Supply Chain Project Manager

Job Description

IFF is a global creator and manufacturer of scent, taste, nutrition, and biosciences solutions that puts the needs of our people, customers, and communities at the heart of what we do. Our Center of Expertise team is building a leading organization rooted in a culture of continuous improvement, clean process design, and adoption of the latest technology and automation innovations. We are very excited to welcome a new Supply Chain Project manager!

The role is based in our Barueri, Brazil office. You’ll join a team of agile, customer-focused thinkers who collaboratively solve difficult business problems. You will be responsible for implementing complex projects in one or multiple sites. The project lead sets directions and defines a work plan, resources, and rituals following the SC science methodology to implement use cases in an agile way (build models and interact with experts at the plants).

Main responsibilities

• Manage advanced analytics and business process improvements projects at manufacturing sites & supply chains
• Coordinate a multi-functional team including data engineers, data scientists, designers as well as inputs of multiple end-user stakeholders
• Drive digital mindset within the organization
• Develop expertise on key digital themes in the Manufacturing and supply chain areas, such as Real-Time Process Optimization, development of digital apps, machine learning, AI
• Lead diagnostics and perform Kaizens
• Manage project portfolio and productivity tracking
• Projects financial benefit validation
   

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree (Engineering or Computer Science preferred)
• 10 years prior experience in production and supply chain processes
• Project Management skills (planning, rituals, tracking, KPIs, stakeholder management) – at least 5 years experience managing projects
• Ability to lead change and deliver results
• Effective communication skills across all levels of the organization
   

Training / Certifications

• Business Translator training
• Project Management training
• Data Scientist Basic 
• Scrum Master / Agile Methodology certification
• APICS CSCP or CPIM and SCOR
• 6 sigma Green Belt (Preferred)

IFF is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We are a global leader in taste, scent and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.
Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more.