Project Manager RD WM

In the context of its ambitious Research and Development program the Lesaffre Institute for Science and Technology (LIST) reinforces his team with a Project Manager. His role is to drive the execution of project with low criticality to maximise the results with respect to budget whilst delivering on time in conformity with project management and execution processes

The Lesaffre Institute for Science and Technology is located at the Lesaffre International Campus the Forum a stateoftheart facility covering 23000 m and bringing together over 750 employees from Corporate R&D organization and the various business units of the company.

As a PM you will report to our Innovation Strategy Office Director and your main responsibilities will be:

• Be accountable for project Quality Cost Delay performance for 25 projects
• Optimize Project Financial performance and project Environment Health Safety mobilizing the right persons in the organization
• Be responsible for the project governance: Define project Management strategy & Plan (planning cost quality performance) adapted to scientific challenges (Organize and animate Steercos & ensure that decisions are taken at the relevant level of the organization)
• Lead and coordinate project WBS and stakeholders from start to closeout including:
  • Proper transfer from idea to project
  • Definition of Project objectives and main drivers (competencies product/service performance planning) to achieve customer satisfaction
  • Resources management (Core team staffing)
  • Escalate when project resources available do not match the project needs
  • Team leading including Core Team and when applicable Project Managers of internal and external partners
  • Make sure that key project stakeholders are aligned towards project/ goals.
  • Synchronize internal partners and arbitrate when necessary
  • Arbitration of Quality Cost Delay rebaselining and change management at project level. Alignment with contractual requirements and management of variation orders if needed
  • Management of the project progress and its KPIs and reports to senior management with transparency during project reviews and Steercos.
  • Ensuring compliance with applicable rules instructions and standards @Lesaffre
  • Proper transfer of project to other Project Manager when relevant
  • Proper closeout of the project & responsible for sharing learnings
• Manage sponsor and external stakeholders relationship:
  • Continuously ensuring alignment with sponsors requirements
  • Representative towards Sponsors and when applicable external stakeholders (Consortium)
• Together with the PMOs & PM community seek and propose improvement of the Project Management System (Stagegate agile & customerdriven methods digital tools) and share experiences

Qualifications :

Required qualifications:

• PhD in industrial Biotechnology with proven work scientific track record in the endtoend development and scaleup of industrial manufacturing processes of strength regarding yeast or bacteria. Sound experience in management of complex projects involving several departments and/or external entities
• 1015 years of experience.
• Fluent in English & French.
• Use to work in Agile methods.
• Knowledge regarding stagegate process design thinking lean startup methodologies ways of working and governance around Innovation.
• Fluent sage of Microsoft Project (MSP) is a plus.
• Strong organizational skills precisiondiscipline.
• Good communication with Political/Negotiation skills.
• Team management (capacity to coordinate and ensure collaboration of multisite/multimetier teams).

Your personality:

You are :

• Agile and collaborative.
• A Leader with an entrepreneurship mindset.
• Result oriented.
• Able to manage stakeholders relationship.
• Able to drive project team in blurred context.

Additional Information :

What can Lesaffre Institute of Science and Technology offer you:

• We are a successful familyowned company with longstanding history where people truly matter
• We promote a sense of fulfilment with a genuine mission: nourish and protect the planet
• You will experience intellectual challenges within a strong manufacturing organization with pioneering biotech culture
• You will develop your expertise in new science and technology environment and develop your business acumen

All our jobs are open to people with disabilities.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime