What are the Key Deliverables in this role?

Financial Outcomes

• Responsible for delivery of projects to an agreed timeline by managing new product development projects from concept to market activation. Responsible for managing internal and third-party NPD/EPD launches specific to exports products

Customer Service

• Demonstrate competence across all elements of project management process, methods, techniques, and tools. Manage the work of various CFT members through periodic interaction and meetings, follow up and closure of deliverables.
• Organizing project team meetings and recording minutes.
• Delegating tasks to team members.
• One point of contact for stake holders for any project. Work closely with cross functional team includes Market, R&D, Supply, Planning, Engineering, Quality, Process/ packaging development, Regulatory, finance etc. for smooth project implementation.

Internal Processes

• Manage project-related paperwork by ensuring all necessary information are current, properly updated and saved on online portal (VEGA).
• Tracking and communicating project risks and opportunities. Manage project documentation.
• Manage project reporting Organizing and attending stakeholder meetings. Providing administrative support.

Innovation and Learning

• Facilitation of project planning meetings for all approved innovation projects, ensuring project deliverables are well understood, and actions are agreed, communicated, and followed up. Preparation & updating project plans on MSP/Gantt chart or Spreadsheet applications at various stages.
• Further provide feedback/inputs to refine PM tool/portal for efficient project deliveries

Export Innovation Scope: Lead development-led export projects including new products, new variants, recipe development, recipe rework and export-exclusive launches. Regulatory-only and compliance-led replication projects remain under the Exports PM structure.