Global Segment Senior Project Manager

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At Kenvue, we realize the extraordinary power of everyday care. Built on over a century of heritage and rooted in science, we’re the house of iconic brands - including NEUTROGENA®, AVEENO®, TYLENOL®, LISTERINE®, JOHNSON’S® and BAND-AID® that you already know and love. Science is our passion; care is our talent.

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Role reports to:

Global Franchise IMO Leader

Location:

Europe/Middle East/Africa, Switzerland, Zug, Zug

Work Location:

Hybrid

What you will do

Global Segment Sr. Project Manager

This position will report into Sr Director, Global Segment Operations, Self Care and will be based out of Kenvue office in Switzerland.

What you will do

The Global Segment Sr. Project Manager (PM) is responsible for managing global Innovation and Renovation projects in support of Kenvue’s and assigned Segment’s Strategic Plan, Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).

Key Responsibilities

Concurrently oversee multiple highly complex global product innovation and renovation projects from definition through launch following Kenvue’s Innovation and Project Management playbooks, standards, and tools.

In service of Segment and Brand Development Team(s) (BDT), provide overall project management to a global cross-functional team including R&D, Marketing, Packaging, Operations, Finance, Regional Project Management, and others to deliver project goals and benefits on-time, cost and quality. Support team members by resolving execution barriers, raising issues as appropriate and engaging ultimate decision makers as quickly as possible when projects start to deviate from plan.

Owner of the overall project plan including inputs to scope, business case, schedule and launch timing and risks. Lead cross-functional planning sessions to develop an integrated execution plan and risk management strategy. Oversee and drive team activities versus plan to deliver project objectives in a compliant and reliable manner. Coordinate team meetings and minutes; understand & track critical milestones; establish contingency & acceleration plans; facilitate team decisions and issue resolution.

Uses strong business knowledge, technical skills, and sound judgment to effectively assess risk, develop contingency and mitigation plans, and elevate issues. Lead preparation and delivery of project updates, stage-gate reviews, and recommendations at governance forum. Acts as an independent advisor at the forum, making appropriate Go/No-go recommendations and communicating openly and effectively about risks, issues and help needed to ensure project success.

Develop an in-depth understanding of assigned Segment/Brand/Need State’s strategy, business goals, associated technologies, and supply chain to support sound decision making from chartering through design and development to launch, resulting in market successful products and reliable, cost-effective supply chain(s).

Utilize project metrics and lessons learned to improve business results, processes and tools and build project management capability through coaching and supporting other PMs and participating in Community of Practices.

Maintain accurate information and data supporting project and portfolio tracking and reporting to ensure appropriate visibility at all organizational levels. As required, support Operations BDT Leads and Project Management BDT one point-of-contacts with project update or other ad hoc data requests.

Role may have additional responsibility of being a Project Management point-of-contact for a Brand Development Team or teams, providing project management input during project ideation and feasibility, and acting as a liaison between Brand Development Team(s) and broader global and regional project management community as required.

What we are looking for

Required qualifications:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum of 10 years of business/work experience.
• Minimum of 7 years of project management experience, with at least 5 years of proven success in management of large, highly complex, new product commercialization or life cycle management projects from ideation through to benefit realization.
• You can successfully interact across all levels of the organization, leading discussions and holding teams accountable without line authority, creating alignment across cross-functional partners (Commercial, R&D, Operations, Regional PM and others) as needed.
• The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator, verbally, in writing and through presentations, reports and dashboards, with ability to distill complex issues and risks into succinct comprehensible analysis and open and transparent recommendations for senior leaders (up to VP).
• Strong business and financial competence, with an understanding of financial principles and project evaluation methods, and how to use this knowledge to make recommendations to achieve business goals.
• You are an inclusive team leader, with proven track record of inspiring and delivering results through others with trust and empowerment, constructively challenging cross-functional partners enhance collective success.
• You thrive with ambiguity and can act as a change agent, adapting quickly to changing business dynamics, solving with courage to shape and build new ways of working.
• The candidate will have a proven track record of meeting project objectives in fast-paced environments by successfully managing, tracking, and implementing successful strategies in regard to scope, quality, time and cost.
• Must be able to work independently and without direct line management authority over team members.
• Must be accountable, work well under pressure and have strong time management and prioritization skills.
• Must be comfortable challenging status quo and looking for ways to improve ways of working processes.

Desired qualifications:

• Master’s Degree or MBA or other advanced degree
• PMP certification and/or other industry and project management certification
• Experience working in Consumer Goods industry.
• Experience in a GMP or regulated environment (Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, OTC)
• Experience in Process Excellence / 6 Sigma methodologies

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