Product Change Management Manager

GG Selection

Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Ref: RP506-139

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

• Execute with excellence all projects according to I2M (Idea to Market) guidelines to deliver projects on time and within quality & cost parameters as defined for the project
• Ensure projects visibility to all functions, manage project team to deliver project efficiently to meet defined timeline
• Facilitate cross-functional coordination within the project team (marketing, R&D, BD, operations, quality, procurement, finance, demand & supply planning). Moderate meetings and teleconferences related to projects
• Manage project evaluation process for major NPD launches
• Ensure project evaluation process is formalized and shared with projects teams & management
• Ensure Master Data accuracy, timely initiation and distribution to all concerned parties
• Lead Design to Print (D2P) process for pack artworks for respective category, coordinate pack designs development and approval
• Drive De-complexity initiatives in category product portfolio

Requirements

Requirements
• Knowledge including education, qualifications and training
• Graduate level in management / economics / engineering / food technology
• Fluent English, PC skills: MS Word, MS excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project
• Economics, marketing, trade marketing - basic appreciation
• Cost of goods structure - basic understanding
• Working knowledge of the Supply chain and basic supply chain principles
• Logistics operations appreciation
• Category / Brand / business structure and processes comprehension
• Operations / production processes management – basic understanding
• Legal / regulatory / quality appreciation
• FMCG industry: markets, competitors, brands awareness

Skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Process management and leadership
• Effective communication with internal and external partners, teamwork, negotiation and influencing skills
• Time management (Organized) and detail oriented
• Analytical skills
• Ability to deal with ambiguity; managing complexity
• Flexibility
• Action-oriented
• Business acumen
• Teamwork and networking
• Drive to executes with excellence

Experience

Minimum 6 years’ experience in FMCG environment, typically with 2 years’ experience of:

• Project management
• Product and/or packaging development
• Or
• Customer Service and Logistic
• Engineering or Procurement

About the Company

GG Selection is a search partner with an international presence, clients in diverse industries, and a network of talent for all levels of seniority and experience. We’re not limited by industry or geography, and we treat every brief and every client like the individual case it is — never making assumptions or taking anything for granted, and always tailoring our service to the needs we discover.

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