Reference code: JR127018
Relevant, masculine and British. Since 1893, Alfred Dunhill has been engineering unique and stylish luxuries for men. We seek people who have commitment and drive with a strong commercial focus, and will thrive in a creative environment that encourages innovative thinking.
- Strategic Planning & Executive Coordination
- Facilitate strategic activities and meetings, acting as a key liaison and facilitator between ExCo members, Group management, and the CEO.
- Coordinate the annual strategic plan development with the CEO and relevant teams, including timeline planning, analytical support, and coordination of drafting strategic documents and presentations.
- Coordinate framing documents and presentations for internal executive meetings (e.g., Executive Committees) and Group meetings (e.g., business reviews, annual reports, ad hoc analyses requested by the Group).
- Monitor follow-up actions and objectives stemming from strategic discussions and decisions, ensuring accountability and progress across departments.
- Analyze and prepare detailed reports and presentations to enable informed strategic decision-making at executive levels.
- Draft agendas, meeting minutes, and follow up on action plans with various teams, particularly for strategic and executive-level discussions.
- Strategic Project Initiation & Oversight
- Initiate and monitor cross-functional strategic transformation projects, ensuring their successful execution by setting clear objectives, milestones, and performance measures. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Company wide key strategic projects
- 360 go-to-market strategies for stronger commercial launches.
- Any other ad hoc strategic projects as required.
- Coordinate interdepartmental collection calendar meetings with the CEO for each collection (Product, Communication, Commercial, VM, Production, General Services), ensuring distribution and updates to teams.
- Initiate and monitor cross-functional strategic transformation projects, ensuring their successful execution by setting clear objectives, milestones, and performance measures. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Organisational Development & Process Optimization
- Coordinate projects focused on defining a mid- to long-term organizational structure to support the Maison’s growth phase and strategic evolution.
- Strengthen process discipline and RACI (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed) frameworks by clarifying existing processes and designing new ones when necessary to enhance operational efficiency.
- Project Governance & Standards
- Develop, implement, and maintain project management methodologies, standards, and best practices in alignment with dunhill's strategic goals and Richemont Group guidelines.
- Ensure adherence to project governance frameworks, including documentation, reporting, and approval processes.
- Support the definition and implementation of project management tools and systems.
- Project Planning & Support
- Assist dunhill Executive Committee (ExCo) in developing detailed project plans, including scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, resource allocation, and budget.
- Facilitate project kick-off meetings, workshops, and regular project review sessions.
- Support the creation and maintenance of project documentation, such as project charters, status reports, risk registers, and issue logs.
- Monitoring & Reporting
- Track project progress against established plans, identifying deviations and potential risks.
- Prepare and distribute regular project status reports, dashboards, and presentations for various stakeholders, including senior management and the Group.
- Coordinate dashboards to monitor business performance across key and cross-functional KPIs for all departments, ensuring alignment of teams around shared operational objectives. Responsible for updating dashboards at each Latest Estimate (LE) cycle and distributing them.
- Monitor project budgets and resource utilization, flagging any discrepancies or overruns.
- Risk & Issue Management
- Assist in identifying, assessing, and tracking project risks and issues, particularly those impacting strategic initiatives.
- Support ExCo in developing mitigation strategies and resolution plans.
- Maintain comprehensive risk and issue logs, ensuring timely updates and escalation to relevant stakeholders.
- Communication & Stakeholder Management
- Facilitate effective communication channels within project teams and with external stakeholders, including executive leadership and Group management.
- Ensure clear and consistent communication of project status, changes, and decisions.
- Support stakeholder engagement activities and manage expectations.
- Resource Management
- Assist in forecasting and allocating project resources, working with functional managers to ensure availability for strategic and operational projects.
- Monitor resource utilization and highlight potential conflicts or shortages.
- Continuous Improvement
- Conduct post-project reviews and lessons learned sessions to identify areas for improvement in project execution and strategic coordination.
- Contribute to the continuous enhancement of project management processes and tools within dunhill.