R&D Project Manager

Nestle Development Center Marysville is one of the longest-standing R&D centers in Nestle's worldwide network. Here, we are the home of great coffee innovation - we provide technical development expertise for beverage products, working on well renowned brands Starbuck's, Coffee-Mate, Nescafe and Blue Bottle. Whether it is in terms of convenience, health or pleasure, we are committed to creating delicious beverages for our consumers. We make a difference with our passion for coffee.

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The NDC Marysville Project Manager will lead exploration and development of medium to large innovative and competitive projects to deliver next generation of instant coffee for the biggest global brands (NESCAFE & Starbucks) which may involve multiple markets, regions, or zones.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead R&D end to end projects for new product launch and lead major R&D exploration projects:
  • Ensure project delivery on time, cost, and quality using PM tools (Risk & Opportunity, Stakeholder map...)
  • Manage cross functional team using transversal leadership
  • Manage stakeholders
  • Give regular update on projects to Stakeholders
  • Collect, understand, and potentially challenge Project business case
  • Interact with Coffee experts to scope R&D exploration activities to identify opportunities to fuel new projects, including trial plans definition
• Consolidate data for I2L (Idea to Launch) sustainability deliverables and share with project stakeholders
• Participate to regular PM forum within the Nestle PM community and contribute to PM knowledge sharing
• Coach other Junior PMs
• Deliver presentation to Senior leaders, VIPs, or Board members to share project update
• Other duties as assigned

Job Qualifications (Minimum Education, Experience, and Knowledge)

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Food Processing, Chemical Engineering, or another related field
• 2 years of experience in leading and managing complex projects, ideally in Food & Beverage industry
• PMP accreditation a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Innovation spirit, open minded, dynamic, autonomous profile
• Must be able to work in cross functional team
• Must be able to manage project activities in full autonomy

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