Olam International - Manager - Project Management Office - OFI Finance

About OFI

We are a global leader offering sustainable, value-added food ingredients and solutions to thousands of customers worldwide, ranging from multinational organizations with world famous brands to small family run businesses.

Our customer offer spans products, ingredients and category solutions created from the five most sought-after agricultural products: cocoa, coffee, nuts, spices and dairy. With this portfolio - operating at the heart of consumer and industry trends - we enable our customers to produce a wide variety of "on-trend" sustainable, healthy and indulgent food and beverage products that consumers love.

From our first cashew trade in 1989 until now, we have relentlessly focused on being a true collaborative partner to our customers and on establishing resilient and responsible supply chains.

Location: Chennai, India

Role: Manager, Project Management Office (PMO), OFI Finance

Opportunity:

The OFI Finance PMO works closely with multiple stakeholders across global locations to drive finance projects and organizational change critical to the successful delivery of OFI's strategy and objectives. The scope of initiatives will be broad, cross-functional and throughout all levels of the organization, and with high level of organizational impact. As part of the PMO, the successful candidate will also support the ongoing refinement of the business strategy, providing challenge and advice on implementation approaches and options.

Job description:

Drive Strategic Priorities and Value-adding Initiatives

- Define implementation roadmap for prioritized strategic initiatives with identification of near term and long-term goals/ benefits

- Drive OFI Finance's priority initiatives to deliver on the benefits of the business objectives and vision

- Ensure that initiatives deliver value and produce high-quality results within constraints

- Ensure priority initiatives are well designed and implemented, facilitate the tracking of milestones, timelines, and risks on initiative progress and flag potential delays

- Coordinate with multiple stakeholders and successfully manage complex initiatives that require collaboration across cross-functional teams

- Develop and implement performance tracking and progress measurement to track initiatives and realization of value

- Manage conflicts and inter-dependencies of the initiatives with other priorities

- Identifies and put in place plans to mitigate emerging risks and potential roadblocks

- Promotes new thinking, creative solutions and ways of working to address issues and mitigate risks

- Ensure transfer of knowledge and ownership of completed initiatives to the rest of the organization

- Review and identify continuous improvement opportunities within OFI harnessing best practices, industry leading framework as well as leading innovative tools and technologies

Facilitate Communication, Reporting and Change Management

- Apply a structured change management approach and methodology to all initiatives

- Develop and execute change management plans for the specific groups being impacted by change initiatives

- Identify potential risks and anticipated points of resistance, and develop specific plans to mitigate or address the concerns

- Facilitate key meetings and presentations to the Board and other senior stakeholders to escalate issues, address concerns and drive leadership mandate

Manage Cross-Functional Stakeholders and Build Relationships

- Establish and maintain effective partnerships with OFI Leadership, Councils, Finance managers, and initiative execution teams among others

- Act as a strong advocate of OFI strategy and principles

- Operate with integrity, building and maintaining trust with all stakeholders

- Develop a strong understanding of the challenges and specific needs of the stakeholders

Our Ideal Candidate:

- Highly motivated MBA graduate with a strong record of achievement in academics

- Preferably 5-6 years of experience in Big 4 or Top 9 global consulting firms with project / change management experience on delivering large scale transformation, especially in finance functions within large international organization

- Superior analytical aptitude, creative problem-solving abilities and excellent communication skills

- Team player with strong interpersonal skills with a flair for managing multiple stakeholders across cross-functional teams, including senior management, to drive outcomes and results

- Ability to think both strategically and tactically, move seamlessly from plan to execution

- Highly proactive, resilient and flexible and prepared to "get in the trenches" and support implementation of initiatives

- Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office, ability to produce high quality output under tight timelines.

- Advanced Excel skills preferred