Project Manager – Logistics

Ball Corporation

Project Manager providing project management services for Global Supply Chain Projects at Ball Corporation. Leading a team to complete projects by a set deadline while upholding business initiatives.

Posted 4/23/2026full-timeBelgrade • 🇷🇸 SerbiaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Leads the intake of projects originating from the Profit Plus ideation program by interviewing ideators, clarifying objectives, and developing a clear project charter with defined goals, assumptions, constraints, and expected business benefits
Identifies, maps, and engages all relevant internal and external stakeholders, ensuring alignment across functions such as operations, engineering, logistics, planning, quality, finance, HR, customer teams, and external partners as required
Conducts initial discovery and analysis to define the project scope, including scope of work and, when applicable, scope of systems
Owns the preparation, review, and sign-off of the Business Requirement Document (BRD)
Develops the full project plan, including resource planning, workstream definition, milestone planning, critical path analysis, stage-gate setup, and governance structure to ensure the project is properly controlled from the start
Prepares AFE's, requisitions, and cost estimates with detailed scopes of work and clear justification
Establishes the project budget, secures approvals, and manages financial control throughout the lifecycle of the project
Directs the planning and implementation of assigned projects, ensuring execution against approved scope, schedule, budget, and quality requirements
Defines KPIs and decision criteria to support stage progression and timely issue resolution
Establishes and monitors project schedules using critical path methodology, revises plans as needed, and coordinates responsibility plans and start-up production plans to maintain delivery commitments
Manages project cost to minimize spend while achieving approved objectives, using the company's project accounting and cost control systems
Maintains accurate forecasts through continuous cost tracking and reforecasting
Provides regular project status updates to management and stakeholders, covering progress, risks, issues, costs, schedule, and decisions required
Maintains clear action item tracking and accountability throughout the project
Builds and leads cross-functional project teams, fostering collaboration across multiple disciplines and ensuring roles, responsibilities, and deliverables are clearly understood and executed
Uses Microsoft Project, cost control systems, action item lists, and other tools in an effective and disciplined way to support planning, scheduling, financial tracking, documentation, and communication
Completes projects with a structured after-care phase, including validation of results, handover to operations or business owners, and documentation of lessons learned to improve future projects

Requirements

What you’ll need

Broad training in a related field, usually acquired through graduate degree-level education or work-related experience
Minimum of 4 years job-related experience
Financial acumen and strong project management experience
Cross-functional project execution in a manufacturing environment
Project management principles and stage-gate processes
Business case development and project charter creation
Requirements gathering and BRD preparation
Budgeting, AFE/requisition processes, and cost control
Project scheduling, critical path, and resource planning
Cross-functional project execution in a manufacturing environment
Fluent in English language

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible working hours
Paid time off
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

project managementfinancial controlbudgetingrequirements gatheringbusiness case developmentproject schedulingcritical path analysisresource planningcost controlstage-gate processes

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationcommunicationstakeholder engagementproblem-solvingaccountabilityorganizational skillsanalytical skillsdecision-makingadaptability