Lead Strategy & Transformation

Job Purpose :

Taking charge of planning and overseeing projects, from ideation through to completion

Serving as liaison officer between senior management, regional project team and (local) project executers

Ensuring mitigation of potential risks that could endanger a project’s successful completion

Key Responsibilities :

Acts as a project management platform / methodology champion and first point of contact for (local) project teams

Facilitates and drives project management processes (e.g. risks and escalated issues calls, change requests, etc.)

Continuously reports project status and actively adds / updates issues, risks and tasks based on project progress / status

Contributes to development of project business case, charters and milestone plan incl. appropriate signoffs

Supports in preparation for decision (body) meetings (e.g. steering committee)

Performs project health assessments and raises concerns to project manager and / or escalates to sponsor as required

Improves delivery by sharing lessons learned from similar projects within the project ecosystem

Facilitates end-of-project reviews

Required Qualifications :

MBA

Required Skills & Experience :

7 to 8 years of (financial) business decision support experience

Strong communication skills in English

High proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

Familiarity with project methodologies (Agile, Scrum, etc.) and project management tools (MS Project) preferable

Ability to lead wokrstreams and roll-out initiatives independently

Energetic, passionate and results oriented

Strong team player with positive working attitude

What the Role Can Offer You

Independent and self-paced working environment

Working directly with Henkel Consumer Brands India Business Head and the leadership team

Runway for career opportunities within Business Controlling as well as commercial area