China, Shanghai, Adhesive Technologies
Innovation Project Manager
At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of over 47.000 pioneers around the globe. Our teams at Henkel Adhesive Technologies help to transform entire industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings. With our trusted brands, our cutting-edge technologies and our disruptive solutions, you will have countless opportunities to explore new paths and develop your skills. Grow within our future-led businesses, our diverse and vibrant culture and find a place where you simply belong. All to leave your mark for more sustainable growth.Dare to make an impact?
YOUR ROLE
- Lead and review many Innovation projects and program of related projects.
- Drive project execution; Manage project definition, planning, and implementation activities, in one or several single projects.
- Develop and maintain balanced innovation project basket to meet program revenue and profit targets for innovation.
- Define & manage project milestones to ensure alignment with global SBU/ SU plans and Inno Strategy – financial business plans, technical roadmaps, customer roadmaps, positioning, risk analysis incl. mitigation plan.
- Identify potential key gaps and provide alternative solutions in order to meet the business targets.
- Lead and motivate project cross-functional teams.
- Regularly update senior management and stakeholders on project progress.
- Monitor activities on project level within the innovation programs.
- Organize and lead program and project team meetings.
- Monitor adequate quality before launch, confirms cross-functional alignment and supports launch of product in manufacturing when needed.
- YOUR ROLE CAN OFFER YOU
- Connection and continuous interaction with different functions as project team members or stakeholder in the organization.
- Getting know and understand the other function’s way of working.
- Learning and getting deep knowledge on applications and developments in the SBU.
- Visibility in the organization.
- Being connected other SBUs and best practice sharing possibility.
YOUR SKILLS
- Master's degree in Innovation, Strategy or a related field
- 5 years of relevant professional experience in innovation, program and project management
- Certified on project management , e.g Prince2, Scrum Master, Six Sigma
- Experience with projects on technology or product development
- Knowledge on Planview software, Stage-gate Process, Microsoft Word, Project, Power Point, Excel, OneNote, Teams
- Skills and knowledge on Data Analytic tools, e.g Power BI, Pivot tables, Tableau
- Open to work with external project partners in selected projects, preferably having experience.
- Team-orientation, exceptional initiative, strong analytical thinking, ability to drive innovation and to work in a dynamic and challenging environment
- Excellent communication and presentation skills to manage stakeholders
- Open minded with willingness to find solutions out of the box
- Fluent English language skills; other language skills are of advantage
At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.
JOB ID:
24070525
Contract & Job type:
Regular - Full Time
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