PMO Cocoa
About this role
Job Description:
Key Responsibility
- Global to Regional Deployment: Serve as the bridge between strategic ambition and tactical execution for the South East Asia Cocoa region. This role will drive execution at pace, deployment and impact across People, Planet and Performance dimensions.
- Strategic Portfolio Governance: Ensure effective execution of the South East Asia Cocoa Portfolio and Transversal Programs across Sustainable Sourcing (SuSo), Supply, Commercial, R&D, and Plant Science. Data driven portfolio prioritization to ensure most efficient allocation of resources to deliver MCE targets.
- Define and implement an operational framework for governance and execution grounded on current Mars Business Processes (e.g., TRL, QES, MCE strategy & execution, etc).
- Gatekeeping & Compliance: Drive the regional program review cadence and gatekeeping process.
- Enforce the Mars Signature Process to guarantee rigorous operational and regulatory compliance.
- Leadership Partnership: Partner directly with the Leadership Team to translate MCE strategic goals into trackable milestones, providing critical data-driven progress visibility and decision-making support
- Performance Culture: Design and deliver performance dashboards and reports on project health, compliance and output metrics (on time delivery withing allocated resources) for key stakeholders
What We are looking for?
- Minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in food science, Engineering, life sciences or equivalent.
• Preferred qualifications: Master’s degree or certified courses in business administration, project management, or product development
• Proven experience in program management and transformational enterprise wide initiatives. - In-depth functional knowledge in portfolio management of complex projects and programs.
• Technical project management and risk management skills are required.
• Experience in working with international teams is preferred.
• Proficient use in Microsoft PowerPoint, Visio and Forms applications.
What can you expect from Mars?
Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
Company at a glance
We’re a unified force of 170,000+ Associates, taking action every day toward the world we want tomorrow.
Our Five Principles have kept us true to ourselves and to our commitment to treat others in ways that are consistent with those values. Having stood the test of time, these principles will continue, keeping us free to move quickly and plan for the future.
Quality - The consumer is our boss, quality is our work and value for money is our goal.
Responsibility - As individuals, we demand total responsibility from ourselves; as Associates, we support the responsibilities of others.
Mutuality - A mutual benefit is a shared benefit; a shared benefit will endure.
Efficiency - We use resources to the full, waste nothing and do only what we can do best.
Freedom - We need freedom to shape our future; we need profit to remain free.
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Top Benefits
- Company bonus
- Learning and development support
- Access to Mars University
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