at Mars, Incorporated in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Description:
The Project (Activity) Manager role is part of the Mars Food North America Project (Activity) Management team and is responsible for successfully managing projects to bring new products to the market as well as product and packaging changes. The role involves facilitating cross-functional project teams, developing timelines, risk management and the managing the artwork process. The project manager partners with a broad range of functions including Marketing, Supply, R&D, Finance and procurement to ensure tasks are completed to enable successful on-time project delivery. The scope of the projects includes Ben's Original and Seeds of Change brands across both the US and Canadian markets.
What are we looking for?
- Higher Eeducation Degree
- 3-5 years of project & process management experience
- Ability to build and lead effective project teams
- Ability to develop collaborative relationships across all stakeholder and project teams
What will be your key responsibilities?
- Build and lead effective project teams, and problem solving while managing or supporting projects
- Track and monitor projects from new products development through to execution
- Demonstrate ownership for Continuous Improvement
- Develop collaborative relationships across all stakeholder and project teams using organizational agility & conflict management skills to proactively manage and mitigate issues
- Communicate with key stakeholder communities ensuring transparency to project status, issues and recommendations
What can you expect from Mars?
- Work with over 140,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
- Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
- Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
- An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.
Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity
