Project Manager Junior (Operations)

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.- 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 !)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.