Project Manager (Consumer Marketing Insights)

About us

We're a truly international company, forth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by over 27,500 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo. Our agility and entrepreneurial spirit, alongside award winning development programmes, enable innovation and success while creating exciting and rewarding career choices.

As we move forward, our customers will be at the heart of what we do, evolving to needs and expectations and committing to a more meaningful contribution to harm reduction by building a successful NGP business. Integral to our long-term success is our sustainability strategy, behaving responsibly and supporting our ambitions, all underpinned by high governance.

Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.

The role

The Project Manager (Consumer Marketing Insights) has two main responsibilities:

Key accountabilities

• Supplier management, including:
• Document management: supplier records update, contract renewals
• Purchase orders (raising, tracking, sharing), Goods Received and invoices

• Status reporting, including:
• Financial status, department records
• Team resource, PTO schedules
• Project pipeline and KPIs
• Online document libraries usage

• Supporting cross-functional collaboration
• Liaising with Legal team to effectively manage approval process
• Liaising with Group Procurement to develop and manage MSA agreements with key suppliers
• Liaising with Group Finance to coordinate Business Process Approval process
• Liaising with Group Finance to keep Budget Owner Approval process up to date
• Liaising with Group IT to drive automated status reporting solutions

• Project management support as required
• Maintaining department online document libraries, incl. ensuring all required deliverables are available
• Supporting the communication and cascade of insights / consumer understanding across stakeholders; supporting the publication of newsletters
• Coordinating department staff meetings including scheduling, keeping minutes, tracking follow ups, etc.
• Support CMI team leads with travel planning and expense reporting

Key Deliverables

• Project implementation and budget execution summary reported monthly
• POs approved within 48 hours after initial request, payments processed according to IB terms
• Vendor information updated with 1 week after initial request
• Full research documentation shared within 1 week of project completion

Key Relationships

Internal

• CMI team
• Legal, Finance, Procurement and IT teams

 External

• Research suppliers
• IT vendors

Legal partners

Skills & Experience

Essential:

• Strong project management and reporting skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent MS Teams, PowerPoint, Excel and Word skills
• Excellent English language skills
• Punctual, flexible, agile, with great attention to details

 Desirable:

• Experience in consumer research environment
• Working knowledge of SAP SRM, Planview, Workday, Concur, PowerBI, Sharepoint

What we offer

Imperial Brands offer a competitive package of salary, bonus scheme, pension and 25 days holiday (with an additional 4 days on top to cover the Christmas period and bank holidays). and hybrid work.

Next steps

Interested applicants should apply with their CV highlighting their suitability for the role.