Position Snapshot

Project Manager (5/6-month contract – start asap)

Business Area: Nestle Nutrition and Dairy

Location: London Gatwick (Hybrid working)

Salary starting from £54,000 depending on experience + generous pension scheme + 5/6 flexible days in addition to holiday entitlement + other fantastic benefits.

This is a temporary opportunity and here at Nestlé many of our colleagues work flexibly and, in many ways, different core hours and flexible working. Please talk to us during the recruitment process about what flexibility could look like for you.

Position summary

Here at Nestlé Nutrition and Dairy we are recruiting for an experienced Project Manager. Reporting into the Marketing Manager, this role will play a key part in planning and leading I&R projects E2E via the ‘Idea to Launch’ (I2L) approach (from Identify to Delivery Stage) and orchestrate a cross-functional and multi-disciplinary team to achieve the project defined Key Success Criteria and deliver against the business case. The ideal candidate would ensure that they adopt the idea to launch mindset and champion the framework with I&R launches.

A day in the life of a Project Manager...

In this role, you will need to apply project management tools and skills to ensure the on-scope, on-time and on-quality launch and flawless execution of I&R projects of medium to high complexity from Identify to end of delivery stage within the idea to launch framework. However, you will also:

• Leverage own functional expertise and network to steer project team towards best solution definition and execution.

• Coordinate and facilitate project meetings including kick-off meeting, kick-start meetings, check-in meetings, regular project meetings, risk assessments, post launch reviews and additional meetings or workshops as required​

• Lead Key Success Criteria definition with project team, challenge KSC with an unbiased view to assure speed and get validation from Decider(s)

• Drive timely preparation of the Business Opportunity, Business Case and Business Plan along the flow

• Drive Opportunity and Risk Management and escalating critical issues to Decider(s)

• Lead internal and external Stakeholders management: identify stakeholders, distribute responsibilities among project team and ensure proper communication​ (key stakeholders being operators/business partners/markets/key customers)

• Liaise regularly with factories across Europe, as well as with Project Managers from other markets

• Capture and share lessons learnt

• Ensure process execution across markets and implementation of key NPD's at key customers as defined per roll-out strategy.

What will make you successful?

To be successful in this role you will already have some fantastic operational experience under your belt, ideally within a retail or FMCG environment as a dedicated Project Manager. You will be passionate, tenacious; results focused and enjoy working in a highly energetic and exciting environment. Acting as an ambassador for the Nestle brand, you will have excellent project management skills coupled with your ability to influence across all levels. It is a given that you will know the importance of being able to flex your style whilst working in an environment that can be, at times, ambiguous and pressured. Willingness to learn and keen to adopt the idea to launch (I2L) mindset and champion the approach and framework.

What you need to know

We will provide support and coaching to help you develop yourself in your career and as an individual, as well as offering great benefits that you’d expect from a business the size of Nestlé – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays plus up to an additional 12 days flex leave, bank holiday exchange, competitive pension scheme and much more.

Job advert posting date: 10th May 2024

Job advert closing date: 24th May 2024

We will be considering and interviewing candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

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