Are you a cosmetic industry professional?
Do you run your own projects as a project coordinator or project manager?
Love working in a fast paced environment, pulling teams together to get the job done?
Love cosmetics and natural products?
Have a little look at this....
A cosmetic and fragrance manufacturer that takes it's inspiration from nature are looking for a project manager to come on board, bring their people and project skills and help guide their projects to completion.
Thriving in an FMCG environment, you will have prior cosmetic, chemical or food industry manufacturing experience.
What you will do:
* Lead the product development process, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and budget.
* Utilize Critical Path Analysis (CPAs) to identify key milestones and dependencies within project plans, optimizing resources and timelines.
* Lead client project meetings, presenting progress updates, addressing concerns, creating agenda/notes and facilitating discussions to ensure client satisfaction and project alignment.
* Maintain and update the company project master tracker, providing visibility into the status, risks, and opportunities across all projects.
* Collaborate with cross-functional project teams, including formulation, packaging, account management, etc, to ensure project requirements are clearly understood and met.
* Identify potential project risks and issues, developing contingency plans to mitigate impacts on timelines and deliverables.
* Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, from team members to executive leadership, ensuring transparency and alignment on project objectives and progress.
* Drive continuous improvement in project management processes, procedures and tools, leveraging best practices to enhance efficiency and effectiveness when required.
What you will bring:
* Previous experience of managing projects is a must
* Knowledge from some form of FMCG manufacturing industry is also a must, ideally within cosmetics, fragrance or chemicals
* Great communication skills
* Competent using MS software packages