Create the New - PMO
US Locations: St. Louis, MO; Nashville, TN
About Us
At Royal Canin, we are on a mission to redefine pet health through innovative nutrition, personalized solutions, and data-driven insights. As we navigate the digital transformation landscape, we are committed to overcoming challenges and seizing new opportunities to enhance the well-being of pets everywhere. Our Create the New team plays a pivotal role in this journey, driving strategic initiatives that position Royal Canin as the leading authority in pet health.
Your Role
As a PMO within our high-profile Create the New team, you will be at the forefront of transforming ideas into actionable projects. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams across the Mars Ecosystem to incubate new business capabilities and streamline project execution. Your responsibilities will include:
- Project Planning & Execution: Lead the deployment of strategic projects in North America, ensuring alignment with global initiatives. Mobilize cross-functional teams to define project scopes, build timelines, and track key milestones, all while maintaining a focus on quality and pace.
- Stakeholder Connectivity: Foster strong relationships among global, regional, and local teams, ensuring seamless communication and collaboration. Facilitate project execution by coordinating meetings, tracking actions, and addressing challenges proactively.
- Continuous Improvement: Stay ahead of industry trends by identifying new opportunities and recommending project adaptations. Implement effective change management strategies to minimize disruption and maximize impact.
- Discovery-Driven Planning: Utilize discovery-driven planning techniques to explore innovative solutions and validate assumptions throughout the project lifecycle. This approach will enable you to pivot and adapt strategies based on real-time insights and feedback.
What are we looking for?
- Master’s Degree in Business or Technical Field
- 10+ years of experience in Manufacturing
- 5 years of project management experience
- Experience in prescription models is a significant addition
- Experience in business leadership and business transformation
- Experience in the delivery of multidisciplinary projects across business functions and units
- Understanding of the global, regional, and local decision-making process, as well as their different roles and responsibilities, must be able to navigate this complex environment
What will be your key responsibilities?
- Lead the deployment process to launch new projects
- Implements timeline mobilizing cross functional teams to define build, run, sunrise and expansion phases in project
- Influence without authority and build consensus among multiple groups with diverse (often competing) priorities, functions, and cultures
- Track and communicate key decisions points, issues, risk management and actions
- Ensure alignment and connectivity of stakeholders throughout Global, Regional & Local departments
- Ensure alignment among cross functional teams
- Facilitate projects execution by ensuring good pace and connection, setting meetings, tracking actions and milestones, raising alerts and helping on escalation when needed
- Understanding of data, its privacy, storage, and movement in addition to enrichment and activation
What can you expect from Mars?
- Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
- Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
- Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
- An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
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