Senior Project Manager

The ideal candidate will lead and deliver cross-functional, end to end initiatives contributing to sales growth and product sustainability in line with the Company innovation ambition and lead initiatives to reduce overall product waste with more eco-friendly packaging

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the project strategy in alignment with the functional partners
• Lead cross functional Project Teams
• Deliver projects in Time, Scope, and Budget
• Drive all critical aspects of the project: scope, schedules, risks mitigation, budget & resources
• Lead kick off, workshops and regular meetings to drive effective project execution
• Structures team discussions and drive timely decision making within the team
• Represent the project team in global/regional governance and project/portfolio reviews.
• Proactively communicate project status to key stakeholders.
• Provides Project Reporting and KPIs as required
• Responsible to maintain Project- and Portfolio-Management-Systems: data entry, update and accuracy.
• Conducts after action reviews and continues process improvements
• Apply & Share best practices

Qualifications

• Experience in project management and innovation (5/7+ years)
• Experience Consumer Business (preferred)
• Understanding of various functions and steps related to innovation process
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent planning and organizational skills
• Strong analytical skills: possess the ability to proactively analyse problems, identify key issues, develop strategic and tactical solutions, and design metrics to measure business impact
• Ability to deal with complex situation finding a feasible solution
• Experience managing cross-functional teams
• Agile methodologies and lean start-up approach (preferred)
• Manufacturing, R&D or Regulatory experience (preferred)
• Entrepreneurial Mindset