Senior Manager Strategic Projects

## Job description Particular focus will be on managing NAM's two biggest priorities in the coming years, Profitability and Transformation. Also developing and executing multi-channel communications plans across the Market and Globally. \- Developing and sharing best practices across the organization Key Responsibilities: Planning \- Develop and execute a systematic approach to support senior management in identifying the right strategic priorities to focus on \- Coordinate and manage initiative development, planning and prioritization across functions \- Drive and guide initiative business owners in setting objectives, developing detailed plans and KPIs Management \- Alignment with senior director to ensure projects and resources are focused on the right strategic initiatives and priorities \- Engage with business owners and management to determine role and contribution for each initiative \- Coordinate and drive regular progress updates while ensuring consistent planning and execution from function to function Financial \- Drive budget management, business case modeling, cost/return estimations, analytics (as required) Systems and Processes \- Closely track project life cycle and organize regular updates with management on initiative progress \- During planning and execution, provide value-added analytical support to enable fact-based decisions \- Coordinate with Human Resources on initiative KPI's and performance evaluation People Management \- Develop and lead the project/program team to fulfill its mission and targets \- Provide objective perspective on progress, priorities and directions while managing expectations \- Provide feedback to initiative business owners/team to ensure high quality, timely execution \- Actively manage a network across the organization to ensure the project remains highly relevant to the business and its priorities Training \- Drive and guide initiative business owners to further develop project leadership skills and discipline Key Relationships: Internal \- Global project leaders & stakeholders \- Function heads, senior management, key stakeholders of projects and initiatives External \- Service providers / vendors \- Accounts ## Profile