SIRE® is the market leader in Life Sciences recruitment. We believe the recruitment market needs to gear up in technology and continuous innovation. We like technology, in a Life Sciences market driven on science, we couldn’t stay behind; we drive Recruitment Science. Investing a majority of our turnover in technology enables us to use unique Resource Technologies. By using highly advanced algorithms, we enable our team of Resource & Data Strategists© to maintain the most advanced, detailed and complete Life Sciences network in Europe. This big data enables us to work Reverse Recruitment©: we first analyze the market in-depth before we go out to the market. Because we analyze the whole market, we can compare facts and data. This enables us to do Facts & Big Data Recruitment©, making sure we, or better yet, you find the right career!Our client is a professional Food organisation, based in Utrecht Netherlands.

Role Description

The SRO (Strategy Realization Office) is the newly created Project Management Office for Innovation. At the heart of the Innovation management process, its mission is to deliver the right projects on time, on budget and at the right price point.
Within its Portfolio & Governance team, we are looking for a senior portfolio manager for our Innovation in our biggest category (worldwide) and for the region Europe across categories. For about 15% or your time, you will lead a young professional located in Utrecht

Responsibilities

- Lead creation and maintenance of Innovation projects and portfolios in the PPM tool;
- Perform and interpret portfolio analyses with the PPM tool (40% of your time);
- Identify possible gaps between strategies / KPI's and project portfolio and recommend actions to be taken to implement priorities and improve delivery of projects;
- Drive implementation of stage gate Innovation process (OPENWAY) worldwide and cross functionally;
- Identify and develop strategies to improve business process which drive significant impact on the innovation portfolio;
- Coaching and leading a young professional in Utrecht

Requirements

- We Are Looking for An Experienced and Enthusiastic Communicator with,
- At least 8 years of experience (for example in portfolio management, project management)
- Communication - Impact and influence in non-hierarchical, cross functional environment, Networker
- Pragmatism and agility
- Proven analytical skills, experience and affinity with business processes
- Computer skills, including experience with electronic project management, resource management and document workflow tools, data cruncher
- Affinity with product and process development, supply point processes, quality management
- Willing & able to travel internationally (10%)

Are you interested and do want to apply for this role, please fill out your application via the apply button below and contact Robin Hiariej.