European Project Management Team Leader

Job Description

Job Description:

BACKGROUND

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Petcare Project Management team as European Project Management Team Leader becoming a key part of the Strategy Deployment team.

THE JOB

The role has 3 key elements –

[1] Engage & lead cross-functional teams to deliver growth & value leadership pipeline projects. This includes driving stage gate governance and providing clear recommendations, trade-offs, and escalations to the respective Segment Teams.

[2] Facilitating the input/output to the Segment Team to drive the first step of the regional decision-making process. Supporting the segment manager in critical thinking regarding synergy and resource optimisation within the activity pipeline, plus leading continuous improvements within the department.

[3] Line management of 6 European Project Managers providing excellent Line management and coaching mentoring to support their own project delivery.

What are we looking for?

• Extensive professional project management experience
• Project and Process Management expertise and Facilitation skills
• Sound business understanding. Preferably functional Expertise in either Activity Management, Supply, R&D or Marketing
• Fluent in English (written & spoken). Other languages beneficial
• High level of pro-activeness and willingness to take responsibility. High communication capability.

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Project management of A & B regional growth/vaule leadership projects in line with the PNE activity pipeline/segment strategy.
• Lead regional cross functional teams through the Quest process from New Project Request through to Post Launch Review. Provide transparency on project progress, key risks, scenarios and enabling actions
• Provide clear recommendations/escalations to the Segment Teams to drive on time, in full delivery of agreed activity set.
• Drive pipeline synergy & resource optimisation thinking within the agreed activity pipeline to maximize value creation
• Line Manager excellence for the team of European Project Managers.
• Active member of regional EPM community driving continuous improvement within the broader strategy deployment team.

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 130,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.