Project Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 22, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 14, 2026. Nestlé scores A on the Alion truth index.
Position Snapshot
Location: Braga/Lisbon (Portugal)
Company: Nestlé Business Solutions (NBS)
Hybrid Work: 2 days per week at the office (aligned with our current Policy)
Languages: Fluent in English
About us
Nestlé Business Solutions (NBS) is at the heart of the Nestlé Group. We provide Supply Chain, Financial, HR, Digital & Social Media, CRM and Consumer Engagement services to enable Nestlé to engage with millions of consumers worldwide. We are a multicultural and diverse team of professionals. We are passionate about digital innovation and driving continuous improvement processes with colleagues across the world.
We are looking for talents who are eager to learn, team player, digitally-savvy, with an entrepreneurial mindset, and who can flourish in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
If this describes you and you are looking to join a business where you can really add value, it is time to consider joining NBS!
At Nestlé Business Solutions (NBS), diversity and inclusion are core values. If you have any special needs, count on us to adapt your position.
A day in the life of...
Act as a project manager:
- Ensure the day-to-day management of the project through assignment of project work, mobilization of required resources and monitoring and reporting on key dimensions (e.g. work packages completion, risks, opportunities, issues, schedule, budget, etc.). Manage delivery in line with the project sponsors expectations, tolerances, timings and expected business benefits. Manage timely decision process
Project Governance:
- Designs and ensures adherence to the established project governance
Establish partnerships with stakeholders:
- Engage with stakeholders in complex environments. Propose alternative ways of working or strategies whenever relevant and when contributing to better project outcomes
Lead a Project Team:
- Coach, support, energize and engage the Project Team. Ensure roles and responsibilities are communicated with regular feedback on performance
Closing a Project:
- Ensure successful delivery of key project packages, capture lessons learned and review whether the objectives and Business Case assumptions been achieved
Project management tools and practices:
- Champions the application of project management key practices, standards, methodologies, tools and templates. Can coach team on key project management practices. Build and maintain reference methods, standards, tools and templates
Coach and Develop:
- Supports junior members in developing the required skills of project management
Ensure the quality standards for key Project deliverables:
- Timeliness of key milestones, budget accuracy, risk management plan
- Project team delivery in line with the expected. business objectives (what/how), quality standards, and on-time as per the schedule
- Consistent application of standards, methodologies and templates
- Successful project closure approved by steering committee
Aligned input to the steering committee:
- Business case and project control documents: Issues, R&O, change requests, budget, etc.
- Stage reviews and approvals, incl. Documentation on decisions taken on raised exceptions
- Engagement with key project stakeholders and team members
Continuous Improvement and Development:
- Identify ways to eliminate waste and/or boost team performance
- Actively coach & develop junior team members
- Is proactively deepening the knowledge as per the areas identified in the capability matrix
Contributes to people talent cycle:
- Provide input into each team members PDP’s
What will make you successful:
- Minimum 4 years experience in project management as a role
- Experience in leading teams incl. budget, personnel responsibilities and track record in developing people
- Certification and ability to coach in project management practices (e.g. Waterfall, Agile)
- Managing cultural diversity: respect and ability to cooperate with various cultures in the most effective way
- Operate in a Matrix Organization and leveraging influencing skills
- Reliable, Adaptable, Digitally-agile, customer-centric, Innovative, result-focus
What we offer
Here at NBS we care about our Talents and we continuously work to have our teams engaged and our people achieving their best professional performance, without forgetting personal development and work-life balance. Joining NBS will bring you:
- Development of expertise in Nestlé’s Shared Services Business
- Immersion in a culturally diverse team
- Local and International Exposure
- Flexible working environment
- Engagement and wellbeing activities
- Competitive salary and annual bonus according to your performance
- Meal Allowance Card
- Flex Benefits - At NBS you can chose what benefits are more suitable for you
- Make part of the Nestlé Club and get discount in several partners
- Free coffee (and good coffee) at the office.
