Logistics Project Manager Senior (Industrial Project)
Hosakote, IN, 562122
Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.
Who are you?
We are looking for a senior Project Manager to lead end-to-end logistics activities in support of industrial projects. The assignment requires both strategic oversight and hands-on execution to ensure logistics requirements are defined, validated, and implemented effectively to enable efficient, cost-optimized, and sustainable operations.
The Project Manager will serve as the single point of accountability for logistics within cross-functional projects and act as the voice of end-to-end logistics across all phases of the industrial project.
This is a 1-year contractual opportunity supporting a strategic industrial project.
What you will do
The Project Manager will be expected to:
- Lead logistics activities related to industrial development projects.
- Collaborate across functions to gather, validate, and secure logistics requirements
- Analyze end-to-end logistics impacts and risks, including:
- internal and external material flows
- packaging solutions impact on storage and flows
- equipment
- systems
- lead times
- Coordinate project activities and manage interdependencies with other projects
- Drive logistics development projects and initiatives as needed
- Define logistics requirements for IT solution development
- Develop cost estimates and business cases to support logistics strategies and investments
- Support execution on the floor and ensure practical implementation of logistics solutions where required
Required qualifications and experience
The ideal Project Manager has deep knowledge of end-to-end supply chain processes and proven experience leading industrial or logistics master planning projects in greenfield or brownfield environments.
The profile combines senior leadership capability with hands-on operational understanding and the ability to translate strategy into execution.
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, or a related field
- Minimum 7 years of experience in logistics engineering or project management within an industrial or manufacturing environment, preferably in the automotive sector
- Strong project management capability; PMP certification is an advantage
- Proven experience in risk and change management, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders
- Excellent skills in prioritization, problem-solving, negotiation, planning, and proactive execution
- Familiarity with Lean manufacturing concepts
- Experience in data handling and visualization
Profile characteristics
We are looking for a Project Manager who is:
- Senior and credible in stakeholder discussions
- Able to operate independently with minimal supervision
- Comfortable balancing strategic planning with hands-on problem solving
- Structured, analytical, and delivery-focused
- Able to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
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Who we are and what we believe in
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
Trucks Technology & Industrial Division hire team players who are ready to create real customer impact. Our decentralized teams work close to our customers, with speed and autonomy, to build what they truly need.
Join us to collaborate on innovative, sustainable technologies that redefine how we design, build, and deliver value. Bring your curiosity, your expertise, and your collaborative energy, and together, we’ll turn bold ideas into tangible solutions for our customers and contribute to a more sustainable tomorrow.