Process Excellence Lead

### Process Excellence Lead (Pel) Product & DevelopmentPublicFull-time40 h/weekItalyHybridStart date: As soon as possibleEnd date: No end dateYearly gross base salary80000
- EUR/y###

Job Description
Position: Process Excellence Lead – Product & DevelopmentOverview The Process Excellence Lead (PEL) – Product & Development is a senior, business-facing transformation and capability leader within a global consumer goods environment. This role integrates process, data, systems, analytics and organizational capabilities across the Product & Development domain to ensure scalable, standardized, and value-driven ways of working across Innovation, Product Development, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Industrialisation and related RDQ processes.
Working closely with senior P&D and RDQ stakeholders, regional business leaders and cross-functional partners (Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, IT, Data & Analytics and transformation teams), the PEL drives deployment, continuous improvement, governance and capability uplift. The role accelerates innovation, improves development effectiveness, enables successful scale-up and commercialization, and establishes consistent global P&D processes.

Key responsibilities
* Business partnering & functional leadership + Serve as a strategic partner to senior P&D and RDQ leaders, co-owning the transformation and continuous-improvement roadmap. + Translate Innovation and Product Development priorities into structured capability, process, data and transformation initiatives. + Collaborate across R&D, Product Development, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, Marketing, IT and Data & Analytics. + Influence senior stakeholders to align business priorities with enterprise transformation efforts. + Act as the connector between product development teams and the broader organization to enable end-to-end delivery from concept to commercialization.
* Product & development capability transformation + Lead and support transformation initiatives across:
- Product Development & Innovation
- Stage-Gate / innovation governance
- Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
- Formula, recipe & specification management
- Product & packaging development
- Process and technology development
- Product scale-up & industrialisation
- Commercialization
- Ingredient & raw material management
- Scientific and product data
- Quality & regulatory integration within the development lifecycle + Align processes, data, systems, analytics and operating models with business priorities and enterprise standards. + Drive simplification and standardization of global Product Development processes while allowing appropriate flexibility for category, market and regulatory needs.
* Innovation, product lifecycle & commercialization + Improve end-to-end innovation and product development lifecycle performance from concept through development, validation, scale-up, launch and lifecycle management. + Identify opportunities to increase speed-to-market, development effectiveness, scalability and innovation productivity. + Strengthen integration between P&D, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain and Manufacturing for smoother scale-up and commercialization. + Ensure integration of product, formula, packaging, specification and regulatory requirements throughout the lifecycle.
* Deployment & continuous improvement + Lead deployment and transformation activities across the P&D domain. + Drive continuous improvement tied to measurable outcomes: innovation speed, time-to-market, development productivity, product quality and operational effectiveness. + Ensure stakeholder engagement, change adoption and benefit realization across global and regional teams. + Monitor process effectiveness and capability maturity; identify opportunities for simplification, automation and removal of non-value activities.
* Digital, data & systems transformation + Partner with IT and Data & Analytics to evolve the digital P&D landscape and support adoption of platforms such as PLM, specification management, formula/recipe management, QMS, LIMS, ERP and related R&D systems. + Strengthen governance and quality of product, specification, ingredient and scientific data. + Champion digital ways of working and the appropriate use of analytics, automation and AI-enabled capabilities. + Ensure technology solutions enable standardized processes without adding unnecessary complexity.
* Governance & cross-functional integration + Own and maintain P&D process standards, templates, data requirements and governance frameworks. + Lead governance forums and decision-making processes across P&D, RDQ and enterprise transformation stakeholders. + Evaluate enhancements for scalability, consistency and business value. + Act as liaison among P&D teams, global process owners, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, IT and transformation teams. + Promote global standardization while balancing c