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Project Manager

Permanent contract
Paris
Salary: €42K to 50K
Starting date: September 15, 2024
Occasional remote
Experience: > 3 years
Education: Master's Degree

La Vie™
La Vie™

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One of the things we are standing for at La Vie is AMBITION! In the past 2 years, we succeeded in sharing our love for delicious plant based meat with France, UK, Benelux, Switzerland & Germany! And… we are not planning to stop there! 😉

In order to coordinate La Vie’s exciting projects 🥓🌎, We need a talented project manager to join the project team of Justine & Camille!

We have the following missions for you:

  • You will assign team members from different departments to the project and ensure an efficient communication and follow up between all team members and stakeholders

  • You will create the project timeline, define and monitor all critical milestones and follow up on the progress of all departments

  • You reassure efficient decision taking and problem solving within the team when confronted with challenges

  • You will run cost simulations

Upcoming projects😀

  • You will coordinate the geographic extension of an existing product to a new export country

  • You will identify new co-manufacturers & handle the production transfer

  • You will be managing the changes in artwork (packaging : text, logo, ingredient list…), recipe & ingredient changes

  • You will handle the listing of new customers

  • You will deal with the introduction of new raw material & packaging materials suppliers

  • You will manage new products development and existing products renovation

You are joining our adventure in a crucial phase with many career opportunities : The sky’s the limit! 🚀


Preferred experience

  • You have by preference 5 years of experience in the FMCG industry, ideally food industry (but not mandatory), including 3 yrs experience in a Project manager role

  • You have by preference a degree in engineering and are certificated project manager

  • You have demonstrated excellent communication skills both verbal as written (presentations and reporting)

  • You are diplomatic with an outstanding ability to influence others at all levels of the business

  • You have the ability to mediate disagreements and negotiate agreeable resolutions

  • You are Fluent in English and French

  • Last but not least: You are ready to deepdive in the world of plant based meat! 💚


Recruitment process

You will have a first video call with HR, a second interview with your manager Justine, and a business case to complete and present!

You were kicking ass in those rounds AND your former N+1’s reconfirmed us what a catch you are ? AWESOME! 😃 → Welcome to the final round in our office with some bacon tasting and a meetup with our founders!

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 Foodles!

La Vie is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

If you are passionate about plant-based innovation, have a successful sales track record in the food manufacturing sector, and are ready to make a significant impact in the European market, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity at La Vie.

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