Project Manager Innovations Jobs

Campari Group today is a major player in the global branded spirits industry, with a portfolio of over 50 premium and super premium brands, marketed and distributed in over 190 markets around the world, with leading positions in Europe and the Americas.
Headquartered in Milan, Italy, Campari Group owns 22 plants worldwide and has its own distribution network in 22 countries, and employs approximately 4,000 people.
Shares of the parent company Davide Campari - Milano N.V. are listed on the Italian Stock Exchange since 2001. Campari Group is today the sixth-largest player worldwide in the premium spirits industry.
General Description Of The Role
The Innovation Project Manager drives the execution of Innovation, Renovation and Fast Track projects within the Region, supporting Innovation Business Leaders in bringing to life new ideas coordinating all the Functions involved in the process.
Mission/Objectives
For the assigned projects, Innovation Project Manager partners with Innovation Business Leader thoughout the whole project duration, engaging and managing the project Team to ensure the implementation within agreed quality, cost and time in line with Innovation process guidelines.
Key Responsibilities And Activities
Project Management

• Coordinate with Procurement to ensure Suppliers involvement and cost estimation;
• Coordinate with Engineering to define CAPEX timeline and estimation, line trials, etc.;
• Coordinates project execution: check the timely execution of project activities, managing performance gaps and ensuring a prompt escalation of issues when needed, according to innovation process governance. In particular:
• Coordinate with packaging Team for all packaging development activities, ensuring final artwork approval (with Legal and Regulatory);
• Project closing: ensure that all SKUs in scope have been created and forecasted by markets, first productions are successfully completed and all activities are handed over to Supply Chain functions within day-by-day processes;
• Participates to Springboard meetings, ensuring the exhaustive preparation of pre-reads and highlighting any Supply Chain related risk and possible mitigation actions to Supply Chain gatekeeper;
• Coordinate the preparation of all SC data to support post launch evalution together with Innovation Business Leader.
• Performs project closing meeting with project team to capture lessons learned;
• Constanlty updates project status and tracking in the system (e.g. Thor, Fast-track);
• Oversee liquid development, checking that regulatory compliance is ensured for Countries in scope;
• Coordinate with SC Finance to prepare COGS estimation;
• Facilitates Idea screening: facilitate scoping with Business Leader, assess supply chain impacts and risks, challenge Business Leaders on assessment grid scoring and provide recommendation to Gatekeepers;
• Defines project team and masterplan: identify required resources, draft project risk assessment and related mitigation plan, define project timeline and constantly monitor it in coordination with Business Leader;
• Brief masterdata Team on the Project, ensuring that new codes creation is timely scheduled and executed;
• Ensures constant alignment with Innovation Business Leader on project status and risks, getting insights on launch plans and volumes updates from Business Leader and ensuring that BL is updating markets in scope on project status;
• Coordinate with Planning to define production plans (including Phase In Phase Out plan) and write-off estimation;
• Coordinate with other Functions if specifically required by project plan.
• Supports Innovation Business Leader in the overall project development throughout all the stages, from idea evaluation to post-launch;

Educational And Functional Responsibilities

• Coaches all the Functions in the Region (SC, Marketing, Commercial and Support Functions) on innovation and renovation processes and governance;
• Proactively contributes to the continous improvement of the innovation process, in collaboration with Global PLM.

Key Relationships
Internal:

• All Functions involved in Innovation Process (e.g. Marketing, Engineering, Procurement, R&D, Quality, Finance, Planning, Operations, Legal).
• Innovation Business Leaders (GSM and Local Marketing);

External: Suppliers involved in Innovation Process (e.g. co-packers, packaging and ingredients Suppliers, agencies).
Functional Capabilities

• Experience in business case definition (Brand/Product Profitability, Return on Investment, COG definition, P&L).
• Min 4-5 years experience in managing innovations projects in FMCG industry (beverage industry is a plus), with in-depth knowledge of the product innovation process and its implications;
• Financially literate with commercial acumen;
• Successful track record in managing complex projects simultaneously in dynamic and demanding environment;
• Passionate about consumers and products, understanding Customers need;
• Demonstrated capability in working within different businesses and diverse cultures;

Leadership Capabilities:

• Great capability to build alignment and engagement;
• Deep personal accountability for great performance .
• Strong team player, result driven, assertive and culturally sensitive;
• Very strong communication and influencing skills;
• Ability to lead and inspire cross functional teams towards results in matrix organization;
• Excellent Stakeholders management skills;

Educational and other requirements:

• Fluency in English;
• Expert user of MS Office tools (Excel, Project and PowerPoint);
• SAP experience highly desidarable.
• Project Management certifications;
• Bachelor/ Master Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Industrial Engeneering, Operations Management;

The expected base salary for this position, based in New York City ranges from $124,400 - $155,500. The range will vary if outside of this location. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors and considerations. In addition to base salary and a generous employee benefits package, employees are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus.
Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
At Campari Group we believe in building more value together, thus we see diversity in all forms as a source of enrichment. Our employment policies and practices ensure that we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment without regard to any individual’s race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or characteristics or expression, political affiliation or activity, age, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Note to applicants:
Your application will be assessed based on your abilities, expertise, general knowledge and experience, not because of any confidential, proprietary or trade secret information you may possess. You must not disclose to Campari Group any such information. In the event that you are asked a question that cannot be answered without disclosure of any confidential, proprietary or trade secret information (including from a current or prior employer or their vendors or customers), you must decline to answer the question.
Notice to third party agencies:
Please note that we do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Services Agreement, we will not consider, or agree to, payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event that a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, we explicitly reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency