Project Manager Junior (Operations)

As a Project Manager Junior, you’ll be at the heart of that momentum: coordinating cross-functional teams and driving our most ambitious projects from idea to shelf.

Key Responsibilities

• Team coordination: Assign team members from across departments and ensure clear, efficient communication and follow-up with all stakeholders, in a cross-functional management capacity.

• Planning & milestones: Build the project timeline, define and monitor critical milestones, and follow up on progress across all departments to ensure on-time delivery, in line with quality/cost/timing requirements.

• Reporting & gap analysis: Produce clear reporting, projections, and gap analyses to keep stakeholders aligned, and prepare milestone reviews for the Innovation Committee.

• Project reviews: Run regular cross-functional reviews to track progress and clear roadblocks fast.

• Risk management & decision-making: Lead risk analysis with your teams, align on mitigation actions, and drive fast, sound decision-making when challenges arise.

• Cost & resource management: Run cost simulations, manage budgets, and coordinate with co-manufacturers (COMANs) on investment studies — assessing required capex, evaluating impact on project P&L, and following up on equipment/machine installation planning.

• Execution & documentation: Ensure operational tasks are delivered on time, with clear documentation for compliance and team clarity.

Types of Projects You’ll Manage

• Low complexity: Packaging/artwork changes (text, logo, ingredient list), listing new customers.

• Medium complexity: Recipe or ingredient changes, onboarding a new raw material or packaging supplier, extending an existing product to a new export market.

• High complexity: New product launches (from concept to industrial rollout) or product renovations, starting up a new co-manufacturer or factory.

Reporting Line

This role reports to the Projects Lead Manager within the Operations team.

Success Metrics (KPIs)

Success is measured by adherence to the cost / quality / timing triptych across the project portfolio.