RC DT cPLM Project Manager

Job Description

Location: Aimargues

Segment: Royal Canin

Type of contract: permanent contract

The business transformation is led by a GLT member, CIO/ Vice President of business transformation, and the business transformation office (BTO) is led by senior leadership to manage the day‑to‑day program.

Part of the BTO (Business Transformation Office), the RC cPLM DT Project Manager will report to the RC cPLM DT Global Lead, based at RC Aimargues (RCA).

This role provides project leadership for the Ideas‑To‑Market functional area and specifically for a critical underlying project aiming at removing blockers identified for S4 and cPLM due to raw material duplication coming from Veritas, the current corporate specification tool at RC. This project is part of the I² M transformational activities foundation that will ensure process and system readiness required to start the cPLM design phase at the beginning of 2027.

What will be your responsibilities

• Responsible for project management, securing key objectives and benefits delivery through expert management of quality, costs and time.
• Coordinate the project organization, steer and implement a set of transformations within the RC ecosystem through strong collaboration with business senior stakeholders in specific functional areas (Data, R&D, Supply, Digital technology).
• Coordinate internal and third‑party resources during concept & initiation, execution development (design, build, test), implementation and nurturing phases.
• Ensure all solution components meet business requirements and comply with Digital Core, Data and cPLM standards and ecosystem.
• Prioritize tasks and scope items effectively and accordingly to business priorities to ensure project success and speed of delivery.
• Work closely with R&D RC, MDG, Master Data, RC DT Business‑as‑Usual, PLM (Veritas + cPLM), and Digital Core teams (EOS) to build and deploy the required changes, supporting new ways of working.
• Potentially manage contractors within the DT team.
• Liaise with the change management team of Digital Core, Veritas FE organization, and cPLM to support process and system changes to ensure smooth adoption.
• Deliver end‑to‑end projects that are quality and functionally tested, with supporting program or project documentation that meet functional and technical requirements.
• Own the DT knowledge management for the project, including business process documentation, technical configuration to hand over to deployment and GDO teams, and ensure sustainability of the platform/template and its adoption.
• Apply technical and functional knowledge to design solutions in line with technical architecture, database design and performance requirements, appropriate to the context in which they will be implemented.

What profile are we looking for

IT Master Degree, graduate from a business school, or degree from a leading university.

• 5+ years’ experience in related R&D and/or SAP implementation.
• Project & Program Management.
• Budget Management.
• Stakeholder Relationship Management of functional experts.
• Knowledge of IT solutions and/or relevant business areas.