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Ferrero · 1 day ago

Area NAM 3PO PMO

Parsippany, NJ

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$139K/yr - $185K/yr

Ferrero is one of the world’s largest sweet-packaged food companies, and they are seeking a Project Manager to support the 3PO department in the rollout of new Copack and Coman Projects. The role involves managing project activities, optimizing processes, and collaborating with various teams to ensure effective integration and execution of projects.

Food and BeverageFood ProcessingManufacturing

Responsibilities

Supports the 3PO leadership team, with regular project updates on areas of responsibility

Facilitates interaction with other NA departments and supports manager in the review of agenda and contents in actions to follow up and in the preparation of supporting documentation

Evaluates the technical and process requests from integration team and propose solutions

Cross functionally identifies possibilities to optimize production headcount, cost of production and quality

Actively participates in the design and execution of contract manufacturing integration project

Supports the implementation of best practices transfer among people and teams

Engages and informs PFM team of integration issues, timelines and deliverables

Executes economic, business scenarios, trends, competitive analysis

Interacts with data owners within function and/or use available reporting tools to collect info and prepare reports

Prepares monthly comments on business results and trends with the Main Kpi’s

Supports Contract Manufacturing department in preparing guidelines providing required information about integration and impacts on the business

Supports Contract Manufacturing department in setting up presentations to Group Functions/Integration management

Provides feedback to Ferrero Integration Central, PFM organization and marketing teams concerning operational aspects of integration processes and systems

Promotes the sharing of the technical knowledge/experiences among CMD departments and other organizations

As time and method expert and work organization expert, ensures that methodology and standards are harmonized across the network

Analyzes volumes and activity trends in order to anticipate the appropriate dimensioning of the production capacity of the network

Participates in the activities to align PFM processes within the acquired company – for example, RDP, Artwork, etc

Collaborates with DPU to the development of new technical projects for production allocated with collaboration of technical projects development manager

Ensures feasibility/cost analysis in collaboration with Controlling (packaging cost chart, cycles, calculation of COGS)

Qualification

Contract ManufacturingProcess ImprovementProject ManagementSupply Chain KnowledgeExcelSAPJudgmentEffective CommunicationCritical ThinkingCollaborativeDecision MakingWritten Communication

Required

A Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration

Knowledge of contract manufacturing, supply chain, marketing, product technology, production methods, process improvement and the food sector

Knowledge of product flow management

Knowledge and familiarity with project management principles

Knowledge and use of Excel, PowerPoint, SAP, etc

Personal Attributes – proactive, motivated, enthusiastic in technical activities aimed to the implementation of new processes and projects

Innovating – Curious and talented at gathering innovations and improvement opportunities

Effective Communication - Talking to others to convey information effectively and influence

Written Communication - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate

Collaborative – eager to work in a team environment and to share knowledge and experience

Travel – to other plants and offices

Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems

Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of process design and integration alternatives to choose the most appropriate one