How you will contribute
You will:
- Drive consistency and quality in the execution of projects using the appropriate methodology and tools.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate project-level risks and escalate them to global leads and/ or the program manager when needed.
- Provide project reporting and status updates using scorecards, status reports and monthly review meetings and leading stakeholder meetings.
- Lead budget management, resource planning and utilization.
- Confirm the completion and consistency of projects and their readiness to go live.
- Own the relationship with the external vendors including quality assurance in all phases of project delivery.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
- Proven experience in project management methodology.
- Excellent communication skills and able to drive effective discussions with project resources from tactical execution level up to steering committee members.
- Excellent project planning and proactiveness in identifying risks and mitigations and managing strict timelines.
- Strong focus on cost, schedule and quality of project delivery.
- Knowledge of relevant business processes and related technology solutions.
- Stakeholder management and ability to influence positively in decision making.
- Proven ability in building effective teams across internal and external partners.
- Strong conceptual and analytic skills – enjoys problem solving.
JOB SCOPE
- Direct and lead the product change process in the Innovation projects for Vietnam on a selected portfolio of brands, collaborate with other PCMs to handle the projects for SEA projects including Vietnam in scope.
- This individual interfaces extensively with local Markets and/or Consumer Marketing, Customer Development/Business Planning/Trade Activation/Sales, Finance, RD&Q, Quality, Legal, Consumer Insights, and all functions within Supply Chain (Procurement, D2P, Manufacturing and Customer Service and Logistics), to deliver projects within the specified time, cost and quality parameters.
- Support and sustain the development and continuous improvement of the I2M process, in order to deliver all product change projects within quality cost and time constraints.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
Team Leader:
- Lead cross-functional teams in developing and implementing a broad, coordinated set of projects to meet the revenue, volume, growth, productivity and quality goals and priorities within a category.
- Set up effective relationships with peers and higher management
Project Manager:
- Is the primary contact for project feasibility checks in order to provide maximum information for upcoming projects and/or programs.
- Facilitate the definition of project scopes, goals, tasks and resource (people and cost) requirements; resolve or assist in the resolution of conflicts within and between projects or functional groups; apply methods to monitor project progress and provide corrective action if necessary.
- Manage project workflows and timelines. Ensure that suitable risk assessment and contingency planning take place for relevant projects, are communicated and agreed upon by all stakeholders
Process Leader:
- Contribute to the SEA Project Alignment Meeting (PAM) by managing correct distribution and input for project brief to pass validation gates.
- Deliver the agreed projects according to the I2M approach and Mondelēz guidelines.
- Ensure that project scopes and timing aim to minimize waste (raw, pack write-offs) and unwanted complexity (utilizing existing asset platforms, SKU proliferation) to the business system.
- Enable best practice sharing by ensuring all projects are properly closed out and key learnings are documented (for relevant projects) to all relevant stakeholders and systems.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- University graduate in BA or relevant majors.
- Minimum 5 years of related experience, with a minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar capacity in FMCG.
- Good knowledge of project and process management.
- Experience in Demand/Supply Planning is preferred.
- Strong leadership, negotiation and communication skills.
- Fluent English (both written and spoken).