Project Manager, Operations Transformation And Value Creation

About Maesa
Maesa is the world's largest independent beauty company, housing numerous, fast growing "it" brands within all categories of beauty. We are a high growth global company in the middle of the transition from founder lead to private equity owned. With an incubation flywheel ideating on new global brand launches, Maesa pushes creative and technical boundaries to deliver exceptional performance and establish global staying power. Maesa has a keen focus on marketing and white space analysis, which guides its thinking on marketing existing brands as well as development of new brands through its extremely unique structure. We are vertically integrated globally with inhouse marketing, branding, product development/formulation, packaging design/engineering and regulatory. With a focus on modernity and sustainability, we design innovative solutions and make proactive choices to achieve environmental neutrality and consumer wellness. Maesa has mastered "commercializing creativity," making itself a leader in the fundamental revolutionary change in the beauty industry. Headquartered in New York and Paris, with additional offices in Los Angeles, Vienna, Dubai, Hong Kong, and Dongguan, Maesa employs about 400 team members worldwide.
Job Summary
This position will manage key Operations Transformation projects. This person will support key initiatives to build a fit for purpose, scalable end to end operations model with strategies across people, process, and technology. They will support the Transformation leader in driving specific projects as needed. This leader should be great at building relationships across internal MAESA teams as well as external partners across the extended value chain and be able to drive results in a fast paced and demanding environment.
Pay Range: $110,000/yr - $130,000/yr. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Foster a positive and collaborative team environment
• Manage project timelines and oversee timely execution of tasks including clearly communicating updates and risks
• Actively work in partnership with cross-functional team members and external stakeholders to find solutions to any obstacles to project completion
• Own the critical flow of communication between cross-functional team members on each project, including leading weekly project status meetings with cross-functional teams to track progress, creating agendas and recaps for those meetings, maintaining awareness of upcoming deadlines, sharing updates in project scope, and ensuring smooth workflow on tight timelines
• Track actual delivery of savings working closely with finance, escalate additional opportunities/gaps for gap closure and decision making
• Support the Transformation lead in project development, deployment and coordination as needed
• Manage templates, KPIs, and regular review, updates, and governance forums

Education & Experience

• Ability to manage data to drive insights and decisions, strong Microsoft Excel experience required
• 3-5 years of experience in project management or related field
• Flexibility and willingness to learn quickly and take on additional responsibilities when needed
• Capable of managing multiple projects/program plans, escalating issues/roadblocks for resolution and prioritizing deadlines within internal & external teams
• Solutions-oriented and results-driven
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to be clear and concise
• Experience with supply chain, large-scale transformation or management consulting preferred
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, or equivalent
• Ability to establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders - will work across multiple regions, functions and with various levels including senior leadership