Project Manager - Luxury Packaging

NEW VACANCY! (PK8251)

PROJECT MANAGER - LUXURY PACKAGING

OFFICE BASED: PARIS

COMPTETIVE BASIC SALARY + PERFORMANCE BONUS + PAID TIME OFF + PAID HOLIDAYS + WELLNESS DAY

Our client is a creative luxury packaging company with offices spread out worldwide and several fully owned manufacturing plants, they partner with globally recognised brands to design and create packaging. They are dedicated to understanding the needs of their clients and the demand within the industry.

Our client is an outstanding business, a manufacturer of both Primary and Secondary Luxury Packaging, producing in multi materials for the most prestigious brands. Our client has superb technical systems and infrastructure in place and has some phenomenal growth plans.

They are currently looking for an experienced Project Manager to work closely with their sales department and clients while managing projects from conception to execution.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join of the worlds most forward-thinking Luxury Packaging Companies at an incredibly exciting and pivotal point in their growth and development.

Key Responsibilities:

Follow projects and production through from prospection to final delivery
Work closely with their production facilities and teams in China
Assist in the development and implementation of action plans to enable time, resource and process management
Coordinate project meetings including kick-off, team meetings, client meetings, risk assessment, lessons learned, post launch reviews, and others as needed
Effectively and efficiently convey project progress, including project plan, timeline, challenges, etc., to stakeholders
Assess, anticipate, and communicate project risks and opportunities across departments and stakeholders
Troubleshoot problems and challenges, know when to escalate to keep projects moving
Drive governance to ensure prioritisation of initiatives across critical and urgent business deliverables
Hold internal and external teams accountable for the delivery of commitments, escalate issues as needed
Ensure that project, order and delivery timelines are coordinated and managed accurately, via Critical Path Analysis systems to ensure all deadlines are achieved and communicated internally and externally
Ensure project documents are complete, current, and appropriately stored
Delivery of a high number of SKUs at one time across multiple products and a varied number of brands
Work closely with the Operations and Design teams to ensure that standards, processes and agreed project management methods are maintained throughout the project lifecycle
Co-ordination and production of project reports
Propose and present project management tools and strategy solutionsRequirements:

Uses technology (M365, CRM, ERP) and data as valuable tools to stay organised
Analytical, organised, disciplined, resourceful, proactive, and execution oriented
Strong project management skills
Customer-centric with ability to drive alignment across teams and business leaders
Self-driven, independent thinker, not afraid to challenge the status
Fast learner, flexible, able to manage complex matrixed network of Brands and Functions
Ability and agility to shift between strategic and the tactical
Experience working with recognised project management processes
Excellent communication & time management skills
Experience working with international clients
Speaks another language other than French and English (preferably Mandarin)Additional Requirements / Desires:

Bachelor's degree
Fluency in English and French (Mandarin, Spanish a plus)
Minimum of 3 years of experience as a Project Manager
An understanding of the luxury packaging industry
Excellent verbal and written communications skills
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft office applications
Advanced proficiency in ERP platforms
Excellent customer service and diplomacy skills