About this Position
At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the
future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted
brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our
cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new
paths and grow.
This position is with our Consumer Brands business unit – where we
empower our employees to bring the best Laundry & Home Care and Hair
products to people around the world.
Dare to learn new skills, advance in
your career and make an impact at Henkel.
What you´ll do
- Lead capital projects end-to-end, from scope development through design, execution, startup, and operational handoff.
- Serve as the overall project leader, balancing technical, operational, financial, and execution priorities.
- Manage project scope, schedule, budget, resources, and project controls to ensure successful delivery of capital investment projects (CAPEX).
- Drive capital management activities, including forecasting, spend tracking, cost control, and change management.
- Own project risk management, proactively identifying, mitigating, and escalating risks and issues.
- Communicate project status, risks, and outcomes effectively to stakeholders at all levels, including site leadership, Regional and Global Engineering, R&D, Quality, and Hygiene teams.
- Manage external contractors, vendors, and equipment suppliers to ensure quality, performance, and timely execution.
- Maintain project governance, tracking, reporting, and documentation in accordance with Henkel standards.
- Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, Finance, Purchasing, R&D, SHE, and other stakeholders across all levels of the organization.
- Ensure projects meet safety, quality, regulatory, compliance, and performance requirements.
- Support and participate in Pre-Startup Safety Reviews (PSSR), Process Safety initiatives, Design Reviews, Constructability Reviews, and Management of Change (MOC) processes.
- Apply Henkel Production Systems and Vertical Startup (VSU) methodologies in partnership with the VSU leader to support successful commissioning and startup.
- Demonstrate organizational agility and adaptability in response to changing business priorities and project demands.
