Life-Cycle Project Manager

Life-Cycle Project Manager at CyDen CyDen is a rapidly growing Beauty tech company that has achieved remarkable success in recent years. In our pursuit of continuous growth, we have developed an exciting pipeline of life-cycle projects focused on product optimization, cost reduction, supplier transition and continuous improvement. We are seeking an experienced project manager. Duties Plan, execute, and supervise projects to meet management's strategic objectives, ensuring delivery within quality, budget, and schedule. Collaborate with various departments to ensure seamless coordination and successful project implementation from development phase to production phase. Effectively manage change within projects, anticipate and address potential roadblocks, and implement strategies to mitigate risks and maintain project momentum. Track project progress, set deadlines, and identify potential risks, taking responsibility for completing project work in line with the plan. Manage stakeholder relationships, including cross‑functional teams, clients, vendors, and senior executives, ensuring effective communication and alignment throughout the project lifecycle. Actively seek opportunities for process improvements, promote a culture of continuous learning, and implement best practices to enhance project management effectiveness and efficiency. Conduct cost‑benefit and feasibility analyses to support decision‑making on cost‑down, supplier, and process improvement projects. Responsibilities Meet with management to identify project requirements, delivery timelines, resource allocation, and costs. Develop detailed project schedules and Gantt charts to guide project teams, revising them as needed based on changing requirements. Coordinate project teams, ensuring alignment and effective communication. Monitor project performance to ensure timely delivery, identifying and addressing any deviations from the plan. Adhere to the company's new product development tollgate process, ensuring that all required gates and checkpoints are properly followed and documented. Compile and submit project status reports to management, providing updates on project milestones, risks, and achievements. Develop effective communication skills to liaise efficiently with all project stakeholders. Conduct project closeout activities, evaluating successes and challenges to facilitate learning for future projects. Key Objectives / KPIs Time to Market: Measure project launch speed. Budget Adherence: Track adherence to allocated budget. Product Quality: Evaluate customer satisfaction and product quality. Maximizing productivity, quality, efficiency and yield in a manufacturing environment. Continuous Improvement: Capture lessons learned and implement process improvements. Must Have Demonstrated experience leading life‑cycle or sustaining projects, such as cost down, supplier re‑sourcing, and process optimisation. Strong understanding of change control, PPAP and NPI processes. Proven ability to coordinate multiple small to mid‑scale projects simultaneously. Skilled in performing cost‑benefit analyses. Demonstrated experience and expertise in end‑to‑end NPD project management, from Development through to Market launch. Familiar with tollgate processes. Hold a project qualification such as Prince2, APM, or PMICSM. Highly proficient in Microsoft Project or other project management software. Undergraduate degree or equivalent education in any engineering discipline, including manufacturing, electrical, mechanical etc. Experience in managing projects ideally within a manufacturing or product development environment. Other Attributes High level of tenacity Conflict management skills Proactive Pragmatic Flexible Seniority Level Not Applicable Employment Type Full‑time Job Function Project Management and Information Technology Industries Consumer Goods Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at CyDen by 2x. #J-18808-Ljbffr