Project Management Specialist

**Project Management Specialist (EU/EM)**: **POSITION SNAPSHOT**: - JobReq ID: 48677- Type of work: Remote- Type of contract: Open-ended/permanent- Full/Part Time: Full time- Location: Zaventem, BE**OUR COMPANY**: Bridgestone in Europe, CIS, Middle East, India and Africa (BSEMIA), headquartered in Zaventem (Belgium), is a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, a global leader providing sustainable mobility and advanced solutions. In addition to our premium tire products, we offer a growing portfolio of tire-centric and mobility solutions. Together with our partners and guided by "Serving Society with Superior Quality”, that has been our mission since Shojiro Ishibashi founded Bridgestone in 1931, we are working to accelerate sustainable mobility innovations and solutions. Through innovative technology, we are committed to easier, safer, smoother and seamless mobility for our society and customers improving how people move, live, work and play. Bridgestone also benefits from a significant retail network throughout the region - in fact our retail presence in the EMIA region is the largest in the tire industry. Through 17 distinct retail partners, we have around 3,500 outlets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa as well as around 2,500 outlets through our partner network in India. This network offers a selection of services, concepts and mobility solutions. At Bridgestone we pride ourselves on the strong relationships we maintain with everyday drivers and this extensive retail network is one of the core reasons why. In line with the “Bridgestone Essence”, our work environment is based on integrity and teamwork, where everyone can learn from each other and contribute with their own ideas in achieving the coming goals. We want to hear from people who can take the challenge, unleash their creative potential and contribute to the company success demonstrating ownership, courage and agility. We want you to develop your skills, expand your knowledge and be proud of your work. : **EMIA Logistics and Systems Project Manager**: - Logistics is a fundamental area for the success of Bridgestone. It represents an important share of the company total cost as well as being a very sensitive area for our Customers. - We constantly challenge our network and operations, defining the best configuration that will enable us to deliver the required service at an optimal cost. - The EMIA Logistics and Systems Project Manager serves operations as a central point of contact for operational improvements. He/she coordinates business and IT users in achieving flawless systems upgrades and IT integrations within the logistics systems and wider ERP environment. He/she will be in charge for a wide portfolio of projects that’ll include productivity improvements, investments, IT integrations etc. He/She effectively works in a complex matrix organization, influencing and driving initiatives within EMIA. **What we offer** - Exciting projects and regular exposure to senior and executive-level management - Driving projects in an international environment - A wide diversity of teams and colleagues in our European and Global network as part of the project work - A highly collaborative diverse and open environment **Job purpose** The EMIA Logistics and Systems Project Manager constantly measures the network and overall logistics operations performance. Driving improvements to the way we serve our Customers is a role mission and this must be achieved through costs reduction while keeping the service in line with Sales requirements and the overall company strategy. **What you’ll do at Bridgestone** - Leading the IT agenda of Logistics operations in the following areas: - Requirements for future IT developments - Interfaces between Logistics and IT - Analyzing the current Operations across the markets in EMIA and proposing changes in distribution, handling, and warehouse management process to increase productivity, storage density, eliminate waste flows. - Identifying the need for investments and leading the business cases end-to-end (from preparation to approval and execution). - Developing CIP (Continuous Improvement Process) programs aimed at operations productivity measurement and improvement. - Driving the EMIA Logistics in achieving the defined LSCM (Logistics and Supply Chain Management) functional targets. - Leading Operations related Central projects end-to-end - Supporting and coordinating tenders related to logistics **You’ll make a good fit if you have**: - Bachelor’s degree or higher professional qualification in Supply Chain, Management, Engineering or related quantitative discipline - 4-5 years in Supply Chain and experience in management of mid/large-size projects with cross-border implementation - Good knowledge of SAP and advanced knowledge of Ms Excel; - Strong values in line with Bridgestone’s behavioral expectations (Agility, Courage, Ownership); - Hands-on attitude with high level of accuracy and