Organization & Improvement Project Manager
Job Location: Luxembourg
Company description
Ferrero 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? 40,000 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.
Diversity Statement
Ferrero 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.
About the Role:
For our Ferrero Headquarters in Luxembourg, we are looking for an Organization & Improvement (O&I) Project Manager for the Region Poland and Region Europe Multi-Countries covering over thirty markets in Europe to join our Luxembourg Organization & Improvement Team. In this role you will support at Group and Region level the proper operation of the Organizational Model and the development and implementation of Group, Area and Region projects, including organization design, organization development and change management ensuring the deployment of the O&I methodology.
Main Responsibilities:
As the O&I Project Manager you will support in the organizational design for Region Poland, Europe Multi-Countries; this includes, besides the development of the organization design to support the Region and Group function organization evolution in term of structures and integration mechanisms, the design of roles, responsibilities and new processes, the performance of gap analysis, as well as the support of the grading evolution.
Moreover, you will help proactively the Region management in identifying and addressing key organizational issues, in line with Group and Area organizational guidelines.
You will provide assistance in the organizational development of specific Functions / sub-functions (in terms of to-be structures, role design, and recommended sizing), and provide change management methodologies define projects to support change initiatives. You will conduct market organizational analysis, defining improvement plans with the local management team. Overall you will manage the implementation of organizational projects at Region level.
For the Regions Poland and Europe Multi-Countries, the role will plan, design and monitor Group governance mechanisms to ensure main decisions and processes are structured and required actors are involved. Furthermore, the role will help the management with the governance implementation at Regional level.
Among other, your responsibility will be to support the Operational Excellence Program’s implementation for Region Poland and Region Europe Multi-Countries, with the aim to streamline and harmonize processes and tools, with a focus on change management, organization and process transformation.
Last but not least, you will work in close collaboration with the Group Risk and Compliance department and will contribute to the definition of Group Policies, risk assessments and addressing the remediation priorities considering organizational projects ongoing.
Who we are looking for:
You will bring your Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Industrial Engineering or any other related field and 5-8 years of experience in management consulting and/or advisory companies or experience in commercial processes and roles.
Your experience and passion for process digitalization and harmonization and you deep knowledge of Project Management and Change Management principles, methodologies and tools will help you achieve your role’s objectives.
In addition, you have experience in a wide set of commercial organizational functions and processes (e.g. Sales, OTC) while your strong methodological background enable you to work effectively and flexibly in complex work environments on multiple fronts with high level stakeholders.
Your fluency in English, your problem-solving attitude and influencing skills serve as tools in interacting with different people across organizational levels within multicultural contexts.
Being a digital savvy, you are a person well known for their strong analytical skills and ability to provide leadership to multiple disciplines in large and complex organizations.
You are proactive, autonomous, results oriented with curiosity to learn new things while you are able to balance and execute many initiatives and projects in parallel.
If you are interested in working in a dynamic environment with lots of interactions and exposure, then this might be the right role for you!
Don’t miss this chance to apply!
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.