About Albea & the Product line that is recruiting
Albéa is a world leader in beauty, personal care, oral care, pharmaceutical and food packaging. Albéa Gennevilliers is home to our global headquarters.
Scope
This position reports to NPD Director Health Care North America-Europe directly and has in his/her scope :
- Health Care Business in Europe
- 3 factories in 3 countries in Lubna, Levice and Colchester
- Laminated Tubes and tubes components (shoulders & caps)
- Transversal management of the plants NPD managers of Lubna, Levice and Colchester.
Main activities
1/ Define and drive New Product Development (NPD _ P1 and P2 projects) activities, for the Health Care market; make sure projects launched are aligned and progress according to the Tubes Health Care strategy and according to the CSR transformation Roadmap.
- Analyzes customers or Albéa marketing briefs and organizes the response to New Product Development requests.
- Ensures that project managers and project teams are assigned to each of the projects.
- Guarantees global and operational transfer of the projects to the plants until the production is stabilized.
- Reports the progress of the strategic projects to the Health Care Business Leadership Team.
- Collaborate with the manufacturing sites to secure resources and set priorities.
2/ Manage transversally the Health Care Plant NPD managers.
Ensures that project managers follow the Albéa NPD standards and use the Albéa standard tool (Project on line PPM):
- guarantees project feasibility with all project stakeholders (Need manager, Product manager, Process manager, Supply Chain manager)
- Structures and manages the projects from the definition of the need up to the first industrial productions.
- Is accountable that the deliverables are provided on time, at the right cost, with the right level of quality and performance, in accordance with the requirements of the project charters.
- Manages project risks, anticipates, informs in case of deviations and problems, and implements corrective actions.
- Manage the communication on the status of the projects and the reporting.
3/ Manage as NPD Project Manager
- NPD projects for Health Care
- NPD projects for Beauty Care when the projects are implemented in a plant that is assigned to Health Care Business Unit.
4/ Operational support in day-to-day business development:
- Supports the sales team to answer to customers requests, and prepare meetings with customers. Attend meetings with customers.
- Supports the Health Care organization to implement its business growth strategy.
- Provides effective technical information for new developments to Manufacturing and Pricing teams. To result in correct C0, C1 costs and Capex requirements.
- Supports Marketing requests with technical information, as it relates to existing and new products, or manufacturing capabilities.
- System : manage the Proteus database interface with the data management teams. on existing and on new products resulting from P1 and P2 projects. Ensures timely updates of the data.
Accountability including KPIs
- Ensure the Health Care NPD projects follows Albéa Tubes Innovation Roadmap and its strategic growth objectives
- Guarantee that the Albéa NPD standard process is followed, using PPM tool.
- Meet Quality/Costs/Time objectives of the NPD projects and insure Customer satisfaction
Profile (Experience & qualifications)
Experience :
- At least 10 year’s experience in project management, involving client interface and product development in a manufacturing environment (packaging / fast moving consumer good industry is preferred)
- Process Expertise: Laminate Tubes technology
- Proven ability for a leading management role with direct or transversal management experience
Hard Skills :
- Technical background - Plastic transformation technology
- Project Management proficiency
Soft Skills :
- Ability to work in matrix and multi-cultural environment.
- Strong leadership, Autonomous in defining areas of work to optimize results.
- Excellent communication skills used to deal with conflict and ability to drive teams to a common goal, able to engage and coach team at different level of the company
- Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills (interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills)
- Is organized, paying attention to detail and multitasking skills (project & team management, ability to delegate)
- Focusing on results: taking action readily with a pragmatic focus on finishing tasks, quickly making decisions and following through until results are achieved.
- Listens to others – is a decision maker.
- Is problem solving orientated.
Langages – job tool box :
- English – speak and write fluently.
- Microsoft Office - MS Project – FMEA – Value analysis – PPM - other project management tool box
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