Category and Technical Project Manager (12 months) in Weybridge

Welcome to Haleon. We are a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we have grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter - one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity. Our trusted portfolio of brands - including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® - lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science. Now it is time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose - to deliver better everyday health with humanity - at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.

Job Purpose

You will lead and manage key strategic and complex cross-functional projects for product stewardship and/or savings delivery (such as value engineering, business continuity, complexity reduction and product remediation). You will be responsible for generating robust and high-quality project plans, risk management and coordinating and driving cross-functional teams to deliver these projects successfully. Provide co-ordination and leadership for tracking and reporting key metrics and associated management of systems (e.g. Fusion, Galaxy, Power BI, Excel). As part of the PMO team, you will be responsible for leading initiatives to continuously improve and standardise ways of working, build capabilities in the Category and Technical organisation and support effective change management for any new processes or set-up.

Scope of Role

• High proficiency in delivering projects and/or programmes with differing levels of complexity across matrix teams (such as involving new technology, multiple markets, multiple functions, multi-BUs) partnering closely with Supply Chain, R&D and Commercial team members.
• Work across boundaries with strong influence and communications skills for different audiences to bring clarity and aid decision making for efficiency in execution.

Leadership

• Role model HALEON Culture.
• Lead capability building and embed PM best practices and behaviours in the Category and Technical organisation through coaching, mentoring & training.
• Strong leadership to develop and deliver new ways of working and enhancements through learnings including innovation & governance models.
• Manage self and team through change and pressures, maintaining positivity and optimism while being realistic.
• High proficiency in driving resolution of team conflicts through skilled negotiation and diplomacy, elevating to accountable functional leaders as necessary.
• Foster an environment of enthusiasm, accountability and teamwork, help reward and celebrate achievements.

Programme and Project Management

• Accountable to ensure the setup of a clear structure at the outset of any project, such as Governance, team roles and responsibilities, performance management, project planning, risk and issue management.
• Accountable for building project team (functions, people) upon project approval, partnering closely with cross-functional leadership.
• Viewed as expert by core teams to ensure timely decision making, effective stakeholder communication, adherence to applicable processes, contingency planning and execution.
• Accountable for ensuring there is a clear project scope and strategy, aligned resource needs, comprehensive spend forecasts.
• Develop & maintain comprehensive timelines in MS Project and any associated management of project management systems.
• High proficiency in proactively identifying risks and issues and drive resolution without guidance - assure comprehensive risk assessment, scenario planning and mitigation plans are in place for all projects.
• Expertise in meeting management, anticipating where to focus/push/pull and driving for impactful outcomes.
• Ensure significant changes to the aligned business case are communicated rapidly and efficiently to appropriate leadership (via existing change control process).
• Align & deliver all key project milestones to support appropriate metrics.
• Where programme or project is following the stage gate process, partnering closely with Project Accountable Lead, drive gate readiness and action any gate meeting outcomes with broader project team.
• Conduct lessons learned with project teams, document, and assure dissemination out to organisation as best practice.
• Develop, align and track project budget, rapidly communicating variance.

Experience required

• Ideally you will have achieved a Master’s or Ph.D although a Bachelor’s degree in Sciences, Business/Finance or Engineering will be considered.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience in Supply Chain or R&D including Project Management in a consumer healthcare environment or related area (e.g., CPG, pharmaceutical, etc.).
• Project Management Certification preferred.
• Proven delivery of effective programme and project management across a range of project types and complexities.
• Has held project management and/or leadership positions in organisations of comparable size.
• Strong analytical skills.

Business Management

• Breadth in end to end supply chain knowledge to bring supply chain expert knowledge into the programme (network understanding, sourcing, operations, planning, technical etc).
• Regulatory understanding helpful.
• Ability to simplify complex programmes into a clearly defined and manageable scope and plan of delivery.
• Strong ability to understand the big picture and link it to project/program, ensuring that the project’s goals and objectives will support the company’s goals and objectives.
• Strong understanding of the overall business with functional interdependencies to bring a product from concept to consumers' hands.
• Adaptability to thrive under different conditions and situations.
• Possesses expertise in clear verbal and written communication, strong ability to convey complex ideas/concepts in a clear, succinct manner.
• Strong ability to influence & challenge through courageous conversations, bringing others to your way of thinking without force or coercion whilst acknowledging their opinions.
• Strong ability to gauge & adjust communication style to audience.
• High proficiency in role modelling accountability and holding others accountable.
• High proficiency in building trust with teams and stakeholders.

Equal Opportunities

Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected - all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It is important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.

Adjustment or Accommodations Request

If you require a reasonable adjustment or accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at Haleon at any stage of the application process, please let your recruiter know by providing them with a description of specific adjustments you are requesting. We will provide all reasonable adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process and treat all information you provide us in confidence.

Note to candidates

The Haleon recruitment team will contact you using a Haleon email account (@haleon.com). If you are not sure whether the email you received is from Haleon, please get in touch.