Project Manager Junior (Operations)

Descriptif du poste As a Project Manager Junior, you’ll be at the heart of that momentum: coordinating cross-functional teams and driving our most ambitious projects from idea to shelf. Key Responsibilities Team coordination: Assign team members from across departments and ensure clear, efficient communication and follow-up with all stakeholders, in a cross-functional management capacity. Planning & milestones: Build the project timeline, define and monitor critical milestones, and follow up on progress across all departments to ensure on-time delivery, in line with quality/cost/timing requirements. Reporting & gap analysis: Produce clear reporting, projections, and gap analyses to keep stakeholders aligned, and prepare milestone reviews for the Innovation Committee. Project reviews: Run regular cross-functional reviews to track progress and clear roadblocks fast. Risk management & decision-making: Lead risk analysis with your teams, align on mitigation actions, and drive fast, sound decision-making when challenges arise. Cost & resource management: Run cost simulations, manage budgets, and coordinate with co-manufacturers (COMANs) on investment studies — assessing required capex, evaluating impact on project P&L, and following up on equipment/machine installation planning. Execution & documentation: Ensure operational tasks are delivered on time, with clear documentation for compliance and team clarity. Types of Projects You’ll Manage Low complexity: Packaging/artwork changes (text, logo, ingredient list), listing new customers. Medium complexity: Recipe or ingredient changes, onboarding a new raw material or packaging supplier, extending an existing product to a new export market. High complexity: New product launches (from concept to industrial rollout) or product renovations, starting up a new co-manufacturer or factory. Reporting Line This role reports to the Projects Lead Manager within the Operations team. Success Metrics (KPIs) Success is measured by adherence to the cost / quality / timing triptych across the project portfolio. Profil recherché 0 to 2 years of experience, Master’s degree (Bac+5) — suited to a junior profile, typically a recent graduate (engineering school, business school, or a dual-competency background). You like solving problems and you can skills mediate disagreements and negotiate resolutions You have a strong leadership with the ability to lead cross-functional teams and Excellent communication skills in both verbal and written formats (for presentations and reporting). You have high levels of organization, autonomy, and proactive problem-solving. You have qualities like empathy, curiosity, and openness, tenacity, adaptability, and a drive to meet deadlines under pressure. You share enthusiasm for plant-based alternatives and the drive to contribute to a growing industry ! You are fluent in both French and English (it’s our internal language at La Vie !) Déroulement des entretiens You will have a first video call with the HR team and a second interview with your future manager, Aurélie, followed by a business case! You have proven yourself during these steps, and have your former managers confirmed that you’re amazing? AWESOME! 😃 → The final step is a quick meeting with our CEO. What makes La Vie unique ? 🌱 Impact: We exist to put a happy end to animal-intensive farming . Waking up every day to save pigs and tons of CO2 is pretty darn cool. 🚀 Unique adventure: Our vision is to become by 2040 the largest pork brand on Earth … Without hurting a fly! We’ll achieve this vision and tackle all the challenges on the way in what will surely be your craziest professional experience. 💙 People-first: Everyone at La Vie is passionate, smart, and good-vibe . It’s pretty unique to feel you are only surrounded by people who truly care. 🌎 International environment: English-speaking and various nationalities. 👩🏻‍🔬 R&D + Innovation: expect to learn a lot and eat a lot of samples! 💡Opportunities to learn and Grow: training, learning lunch, regular Q&A sessions with our leadership, honest discussions about our company KPIs, monthly feedback sessions ♡ Values that brings us together : #Examplary #Ambition #Teamwork #Sunny 🤩 Trust: respect and transparency from everyone. 🥳 Weekly afterwork drinks with the team 🏃 A healthy mind in a healthy body: Team Participation in sports events! Benefits 🚲 100% Green mobility and 50% Transports 🏝 🍎 🍇 🍊 Healthy snacks + Daily team lunchs👨💻 IT tools of your choice from BackMarket💼 🥗Pocket friendly veggie lunch by Frichti ! La Vie is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Qui sont-ils ? At La Vie, we love meat, but we don’t love its impact on life. We’re on a mission to help people move from an animal-based diet to a plant-based one, whilst keeping a big smile on their face. Our unique product technology and patented vegetal fat recipe, delivers the juiciest meat-like experiences ever known in the category. We are building a movement, a positive change for the industry and for the planet. Come and join us. From plants with Love. La Vie™