Primary Responsibilities:

　　Lead the definition and communication of project scope, objectives, and expectations in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.

　　Identify the project resource requirements and lead project planning.

　　Align on the strategy and approach for initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing the project.

　　Build and manage the end-to-end project schedule, define the critical path, track activities to ensure functional team members are meeting agreed upon deadlines, generate, and communicate status reports, and escalate critical issues.

　　Proactively manage roadblocks and risk mitigation plans.

　　Coordinate and facilitate project meetings including kick-off meetings, project team meetings, risk assessments, and additional meetings as required.

　　Engage and communicate effectively with partners, stakeholders, and decision makers

　　Responsible for the consistent application and disciplined execution of Nestlé’s I&R processes and tools.

　　Manage and prioritize as necessary multiple deliverables across multiple projects simultaneously.

　　Create an environment that encourages diversity of thought and constructive challenge/debate

　　Bring structure, transparency, and clarity to project teams during times of complexity, chaos and/or ambiguity

　　Foster collaboration amongst team members, ensuring effective information flow and timely resolution of challenges

　　Minimize risk and increase project impact by creating alternative scenarios in an agile way to ensure project performance in terms of quality, speed, cost

　　Be the guardian of project management excellence by mastering tools to deliver the highest value

　　Job Qualifications (Minimum Education, Experience, and Knowledge)

　　Master’s in food Processing/ Food Technology/ Food Science

　　Proven (8-10 years) experience in project management of cross-functional and multidisciplinary projects, preferably in a research / innovation driven environment

　　Experience in FMCG industry, in R&D and/or Operations/Manufacturing

　　Project Management certification (e.g. PMP, ITIL, COBIT) is a plus

　　Demonstrated Innovation mindset, with Consumer, Customer and Business Opportunity thinking

　　Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with ability to lead, energize and steer multifunctional teams and to collaborate effectively with stakeholders.

　　Demonstrated growth mindset, with agility, courage, curiosity and resilience, adaptability to navigate in uncertain and ambiguous contexts and embracing-risk mindset