Project Manager/Logistics - Project Cargo (Rogers Arkansas)

BNSF Logistics, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a premier logistics and warehousing provider that addresses the most complex cargo challenges facing the U.S. shipping industry - today and in the future. Through innovative design and engineering, seamless multimodal execution, strategic asset deployment, exclusive rail partnerships, and comprehensive customer service, BNSF Logistics offers proven, time-efficient, and cost-effective solutions. We solve our customers' toughest challenges in ways no other 3PL can match.

At BNSF Logistics, we deliver what matters to you.

Primary Functions:

Project Managers plan, organize, and lead projects to ensure they are delivered on time, within scope, and on budget. They allocate resources, develop budgets, track progress, and keep stakeholders informed throughout the project lifecycle. By guiding projects from inception to completion, Project Managers help shape the organization's trajectory-reducing costs, improving efficiency, and driving revenue growth.

Position Responsibilities:

• Development of the Project Plan

• Define the main objectives, purpose, scope, timeline, and budget

• Create an integrated project plan focused on attaining the outlined goals

• Outline key deliverables, milestones, and identify the tasks that must be assigned to complete each

• Utilize appropriate tools to plan project timelines, tasks, milestones, and deadlines.

• Project Execution

• Identify internal and external stakeholders, discuss shared expectations, and gain the required authorization necessary to move forward

• Lead a team capable of meeting or exceeding client expectations

• Keep open and honest communication, form working relationships, and provide guidance as needed

• Motivate the team to work together in the most efficient manner

• Execute project operation plans and identify potential problems (risks and issues), taking timely corrective action when necessary, and facilitating all touch points through the project

• Monitoring and Controlling

• Ensure tasks are finished within the confines of the assignment

• Anticipate potential delays or changes in project scope and communicate any updates to the team based on evolving client needs.

• Hold regular project status meetings with project team and superiors, resolving and/or escalating issues in a timely manner

• Update key stakeholders on project progress through daily or weekly emails, calls, meetings, reports, and/or dashboards.

• Manage day-to-day customer interaction and facilitate BNSFL scope customer update calls

• Manage the Budget

• Manage all aspects of project financials for multiple projects at a time to ensure customer and vendor invoicing is timely and accurate.

• Ensure the project does not exceed resource allocations. This may also include reviewing and approving invoices from outside vendors if the project includes such partnerships

• Ensure Stakeholder Satisfaction

• Keep open lines of communication for updates and feedback

• Communicate effectively with clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions

• Develop and sustain productive relationships with customers and key stakeholders

• Evaluate Project Performance

• Responsible for evaluating project efficiency and effectiveness with the data tracked throughout the process

• Identify shortcomings and plan for ways to fix similar issues in the future

• Highlight what went right, including building camaraderie and rewarding team members who excelled during the project

• Conduct a lesson learned meeting; provide financial reports and budget outlines to internal stakeholders

Education and/or Experience Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, management, or a related field
• 3-5 years of project management and/or relevant experience in the logistics industry.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or Certified Associated in Project Management (CAPM) preferred
• Capability to build and manage interpersonal relationships.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret operational data and translate insights into action.
• Excellent presentation skills, including the ability to communicate project status and risks to executive leadership.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.