Project Manager - Business and Operations

Description

• The Project Manager will oversee the planning, coordination, execution, monitoring, and delivery of existing and new business projects.
• The role will drive strategic initiatives, business expansion, manufacturing improvements, infrastructure development, and cross-functional projects, ensuring delivery within approved scope, budgets, timelines, and quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage multiple projects, maintain a centralised project portfolio, develop project plans, budgets, timelines, milestones, and deliverables, and ensure effective governance, accountability, and project closure.
• Coordinate projects involving facility development, production capacity expansion, product launches, infrastructure upgrades, and business process improvements.
• Lead projects across Production, Supply Chain, Procurement, Warehousing, Distribution, and other functions to improve productivity, reduce downtime and wastage, and optimise operating costs.
• Develop project budgets and expenditure forecasts, monitor costs against approved budgets, identify savings opportunities, and report budget variances.
• Collaborate with Production, Engineering, QA/QC, HSE, Procurement, Finance, Sales, and other departments to align deliverables, resolve issues, and maintain project progress.
• Coordinate contractors, consultants, suppliers, and service providers, monitoring performance, delivery schedules, quality, and contractual obligations.
• Identify project risks, implement mitigation plans, and ensure compliance with applicable regulatory, quality, environmental, and HSE requirements.
• Maintain project trackers, dashboards, risk registers, and performance reports. Provide weekly and monthly updates and document project outcomes and lessons learned.
• Ensure completed projects are properly documented and transitioned into routine business operations.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Project Management, Engineering, Business Administration, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, or a related discipline.
• 4–6 years of relevant project management experience, preferably in FMCG, manufacturing, consumer goods, or a similar operational environment.
• At least 2 years of hands-on experience coordinating projects involving multiple departments, budgets, vendors, and defined milestones.
• Proven experience delivering at least two end-to-end business, operational improvement, infrastructure, product launch, or expansion projects.
• Experience managing project schedules, budgets, risk registers, action trackers, and management reports.
• Good understanding of FMCG operations, manufacturing, production, procurement, supply chain, distribution, and quality/HSE requirements.
• Experience in factory expansion, equipment installation, new product introduction, or business process transformation is an advantage.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and other project management tools.
• PMP, PRINCE2, CAPM, or another recognised project management certification is an added advantage.