Innovation & Renovation (I&r) Project Manager

1 week ago

North York, Canada Nestlé Full time

**A little bit about us**
While Nestlé is known for KitKat, Gerber, Nescafe, and Häagen-Dazs, our recipe for success comes down to one thing: our people.
We strive to lead a people-focused culture that empowers employees to bring their authentic selves to work each day. There are 3,000+ members of Nestlé Canada celebrated for taking action using agility, courage, and trust to find solutions that benefit the business or greater good. We’re a team of changemakers, who are curious and challenge the status quo, that take risks that will help drive us forward.
Our focus is not only on nourishing our customers, but also about enriching you. We know that empowerment leads to strong employee engagement, a great work culture, and motivated

**Position Snapshot**
**Business area: Nestlé Canada Inc.**
**Location: North York, ON located at 25 Sheppard Ave W, North York, ON M2N 6S8; Hybrid**

**What to Expect**:
We are looking for a I&R Project Manager, Commercialization based at our North York location reporting into the I&R Program Manager. This is a one-year Contract role. This role will be responsible for the efficient, effective, detailed planning and execution of Innovation & Renovation (I&R) projects of medium to high complexity across the consumer value chain. This role may also include business process improvement initiatives**.**

**A day in the life**:
You will also:

- Lead the communication of project scope, objectives, key success criteria and expectations
- Build and lead the project schedule, defining the critical path, tracking activities to ensure functional team members are meeting agreed upon deadlines and approvals, generating and communicating status reports, and advancing critical issues.
- Facilitate problem solving for project setbacks and issues, using LEAN tools
- Preventive management of roadblocks and generation of project risk mitigation plans
- Coordinate and facilitating project discussions including kick-off meetings, project team meetings, risk assessments, lessons learned and post launch reviews
- Provide visibility and transparency to project status to cross functional team members, I&R Program Managers and Category Leadership Team.
- Develop, align and present projects for Gate Advancement, Deactivation and Scope Change at monthly Category Project Review Gate Meetings to Category Leadership team for review
- Lead cross-functional team in identifying and mitigating risks and opportunities. Identify solutions to remove roadblocks and drive corrective action to meet project goals and business commitment.
- Drive accountability and transparency across the consumer value chain - Flagging /escalating conflicts or misalignment to I&R Program Managers, Functional Leader and/or Category Leadership Team (with transparency, discretion and as appropriate)
- Engage, leverage and challenge cross-functional team to optimize every step across the consumer value chain
- Support the Category I&R Program Manager in bringing transparency to I&R Portfolio status, gaps and optimization options thru sharing of Program insights, reports and dashboards
- Coach and Support Commercialization Project Specialists as required
- Act as a delegate for I&R Program Manager for key I&R Meetings
- Manage assigned projects and their cross-functional teams through the established processes, including the project review gate process.
- Identify, document and ensure implementation of business process optimization initiatives, in order to eliminate waste - creating value added best practices
- Drive proper and consistent use of the Nestle project management system by maintaining and ensuring data accuracy and documentation as specified by relevant policies and procedures, meeting established KPI's
- Maintain and drive effective use of project templates and documentation throughout project lifecycle

**Role Requirements**
- Minimum 5 years of effective project management experience
- Business / Commerce degree / BA required

**Preferred Skills**
- Minimum 8 years of cross functional experience
- PMP (Project Management Professional) Certification
- Experience with stage gate methodology

**Benefits**
- Flexible and hybrid work arrangements
- Excellent training and development programs as well as opportunities to grow within the company
- Up to 50% off - Nespresso Coffee Machine, Capsules and accessories
- Access to the Discount Company store with Nestlé, Nespresso, and Purina products (Located across various Nestle offices/sites)
- Additional discounts on a variety of products and services offered by our preferred vendors and partnerships

**What you need to know**

Nestlé Canada is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. We welcome qualified applicants to bring their diverse and unique experiences as a result of their education, perspectives, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status,

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