Category and Technical Project Manager

Welcome to Haleon. We’re a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions.

In just three years since our launch, we’ve grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter – one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.

Our trusted portfolio of brands – including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® – lead in resilient and growing categories.

What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

Now it’s time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose – to deliver better everyday health with humanity – at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.

You will lead and manage key strategic and complex cross functional projects for product stewardship and/or savings delivery (such as: value engineering, business continuity, complexity reduction and product remediation)

You will be responsible for generating robust and high-quality project plans, risk management and coordinating and driving cross functional teams to deliver these projects successfully.

Provide co-ordination and leadership for tracking and reporting key metrics and associated management of systems (eg Fusion, Galaxy, Power BI, Excel)

As part of the PMO team, you will be responsible for leading initiatives to continuously improve and standardise WoW’s, build capabilities in the Category and Technical organisation and support effective change management for any new processes or set-up

• High proficiency in delivering projects and/or programmes with differing levels of complexity across matrix teams (such as involving new technology, multiple markets, multiple functions, multi-BUs) partnering closely with Supply Chain, R&D and Commercial team members.
• Work across boundaries with strong influence and communications skills for different audiences to bring clarity and aid decision making for efficiency in execution

• Role model HALEON Culture
• Lead capability building and embed PM best practices and behaviors in the Category and Technical organisation through coaching, mentoring & training
• Strong leadership to develop and deliver of new ways of working and enhancements through learnings including innovation & governance models
• Manage self and team through change and pressures, maintaining positivity and optimism while being realistic.
• High proficiency in driving resolution of team conflicts through skilled negotiation and diplomacy, elevating to accountable functional leaders as necessary.
• Foster an environment of enthusiasm, accountability and teamwork, help reward and celebrate achievements.

• Accountable to ensure the setup of a clear structure at the outset of any project, such as:
  Governance, team roles and responsibilities, performance management, project planning, risk and issue management
• Accountable for building project team (functions, people) upon project approval, partnering closely with cross-functional leadership.
• Viewed as expert by core teams to ensure timely decision making, effective stakeholder communication, adherence to applicable processes, contingency planning and execution.
• Accountable for ensuring there is a clear project scope and strategy, aligned resource needs, comprehensive spend forecasts.
• Develop & maintain comprehensive timelines in MS Project and any associated management of project management systems
• High proficiency in proactively identifying risks and issues and drive resolution without guidance - assure comprehensive risk assessment, scenario planning and mitigation plans are in place for all projects.
• Expertise in meeting management, anticipating where to focus/push/pull and driving for impactful outcomes.
• Ensure significant changes to the aligned business case are communicated rapidly and efficiently to appropriate leadership (via existing change control process)
• Align & deliver all key project milestones to support appropriate…