Project Non-Technical Project Program Management Intermediate

Our Client, a Material Engineering company, is looking for a Project - Non-Technical Project/Program Management Intermediate for their Austin, TX location.

Responsibilities:

• Carrier Integration Delivery (EDI / API) and Electronic Document Exchange
• Lead onboarding for common transportation messages, such as:
• Load tender (e.g., 204 / 300 / API tender)
• Shipment status and key data elements (214 / 240 / 315)
• Appointment scheduling (when applicable)
• Freight invoice (110 / 210 / 310)
• Other EDI and API messages as needed
• Ensure data mapping aligns with Blue Yonder TMS structures and operational workflows.
• Lead electronic document exchange integration (transmit, receive, and store documents in Centralized Document Repository)
• Plan and coordinate unit testing, end to end testing, and operational validation with carriers.
• Proactively escalate risks and delays with impact-based recommendations.
• Logistics & Operations Alignment:
• Partner closely with transportation planners, execution teams, and freight pay/audit to confirm integrations solve real operational problems.
• Ensure carriers are onboarded in a way that supports:
• Timely tendering and acceptance
• Accurate shipment visibility
• Reduced manual work and exceptions
• Clean billing and dispute reduction
• Develop and execute cutover strategies that minimize disruption to daily shipping
• Governance, Standards & Continuous Improvement:
• Work with Logistics Analytics team to develop and track onboarding metrics such as carrier compliance, cycle time, go live success rate, and post go live defects.
• Identify opportunities to standardize carrier integrations and reduce custom work.
• Support future TMS enhancements, carrier expansions, or regional rollouts.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in transportation, supply chain systems, or logistics technology.
• Direct experience working on carrier EDI and API integrations.
• Strong understanding of common transportation data flows and message types.
• Proven ability to manage cross functional teams and external partners without direct authority.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Hands-on knowledge of transportation operations, including how planners and execution teams use TMS inputs and outputs.
• Experience working with or implementing Blue Yonder TMS (preferred).
• Experience onboarding dozens of carriers across multiple modes, domestically and internationally.
• Experience supporting TMS implementations, upgrades, or large transportation transformations.
• Experience with electronic document transmission to and receipt from Logistics providers.
• Core Skills & Competencies:
• Execution focus: drive work to closurenot just meetings and status decks.
• Operational credibility: demonstrate trust with stakeholders with proven knowledge and experience.
• Structured thinking: bring order to messy carrier onboarding reality.
• Clear communication: translate between IT, carriers, and business without noise.
• Risk based decision making: know when good enough to go live is better than perfect.
• Project Management Skills: develop and manage project plan; report out status and escalate as required to keep project on track.
• Tools & Technologies (Typical):
• EDI / API
• Blue Yonder TMS
• Excel / Smartsheet
• Collaboration tools (Teams, SharePoint, Confluence)

Why Should You Apply?

• Health Benefits
• Referral Program
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities