Create the New PMO
US Locations: St. Louis MO; Nashville TN
About Us
At Royal Canin we are on a mission to redefine pet health through innovative nutrition personalized solutions and datadriven insights. As we navigate the digital transformation landscape we are committed to overcoming challenges and seizing new opportunities to enhance the wellbeing of pets everywhere. Our Create the New team plays a pivotal role in this journey driving strategic initiatives that position Royal Canin as the leading authority in pet health.
Your Role
As a PMO within our highprofile Create the New team you will be at the forefront of transforming ideas into actionable projects. You will collaborate with crossfunctional teams across the Mars Ecosystem to incubate new business capabilities and streamline project . Your responsibilities will include:
- Project Planning & :Lead the deployment of strategic projects in North America ensuring alignment with global initiatives. Mobilize crossfunctional teams to define project scopes build timelines and track key milestones all while maintaining a focus on quality and pace.
- Stakeholder Connectivity:Foster strong relationships among global regional and local teams ensuring seamless communication and collaboration. Facilitate project by coordinating meetings tracking actions and addressing challenges proactively.
- Continuous Improvement:Stay ahead of industry trends by identifying new opportunities and recommending project adaptations. Implement effective change management strategies to minimize disruption and maximize impact.
- DiscoveryDriven Planning:Utilize discoverydriven planning techniques to explore innovative solutions and validate assumptions throughout the project lifecycle. This approach will enable you to pivot and adapt strategies based on realtime insights and feedback.
What are we looking for
- Masters Degree in Business or Technical Field
- 10 years of experience in Manufacturing
- 5 years of project management experience
- Experience in prescription models is a significant addition
- Experience in business leadership and business transformation
- Experience in the delivery of multidisciplinary projects across business functions and units
- Understanding of the global regional and local decisionmaking process as well as their different roles and responsibilities must be able to navigate this complex environment
What will be your key responsibilities
- Lead the deployment process to launch new projects
- Implements timeline mobilizing cross functional teams to define build run sunrise and expansion phases in project
- Influence without authority and build consensus among multiple groups with diverse (often competing) priorities functions and cultures
- Track and communicate key decisions points issues risk management and actions
- Ensure alignment and connectivity of stakeholders throughout Global Regional & Local departments
- Ensure alignment among cross functional teams
- Facilitate projects by ensuring good pace and connection setting meetings tracking actions and milestones raising alerts and helping on escalation when needed
- Understanding of data its privacy storage and movement in addition to enrichment and activation
What can you expect from Mars
- Work with diverse and talented Associates all guided by the Five Principles.
- Join a purpose driven company where were striving to build the world we want tomorrow today.
- Bestinclass learning and development support from day one including access to our inhouse Mars University.
- An industry competitive salary and benefits package including company bonus.
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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.