Senior R&D Project Manager (Frozen Food)

The role

You will lead R&D projects and programs within the product technology center focusing on frozen food innovation and renovation. You will orchestrate cross-functional teams and manage stakeholders to deliver projects according to key performance criteria.

What you will do

• Lead R&D projects and programs within the product technology center.
• Plan projects end-to-end ensuring alignment with Idea-to-Launch and corporate strategies.
• Orchestrate cross-functional and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Manage project stakeholders and negotiate with decision makers.
• Contribute to commercial success by considering the whole project picture.
• Manage parallel and sequential project tasks.
• Identify and communicate project costs and timing opportunities and risks.
• Define roles and responsibilities and perform resource planning.
• Facilitate and coach within the project team.
• Develop junior project manager capabilities through regular coaching.

Required qualifications

• Minimum of Bachelor in Science or engineering degree (or equivalent)
• Sound knowledge of project management
• 5+ years of project management experience
• 7+ years of experience in R&D, operations, markets, and/or commercial functions
• Proven track record of strong project management
• Strong project management/leadership, communication, organization, and presentation skills

Nice to have

• Project Management Professional (PMP/PMI) certification

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Disability insurance

About the company

FuseGlobal is a partnership of people and brand-leading companies. For 25 years they have brought functionality to complex business and production processes and supply chains.