Project Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver NPD & TSC projects positively and proactively, on time in full.
• Responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of NPD project with different level of complexity.
• Manage Markets and other Teams expectations through regular effective communication to all stakeholders and team members. 
• Work with the Project Lead to plan and define the scope of projects, including the clear responsibilities of stakeholders. 
• Using appropriate tools / schedules for activity planning and leading project meetings to engage the project team to actively participate and support the project implementation. Make sure that the project is on track, stakeholders are aligned, and issues / blockages / risks are highlighted on a timely basis.
• To identify and highlight risks and challenges through the life of a project and together with the project team find solutions that will minimize the risks.
• Influencing, managing, briefing and co-ordinating people across Team Global CS&I (including R&I, NPD & Supply Innovation) and across Tea Supply Chain (including Manufacturing, Technical, Procurement, Data Team, Finance, Supply Chain) and relevant external suppliers (e.g. design agency, material suppliers, co-packer, etc.) to engage in and deliver projects.
• Creating and implementing the project timeline and supervising its implementation.
• Coordinating the first production in the production area and monitoring the implementation progress until the product is fully approved.
• Ensuring project statuses and key milestones are kept accurate and up to date in the NPD Gateway system.
• Updating other systems (e.g. EDC for estimated costings), KPIs and Data Bridges with key information to enable project delivery. 
• Working with the rest of the Project Managers to support other projects, look at process improvement opportunities and proactively share learnings on projects. 

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Proven experience managing end-to-end projects, concurrently delivering multiple initiatives of varying size and complexity.
• Experience within FMCG or consumer goods, with strong understanding of product development and supply chain environments.
• Demonstrated ability to work across large, cross-functional and virtual teams, driving engagement, alignment and delivery outcomes.
• Experience managing and influencing a broad range of stakeholders, including senior leaders, to enable effective decision-making.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, able to interpret data, identify risks/issues and take proactive action.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to lead effective meetings and drive clarity across stakeholders.
• Customer-focused mindset with a strong bias for action and delivery.
• Formal project management qualification or working towards (e.g. PRINCE2, PMP or equivalent).
• Experience working with external partners/suppliers within project delivery environments.
• Exposure to global or multi-market project delivery.
• Experience contributing to process improvement or transformation initiatives.

Benefits

• Subsidized meals in local canteen
• Two additional, fully paid days off over the Festive period 
• Discounted online Twinings tea shop 
• Welcome pack for newborn Twinings babies 
• Co-financed MultiSport card
• Co-financed kindergarten
• Discounts for sport, education and travels
• Vouchers for Christmas
• Holiday bonus 
• Comprehensive wellbeing program
• Vouchers for beauty treatments 
• Onsite beauty treatments
• Twice yearly parties for the whole team

About
Twinings has become one of the world’s most renowned tea companies over its 300-year history because we never stop learning, never stop experimenting and never stop inventing. We take pride in our tea from bud to cup and have been working with some of our tea estates around the world since the early 18th Century. More than 300 years later, the love of tea is still here - and so are we! We still sell tea from Thomas’s shop, and we still work hard to bring the most innovative new blends to tea lovers around the world. Now, we have over 500 varieties and our teas are cherished all over the world. Our expert master blenders taste more than 3,000 cups of tea every week. So you can be sure the next cup you taste will be every bit as good as the one yesterday or the day before. Our approach to Diversity, Equity & InclusionAt TwiningsOvo, we believe in the power of diversity to drive innovation and meaningful work. We are committed to building a workplace where people from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences feel safe, valued, have a sense of belonging and  are empowered to thrive. Inclusion is more than a goal,  it’s how we work together every day. As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination against an applicant on the basis of their ethnicity, colour, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, family or parental status, disability, neurodiversity, age, socioeconomic background or any other status protected by law and are committed to promoting diversity across our workplace.Applicants may be entitled to reasonable adjustments under the terms of the Equality Act. A reasonable adjustment is a change in the way things are typically done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity. Please inform our Talent Acquisition or HR Shared Services team if you need any assistance completing your application or to otherwise participate in the application process.