Product Life Cycle Operations Specialist - Hybrid in Heidelberg bei BD

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About the role:

Product Life Cyle Operations Specialist Cluster is accountable for cross platform and cross-functional coordination of product life cycle (PLC) operational activities in close alignment with and guidance from Product Management Leads, for all countries belonging to the cluster. He/she manages and drives timely execution of PLC changes within the Central European Region. Ensure deliverables are completed in line with the overall process and stakeholder responsibilities – from assessment (timings, transitions requirements, commitments etc.) to implementation and follow-up.

Provides marketing processes expertise through specific set of skills and knowledge, e.g. marketing projects management, product and portfolio management, market planning and execution.

Main responsibilities will include:

• Cross platform and cross-functional coordination of product life cycle (PLC) operational activities in close alignment with and guidance from Product Management Leads

• Project manage and drive timely execution of PLC changes within the CE Region. Ensure deliverables are completed in line with the overall process and stakeholder responsibilities – from assessment (timings, transitions requirements, commitments etc.) to implementation and follow-up.

• Create and organize project work, required documents and deliverables for validation and compliance traceability.

• Ensure project governance, including meeting cadence, scorecard, RAID log in accordance with established project management practices and required tools.

• Provides timely and effective project communications, including meeting facilitation, and executive status reporting.

• Identifies and manages project risks and issues, ensuring their timely mitigation and resolution with impacted stakeholders.

• Creates management reports and presentations (as required) to keep project sponsor and other leaders and stakeholders up to date on schedule, budget and deliverable status.

• Engage key stakeholders to manage key activities and deliverables in the Region.

• Maintain the PLC Roadmap for MDS with a single source of truth master for cross-functional purposes.

• Trigger PLC changes for the CE Region as per established process and data requirements and ensure availability of communication elements to implement the change (country/sales guidance, customer letters, TDSs, samples etc.).

• Create and drive tracking on PLC implementations: timing, impact, completion, risk identification, confirmation on cut/migrated decisions and progress, discontinuation progress, drive mitigation actions.

About you

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience of working in a large matrix organization

• Bachelor’s degree, in business or marketing

• Process and details orientation

• Project management

• Analytical skills

• Action-oriented, takes ownership of tasks and get things done

• Must be a skilled communicator

• Ability to collaborate and influence without authority, using relationships and networks within the BD matrix

• Technical marketing acumen is a plus

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