Project and Transition Manager EMEA

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 people globally.

   The Transition Manager will be responsible for the transformation and transferring responsibility and process/service activities from the customer to LDC during the initial stages of a contract.

Main Responsibilities:

• Support design of detailed, integrated project plan related to business process outsourcing
• Manage transition activities according to the timeline and budget including infrastructure and facility readiness, hiring, knowledge transfer, and go live readiness
• Use LDC transition methodology and structure to guide and document all activities to standards
• Anticipate risks and help establish mitigation plans
• Manage issue identification and resolution
• Develop and manages project plans and schedules for transition in coordination with the delivery centers, and across all transition work streams (People transfer, IT, Service/process transition, Workplace & infrastructure services)
• Collect and documents observations and lessons learned from completed transitions
• Help improve and implement transition methodology and identify improvement opportunities
• From Transition perspective, manage and escalate any local-impact issues that affect the post-Go Live team’s service
• Contribute to the stabilization process and conduct smooth handover of responsibilities to operations

Technical skills/knowledge:

• Experience with ERP systems
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong user knowledge of MS Office (Excel and PowerPoint)

Other behavioral competencies:

• Ability to work to tight deadlines whilst maintaining quality of work and effective work relationship with team and client
• Experience in working in a service-driven environment
• Strong work ethic, maturity, and leadership qualities
• Confident communicator with excellent presentation skills and an ability to use own initiative
• Ability to deal effectively in high pressure, dynamic situations with a large degree of autonomy
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills, financial and commercial awareness
• Strong customer driven focus
• Ability to interpret and evaluate business results and alert managers of impact (client and internally)
• Accuracy and attention to detail

The number of years of experience required:

• Experience in working in Finance and accounting processes; project/program management
• Experience in a multinational environment is an advantage

Language ability:

• Fluency in English language
• Knowledge in second foreign language is an advantage

Education required: 

• Relevant University degree, ideally in Finance/Project Management
• PMP, Agile, Scrum, PRINCE2 would be a plus

Additional Information for the job

Diversity & Inclusion

LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA. LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.

LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

Sustainability

Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company.

We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us

What We Offer

We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

Our Benefits

• 25 annual paid leave
   
• Flexible working hours
   
• Food vouchers
   
• Transportation allowance
   
• Additional medical & dental insurance
   
• Life insurance
   
• Sports card with 90/10 coverage
   
• Various learning & development opportunities
   
• Yearly performance evaluation plans
   
• Social clubs & Wellbeing initiatives
   
• Team buildings & social events
   
• Employee Referral Program