I&r Project Manager

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**Position Snapshot**
**Business area**:Nestlé Canada Inc.
**Job title**: I&R Program Manager
**Location**: North York, ON located at 25 Sheppard Ave W, North York, ON M2N 6S8; Hybrid

**Benefits**
- Comprehensive total rewards benefits package including Health and Dental benefits that start on day one of employment
- Company matched pension plan
- Four weeks of Vacation and five personal days (Personal Paid Holidays)
- Flexible and hybrid work arrangements
- Excellent training and development programs as well as opportunities to grow within the company
- Access to Educational Assistance & Tuition Reimbursement
- Bonus eligibility
- 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

**Position Summary**
We are looking for an **I&R Program Manager** based at our **North York location **reporting into the **Senior I&R PMO Manager**. In this role you will translate innovation strategy into action, managing the execution of the Category I&R Portfolio and its value creating initiatives to deliver profitable, sustainable and responsible growth from Idea to Launch.

**A day in the life of an I&R Program Manager**:

- Serve as the primary link between the Category’s defined innovation strategy and project execution.
- Provide the Category Leadership Team with I&R data, analytics and insights, facilitating regular I&R Portfolio Reviews to bring transparency to I&R Portfolio status, gaps and optimization opportunities.
- Drive, in partnership with the Category Marketing Leader, the alignment of the I&R Portfolio to deliver the Category's I&R strategic objectives and targets. Facilitating the evaluation, choice, trade off and prioritization of new and existing I&R projects and ideas.
- Build and manage the integrated project plan from Idea to Launch, defining the critical path and tracking milestones to ensure project deliverables are completed on time
- Lead cross-functional teams to identify and manage risks and opportunities, identify solutions, remove roadblocks and drive corrective action to meet I&R portfolio and project objectives and business commitments thru robust viability, feasibility and desirability assessments at every stage of the project
- Lead and facilitate monthly Category Project Review meetings for Gate Advancement, Deactivation and Scope Change, driving go/no go decisions by the Category Leadership team.

**What will make you successful?**
- Bachelor’s Degree
- PMP (Project Management Professional) Certification a plus
- Minimum 8 years of cross functional experience in a CPG company preferred
- Minimum 5 years of effective Commercialization Portfolio and Project Management experience
- Experience with stage gate methodology preferred
- Courageous, credible, self starter, with a strong focus on results
- Comfortable with ambiguity and an ability to navigate between the big picture and the details
- Proven ability to mobilizes and energize team members behind a shared vision and guiding and motivating them to achieve project objectives

We have a friendly, supportive team with a coaching and mentoring environment. There are real opportunities for future development and progression - this really could be a move towards the exciting career you’ve always wanted.

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**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, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

If you are selected to participate in the recruitment process, please inform Human Resources of any accommodations you may require. Nestlé will work with you in an effort to ensure that you are able to fully participate in the process.