Project Manager, North Latin America, Beauty

Who we are?

At Aptar, we use insights, design, engineering, and science to create innovative packaging technologies that build brand value for our customers, and, in turn, make a meaningful difference in the lives, looks, health and homes of people around the world. Every day, Aptar creates “a-ha moments” for its customers and their consumers and patients by continually bringing innovations to market that convert non-dispensing packaging into breakthrough product-dispensing systems, including those that give people more effective ways to put on their favorite fragrance, kids the opportunity to pour ketchup without making a mess and patients connected technologies that help them more easily adhere to treatment. We have manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe, Asia and South America and over 14,000 dedicated employees in some 20 countries.

You should work here because we:

· Attract and develop high performing people.

· Promote a diverse and inclusive work environment.

· Allow for failure by allowing people to make mistakes through an open and trusting environment.

· Invest in the development of employees through local, regional, and global career

opportunities.

· Contribute to the communities where we reside.

Position Summary

We have an interesting position open in Queretaro: Project Manager North Latam Beauty reports to PMO Manager, North Latam Beauty. This position will be based in Querétaro.

Manage product development VALUE and application projects for a given scope of territories and customers within B+H portfolio; from project initiation until product launch, articulating with all internal and external stakeholders; for ensuring specification, time, budget and cost targets are achieved in order to contribute for a profitable business.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage and execute New Product Development (VALUE) projects according to Stage-Gate process.
• Create Project Charter.
• Collect requirements (USR) and define scope.
• Manage project scenarios together with Quotation Manager.
• Run project kick-off meeting together with Quotation Manager.
• Manage project stakeholders Manage project stakeholders, including change management.
• Create project communication plan.
• Create and manage WBS and schedule.
• Manage project budget.
• Monitor project technical aspects together with Product Design and Engineering and Industrialization teams.
• Monitor project economical and financial aspects together with Quotation Manager and Finance team.
• Run project risk assessment.
• Drive product debugging during qualification.
• Drive and/or support product qualification at customer filling line.
• Manage samples for both VALUE and Application projects.
• Coordinate metrology analysis and laboratory tests for product development.
• Initiate codification process in ERP system with Product Value Engineering and Data Management team.
• Run launch meeting.
• Make technical and economical-financial post-launch assessement.
• Run customer satisfaction survey on project execution.
• Run project closing and lessons learnt meeting.
• Integrate VALUE projects within Planisware.

Education

• University degree in Engineering or other related business field.
• Postgraduate education on project management or business administration is desirable.
• PMI certification or similar is additionally valued.

Language

• English advanced skills

Experience

• 3 to 5 years in similar positions.
• Positions in the packaging industry or B2B environments are desirable.
• Positions in multi-national and multi-cultural companies are desirable.

Skills / Abilities

• Holistic vision of the business combined with a strong technical background.
• Full ownership of the projects under his/her responsibility.
• Strategic thinking combined with sense of urgency for when it is needed.
• Strong analytical mindset able to bring precise and robust analysis using several data sources.
• Ability to timely work in several projects at the same time, involving different internal and external customers, product complexities, project stages, countries involved, teams, etc.
• Ability to work in multi-cultural teams, leading the people behind and around, or being led by others towards specific results.
• Excellent communication skills, including storytelling and training for enabling.
• Responsible behavior towards the company assets and expertise.

What we offer:

• An exciting, diverse and value based working environment
• Award-winning corporate university offering personal development and training opportunities.
• Competitive base salary and performance-based bonus plan.
• Contribute to the communities where we reside.
• Innovative benefits plan

Be You. Be Aptar

Aptar is an equal opportunities employer. We believe that a diverse workforce is key to our success. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, or belief.