Global Initiatives Manager - DG Beauty

Dolce&Gabbana, a leader in the world of luxury fashion, for its new in-house Beauty Division has an exceptional career opportunity. Join the brand in its new venture and come work in an exciting environment, favorable to audacity & creativity!

The Global Initiatives Manager is responsible to coordinate the activities of the multi-functional team (Global Marketing; Sourcing; Development; Planning; Go to Market; Finance; External Business Partners) over the entire portfolio of New Product Launches (Initiatives).

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The Global Initiatives Manager:

• operates through influence to guide and coach the different functions along the Stage-Gate process following all the steps of the Standard Operating Model;
• is responsible for the end-to-end readiness of Global Initiatives across technical, commercial and financial aspects: starting from the product concept definition up to the stock availability at the Global Warehouse;
• leads the MFT team to work collaboratively and proactively through the several stages of the project CPS (Critical Path Schedule);
• conducts reviews to ensure the proper flow of actions;​
• ensures that risks and issues are pro-actively identified and intervenes to change priorities and to put in place contingency plans to recover from problems;
• timely escalates project issues to management for visibility and support in their resolution as needed;
• guides his/her direct report(s) to work through challenging situations by clearing obstacles; identifies gaps and opportunities for their growth and development.

Essential:

• Around 5 years of experience in the role;
• Project management experience;
• Proven track record on managing projects and delivering on time, on cost and on quality;
• Proven experience in delivering projects as leader and member of a multi-functional team;
• Fluency in English (spoken and written). Knowledge of the Italian language will be a plus;
• Understanding of new product development processes;
• Preferably to have experience in the Beauty industry or pharmaceutical, food, FMCG.

Additional Characteristics:

• Positive and optimistic attitude;
• International background;
• Excellent ability to work in a team and to get along with others;
• Leading by example;
• Strong sense of individual accountability, commitment to deliver results;
• Autonomy, action-orientated and pragmatic approach;
• Solution oriented approach;
• Ability to learn from both successes and failures;
• Resiliency and flexibility to adapt to new challenges;
• Capability to keep a healthy attitude under pressure;
• Able to communicate effectively, going straight to the point;
• Capability to guide others through change by example.