Publication Date: 10 Mar 2025

Location: Camberley, uk

Company: Ecotone

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As the Tea Category Innovation Project Manager, you will lead high priority, cross functional, complex innovation projects across the total Tea Category business. Supporting the European Category Marketing Managers in taking innovation opportunities forward from being conceptual ideas to fully executional products across multiple markets with specific responsibility of managing all artwork processes and project timelines. You will also need to be able to mobilise and run virtual teams across the business and respond to challenges whilst finding solutions across multiple markets

Country: TBC

You will be responsible for:
Managing multiple innovation & artwork projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment across the total tea category business
Providing clear timelines for each of your individual projects and ensuring all parties deliver their actions to those timelines on time and in full
Establishing clear direction and alignment by ensuring clear objectives are in place
Manage cross functional project teams and establish and embed improved ways of working across multiple markets
Implement new in house artwork process, system and tool across multiple complex artwork projects
Be the brand guardian to establish and facilitate the appropriate levels of governance for the Global Clipper / Cupper brand to provide consistent delivery and execution of the brand across all artwork
Engage and align colleagues across all levels to deliver key innovation projects on time and in full
Drive progress in a consistent, transparent way, and to identify and manage issues, risks and opportunities along the way

You will need:
Experience in leading medium to large innovation projects/workstreams through the full project life cycle and managing a variety of projects at once, demonstrating solid prioritisation skills & showing a proactive approach to workload.
Confident and proactive in building & maintaining relationships across all levels of the business to engage stakeholders from the outset and ensure we’re meeting business needs & project objectives
Solid track record of delivering projects / programmes, and working cross functionally
Experience of managing project teams, and building and maintaining positive relationships with a broad group of colleagues
Experience influencing colleagues across a matrix structure, facilitating governance and confidently engaging multiple stake holders across multiple countries
Ability to embrace uncertainty, relishing the opportunity to bring clarity where none exists
Your energy and positive outlook will ensure that teams around you always find a way to get the right things done, in the right way
You will look for opportunities to take accountability, make decisions and drive progress
Able to work as part of a motivated, enthusiastic team and be prepared to contribute to building a one team mentality and culture

Key Competencies:
Functional skills :
Strong project management skills
Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills
Effective written, verbal communication & presentation skills
Extremely organised, good at detail and positive mindset
Able to build strong relationships cross functionally and across markets to drive growth
Lead the execution toolkit of innovation artwork guidelines

Leadership / influencing skills :
Ability to engage positively & influence/persuade multiple key stakeholders
Critical thinking to simplify tasks and develop clear and concise actions

General skills :
Strong project management skills
Extremely Organized
Clear communication
Ability to build effective relationships
Ability to influence/persuade
Problem solving
Calm under pressure

Background and education :
Experience of leading and managing multiple complex projects across multiple countries .
Experience of using artwork management tools
Multi-country and/or working in a matrix (preferred)

Critical Competencies:
Co-operation & Influencing
Working together as one team
Pulls networks and communities together in order to achieve the right outcome
Agility
Adapting to new situations: quickly taking decisions
Ability to act at pace: change direction when required
Responsibility
Does not shy away from tough decisions or conversations
Entrepreneurship
Running the business as if it were your own
Finds a better way

Job requirement:
Fluent written and spoken English
Additional languages (ideal but not mandatory)

Our ideal person will: -

• Be able to work as part of a cross functional project team and bring team together
• Self-starter with proactive approach and be able to work as a team player as well as work autonomously, with a ‘can-do’ and ‘keep it simple’ attitude
• Organiser and influencer with the ability to build trust and credibility, delivering to short deadlines and across multiple projects all at once
• Ability to influence key stakeholders
• Interpret research and data
• Excellent communicator and inspiring, confident presenter

For questions on this job description please contact: Ali.Kirk@ecotone.bio