Sustainability Due Diligence Program Manager

Be a part of a revolutionary change. At Philip Morris International (PMI), we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business, and building our future on smoke-free products. With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions. Wherever you join our crucial 47,000-strong Operations team, you’ll have the opportunity to make an impact. PMI’s shift from selling cigarettes to our new smoke-free products has changed the way we work. New products bring new challenges – in the way we source and buy raw materials, in the way we engineer and manufacture, and in our supply chain planning. Bring us your curiosity and a desire to challenge the everyday and we’ll give you lots of responsibility. You’ll help us improve, inject innovation and create new ways of working. YOUR ‘DAY TO DAY’ As a Due Diligence Program Manager you will be part of Operations Sustainability department for Philip Morris International and will be reporting to the Senior Manager Strategy & Program Delivery position. The position is based in Crespellano (Italy). Specific responsibilities include: • Establish standardized global Operation Sustainability frameworks for due diligence, risk assessment, and certification processes, and manage the relationship with service providers and/or reporting platforms • Manage the due diligence in our supply chain leveraging on an external service provider • Stay abreast of global macro trends in the sustainability due diligence area and provide input to the S&PD pillar strategies (including the outside-in) • Apply sophisticated project management principles, practices and techniques to problem solving • Lead all aspects of the program planning and execution process, ensuring that the program is effectively planned and mobilized, and delivered to agreed cost, time and quality metrics • Once complete, ensure program is optimally closed by finalizing deliverables, acquiring program governance board approval to close the program and completing hand-over activities. Facilitate program lessons learned sessions and communicate/ document outcomes Key Qualifications: • University degree in Business Administration, Engineering or a similar education is preferred • 10 years’ work experience in program management and in sustainability due diligence and certifications; supplier due diligence experience is a clear plus • A creative and problem-solver, with the ability to think ‘in an unexpected way’ when encountering project challenges • Strong influencing and collaboration skills; able to advise and constructively challenge senior team members • Experience with various project/ program tools and techniques • Proficiency in English both oral and written, Italian is beneficial What we offer Our success depends on the men and women who come to work every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress. Join PMI and you too can: • Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to take risks, experiment and explore. • Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone’s contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the world’s best people and feel like you belong. • Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress. Philip Morris Manufacturing & Technology Bologna (PM MTB) PM MTB is Philip Morris International’s Center of excellence, worldwide recognized for prototyping, mass-volume production and employees’ training on smoke-free products. PM MTB employs more than 1000 employees and its production site of Crespellano is one of the most advanced manufacturing venues in Italy for technology innovation, competencies development and talent recognition. In 2021, Philip Morris Manufacturing & Technology Bologna has been awarded as Top Employer for the eighth year in a row. In the same year, was also granted the Equal Salary Certification certificate by the homonymous foundation to certify that men and women are paid equally for equivalent work. For more information, see our PMI and PMI Science websites. • [1] Reduced-risk products ("RRPs") is the term we use to refer to products that present, are likely to present, or have the potential to present less risk of harm to smokers who switch to these products versus continued smoking. We have a range of RRPs in various stages of development, scientific assessment and commercialization. ...