Our Mars Canada Pet Nutrition team is looking for a talented Project Manager to lead important commercialization and continuous improvement initiatives.

The ideal candidate will have exposure to commercialization focused Project Management and is able to lead influence and support a wide range of cross-functional resources to achieve project deliverables with excellence.

What are we looking for

• Bachelors Degree in Business Finance Marketing or related field.
• 2 to 5 years of experience in CPG with 1 to 2 years of experience in Project Management/Commercialization.
• Experience managing E2E Projects partnering with different functional areas (required).
• Possesses knowledge of stage-gate processes and principles of Project Management.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• A motivated self-starter.
• Data-driven decision maker with a passion for insights to drive action.
• Continuous improvement focused individual who leads with agility.
• Advanced user of MS office (PowerPoint Excel Word etc.) MS Project and working knowledge of SAP.
• PMP an asset.

What will be your key responsibilities

• Project execution to bring great ideas to market.
• Important focus on innovation and renovation projects. Some projects will entail facilitation of development launch execution and post launch evaluation.
• Engage in continuous improvement and process focused initiatives.
• Use of Project Management systems processes and tools ( Office suite MS Project internal ERP software etc.).

Lead a range of project activities including:

• Leading planning and co-ordination of cross-functional team members in meetings.
• Designing critical path and key milestones.
• Creating and managing project reports and progress status updates.
• Preparing meeting recaps direct team on next steps and follow ups.
• Monitor project status scorecards and process maps to help assess overall health of initiatives.
• Maintain Project Management documentation to ensure compliance with our quality and audit protocols.

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.
• 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.

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