Project Coordinator
Date: Apr 9, 2024
Location: Hilversum, North Holland, NL, 1221JT
Company: IFF Family of Companies
Short Description
About you
Do you have a strong interest in fragrance and product development? Are you a service-oriented team player with a can-do attitude? Do you possess strong organizational and planning skills to support a large number of projects? If the answer is yes, then this is your opportunity to join a dynamic and motivated team of Project Coordinators!
As a Project Coordinator you will spend your time…
In this role you will drive the delivery of projects to develop and commercialize winning scent solutions for our customers. You support the various functions including sales and scent design management with planning, coordination, communication and administration. Reporting to the strategic planner, you will be accountable for the accurate and timely delivery of Fabric/Home Care Value To Market projects for various regional/global account supported from the Hilversum Creative Center.
Long Description
Project Coordination
• Understanding project objectives and supporting communication of the approved project plan to the team members
• Ensuring that all the resources (benchmarks, bases, oils for CI tests) needed for the project are available at the Creative Center
• Responsibility for controlling and monitoring with regards to the project plan and brief parameters
• Facilitating the network and planning of the projects
• Responsibility for delivering the project successfully from a logistics perspective
• Following the Project through until closure with final result recorded in the project management system PUMA (Won, Lost, Cancelled)
• Facilitating customer visits, meetings and distributing minutes
Account Strategy
• Developing understanding of the account strategy based on Category/Region
• Building and maintaining understanding of customer portfolio, activities, strategy, brand, market and decision-making process
• Building knowledge of Commercial Value To Market strategies in liaison with Sales
Knowledge Management
• Assisting with updating status on projects in PUMA
• Ability to work and contribute to knowledge management within projects, accounts, creative center (including sharepoint)
Business Process Management & Systems
• Developing full understanding of sampling and shipping process
• Agile usage & navigation of IFF tools and systems ensuring information is up-to-date and according to business standards
• Contribute to identify, develop, and share best practices
Reporting
• Support gathering, analyzing, and reporting for projects and within the creative center
• Oversee team awareness of the Cost to Serve; costs associated with projects and ensure actions are taken to optimize when possible
Job Requirements
Required Skills
• Organizational skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Time management & prioritization
• Problem solving
• Action-oriented
• Attention to detail
• Customer Focus
• Drive for Results
• Strategic Agility
• Interpersonal Savvy
• Decision Quality
• Perseverance
Required Experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Fluent in Business English;
• Proficient in computing (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Experience with SAP is a plus
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This is a full time position (40 hours per week). 4 days per week in the Creative Center, 1 day per week from home.
At IFF, we’re using Uncommon Sense to create what the world needs. As a collective of unconventional thinkers and creators, we put science and artistry to work to create unique and unexpected scents, tastes, experiences and ingredients for the products our world craves.
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 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