Description
Role Purpose:
Under the direction of Business Improvement Programme, works with stakeholders to develop and deploy a proactive, ongoing, robust risk management (RM) process for new product introduction. This process will enable intelligent, rewarded innovation risk-taking whilst protecting the company's assets.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop deploy and embed a simple and effective new product development RM framework focused on adding value to the business
- Provide and coordinate cross category RM training of the new process globally; establish whether there is a need for RM training at local operating company level
- Rationalise, synchronise and harmonize existing risk activities, systems (MS Server) and reporting in line with this new process across Categories
- Enable the cross Category aggregation, escalation and reporting of risk and issues to leadership
- Define governance arrangements and establish Category RM boards. Support these in carrying out their oversight and monitoring duties
- Act as the subject matter expert providing advice, guidance and facilitation as needed
- Create a Category RM knowledge repository framework and definitions, processes and procedures, best practices and lessons learned; reference materials, tools and techniques
- Establish and monitor key performance indicators and other attributes related to RM program effectiveness
- Review and improve, in partnership with business leads, the quality of RM for Category-critical innovation projects thus maximising the likelihood of success
Key Skills & Experience:
- Definition and deployment of risk management previously
- Strong Project management capabilities and experience
- Essential that you have worked FMCG new product development programmes
- MS Server; MS Project; MS Office
- Risk Management and/or Project Management qualifications