The organisation (Arthan's client partner) is looking to recruit a Project Manager to work with the CEO and relevant team, to help manage the execution of an important stakeholder project which involves coordination with a renowned international sustainability organisation in the commodity space, supply chain partners and apparel brands and retailers.

The project would entail leading a team to draft a framework code of conduct for implementation of a sustainability program and manage its pilot and rollout across the coming years.

The role involves a lot of senior stakeholder coordination and consultation, good communication and project management skills and ability to align interest of diverse partners, organisations and companies.

Key Expectations:

- Developing strong relationships & working rapport with the project stakeholders.

- Work with some good project management tools and frameworks to keep the timelines and milestones in check

- Manage and organise workshops with a diverse array of stakeholders.

- Engage with various social media teams (the organisation and external stakeholders) to push the project agenda forward

- Timely and orderly reporting

- Ability to drive the M&E, operations, and reporting function for the successful implementation of the project

Key Accountabilities:

- Drive & deliver the project management plan to pre- agreed deadlines and help to implement the strategic direction of this important project for the organisation and the various partners involved.

Key Skills Required:

- A proactive and outgoing approach to work diligently on the principles of Project Management, specially in the development and / or sustainability sector

- Excellent relationship management skills with the ability to understand and align with the stakeholder expectations in the best possible manner.

- Build strong working relationship with stakeholder and partners & managing relationships through regular meetings & calls.

- Excellent internal and external communication skills written, verbal and non-verbal

- Good team player and must have managed a small-mid size team in the past.

- Plan and manage key timetables and deadlines

- Establish efficient, effective & innovative process & mechanisms to collate all project information and convert in monthly & quarterly reports for customers

- Develop a strong internal review mechanism to monitor & report internally on weekly basis to help drive continuous improvement

- Good to have an external focused background in the cotton / textile industry or agriculture sustainability industry working with the apparel brands, codes and standards in the sustainable textile sector or corporate CSR teams, govt. institutions and foundations.

- Good to have worked with Sustainable cotton programs / initiatives in the past

- Demonstrate responsibility and leadership in project management externally to key stakeholders including, thought leaders and industry platforms, as required.

Key Relationships Internal:

- CEO

- Internal team members

Key Relationships External:

- International sustainability organisation

- Brands

- Supply chain partners

- Local implementation partners

- External consultant and subject matter experts

Personal Experience / Qualifications / Skills:

Experience

- Minimum 5-7 years professional experience with a proven track record of managing large scale projects, consultancy roles, and developing new opportunities and nurturing business relationships.

- Ideally with proven experience of handling complex stakeholder relationships and delivering results in the cotton textiles/clothing business.

- Ability to work to and drive key deadlines, across teams in multiple locations and time zones

- A self-starter who is comfortable working autonomously, as well as alongside multi-functional teams.

Qualifications

- Educated to graduate degree level.

- Preferred MBA / post grad from a reputed institute / social sector or rural management institutions

Skills

- Self-starter and entrepreneur

- Ability to influence and engage across a variety of audiences

- Collaborative and team player

- Tenacious and delivery oriented

- Integrity and passion for sustainability, an advantage.