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Position Title: Commercialization Project Manager Function/Group: Country: India Location: Mumbai Job Band/Pay Grade Senior Professional PG 60 Job Type: Full time Role Reports to: PMO Leader Geographical Scope of the Role - Location: Global Percentage of travel required: NA Job Overview The Commercialization Project Manager role is crucial in ensuring the successful launch and ongoing optimization of new products and reforms within a fast-paced, agile environment. The role will lead cross-functional teams to bring new products or changes to the product to market launch, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and contribute to cost optimization and business expansion strategies. This position offers significant leadership development opportunities within a global matrix organization, focusing on initiative management, business partnership & Supply Chain expertise to enable Operating Unit growth and margin enhancement targets. Responsibilities KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES Product Lunch o Lead end -to-end commercialization of new products, packaging changes, Product renovations/ innovations or HMM. o Own launch timeliness and ensure on-time delivery across all customer channels. o Support development of launch plans in collaboration with marketing & sales. o Ensure alignment with brand strategy, positioning & pricing o Ensures that a Critical Path Worksheet (CPW) is created by Project leader and incorporates key SC milestones and requirements. (cross functional input and alignment) Project Management o Lead initiatives/projects from early assessment through execution using the project management framework and the Run, Improve, Transform processes o Develop & manage detailed project plans, calendar, timeliness along with tracking deliverables and milestones o Identify & mitigate project risks, issues & bottlenecks o Organize & lead stage gate meetings & status reviews o Ensure documentation & compliance with internal processes & governance - Early Management, Vertical Start-Ups, Launch-to-Win, Gate process, etc. o Provide visibility to test and start-up budgets and spending Cross Functional partnerships o Act as central liaison between R&D, Marketing, Sales, Finance, and Supply Chain o Coordinate cross-functional inputs around product launches, finance and compliance o Build trust & accountability across stakeholders to drive speed & execution quality Supply Chain management o Collaborate with different pillars of Supply Chain procurement, manufacturing, logistics etc to ensure supply chain readiness o Analyse and provide necessary support around various supply chain decision making raw materials, planning etc o Validate production timeliness, capacity, scheduling and first production suns o Partner on Inventory planning, distribution and operational risk management Education Qualification and Years of related Experience o Bachelor s or Master s Degree Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Manufacturing, Logistics o 10 + years of related experience mainly in Supply chain, Project Management, Operations Required Skills/Experience Supply Chain Management Experience Strong leadership skills, including the ability to drive change Strong influence skills and ability to influence across functions and business strategies Excellent communication and collaboration skills Project management experience Commitment to results/execution Change Management experience Strong organizational and people development skills Able to lead and direct cross functional team members Self-managing, results oriented and capable of leading multiple initiatives simultaneously Able to enter uncertain/ambiguous situations, assess opportunities, identify stakeholders, and bring direction to a project, take action, and deliver results Ability to work in global multi-cultural teams (global organizations/MNCs)
