Operations Projects Manager (m/w/d), Fulda

As a world leading food company DANONE stands for international success. Around 104.000 employees work on all five continents in the four business areas Fresh Dairy Products, Early Life Nutrition, Waters and Advanced Medical Nutrition on one corporate mission: “Bringing health through food to as many people as possible.”

Missions

Manage, lead and implement Product Related projects (both on factory & regional level) in a continuous changing environment:

• Productivity projects (Raw Materials & Packaging, Controllable, etc.)
• Secure supply projects (New suppliers/sites approval, contingency plan settlement, etc.)
• Quality and Regulatory driven product changes
• Renovation/Innovation projects

Leading cross-functional project teams:

• Mobilize and drive cross-functional resources to deliver projects results on time
• Drive issue resolution with the cross functional team and align clear recommendations on way forward
• Close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, including communication of project status to Plant Leadership Team(s) and regional Director platform (Fuel for Growth)
• Responsible for achieving and implementing the milestones in time, scope, quality and budget

Start is as of now in Fulda for a fixed-term period.

Profile

• Bachelor degree in Business/ Engineering or equivalent
• At least two years of working experience, best in Project Management or related fields
• Ability or willingness to manage functionally and remotely cross-functional and international teams
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Analytical, goal-oriented and independent working method
• Very good knowledge of MS Office and preferably project management methods
• Fluent in English, German knowledge is a plus