Associate Manager, Project Management, Products

Job Title: Associate Manager, Project Management, Products

Location: Kota Damansara, Selangor

Department: RD&E

As the Associate Manager, Project Management, Products, you will be responsible for delivering projects in the End-to-End (E2E) New Product Development (NPD) process. You will guide the team through the NPD Process, ensuring deliverables, success criteria, timing, and risk/mitigation profile is clear and executed. You have the accountability for identification of process or principal deviations, initiating trade-off and escalation discussions, and leveraging the visual performance management process to maintain project progress to goals. You will drive integration with the regional execution, aligned with business commitment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage cross-functional teams to deliver moderate to high complexity NPD launches from ideation to commercialization
• Execute the technical plan and coordinates activities of functional team members to execute validation test plans that will meet commitments of key technical deliverables
• Influence others to drive project progress in functional area
• Model strong Research & Development (R&D) functional skills, including appropriate skills in effective communication, financial acumen, integrated risk management, project management, quality, robustness, regulation & safety, scientific rigor, and technical curiosity
• Demonstrate the ability to pivot between working with a front-end team operating in ambiguity and operating in execution
• Apply rigorous timeline and risk management practices to effectively manage technical and timeline risks
• Apply root cause analysis and problem-solving skills to identify the most critical factors that impact successful project implementation
• Draw on scientific and functional expertise to enable successful development and commercialization
• Lead 1-2 strategic capability initiatives within direct team or across the KL site on topics like sustainability, external partnerships, 10X strategy, etc.

Required Skills / Experience / Competencies:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university with a degree in packaging engineering, packaging science, or other relevant disciplines
• Minimum 5 to 6 years’ experience in the development and commercialization of consumer product goods, or project management experience
• Technical breadth and depth in product development and commercialization, global products experience
• Experience in familiarity with formulation technique will be an added advantage
• Excellent communicator with track record of presenting ideas with courage and conviction
• Excellent project management skills

Benefits & Culture:

SC Johnson is committed to providing a Great Place to Work for all its employees. Along with a competitive base salary, here are just some of the benefits you receive when joining the SC Johnson Family -

• Ongoing training and development
• Employee Committee that put on regular events, lunches, parties, fun days
• Family-owned company, with a family feel
• Be a member of a company championing a better world through sustainability and environmental protection measures
• No relocation eligibility

SC Johnson Asia has been recognized as the Best Multinational Workplace by Great Place to Work®!

Inclusion & Diversity

We’re a global business, with people from every culture, ethnicity, race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age and ability. We recognize the breadth of human experience, and we work to celebrate it. It is our goal to build a diverse, inclusive and supportive work environment where all people can thrive.

We’re committed to ongoing efforts that help us attract, hire, and retain diverse talent who want to build a positive, inclusive environment. Read more about our ongoing initiatives at https://jobs.scjohnson.com/inclusion.

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