Senior Project Manager

Application Deadline : 12 October 2025

Department : Tea Supply Chain

Location : Poland

Overview

Are you searching for a career with bags of variety, in an environment that celebrates differences and empowers collaboration, which values individuals and will encourage you to make an impact? Do you want the freedom to explore, and the opportunities to find new ways and to innovate? If so, TwiningsOvo delivers.

We’re looking for people who don’t just come here to get the job done, but who have a real passion for the brand and a desire to do the best job they can. In return, we offer an inspiring package of employee benefits - to show just how much we value you. This role will offer you the scope for growth and the tools to aim high.

As a Senior Project Manager, you play a key role in a lean, performance-focused and innovative NPD team. Within Tea Supply Chain, the project management team are the engine that drives the delivery of NPD & TSC initiatives and are respected in the business for the value that they deliver.

You will drive and deliver NPD & TSC strategic projects across the Twinings product portfolio including NPD Core innovation, NPD Adapt & TSC Value Optimisation & TSC Procurement initiatives where complexity of the project or impact on consumer experience require high and mature project management skills.

You will have energy and passion for delivery and be a part of a high performing NPD team which consistently delivers products which exceed the expectations of consumers, and utilises all available expertise to maximise opportunities.

With 50% of our growth in the next few years coming from innovation, improving our ability to deliver all types of innovation seamlessly and at pace, as well as enhancing our brand reputation through amazing quality and optimum regulatory, you will be key to our success.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver NPD & TSC strategic projects positively and proactively, on time in full.
• Responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of NPD projects with different levels of complexity.
• Manage Markets and other Teams expectations through regular effective communication to all stakeholders and team members.
• Use appropriate tools / schedules for activity planning and lead project meetings to engage the project team to actively participate and support the project implementation. Ensure the project is on track, stakeholders are aligned, and issues / risks are highlighted in a timely manner.
• Identify and highlight risks and challenges through the life of a project and, with the project team, find solutions that minimise the risks.
• Influence, manage, brief and coordinate people across Team NPD and across Tea Supply Chain (including Technical, Procurement, Data Team, Finance, Regulatory & Supply Centres) and external suppliers (e.g. design agency, material suppliers, co-packer, etc.) to engage in and deliver projects.
• Create and implement the project timeline and supervise its implementation.
• Coordinate the first production in the production area and monitor the implementation progress until the product is fully approved.
• Ensure project statuses and key milestones are kept accurate and up to date in the NPD Gateway system.
• Update other systems (e.g. EDC for estimated costings), KPIs and Data Bridges with key information to enable project delivery.
• Work with other Project Managers to support other projects, look for process improvement opportunities and proactively share learnings.

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