PFAS Programme Manager

at  Edwards Ltd

PFAS PROGRAMME MANAGER

Functional area: Engineering
Country: UK - United Kingdom
City: Burgess Hill
Company name: Edwards Ltd
Date of posting: Nov 18, 2024
Our solutions are a key part of most industries - electronics, medical research, renewable energy, food production, infrastructure and many more. Working with us means working with the latest technologies and groundbreaking, sustainable innovations.

• Driving delivery of key strategic enablers for PFAS compliance (e.g. Lobbying relevant bodies, development and validation of PFAS alternatives with technology, engineering and suppliers, PFAS product content reporting)
• Tracking progress of the programme and related projects, identifying roadblocks, and proposing solutions to resolve
• Regularly present & publish the progress & status at a programme/roadmap level to PFAS Steerco
• Development & maintenance of positive relationships with all relevant stakeholders (internal & external) to promote delivery of the business objectives including other business areas within AC Group
• Conducting regular 1:1’s and team meetings with peers (& other stakeholders)
• Facilitation of discussions & decisions with the relevant Product Companies (PC’s) and the divisional engineering and supply chain teams to deliver on the strategic plan
• Be commercially sensitive, ensuring the best overall value to the business is delivered
• Develop continuous learning culture on PFAS and relevant changing legislation globally
• Excellent influencing and negotiation skills at a multiple organisational level with different cultures, including up to an executive level
• To be able to analyse complex programme requirements and identify key phases and workstreams as part of high-level programme definition
• To be well organised, displaying clear, rational, and analytical approach to problem solving and planning
• To remain calm under pressure and has the ability to find creative and pragmatic solutions to seemingly intractable problems.
• To be willing to look for / explore new solutions or methods
• To be flexibility to travel to multiple Product Company (PC) locations nationally and internationally
• To have experience in collaboration and co-operative techniques across a wide range of stakeholders
• To display clear leadership, willing to take control of a situation and bring people with them even though they may not functionally report to them
• To have experience in managing projects & programmes across multiple global entities
• To possess strong organisational, communication and facilitation skills
• To be self-motivated, with a proven track record of delivering business improvements/change within a global and complex organisation
• To be fluent in English to a business proficient level
• To have minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar position
• To be educated to a degree level mechanical, electrical, manufacturing or materials / chemisty is preferred
• To have recognised Project or Programme management qualificatio