Associate Project Manager (entry level)

About the Role

Capgemini Engineering is seeking an Associate Project Manager to support a large-scale warehouse modernization and technology transformation program. This role will assist senior project leadership in coordinating project activities across infrastructure, operations, supply chain, and technology teams. The ideal candidate will help drive project governance, schedule management, reporting, risk tracking, milestone coordination, and stakeholder communication while gaining exposure to complex transformation initiatives involving both facility upgrades and enterprise technology implementations. This position offers the opportunity to work on projects that combine physical infrastructure improvements with modern business systems, including warehouse and supply chain technologies, while collaborating with diverse cross-functional teams.

Location: Queens, NY. Requires onsite presence for a minimum of 1 week per month.

Willingness to travel regularly to project and operational sites as needed in New York.

Key Responsibilities

• Support project governance activities, ensuring project plans, documentation, and deliverables remain accurate and up to date.
• Assist with project scheduling, milestone tracking, status reporting, and action item management.
• Monitor project risks, issues, dependencies, and escalations, and help drive resolution activities.
• Coordinate meetings, project communications, and cross-functional collaboration among business, operations, technology, engineering, and vendor teams.
• Track project progress and prepare dashboards, reports, and presentations for project leadership and stakeholders.
• Support vendor coordination and assist with reviewing project deliverables, timelines, and commitments.
• Help ensure alignment between project activities, operational readiness, and business objectives.
• Maintain project documentation, meeting notes, governance artifacts, and reporting repositories.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• 2+ years of project management, project coordination, project controls, or PMO support experience.
• Experience supporting project governance, reporting, scheduling, risk management, and stakeholder coordination activities.
• Exposure to projects involving both:
• Physical infrastructure, facilities, construction, or operational improvements.
• Enterprise technology implementations such as ERP, warehouse management, or supply chain systems.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with:
• Oracle EBS
• Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)
• Supply chain, logistics, warehouse, or distribution center transformation projects.
• Project management certifications such as PMP, Agile/Scrum, or Lean Six Sigma.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage schedules, milestones, and project documentation.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.