supplemental Life • Short Term and Long Term Disability • Paid Parental Leave • 401(k) • Paid Time Off approximately 2 weeks (accrual begins on Day 1 of employment) • Employer Paid Holidays- 10 days