Supply Chain Program Manager

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Contract

Location

Vancouver, BC

Salary

dollar sign 85 to 87 per hour

Job Description

Supply Chain Program Manager
Join a forward-thinking organization as a Vancouver-based Supply Chain Program Manager, driving impactful sustainability initiatives in the apparel industry. If you’re a great leader with extensive Program management expertise and familiarity with the apparel development/sourcing process, this is your chance to make a difference!

Our client offers a hybrid working environment of minimum 2 days in-office This is a contract through February 15, 2026.

Who – The Company:
A local Vancouver success story with global operations and an impeccable reputation.

What- The Role:
Our client is looking for a Vancouver-based Program Manager to run a sustainability initiative, starting Dec/January. The role involves overseeing three multi-year projects. Each project is run by a Project Manager, and this role is critical to ensure the strategy, plan and delivery of work is aligned across the projects and with wider organisational initiatives.

This can include work within complex cross-functional transformations, standing up new go-to-market initiatives, and targeted efforts within specific geographies and locations. The Program Manager will partner with Global Supply Chain leadership to stand up and lead a project within the strategic portfolio across several functions, including work to plan, design, and deliver against the project deliverables and milestones while helping to enable business priorities, including growth, guest service and cost improvements.

Manage a series of large high-complexity projects or multiple concurrent projects within the Upstream Supply Chain portfolio and partner with PMO leadership to build detailed project plans, charters, including integration touchpoints, dependencies, and sequencing
Monitor project performance against plan as measured by milestones, KPls, and supporting metrics
Provide line-of-sight to PMO and functional leadership to issues, risks, and required decisions across the project workstreams
Maintain consolidated resource and timeline views across the project
Manage the tracking of project budget, change requests, and intake management
Collaborate cross-functionally to identify opportunities to reduce costs, drive productivity, better leverage resources, and increase efficiency
Work with internal stakeholders to create project charters (scope, objectives, cost, benefits, resourcing, risks) and workplans
Assist in implementation and dissemination of effective project management practices across functions, including processes, tools, and standard operating procedures.
Partner with the Technology organization to ensure the delivery of defined business capabilities and value within the project scope
Collaborate with and oversee 3rd party partners based on specific project scope of service requirements
Develop presentation content and support executive-level updates and business reviews.
Establish, evaluate and maintain performance standards for all areas of project management to ensure performance targets are achieved while continually looking for ways to enhance delivery and reduce costs
Champion our client's culture and core values.
Ensure the project team works closely with peers across Global Supply Chain, ensuring alignment and consistency in planning, management and execution

Who – The Candidate:
Ideally, the chosen candidate will have extensive Program Management expertise and familiarity with the apparel development/sourcing process. Experience working in the sustainability field would be an asset.
In addition, you have:

B.A./B.S. in Business, Engineering, or technical area required
MBA or other Master's degree preferred
Minimum of 7-10+ years' experience in consulting, project management, or a similar field with a minimum of 3 years in a management role
Experience in Project Management and Consumer Supply Chain Operations preferred
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite products

How much:
$85-87/hr commensurate with experience + 4% vacation pay. If you’re INCORPORATED, please discuss with Swim.

Where:
Vancouver, BC.

When & How To Apply:
Swim Recruiting has been engaged as a trusted recruitment agency partner on this important search. If you are interested, please reach out very soon, as this role is moving quickly. If you already have a Recruitment Consultant at SWIM, please reach out very soon. If you do not yet have a contact at Swim Recruiting, please hit 'APPLY NOW' to send us your resume (preferably in MS Word format as it works best with our internal systems). Thank you!

About Swim Recruiting

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