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IFF Project Manager, Nourish - Africa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Project Manager, Nourish - Africa
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Date:Jun 17, 2024
Location: Dubai, Dubai, AE
Company: IFF Family of Companies
Job Description
It’s an exciting time to be part of the IFF family. We are a global leader in taste, scent and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy.
Being part of the IFF Nourish Commercial Group, as aProject Manager, you will be based in ourDubaioffices. You will continue to maintain and grow key relationships, identify business development opportunities as well as effectively planning strategies while proposing sufficient action plan.
As Project Manager, you will report to our Sub-Regional Leader, Africa.
Your responsibilities
Strategy: Own the Strategic Agenda of Africa in partnership with Group Leaders; covering Strategy formulation, ongoing Strategy Tracking, and proposed corrective actions.
Analytics: Be the sub-region’s champion in Performance tracking, reporting, and analytics (On Going reporting for Sub-Regional/Country Group on Sales, CP, Pipeline, wins…etc).
Business Development: Help identify, formulate, and execute key sub-regional business development opportunities (in partnership with relevant stakeholders). This can take various lenses (Customer, Geography, category, technology, Channel…etc.)
Commercial Enablement: Act as the Commercial Excellence champion for the Sub-region, help identify & facilitate through relevant stakeholders’ areas of improvement for commercial success. Trainings, capability, tools…etc.
Chief of Staff: Act as a right hand to a Sub regional leader, helping with strategic planning, decision-making, and overall management of key initiatives.
Job Requirements
Good interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong relationships and build trust across stakeholders and colleagues.
Analytical and business mindset, questioning status quo.
Strong listening and communication skills.
Ability to influence and persuade others without managing them.
Expert, creative, passionate, inclusive fast thinker who can bring a different perspective and not accept the obvious.
Fluent in English.
About IFF
IFF is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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.