Job Title: NPD Project Manager
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Unit: All Business Units
Organisation: PZ Cussons
The successful candidate will be required to: • Lead cross-functional project teams to deliver an agreed set of project outcomes in line with business strategy.
• Provide leadership for the Project Teams to ensure project delivery on time, in terms of quality and budget.
• Understand and challenge brand strategy/pipeline and apply consistent processes across all brands.
• Effectively network internally/externally, develop and utilise relationships and support strategic supply partners, 3rd Party /sister operating units and component suppliers as appropriate.
• Ensure continuous improvement, lead change and challenge convention where appropriate to ensure the NPD process is fit for business requirements.
• Engage the relevant PZ category network leaders where required / requested.
• Work as part of a PZ Network and Super User Group to provide support or lead wider business initiatives.
• Professionally represent PZ Cussons by demonstrating behaviours aligned to our CANDO Principles.
• Ensure full participation in 1:1's / 360 processes to develop and maintain Winning Team behaviours.
The right candidate must possess:
• A B.Sc./HND in Marketing, Business Admin., Economics or any other related field.
• A minimum of 5 years work experience in NPD (broad business experience will be very important).
• A high degree of commercial acumen with a playing-to-win attitude for excellent delivery of initiatives in respect to time, cost and quality; through demonstrating creative and innovative ways of working.
• Exposure to and experience of a number of business functions such as Marketing, Finance, Production, Sales and Planning would be advantageous in order to demonstrate understanding and empathy with cross functional teams responsible for delivering projects.
• Project Management qualification which would be useful but not essential (it would be important that the job holder has experience of leading cross functional teams).
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to demonstrate a collaborative way of working both within PZC cross functional teams and our 3rd party partners and suppliers.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills as there will be regular exposure to and working with both the PZCN board as well as people at all levels
• A CANDO attitude, exhibiting our core values – COURAGE, ACCOUNTABILITY, NETWORKING, DRIVE and ONENESS.
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