Are you ready for a new step in your career?

Mead Johnson Nutrition is a long-standing multinational brand specializing in infant and child nutrition. Our company vision is to become the world's leading provider of scientifically backed child nutrition and specialized food products and services. At Mead Johnson Nutrition, we are deeply committed to creating nutritional brands and products that give babies and children the best start in life. With over 450 employees, our Nijmegen factory produces super-premium child nutrition for the largest market in the world, Greater China. Quality, reliability, innovation, and ethics are core values at Mead Johnson.

Our PMO department is looking for a Business Project Manager based in Nijmegen, Netherlands to lead selected initiatives for new product development, business continuity and supply chain strategy.

As a Business Project Manager, you will lead multifunctional teams. You will have exposure to both, technical and commercial leaders to discuss project status and present recommendation for decision making. It requires excellent communication and influencing skills based on good business understanding and solid logical thinking.

What will you do?

• Partnering with project initiator/sponsor, define project scope, lead project feasibility study with cross functional team and execute project plans.

• Develop detailed project schedule with integration of cross functional deliverables by identifying linkages, critical path and task ownership.

• Proactively work with project team to identify and communicate key issues and risks, looking for solution / mitigation plan.

• Prepare reports and assessments to assist in decision-making regarding project priorities, resources, and budgets.

• Organize and lead project team meetings to track and drive project progress. Prepare meeting agenda and issue minutes to ensure clear team communication on key deliverables with expected timeline and accountability.

• Serve as a central hub for communications of project plans, status and issues.

• Measure and communicate results for project execution and team effectiveness against agreed scope and success criteria. Work with team to close gaps between current and desired results.

• Archive key project documentation for project performance measurement and sharing lessons learned with other project teams.

Who are you?

• BS in Business or Engineering (Industrial, Process, Chemical). Proven experience in project management is an advantage.

• A seasoned professional with 5+ years of experience in Project Management.

• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, as well as ability to communicate and have an impact on senior management level

• Very good understanding of project management processes and portfolio management within Infant Nutrition, Pharmaceutical or Consumer industries.

• Demonstrated collaboration and ability to work with all levels across different functions (Marketing, R&D, Supply Service, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Finance etc.)

• Strong influencing skills to get things done with high quality results and tight deadlines.

• Excellent command of written and spoken English; Dutch language is an advantage.

What do we offer?

An inspiring and innovative work environment where you can develop your career and sharpen your skills in a motivated, dedicate and professional team. A fulltime contract with excellent working conditions and a competitive salary between 43K and 90K per year , depending on knowledge and experience. Mead Johnson has a 40-hour working week with 25 vacation days. We also offer you a good pension plan, a bonus scheme, collective health insurance and opportunities for hybrid working and professional development.

Will you take the next step?

Then please send us your cover letter and resume now! This can be done very easily via the 'apply' button.  For more information about the position, you can contact us via email steven.vanharen@mjngc.com (HR/Recruitment) or alfredo.galindo@mjngc.com (Head of PMO + GMI)

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