Job Description

Objective:

• To lead engineering development activities including agile management of designs for strategic projects, site development plans and region feasibility studies.
• To lead, develop and implement procedures, standards according to PMI and KH methodologies.

Key Activities:

• Lead the multi-functional Project team, through regular team meetings, and engage Commercial and Technical stakeholders to ensure efficient running of the team.
• Lead project Steering, ensuring senior management are updated on project progress and able to support the resolution of issues and roadblocks.
• Lead feasibility studies for major Capex investments for Capacity, Innovation, Cost Improvement, and novel technologies, across the Latam Zone, working closely with S&OP, Supply Chain Development, R&D, and FS&Q, to make more timely decisions.
• Create standard engineering project designs and Capex estimates for major capital initiatives working together with Region capex leads and their local teams.
• Define project goals, objectives, scope, milestones, and deliverables.
• Complete full feasibility analysis, including all aspects of the project, in line with the company stage gate process.
• Engage and align with senior executives, stakeholders, project managers, functional leads, and suppliers, demonstrating excellent communication and building strong working relationships.
• Report project progress to all levels within the organization, locally, regionally and internationally.
• Provide leadership and direction to workstream project managers and functional leads.
• Responsible for timely and accurate submission of cost estimates, project plans, gate documents, CARs, etc, as required by KHC processes and routines.

Skills (Experiences / Education):

• Track record of successful project delivery in an FMCG Supply Chain environment, with a degree or equivalent qualification in an Engineering discipline.
• Experienced in managing, supporting, and challenging multi-functional teams of indirect reports.
• Experience in Capital Project Management roles with budget responsibility of >$5MM.
• Excellent planning and organizing skills.
• Knowledge, experience, and gravitas to make recommendations and gain the support of very senior stakeholders.
• Outstanding presentation skills and ability to conduct effective meetings and presentations with large teams.
• Oral and written communications including presentation to management forums and able to create concise and effective reports and written business cases for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Direct and indirect line management experience.
• Ability to manage complex cross-functional projects.
• Experience in managing and mitigating risk.
• Creative and pragmatic problem solver.
• Demonstrable organizing, influencing, and planning skills.
• Background in engineering, operations, or a technical function within food manufacturing is preferable, with some detailed knowledge of food manufacturing processes desirable.
• Demonstrable skills obtained through food processing technology projects and working in a FMCG food production environment.
• Experience of working with WCM (World Class Manufacturing), LEAN, or similar structured continuous improvement methodologies.
• Numerical with sound budgeting skills and experience of project budget management and control.
• Financial awareness to enable accurate assessment of project performance and business cases, including investment appraisals and profit and loss accounts.
• Able to use experience and judgment to appropriately identify and effectively manage risks and develop contingency plans to resolve.
• Computer literate including knowledge of web-based systems and comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Windows suite.

Location(s)

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes .