**About IT in Nestlé**
We are a team of IT professionals from many countries and diverse backgrounds, each with unique missions and challenges in the biggest health, nutrition and wellness company of the world. We innovate every day through forward-looking technologies to create opportunities for Nestlé's digital challenges with our consumers, customers and at the workplace. We collaborate with our business partners around the world to deliver standardized, integrated technology products and services to create tangible business value.
The IS/IT Product/Project Portfolio Specialist will assume the overarching responsibility for supporting IS/IT leadership and senior Product/Project Managers in overseeing, managing and optimizing the entire life cycle of IS/IT Product Groups to maximize business value delivery and value for money.
The role provides a consolidated view of product/project portfolio strategy, investment and timeline and provides/escalates data around the organizational aim of achieving an optimized mix among the various types of IS/IT Product/Project investments. Analysis of these data points allows teams to make the best possible use of all resources and deliver the maximum value and benefits from Products/Projects within the Product/Project portfolio. S/He may also provide advice and recommendations for identifying, prioritizing, and coordinating resources engaged with the IS/IT Product/Project portfolio. The role manages and analyzes multiple views of the Product/Project portfolio data down to market level to allow Product/Project Managers and senior IS/IT management to define strategies and monitor their execution, under the supervision and guidance of her/his primary Community of Practice Lead and Head of Office of the CIO in Switzerland.
**Position Snapshot**
**Location**: Nestlé México
**Stream**: Portfolio Management
**Type of Contract**: Permanent
**Key Responsibilities**:
**Contribution to IS/IT Strategy - under the supervision and guidance of her/his primary Community of Practice Lead and Head of Portfolio Management in Switzerland**
- Champions IS/IT product/project portfolio goals and objectives IS/IT-wide and if needed enterprise-wide
- Leads reviews of any significant portfolio elements on a periodic basis and on demand if they are challenged
- Provides visibility on trends and forecasts versus plans and provides recommendations as to whether elements should continue as-is, be significantly changed, placed on hold or discontinued
- Applies external and internal factors and best practices to portfolio formulation and development
- As mandated by leadership, makes recommendations on the balance of the required investments and capabilities across teams within the product/project portfolio
- Assisting teams in other departments with data (dashboards or Reports)
**Operational effectiveness and efficiency**
- Makes recommendations for the IS/IT portfolio overall or its various sub-portfolios that are clearly linked to IS/IT strategy, objectives and goals, reflecting an awareness of external dynamics
- Ensures the adherence to the appropriate governance functions relating to the Product/Project Portfolio and in accordance with enterprise guidelines, policies and practices
- Ensures the oversight and coordination of dependencies across the elements in the Product/Project Portfolio, and resolve or escalate conflicts
- Supports Product/Project Managers and pool leads for identifying, prioritizing, and coordinating resources engaged with all or many of the initiatives within the IS/IT Program Product/Project Portfolio
- Maintains an up-to-date portfolio structure and plans that meet the IS/IT strategy and needs of the organization
- Directs the creation and maintenance of the required portfolio management capability, including artifacts, awareness and process material
**Stakeholder engagement**
- Provides visibility and transparency to key stakeholders in the enterprise to the IS/IT portfolio value and plans
- Facilitates and coordinates the efforts of the senior leadership, enterprise architecture and Product/Project managers toward the establishment of the Product/Project portfolio definition, its structure and investments, from demand management and strategic alignment; to portfolio categories and criteria; through evaluation, selection and prioritization; to execution, tracking and measuring the achieved value and adoption
- Engages with and conducts quarterly (or at other intervals as specified) reviews with senior Product/Project Managers, Business Relationship Managers and other relevant bodies to validate and assess the Product/Project Portfolio, execute change, and reprioritize to meet business needs as required
- Directs the development and maintenance of communications and reporting around the IS/IT portfolio and sub-portfolios, their contents and the individual performance of initiatives to IS/IT and business stakeholders and/or governance boards
- Collaborates wit