IT Project Manager, Sales Operational Excellence
Company: Ferrero
Location: Parsippany
Posted on: May 5, 2024
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Job Description:
Job Location: ---Parsippany---Company descriptionFerrero is a
family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook
and iconic brands such as Nutella--, Tic Tac--, Ferrero Rocher--,
Raffaello--, Kinder Bueno-- and Kinder Surprise--. As the love for
our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach.
Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more
than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the
world. The secret to our global success? 38,767 --dedicated
employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business,
careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one
of them.About the Role:We are currently looking for a Project
Manager with more experience in Digital Initiatives, key role
within North America IT Organization.--Main Responsibilities:-----
--Coordinate project streams of responsibilities, guaranteeing the
correct implementation of the project's plan and different phases,
respecting resources, budget, and time constraints.-------
--Responsible to coordinate and provide updates to the Project
Steering Committee and all relevant stakeholders.----- --Manage
projects within different Platforms focused on North America as
beneficiary area, ensuring that the agreed solution is deployed
according to the available budget and within the given time
constraints and assigned scope.----- --You will support Procurement
being the coordinator of the end2end tender for the suppliers'
selection process: from the business requirements to the technical
and budget constraints.----- --Facilitating the required change
management to move from project to process will be part of your
main responsibility in this role: smooth transition (hand over) to
the RUN organization to ensure the proper service level once the
project is live.Stakeholder Management:- You will bring the ability
to deal with a 360-degree stakeholder ranging from C-Level
management to technical resources: from this role you will interact
with IT Leadership Team, the IT Center of Expertise (CoE) as well
as with business stakeholders and external vendors.End to End
Project Management Activities:- Your main activities and areas of
responsibility involve the planning and development of projects'
operating plan according to project scope, objectives, and
approach, defining thus activities, timing, responsibility for the
different streams.- While developing a project you will have to
build and cascade project's plan for the different streams and
cascade to stream leaders. In addition, you will coordinate the
project streams, guaranteeing the correct implementation of the
project plan and of the different project phases while ensuring
involving subject matter experts when necessary, highlighting
milestones and deliverables.- At all times proper project
monitoring of projects' state of work in terms of deliverables and
timing will be required. In relation, you will check project
objectives' feasibility and recommend proper actions to be taken to
tackle project issues.- You will also collect information on costs
and benefits for the related IT projects under your area of
responsibility while you will provide monthly consolidation of
information vs budget/plans, giving thus visibility to all
stakeholders involved in the process.Who we are looking for:-You
will bring a university degree in Management Engineering,
Information technology, Computer Science or similar and over 8
years of experience. Ideally, you have at least 8 years of
experience in a similar role in sales trade/function of a
multinational Company.-Being an excellent communicator with
interpersonal skills, you will conduct and maintain relationships
with internal and external stakeholders, to assure business
continuity throughout the projects' lifecycle.-You bring strong
project management skills, knowledge of Agile Methodology and
ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects requiring frequent
communication, organization, negotiation, time management, and
problem-solving skills.---Demonstrated Risk Management skills and
mitigation actions are key to guarantee the business continuity and
being successful in this role. The knowledge of the most critical
business processes (Digital Processes, Customer, Consumer facing
Processes etc.) together with an IT background is required.-You are
proficient MS Office and have a good background in SAP ERP.-Having
a PMP or equivalent Certification will be a strong asset.-A high
level of self-motivation and initiative, and the ability to combine
people and relationship management skills will be an asset for this
role, together with your strong analytical mindset and your
well-organized, detail-oriented attitude.----How to be successful
in the role and at Ferrero:Consumers, quality and care are at the
heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you'll
need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are -
dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the
world.--Diversity StatementFerrero is committed to building a
diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed
and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of
our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the
curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them,
generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and
professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero.
The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment
multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.Ferrero N.A.
provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and
applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion,
sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.#FNA
Keywords: Ferrero, New Britain , IT Project Manager, Sales Operational Excellence, IT / Software / Systems , Parsippany, Connecticut
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