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Location: Singapore
Company: Nestle R&D Center, Singapore
Type of contract: Permanent
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Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest Food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, we are a human environment – passionate people driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. A Nestle career empowers you to make an impact locally and globally, as you are provided with the opportunity to make a mark and stand out, as long as you seek it. With Nestle, you are enabled and encouraged to grow not only as professionals, but also as people.
We are looking for an Associate Project Specialist to join our Ice Cream Product Technology & Development Team. In this position, you are responsible for driving project management excellence within NDU Ice Cream. You will ensure efficient and effective execution of E2E (end-to-end) management of Innovation & Renovation top priority projects. You will lead competence development in Project Management among project leaders and ensure all R&D projects are compliant with I2L and PMO methodologies. You will also lead all multi-market, multi-category and/or complex NDU Ice Cream projects.
A day in the life of...
- Drive project management excellence within NDU Ice Cream
- Ensure efficient and effective execution of E2E (end-to-end) management of innovation & Renovation top priority projects
- Lead competence development in Project management among project leaders and ensure all R&D projects are compliant with I2L and PMO methodologies
- Lead all multi-market, multi-category and/or complex NDU Ice Cream projects
- Identify project resources (human and budget) and lead overall I2L project planning and execution including gate preparation
- Drive cross-functional Opportunity and Risk management and escalation to accelerate decision making on each project
- Ensure adherence of project team to I2L processes including set up of common project based objectives
- Ensure zero waste and vertical start up
- Implement NHW and CSV strategies in practice
- Challenge project scope changes, impact on project portfolio and resource allocation
- Deliver assigned projects on time and on cost
- Contribute to key decision making and assist in stakeholder management
- Capture and share lessons learnt on top projects
- Leverage regional support between locations, especially on trainings or specific project support
- Lead Key Success Criteria definition for all project teams, challenging KSC with an unbiased view to assure speed and get validation from Decider(s)
- Drive synergies through effective networking with other R&D PMOs and external PMO Partners
- Proactively propose and drive new idea and projects methods to NDU and Market Application Groups
- Build and document knowledge about latest methods, trends and developments with PMO
- Explore breakthrough process improvements through continuous benchmarking with other NPTCs and markets
- Actively participate in expert network to promote cross-fertilization between different sites
- Integrate Scientific, Technology, Quality. Regulatory and Safety and Environment knowledge into projects
What will make you successful
- Bachelors’ Degree in a relevant discipline
- Min 3 years direct project management experience in TAG or R&D
- Min 3 years experience in ice cream category within operations, TAG & R&D
- PMO Certification preferred
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