Project Manager (Innovation Hub)

Immediate need for a talented Project Manager (Innovation Hub). This is a 06+ Months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in New York, NY(Hybrid). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.

Job ID: 24-22945

Pay Range: $40 - $45/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan.

Key Responsibilities:

Create and manage Project Plans & KPIs according to the business needs/strategy of the Innovation team.

Develop project plan, including defining the problem/opportunity, scope, objectives, deliverables, risks, strategies, timeline, budget, resources required, project sponsor / team.

Facilitate and coordinate project team by maintaining/updating the project plan, assigning tasks and responsibilities, along with defining sequencing and dependencies.

Lead and engage stakeholders, motivating the project team, chairing meetings, driving the agenda, participating in decision making, gaining approvals, assigning responsibilities / directing people, pushing people, escalating, and resolving conflict.

Track and manage project timelines and provide status reports to stakeholders and management.

Communicate to key stakeholders, including brand owners, brand teams, Senior Management, and other cross-functional team members by producing and circulating minutes and conveying project status to key stakeholders.

Provide project management support to the Innovation team, by flexing to support and sprint on specific projects.

Lead Cross-functional Sprints on specific projects – from Design, TLOs (test, learn, optimize efforts in market), to development (working with R+D or operations locally or innovation teams at BrandCos)

Support Projects throughout the system – be willing to dive into projects wherever support is needed.

Project manage critical innovation projects, with pace, through the stage-gate process and ensure compliance from Brand Teams. Lead these projects through the Innovation Leadership Team (ILT) Governance approval process.

Manage Agency partners, cross-functional teams to deliver with excellence, on-time, on-budget.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

Required Keywords: (PMP OR PMI OR MANAGEMENT OR "SCRUM MASTER" OR SIGMA OR CSM) AND (CPG OR BEVERAGE OR PEPSICO OR "COCA-COLA" OR FOOD OR "SPIRIT INDUSTRY") AND (SPIRIT OR SPIRITS OR WHISKY OR DISTILLERY OR ALCOHOL OR BEER OR WINE OR VODKA OR RUM OR DISTILLERIES OR WHISKEY OR BOURBON) AND (ROADMAP OR NPD OR PRODUCT OR QUALITY OR BRAND) AND (KPI OR PLAN OR STRATEGY OR BUDGET OR STRATEGIES OR INNOVATION).

Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Project Management qualifications essential (Six Sigma, Scrum Master, PMI, or equivalent)Work experience.

A minimum of 6+ years project management experience supporting innovation teams, ideally in the Spirits/BevAlc or Beverage or other CPG in North America; Alternatively –PMO experience within start up CPG (food/beverage)

Demonstrated PMO experience using agile methodologies with examples of how project management has influenced speed to market and quality New Product launches.

Demonstrated ability to work through adversity, with examples of management influence.

Ability to drive collaboration to move projects forward in a complex, matrix organizational structure.

Financial experience to work the P&L and manage costs while staying true to the “must have” innovation deliverables; ability to conduct business analysis a plus.

Global experience in spirits or BevAlc a plus.

Our client is a leading Food and Bevrage organization and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.

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