R&D Commercialisation Project Coordinator

R&D Commercialisation Project Coordinator 

Ornua (meaning “new gold”) is Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, proudly bringing the unique taste of Irish dairy to the world for 60 years.

Are you a Project Management specialist looking for a new challenge in an established Irish business with global reach?

Are you looking for the opportunity to contribute technical commercialisation expertise managing effective project management communication and coordination between R&D, Marketing, Finance and Operations along with other internal departments, teams, and external resources?

If so, Ornua is actively seeking an R&D Commercialisation Project Coordinator to join our Global Brands Innovation team.

Why Ornua?

• Our co-operative ethos lies at the heart of how we do business as a purpose and values-led organisation, creating value for Irish dairy farming families.
• Our Values lie at the core of everything we do. Our five values encourage us to Seek and Embrace New Ideas, Make It Happen, Be Our True Selves, Show You Care, and Achieve Great Things Together.
• We invest in our people and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Dynamic Working policy in place which facilitates flexible hours and hybrid working.
• Career Progression including Global Mobility opportunities.
• Comprehensive Benefits with regional specific offerings.

Why This Role Is Valuable:

Working within the Global Brands Innovation team, this role is responsible for managing end to end Ornua Foods Projects Commercialisation (Innovation, Technical Brands Management, value engineering, sustainability) both across core and new categories (can touch both product and packaging). You’ll have experience in commercialising projects flawlessly and within tight timeframes in close partnership with the Global Brands team whilst optimising cost, maximising quality, and minimising environmental impact to ensure we meet and exceed our sustainability targets.

You will also provide critical input to the R&D Director and the Global Brands Leadership team to ensure all project KPI’s, metrics and objectives are achieved, and profit and revenue goals are attained.

What You Bring To The Role:

• 2 + years experience working within global project teams and working across cultures and geographies
• CPG/FMCG experience is desirable 
• Currently holding or actively pursuing a project management certification (CAPM, PMP)
• Solid experience with stage gate processes, systems, stakeholder management, leading cross-functional teams, risk/scope/schedule management.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously whilst being able to inspire change, efficiencies and continuous improvement within a commercial environment.
• Commercial awareness, adaptability and agility of how complex change projects can be flawlessy delivered despite resource, budget, infrastructural, capacity and capability and decision making constraints.
• Soft skills desired: adaptability, initiative, communicative, forward thinking, agility, problem-solving, troubleshooting, agile

Ornua has ambitious growth plans and we’re building a team to help enable and accelerate that growth. We are looking for people who share our values, are curious, forward-looking, take ownership and work together to build a future for themselves and Ornua.

How do you want to make your impact?

To learn more, please visit Ornua at www.ornua.com

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