As the Manager, Portfolio Manager, New Product Development you will manage the End-to-End New Product Development (E2E NPD)innovation portfolio for up to two of the major global categories, which includes:

• Ensuring accountability to E2E NPD, Stage Gate, Global Category Council (GCC) and Portfolio Council processes in service of category business objectives

• Serving as a key strategic influencer to the category cross-functional leadership team, bringing forward analytics-driven insights on portfolio health assessments (e.g. financial impact, strategic intent, innovation mix, risk, resource allocation considerations, pacing) to enable robust decision making.

• Applying internal/external best practice tools and methodologies across categories to influence continuous process improvements within and scaled across categories

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Marketing, RD&E and Global Supply Chain category leaders to ensure the portfolio of projects meets the business needs, balancing the immediate and long-term, ensuring visibility to innovation roadmaps through Strat2025

• Accountable for bringing continuous improvements forward to enable efficient and effective decision-making in Stage Gates, Global Category Councils (GCC) and Portfolio Councils

• Elevate and assure accountability to E2E NPD Principles through the Global Category Council (GCC)

• Lead strategic improvement initiatives, including identification of clear problem(s) to solve, establishing vision for change, scenario analysis and assessment of options, ultimately driving to operationalize new behaviors/processes/tools

• Support building of the business Integrated Growth Plan (IGP)

• Coach teams on E2E process, the role of Battlegrounds, use of Visual Performance Management and escalation of critical issues to cross-functional category leadership to ensure alignment and execution of innovation portfolio and category objectives

• Support the development of a category performance management process in service of Portfolio Health, including a metrics review and visual performance management in the category team

• Act as Change Agent in partnering with E2E subprocess owners to ensure clear alignment and robust connection with E2E NPD Process

Required Skills / Experience / Competencies:

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 7 years of experience in product development in a business, brand or technical project management role OR a master's degree with at least 5 years of relevant experience

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in leading strategic improvement work including capabilities, product development processes, operational management or special business initiatives

Preferred Skills / Experience / Competencies:

• Demonstrated track record for successfully managing a complex set of products, brands, projects and/or processes to deliver business results

• Proven ability to influence and lead across functions and management levels.

• Demonstrated collaboration skills, including strong evidence of cross-functional partnerships/relationships to drive process, behavior and cultural changes

• Demonstrated success of product launch through commercialization in marketing, RDE or supply chain function

• Strong organizational skills and demonstration of effective leadership in group meetings

• Building and managing performance metrics or experience in making data driven decisions

Key Leadership Attributes:

• Thought Leadership - Ability to build cohesiveness and trust within a cross-functional team, balanced with judgment that can make the right decisions and commitment to deliver what is promised and accept outcomes

• Communication - Ability to effectively communicate new ideas and approaches to audiences ranging from executive management to consumers

• Teamwork - Ability to work effectively with internal and external cross-functional team members in a cooperative, co-located and/or virtual environment

• Strategic Agility and Influence - Able to develop strategic plans for long term value improvement while also possessing ability to Drive for Results in short term

• Sense of Urgency - A person who takes prompt action to accomplish goals; proactively attempts to influence events rather than passive

Job Requirements:

• Full time

• Core Business Hours with expectation to be available for calls & meetings across time zones

• 0-5% travel

• Ability to lift 10 - 40 pounds

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