Project Coordinator NGP

Imperial Brands is a truly international company, the fourth largest in its industry, operating across 120 markets with 25,000 employees. It is an inclusive, innovative global FMCG business undergoing transformation with a challenger mindset, agility, and collaboration driving its ambitions and innovation. The company supports award-winning development programmes and a robust global diversity agenda.

• Proactive attitude.
• Pragmatic and results-oriented approach.
• Good Project Management skills and Product Introduction Process knowledge.
• Ability to identify areas for improvement.
• Clarity in communication with stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge sharing.
• Good working knowledge of IT programmes such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PLM system; knowledge of other IT systems such as SAP-APO and PLM is advantageous.
• Fluent English; additional languages are advantageous.

• Act as the primary PCC and market-facing contact by providing guidance for specific launches, supporting the initiation and review of Project Initiation Documents, liaising with Project Initiators and key functions, ensuring projects progress through the Product Introduction Process (PIP), and gathering market information on laws and regulations.
• Partner closely with the NGP Realization Project Manager on innovation launches by owning market-specific activities, ensuring PIP requirements are met, and maintaining strong communication with markets and clusters.
• Lead and coordinate NGP projects through the full Product Introduction Process by initiating and running kick-off meetings, preparing and distributing comprehensive project briefing documents, coordinating activities across various functions, and ensuring clear communication of all requirements to stakeholders and markets.
• Drive timely, issue-free project delivery by tracking project status against agreed timelines, ensuring stakeholders complete tasks on schedule, maintaining transparent communication, and proactively resolving bottlenecks.
• Support regular project update meetings by presenting portfolio status and current issues, ensuring full transparency through weekly updates and tracker tools, and reporting issues and risks as they arise.
• Maintain strong project governance and documentation by proactively capturing risks and learnings, communicating updates promptly, and archiving all project documentation.
• Provide cross-team continuity by deputizing colleagues during their absence and supporting the Line Manager on cross-functional projects, as well as ongoing team improvement and development activities.

Imperial Tobacco or its subsidiaries never request or require payment as part of any recruitment process.