Enterprise Packaging Value Director

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Key Responsibilities:

Enterprise Transformation & Value Leadership

• Lead the enterprise packaging transformation as a strategic enterprise value agenda , translating ambition into a prioritised roadmap of initiatives and outcomes.

• Shift the operating model from fragmented initiatives to enterprise value delivery (growth, sustainability, agility, complexity reduction).

Governance, Decision Velocity & Orchestration

• Chair/lead the Packaging Program Board, ensuring clear prioritisation, sequencing, and relentless follow‑through to delivery.

• Drive fast, repeatable decision pathways by preparing high‑quality scenarios and ensuring decisions land in the correct Plan‑to‑Govern forums (Commercial/technical/financial/ operational).

• Make trade‑offs explicit and enterprise‑optimised across cost, sustainability, growth, speed, complexity, service risk and feasibility.

Cross‑Functional Integration (Enterprise Leadership without Owning Functional Levers)

• Integrate and align Demand, R&D, Supply/VCO, Graphics and Markets while preserving explicit functional accountability for their respective levers.

• Provide 'high‑accountability, outcome‑driven' leadership, driving clarity, escalation and pace without creating competing decision rights.

• Lead through influence across global functions and markets to align priorities, mobilise senior stakeholders, and accelerate execution without owning functional resources.

Delivery Discipline, Transparency & Reporting

• Establish enterprise transparency of progress, risks, interdependencies and resource contention; . Ensure initiatives translate into measurable enterprise value outcomes, including complexity reduction, speed - to- market improvement, sustainability impact and operational efficiency.

• Identify and remove systemic blockers (governance friction, legacy constraints, data quality barriers) that prevent scalable execution.

Foundation Scaling & Capability Enablement

• Accelerate and scale enterprise enablers already underway (e.g., Packaging Program Board, Graphics CoE, PIU/data backbone, printing & design optimisation).

• Partner with ESO PMO to ensure strong program discipline, standards, and 'touch once' execution across change waves.

Education & Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or equivalent preferred.
• Typically 15+ years' experience with breadth across enterprise transformation / program leadership / operations and value delivery.
• Demonstrated enterprise leadership and ability to bring Mars principles to life; sets vision, creates alignment, and drives accountability at senior levels.
• Proven track record leading complex, cross‑functional transformations with measurable outcomes
• Strong capability in portfolio governance, prioritisation and trade‑off management; able to convert complexity into crisp choices and enterprise recommendations.
• Deep working understanding of packaging/printing/graphics and their end‑to‑end impacts on supply chain, master data, market execution and service risk.
• Executive stakeholder management: trusted partner able to challenge constructively, escalate fact‑based, and drive fast decisions.
• Strong people leadership and team‑building capability (direct and/or matrix leadership), creating high performance through clarity, standards and coaching.
• Demonstrated ability to lead enterprise transformation in complex global matrix organisations through influence rather than direct authority.