Innovation Program & Project Manager NAMX

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.

This position is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit – where we empower our people to transform industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings.

Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.

• The Innovation Project & Program Manager leads and manages global and regional product development, from ideation through commercialization, along with the innovative programs and strategic priorities, to support Henkel's Consumer Goods Adhesives business. You will be the lead PM to support the business to reach growth and profitability goals, delivering new differentiated products promptly to our strategic markets.
• Program Management ensures strategic alignment of the innovation programs in correlation with the business growth targets
• Project Management includes managing stakeholder expectations, resources, timing, and deliverables in a range of individual innovation projects
• Drives x-Project/business initiatives to foster best practices exchange and continuous improvement
• Co-creates strategies and initiatives together with the marketing team to drive pipeline filling & optimization
• Prepare and present innovative projects to the executive management team(s) in the review and decision‑making meetings
• The role can be filled by a person located either in Bridgewater office (USA) or in the Duesseldorf office (Germany)

• Bachelors Degree is required
• Minimum 5 years of working experience; project management experience a must
• Strategic mindset with capability to translate strategy to impactful programs and projects
• Collaborative and constructive can‑do mind set and ability to spark a positive team spirit and drive progress
• Driven, persistent, and results‑oriented with capability to influence without direct authority
• Excellent structured and organized to manage a high complexity of projects, actions and priorities
• Enthusiastic Change Agent with ability to sell internally
• Knowledge of MS Teams and SharePoint; experience with ADP (Adhesive Development Process) and Planview a plus
• Data driven with good analytical skills e.g. Excel, Pivot Tables, etc.

• Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
• Work‑Life Balance:
  Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
• Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
• Family Support: 12‑week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
• Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement

The salary for this role is $-$. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.

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Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.