R&d Project Manager Laundry-mira

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**Research & Development**:
In R&D, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our R&D Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

**About the role**:
You will be responsible for the coordination and completion of new and existing product development projects in the laundry and water softeners categories, from feasibility phase until launch in the market. You will be working with multi-functional project teams to ensure project is delivered on time and within scope. You will be responsible for building and managing project timelines, estimating and managing budget and resources, managing risks, monitoring progress and communicating status to upper management.

**Your responsibilities**:

- Manage the development of key projects to deliver consumer preferred products in Essential Home Laundry and Water Softeners categories from ideation until launch in the markets
- Coordinate activities and objectives with Marketing and R&D to advance assigned initiatives through the product development process to achieve desired cost targets and business results
- Act as an exemplar of current best approach on project management / planning, including creation and management of key project management documentation through appropriate use of PPM tools and systems (Project Briefs, Project Plans, Gantt Charts, Success Criteria, Risk Assessments, Budget, Resourcing, etc), in line with the operating model and PPM Charter
- Identify and manage project dependencies and critical project paths; manage risk analysis and contingency planning on all assigned projects
- Manage cross functional project activity across several functions including internal/ external resources and lead cross-functional teams serving as the gate holder of all project timelines; track project plans and milestones
- Establish, communicate and continually manage project expectations and progress with team members and key project stakeholders via meetings, presentations and monthly status reports
- Ensure proactive timely escalation of key projects and issues to appropriate stakeholders
- Ensure budgets and cross-functional resources are identified, allocated and managed per project requirements
- Prepare and present project status and risks to upper management
- Lead project updates together with GBMMs (Global Brand Marketing Managers) towards key stakeholder forum updates, including flags for project changes (changes to scope, risks, resourcing, schedule) and Stage Gates

**The experience we're looking for**:

- BS/BA/MS degree, ideally in a related science or engineering
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience with product development within a FMCG environment, with a proven track record of delivery
- Strong multi-cultural leadership, influencing, motivational and interpersonal skills
- Strong end-to-end technical depth in FMCGs from innovation to industrialisation, combined with a strong business drive. Experience in laundry products is a plus
- Strong negotiating & analytical skills
- Ability to anticipate, plan and realize significant projects / activities involving multiple technical and scientific hurdles
- People management and development skills

**The skills for success**:
Business Strategy, Task Execution Under Pressure, Makes strategic Business Decisions, Business Accumen, Commercial Awareness, Objective Setting, Accountability, Adaptability, Consumer Insight, Creative Direction, Consumer Needs, R&D, Product Lifecycle Management, Change Leadership, Intellectual Property, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Adapt to changes in technological development plans, Product vision and strategy development, Ability to challenge the status quo and propose improvement, Innovation Processes, Predicti