Strategy & Program Delivery Manager

Our client is a trailblazing pioneer in the Tobacco Manufacturing Industry. What sets them apart is their unwavering commitment to innovation and progress. They have embarked on a remarkable journey of transformation, with a resolute aim to create a smoke-free future. This ambitious endeavour has completely redefined every aspect of their business, from the production and distribution of their products, to how they interact with their customers and society as a whole.

By embracing this transformation, our client is leading from the front, with their pioneering vision and steadfast determination to create a smoke-free future.

With a workforce of more than 75,000 talented individuals worldwide across 180 countries, they have truly established themselves as a global leader in the industry. 

Responsibilities:

• Support the development and execution of strategy and governance, lead portfolio management, collaborate with partners to perform data collection, analysis and reporting, long range planning, and decision making.
• Establish & enable organizational change platforms and programs (e.g., transition to PBO) for key customers while building the organization capabilities to transform business needs.

Accountabilities:

• Support strategy formulation by capturing relevant data & inputs from various functions and identifying interdependencies across functional strategies.
• Facilitate portfolio governance by monitoring the progress of the project portfolio and supporting the functional & management governance forums.
• Ensure continuous monitoring on the portfolio based on the aligned portfolio prioritization methodology to help S&PD and Finance teams work with functions to reallocate projects effectively.
• Prepare the consolidated market package with the updated business strategy performance and latest status of project portfolio to update the region LRP and Competitive Intelligence.
• Generate and synthesize market-level competitive intelligence with other functions.
• Work with the Business Intelligence team to build capability of data analytics and perform data analysis to support data driven decisions Business Development & External Partnering.
• Implement fit-gap skill analysis and support capability building programs/projects by working with functional teams and external vendors/consultants to develop new partnerships, channels, markets, processes, and systems Project execution: - Support execution of selected key projects - Work with project managers and S&PD team to facilitate efficient governance of these projects.

Requirements:

• Proven 3 years of demonstrated ability in a multinational environment, preferably with Project management and Planning experience
• Strong quantitative, analytics and problem-solving capabilities
• Strategic Processes & Project/Program and Portfolio Management Principles,
• Data affinity, Process Mapping & Continuous Improvement
• Sales and Marketing Experience; brand, consumer journey, or on key accounts
• A degree in Management, Business, or Industry-related Course