- Company equipment according to professional needs
- E-learning courses and training program to get you where you aim to be
- Career progression and possibilities for International Career
Position Snapshot
Location: Braga/Lisbon (Portugal)
Company: Nestlé Business Solutions (NBS)
Hybrid Work: 2 days per week at the office (aligned with our current Policy)
Languages: Fluent in English
About us
Nestlé Business Solutions (NBS) is at the heart of the Nestlé Group. We provide Supply Chain, Financial, HR, Digital & Social Media, CRM and Consumer Engagement services to enable Nestlé to engage with millions of consumers worldwide. We are a multicultural and diverse team of professionals. We are passionate about digital innovation and driving continuous improvement processes with colleagues across the world.
We are looking for talents who are eager to learn, team player, digitally-savvy, with an entrepreneurial mindset, and who can flourish in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
If this describes you and you are looking to join a business where you can really add value, it is time to consider joining NBS!
At Nestlé Business Solutions (NBS), diversity and inclusion are core values. If you have any special needs, count on us to adapt your position.
A day in the life of...
Act as a project manager:
- Ensure the day-to-day management of the project through assignment of project work, mobilization of required resources and monitoring and reporting on key dimensions (e.g. work packages completion, risks, opportunities, issues, schedule, budget, etc.). Manage delivery in line with the project sponsors expectations, tolerances, timings and expected business benefits. Manage timely decision process
Project Governance:
- Designs and ensures adherence to the established project governance
Establish partnerships with stakeholders:
- Engage with stakeholders in complex environments. Propose alternative ways of working or strategies whenever relevant and when contributing to better project outcomes
Lead a Project Team:
- Coach, support, energize and engage the Project Team. Ensure roles and responsibilities are communicated with regular feedback on performance
Closing a Project:
- Ensure successful delivery of key project packages, capture lessons learned and review whether the objectives and Business Case assumptions been achieved
Project management tools and practices:
- Champions the application of project management key practices, standards, methodologies, tools and templates. Can coach team on key project management practices. Build and maintain reference methods, standards, tools and templates
Coach and Develop:
- Supports junior members in developing the required skills of project management
Ensure the quality standards for key Project deliverables:
- Timeliness of key milestones, budget accuracy, risk management plan
- Project team delivery in line with the expected. business objectives (what/how), quality standards, and on-time as per the schedule
- Consistent application of standards, methodologies and templates
- Successful project closure approved by steering committee
Aligned input to the steering committee:
- Business case and project control documents: Issues, R&O, change requests, budget, etc.
- Stage reviews and approvals, incl. Documentation on decisions taken on raised exceptions
- Engagement with key project stakeholders and team members
Continuous Improvement and Development:
- Identify ways to eliminate waste and/or boost team performance
- Actively coach & develop junior team members
- Is proactively deepening the knowledge as per the areas identified in the capability matrix
Contributes to people talent cycle:
- Provide input into each team members PDP’s
What will make you successful:
- Minimum 4 years experience in project management as a role
- Experience in leading teams incl. budget, personnel responsibilities and track record in developing people
- Certification and ability to coach in project management practices (e.g. Waterfall, Agile)
- Managing cultural diversity: respect and ability to cooperate with various cultures in the most effective way
- Operate in a Matrix Organization and leveraging influencing skills
- Reliable, Adaptable, Digitally-agile, customer-centric, Innovative, result-focus
What we offer
Here at NBS we care about our Talents and we continuously work to have our teams engaged and our people achieving their best professional performance, without forgetting personal development and work-life balance. Joining NBS will bring you:
- Development of expertise in Nestlé’s Shared Services Business
- Immersion in a culturally diverse team
- Local and International Exposure
- Flexible working environment
- Engagement and wellbeing activities
- Competitive salary and annual bonus according to your performance
- Meal Allowance Card
- Flex Benefits - At NBS you can chose what benefits are more suitable for you
- Make part of the Nestlé Club and get discount in several partners
- Free coffee (and good coffee) at the office.
- Company equipment according to professional needs
- E-learning courses and training program to get you where you aim to be
- Career progression and possibilities for International Career