(Junior) International Project Manager - Temp 12 months

Our WHY is INVITING the WORLD to EXPERIENCE our BEST WATER BRANDS as well as PLANT BASED PRODUCTS.

We bring to life our iconic global brands EVIAN, VOLVIC & ALPRO.

At the same time, we take care of bringing plant-based food and drinks reflecting our desire to offer a wider choice to all consumers, especially the growing number of ‘flexitarians’ looking to diversify their protein sources, and people with dietary constraints or preferences.

We operate on a unique business model: partnership with local distributors. We work with more than 150 distributors, operating in more than 110 countries. The team behind it is no more than 100 people, with employees strategically based around the world. In fact, we are one of the most culturally diverse Business Unit in Danone with about 30 different nationalities located in over 20 countries.

When you join us, you will be amongst like-minded individuals – ambitious and hunger for more, flexible & autonomous, resilient in the face of challenges & driving change, high-performers & team players. Every individual makes a direct impact to our business results.

We are Evian Volvic Alpro International (EVAI).

JOB FAMILY / DEPT

Marketing

DIVISION / ZONE

Evian Volvic Alpro International

DIRECT REPORTING LINE

Head of Central Marketing

LOCATION, COUNTRY

Rueil Malmaison, Paris

AREA OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Cross EVI scope (5 geographical zones)

JOB MISSION

You will be a key contributor of Evian growth, being responsible of Artwork Management of a high impact brand project with a worldwide scope

Your Main Responsibilities:

1. Main responsibility – Portfolio - 80%

- Graphic Chain management: leading all artwork briefs, following up on label validation with all local teams, and driving the artworks delivery vs defined project timeline working with global project team/IPRO/ SGS

-Lead EVAI projects implementation timeline with supply and activity management team (PPED tracking, stock & time to market follow up, production planification tracking at sku level…)

2. Other responsibilities – Portfolio & Market Analysis - 20%

-Selling decks, product specs sharing to sales & distributors (labels, pictures with new designs, EAN, palletisation, masterdata, etc…)

-Implementation tracking (arrival in market, KPIs tracking…)

-Samples management (to be sent to all distributors) – coordination with the factory

-Market info, Desk Research, Global Data to support sales deck

-Campaign implementation tracking (pictures, KPIs consolidation, goodies delivery follow up)

-Competition tracking

KEY INTERNAL & EXTERNAL CONTACTS

Internal contacts:

• Mkg, and supply chain team
• Global Marketing/IPRO
• Mktg, Sales Team, supply and Finance /Business Controlling Team of 5 zones
• factory, R&D, Operations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• typically have around 3 years (maybe 2 years would be enough) of relevant experience in Artwork Management with significant experience in innovation and project management, within a strong multinational FMCG company or Danone classical CBU.
• experience in international environment is recommended; efficient stakeholders management and cross-functional work; experience of the premium/luxury categories or beverages would be a plus.

ABILITIES & COMPETENCIES

More specifically for this job, we are looking for people that display the following:

• Excellent project manager with a proven track record of delivering outstanding results

• Tenacious and resilient: Ability to stay focused on project and tackle obstacles to deliver business results

• Being a creative problem solver that identifies and delivers relevant ideas across the whole ecosystem

• Applying critical thinking to potential innovation ideas and coaching teams and agencies to make the strongest ideas stronger and kill weak ideas quickly

• Open-minded attitude, Good listener, positive and constructive spirit

• Impacting and influencing x-functional partners and senior management

• Team player: Ability to work across levels and cross function teams

• Commercial acuity

• Ability to leverage the multi-Cultural differences and similarities

EDUCATION

University Degree

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

English fluent. French is a strong plus. Other languages are welcome (Spanish/Italian...)

PLEASE ATTACH THE ENGLISH CV.