Senior Manager, Project Lead - Self Care

Description

Kenvue is currently recruiting for

Senior Manager, Project Lead - Self Care

Who we are

At Kenvue , we realize the extraordinary power of everyday care. Built on over a century of heritage and rooted in science, we're the house of iconic brands - including Neutrogena, Aveeno, Tylenol, Listerine, Johnson's and BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages that you already know and love. Science is our passion; care is our talent. Our global team is made up of ~ 22,000 diverse and brilliant people, passionate about insights, innovation and committed to delivering the best products to our customers. With expertise and empathy, being a Kenvuer means having the power to impact the life of millions of people every day. We put people first, care fiercely, earn trust with science and solve with courage - and have brilliant opportunities waiting for you! Join us in shaping our future-and yours. For more information, click here .

Role reports to: Supply Chain Leader, Pain.

Location: Kenvue is currently in the process of moving its Global Headquarters from Skillman, NJ to Summit, NJ. This role is based in Summit, NJ but there may be a period of time during the transition that you must report to Skillman, NJ. Travel %: 10%

Pay: $119,000 - $205,850

What you will do Project Leadership

• With limited direction, lead cross functional Self Care project teams in a matrix environment to identify and recommend the best enterprise business proposition across Product Development, Supply Chain, and Commercial
• Guide project teams through the development of strategies, options and business cases; drive activities to meet project and business objectives including approval of project recommendations through governance
• Influence others beyond own scope and level (director and VP); lead communications with all level of stakeholders to enable informed decision making
• Drive team accountability for deliverables and ensure projects meet milestones
• Demonstrate business acumen, project management, communication, process management and team performance management; ask the right questions to understand business impact and risks
• Make the complex simple and represent a true enterprise view when presenting opportunities and plans to the team and organization
• Lead team thorough options analysis and drive cross-functional recommendations

• Manage a team of Project Managers to deliver new product and lifecycle management pipeline including delivering key project milestone deliverables. Project Managers lead and manage cross-functional teams to create plans to realize commercial and supply chain opportunities and to execute according to targets outlined in 3 Year Operating plans.

• Excel at enterprise leadership and facilitation and collaboration; Identify and recommend the best enterprise business proposition
• Engage teams in healthy debate/conflict, and deliver solutions
• Scope definitions and control: stakeholder alignment, project planning, resource and risk management, team development and communication
• Lead prioritization and options analysis with teams
• Lead teams in use of ongoing risk management & communication tools
• Proactively identify and escalate risks and issues to relevant stakeholders; lead development and delivery of tactical and achievable mitigation and contingency planning

• Develop a project plan, and then drive delivery of the project plan to achieve business results
• Develop, manage and maintain up-to-date Project Timelines inclusive of all critical milestones, key interdependencies, financial commitments and resource constraints, while applying appropriate project scheduling techniques
• Monitor project status and execution; report timely updates via Project Templates, Project Dashboards and Update Forms; and develop agendas, minutes, metrics, etc. for the teams
• Deliver transparent, timely and effective verbal and written communication to teams, stakeholders and appropriate levels of the organization
• Lead "lessons learned" exercises, share lessons among project leaders and other teams, integrate lessons into existing processes, tools and templates

• In addition to project management, the Senior Manager, Project Lead will be responsible to sit with the business teams to provide proactive and transparent perspective and influence. Expectations are that the Senior Manager, Project Lead leverages broad X-functional experience and knowledge to effectively challenge assumptions and Connecting dots from Commercial facing org to macro Supply Chain elements and tactical impacts.

• A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree is required. An advanced Degree (Master's, MBA, etc. ) in a business or related field is preferred.
• A minimum of minimum of eight (8) years of relevant business experience is required
• A proven record of Project Management, leading multi-functional and cross-functional teams is required.
• Excellent oral, written, and presentation communication skills are required.
• Experience in General Management thinking & approach; working through end-to-end business challenges and solutions is required.
• Demonstrated leadership & influencing skills across organizational levels is required.
• Familiarity with standard PM tools and templates is required.
• Managing a remote, matrix team required.
• Business and Financial acumen is required.

• A minimum of three (3) years of increasing responsibility in the OTC, consumer products and/or pharmaceutical industries is preferred.
• Supply Chain and/or Commercial experience is preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years managing and developing people preferred.
• PMP certification is highly preferred.
• Prior experience working on new products and/or execution of new products is preferred.

• Annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $119,000 to $205,850. This takes into account a number of factors including work location, the candidate's skills, experience, education level & other job-related factors.
• Competitive Total Rewards Package*
• Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Volunteer Time & More!
• Learning & Development Opportunities
• Employee Resource Groups
• This list could vary based on location/region