You’ve built experience, now use it where bold ideas meet real impact. At Opella, we’re challenging how self-care works for millions of people and need leaders and experts ready to shape what’s next. As a Project Management Transformation Lead (all genders) Germany FTC up to two years, you’ll bring your skill, your curiosity and your drive to make health simpler.
About the job:
As a Project Management Transformation Lead – Germany, you will play a pivotal role in driving and orchestrating Opella´s transformation agenda across its German operations. Reporting to the General Manager Germany, you will lead cross-functional teams to ensure that Opella's strategic transformation project of transitioning to “Opella” as our legal entity name in Germany is key and needs to be successfully planned, developed, executed and completed, within established timelines and allocated budgets.
This would deliver several strategic benefits:
(i)Customer clarity: Eliminate confusion among pharmacies and other customers regarding different entity names,
(ii)EVP: Strengthen our position with both candidates and current employees through consistent branding,
(iii)Create a platform/vehicle for negotiating a more competitive sales incentive scheme for our German sales force.
The main responsibility of this role is to lead cross-functional teams/workstreams through the planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closure phases of assigned projects. Lead initiatives that advance our brands and strengthen our reputation worldwide.
Main responsibilities:
Lead the multidisciplinary workstream teams to ensure the fulfillment of the objectives of Opella's transformation project in Germany.
Establish objectives, schedules and responsibilities for the execution of the project.
Ensure clear and effective communication across all project workstreams and with the (LT) and Global/Regional team where needed.
Represent project teams and results to key local and central stakeholders.
Conduct regular follow-up and decision-making meetings and resolve issues in a timely manner.
Track and manage project milestones, deliverables, timelines, risks, issues, and interdependencies across multiple workstreams and cross-countries.
Manage project budgets and ensure effective allocation and control of resources.
Gather local inputs for central processes related to the projects.
Facilitate steering committee meetings, working groups, and executive reviews, including preparation of high-quality materials.
About you:
Experience: Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in PMO, program/project management, or transformation roles, with at least 3 years in a senior or lead capacity. Familiarity in the pharmaceutical or FMCG industry is preferred.
Skills: Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with project management methodologies. High degree of resilience, adaptability, and comfort with ambiguity in a fast-paced transformation environment. Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously. Demonstrated track record of successfully delivering large-scale, complex transformation programs. Proven ability to lead without direct authority, influencing and aligning diverse stakeholders across a matrix organization.
Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business administration, Management, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field.
Languages: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in German and English.
This is more than the next step in your career; it’s a chance to lead change and help reinvent self-care for the world. If you’re ready to challenge, inspire and deliver impact that matters, we’re ready for you. We are challengers. We are Opella.
About Us:
Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over The Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally.
Our mission is to bring health in people’s hands by making self-care as simple as it should be. For half a billion consumers worldwide – and counting.
At the core of this mission is our 100 loved brands, our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers. Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world’s most loved brands, including Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan.
As a globally certified B Corp company, we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet. Find out more about our mission at www.opella.com .
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