Strategy & Innovation PMO

at  Ferrero

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? 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.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

You will bring your Master’s degree in Management, Economics, Engineering, Marketing and/or Food Technology and 5-7 years of work experience in FMCG industry or Consulting firms.
You have good knowledge and/or experience in product development and you have experience in a PMO / Strategic role or in Marketing/Product Development.
Your strong solid strategic mindset, critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills will help you reach your professional goals in this role. Your genuine interest in contributing to improvement through order, organization, process analysis combined with a spirit of collaboration and service characterize you.
You are customer oriented and have an organizational and process sensitivity.
You are a fast learner, you work with a flexible and can-do attitude while you are also curious, proactive, analytical yet with strong communication skills.
Thanks to your previous work experience you can influence key stakeholders and to work in complex multi-functional environments.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

For our Ferrero Group Headquarters we are looking for a Strategy & Innovation (S&I) PΜΟ to join the S&I PMo Team in Luxembourg reporting to the Strategy & Innovation Function Integration & PMo.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

As the Strategy & Innovation PMΟ you will support the Strategy & Innovation Department in overall department governance and projects coordination in full alignment with long term strategy and priorities and being a relevant stakeholder and business partner for the key identified reference functions.
In this role you will act as specific PMo focal point for selected central and/or category functions. More specifically you will monitor overall functions projects, tracking (projects masterplan definition) to support overall planning and prioritization.
In addition, you will support in functions’ priorities identification and key projects definition in line with overall Department long-term strategies. Furthermore, you will coordinate specific identified projects in alignment with the S&I PMo Head and Functions Head while you will manage specific function and/or category routines and meetings to actively drive projects and initiatives implementation.
As a S&I PMO you will participate in internal function governance mechanisms to be part fully involved in relevant project(s) and priorities discussions and progresses and will ensure cascading of relevant information to the managed functions and ensure prompt cross-fertilization across-department.
You will be leading and coordinating (as Project Manager) relevant transversal cross-department projects, by identifying scope, defining timeline and coordinating different stakeholders, ensuring outcomes and deliverables are consistent delivered and aligned with all Parties.
Last but not least you will support S&I PMO Head in monitoring new product launches in the markets to identify relevant trends and actions.

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.
Strong analytical mind, attention to details on one hand, and ability to cooperate with employees at all levels and great organisational skills on the other, would be key to success. Employee contribution and engagement at Ferrero is based on the individual, team and organisation dimension, so you should have the ability to work independently, as a part of the team and build good relations with stakeholders at all levels. Being flexible and dealing with a dynamic working environment as well as the ability to embed new knowledge and skills in existing competencies will definitely help you to become high performer here.