Transition Manager

About Kerry Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.About the role

The  Transition Manager  will be responsible for transition execution, ensuring on time and on budget implementation of the projects assigned in accordance with the GBS transition methodology and process solution framework

Key responsibilities

• Develop and deliver detailed transition plans with clear milestones and timelines, identifying interdependencies and in line with GBS Transition Methodology
• Build and maintain a strong working relationship with business and functions, including key leadership Teams
• Deliver multiple transition projects aligned with the GBS Operational Master Plan, on time, on budget and compliant with the GBS transition methodology
• Manage and implement project responsibilities from inception to completion including cost, benefits, quality, scope, and schedule
• Ensure successful knowledge transfer and work-shadowing between the business and GBS
• Support the application of a Continuous Excellence culture and drive process stabilization & optimization
• Develop robust working relationships with key process owners across the business
• Regularly and effectively communicate project and team status throughout the organization levels on progress, issues, and opportunities
• Effective project documentation
• Deliver all Transition Projects and Programme in line with methodology (managing risk, governance, quality assurance, issue resolution, reporting)
• Provide consolidated transition status reporting, dashboards and relevant measures at GBS Centre levels
• Ensure risks are appropriately managed and mitigating actions are in place to ensure continuity of service and minimum disruption to both existing operations and the processes to be transitioned
• Ensure that a robust monitoring process is implemented, and rigor is established to resolve process inefficiencies, and capture lessons learned in the deployment phase
• Perform project quality checks and audits, ensuring compliance with the methodology
• Manage a common transition documentation repository (project documentation, tools, templates, accelerators etc.)

 

Qualifications and skills

Bachelor’s degree

Desired: Project Management qualification (PMP, Prince2 or similar)

Medium to Advance level of English

At least 2-3 years' experience in SSC or BPO environment

Strong Project Management and Project portfolio Management capabilities with more than 3 years’ experience, in a fast-paced changing environment, ideally where transition and migration has been involved.

Knowledge of project planning, implementation and management gained through experience using formal project planning tools and recognized project management methodology (PMP, Prince2, Lean, DMAIC, etc.)

Strong Knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) MS Project and MS Visio

Experience of working in a complex PMO environment

Stakeholder management: solid network with functional area, Markets, Region

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