Global Program Management Lead – Business Transformation - M/F/X

Job Description

Job Description:

Location: Aimargues

Segment: Royal Canin

Type of contract: Permanent

Royal Canin has defined a 2030 strategy for its Global Value Chain Operations (VCO), built around six strategic pillars. Three of them are the clear execution priorities:

• Customer Experience

• Agile and Resilient Network

• Sustainability and Raw Materials of the Future

This role exists to make that strategy happen. As Global Program Management Lead, you are responsible for driving the delivery of the VCO strategy through concrete programs and projects. You provide the structure, governance, and transparency needed to turn strategic intent into measurable outcomes, while actively managing risks, resources, priorities, and interdependencies across a global scope. You work directly with global operations leaders to help them focus, make decisions, and execute consistently. This is a position with real influence on how transformation is delivered. In addition, the role carries accountability for Global VCO People & Organisation data and analytics, and for leading the Responsible Workplace program at a global level. Through this, you support the broader talent ambition by helping create an environment where associates are engaged, developed, and able to grow over time.

What are we looking for?

• You hold a master's degree in business or a Technical field and bring a strong foundation in manufacturing and project-driven environments.

• You have 10 years of experience across PMO, program, or project management roles, partnering closely with senior leaders.

• You have led complex, cross-functional initiatives in multinational and/or CPG contexts, navigating scale and ambiguity with ease.

• You demonstrate solid business leadership, with hands-on experience in business transformation and change delivery.

• You excel at stakeholder management, communication, and influencing at all levels, including executive audiences.

• You apply structured ways of working with rigor, leveraging project/process management, portfolio governance, and (ideally) prescription-based models to deliver results.

What will be your key responsibilities?

1. Strategy Translation & Program Execution

• Break down the global Value Chain Operations strategy into structured programs, projects, and initiatives.

• Define objectives, KPIs, and success metrics aligned with strategic priorities (Customer Experience, Network Resilience, Sustainability).

• Ensure all initiatives have clear ownership, milestones, and outcome tracking.

• Identify dependencies, risks, and resource constraints early — and actively manage them.

• Enable cross-functional collaboration across manufacturing, supply, quality, sustainability, and corporate functions.

2. Governance, Portfolio & Executive Rhythm

• Design and run robust portfolio governance for global transformation initiatives.

• Prepare, structure, and facilitate global leadership forums, quarterly reviews, and executive meetings.

• Drive meeting effectiveness: clear agendas, decision capture, action tracking, and follow-up.

• Hold leaders accountable to agreed ways of working and governance standards.

• Bring transparency and discipline to prioritization, trade-offs, and strategic focus.

3. Change, Communication & Engagement

• Partner with senior leaders to ensure consistent communication of strategy, progress, and key decisions.

• Support global townhalls and leadership communications to engage teams and reinforce strategic direction.

• Help leaders navigate complexity, ambiguity, and change across a global operating model.

4. Talent, Data & Responsible Workplace (approx. 10–15%)

• Produce periodic global human capital insights to support workforce planning and leadership decisions.

• Govern and maintain global headcount and talent data for Value Chain Operations.

• Lead the Responsible Workplace framework for Global Operations, ensuring compliance with company standards.

• Support succession planning and leadership development follow-up actions at global level.

• Coordinate global talent engagement moments between leaders and key associates.

What can you expect from Mars?

• At Mars, we believe in a relationship of mutual trust, dignity and respect between our company and Associates that is more meaningful than the standard employer/employee relationship.

• As Associates, we can expect to be respected, supported and valued as individuals, to be treated fairly and equitably.

• The opportunity to learn and develop, taking charge of your own career across Mars.

• You will work in a multicultural environment (more than 40 nationalities) and where your dog will be welcomed by more than 100 other Associates’ dogs at the office!

• You will work in a unique campus, which gathers more than 800 Associates working for: the international HQ, the French subsidiary, two laboratories, a kennel and a cattery with more than 200 cats & dogs, and finally the most important factory of the Royal Canin group

• Since 2015, no waste to landfill is made by the 16 Royal Canin factories in the world