Enterprise Supply Chain Project Leader (Open to all global locations)

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Job Title

Enterprise Supply Chain Project Leader

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

The Enterprise Supply Chain Project Leader is responsible for leading strategic, cross-functional supply chain initiatives that drive enterprise transformation, operational excellence, and business performance. This role partners with senior leaders, functional stakeholders, and project teams to deliver complex projects that improve supply chain capabilities, processes, systems, and outcomes across the organization.

The successful candidate will bring strong project leadership, executive communication, change management, and supply chain transformation experience. This role requires the ability to translate strategy into actionable project plans, manage risks and dependencies, and provide clear updates to executive stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-level supply chain strategic projects from planning through execution and value realization.
• Drive transformation initiatives focused on improving supply chain effectiveness, efficiency, resilience, and scalability.
• Partner with business, operations, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, planning, IT, finance, and other cross-functional teams to align project objectives and deliverables.
• Develop project charters, business cases, implementation plans, timelines, milestones, and success metrics.
• Manage project scope, risks, issues, dependencies, resources, and stakeholder expectations.
• Prepare and deliver clear, concise executive updates, including progress summaries, key decisions, risks, mitigation plans, and value impact.
• Facilitate governance meetings, steering committee reviews, and leadership decision-making forums.
• Identify opportunities to standardize processes, improve performance, and enable sustainable transformation across the supply chain.
• Support change management activities, including stakeholder engagement, communication planning, training coordination, and adoption tracking.
• Monitor project performance against defined goals, timelines, budgets, and business outcomes.
• Influence without direct authority across functions, regions, and leadership levels.
• Ensure project outcomes align with enterprise strategy, customer requirements, operational priorities, and financial objectives.

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start)
• Eight (8) years of project/program leadership experience in a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Project management certification such as PMP, Lean Six Sigma, Agile, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated ability to manage strategic initiatives with executive visibility.
• Experience preparing and presenting updates to senior leaders or executive stakeholders.
• Strong project management skills, including planning, governance, risk management, issue resolution, and performance tracking.
• Strong understanding of supply chain processes such as demand planning, supply planning, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, inventory management, and order fulfillment.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

Work location: Global - onsite in office location nearest you

Poland, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, Turkey, India, and China

Travel: May include up to 30%

Relocation Assistance: Not authorized

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

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