Project Commercialisation Manager (PCM) RSA Chocolates-Mondelez International

🗏Job Type

Full Time

Description

Mondelēz SACEA, has been reimaged with a single focus in mind to create moments of joy! With global brands that refresh, renew, uplift our people and our consumers.
In South Africa we are an industry leader with icon brands like Oreo, Cadbury Dairy Milk, Dentyne and Halls. Head quartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, we have around 650 employees as well as two manufacturing plants in Port Elizabeth and Swaziland and a Sales office in Kenya.

Our business is striving to become the most loved, respected and successful snacking company in Southern Africa.

Job Purpose

The Project Commercialization Manager (PCM) has the key responsibility to manage all Innovation and product change projects in the Chocolate category in RSA and ensure issues are escalated and risk mitigated to ensure overall business plans & strategies are delivered. The PCM drives the regional innovation and product change agenda in the chocolate category by managing the Global I2M process ensuring that all interdependencies are assessed and synergies are maximized to deliver best for business solution. The PCM interfaces extensively with Consumer Marketing, RDQ, Procurement, Customer Development, Finance, and all functions within Supply Chain (BD, Manufacturing and Customer Service and Logistics), to deliver projects within the specified time, cost and quality parameters. The individual will work closely with the PCM Chocolate Lead MEA to ensure consistent PCM ways of working and sharing of best practice.

Key Accountabilities

In line with the job purpose, key accountabilities will entail the following:

Lead cross-functional teams in the development and implementation of a broad, coordinated set of projects to meet the revenue, volume, growth, productivity and quality goals and priorities of the business/category.
Using Global I2M principles ensure the PCM team delivers project management excellence to meet AMEA chocolate objectives.
Own and drive the definition of project scope, goals, tasks and resource (people and cost) requirements; resolve or lead the resolution of conflicts within and between projects or functional groups; develop methods to monitor project progress and provide corrective action if necessary. Own the escalation to Regional PCM Manager.
Create project timelines, assign tasks and activities to stakeholders.
Follow up on stake holders to ensure timely completion of their tasks to delivery overall project timelines
Ensure that project scope and timing take into consideration minimizing waste (raw, pack and finished goods write-offs) and reducing complexity (utilizing existing asset platforms, managing SKU proliferation) to the business; champion these activities within the business and project teams.
Ensure that suitable risk assessment and contingency planning (for relevant projects) takes place, is communicated and agreed upon by all stakeholders and is acted on if necessary to keep the project on track or to accelerate the project if the business need exists.
Lead the RSA PAM review process to ensure all projects are properly documented and have been reviewed and agreed upon by all appropriate stakeholders.
Continuously improve the PCM ways of working, project management toolkits and methodologies (Idea to Market, Project Management Principles) used within Mondelez.
Enable best practice sharing by ensuring all projects are properly closed out and key learnings are documented.

Obligations

It is expected that you will:

Carry out the role accountabilities within the operating and process frameworks that apply to the company
Work together with all your peers and customers. A key part of your performance review each year will be based on their input.
Exemplify the company’s Higher Purpose & Values in practice – this will be a key part of your annual development cycle.

Qualifications

Qualifications and experience:

Experience in Project Management and People Management
5-7 years’ experience in a consumer products environment, typically in a Supply Chain / Production / Procurement / R&D / Project Management role
Bachelor’s degree preferred- (Accounting/Finance, Business, Marketing, Logistics, Engineering, Quality, Food Science or Operations).
Strong knowledge of the local, regional & global supply chain
Broad understanding of internal functional roles and business processes. MS Project, Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Mondelēz International and Mondelez South Africa is committed to providing an equal opportunity for all applicants having the same qualification and experience in compliance with requirements of local employment.
Primary Location: AMEA-ZA-Gauteng-Johannesburg
Job: CS&L Product Change Management
Schedule: Full-time


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