Lead Project Coordinator

About this Position The role leads project coordination services that support adhesive innovation service function within the organization. The role is designed to expand innovation services supporting management of MOC projects collaborating with global cross functional teams while helping drive business growth, profitability, and resilience. A key dimension of this role is strong collaboration with internal innovation and cross-functional teams across the globe, strengthening SBU partnerships through project coordination and delivering customer-centric services with speed, quality and consistency.

What You´ll Do

• Lead communication and coordination with global cross‑functional stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment on goals, timelines, and deliverables; foster strategic, trust‑based partnerships with SBUs.
• Drive seamless project execution through effective stakeholder engagement, governance, and issue resolution. Plan, coordinate, and lead project and steering committee meetings, including scheduling, agenda tracking, documentation management, meeting minutes, action tracking, and overall project status monitoring.
• Co‑create strategies and initiatives in collaboration with cross‑functional teams (Innovation, Supply Chain, Procurement, Marketing, and Sales) to drive growth and expansion of innovation services.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time and within scope, providing proactive, regular, and appropriate status communication to stakeholders.
• Establish and continuously enhance efficient project coordination services, expanding service demand and portfolio through close collaboration with global teams.
• Drive continuous improvement by developing and maintaining operational metrics, identifying process inefficiencies, and contributing to the evolution of standards, templates, and best practices to increase efficiency, speed to market, and overall impact.
• Utilize project and portfolio management tools (e.g., MS Project, SharePoint, Power BI) to maintain visibility, enable data‑driven decision‑making, and support portfolio governance.
• Manage, lead, and coach team member(s), supporting capability development, performance, and engagement.
• Ensure full compliance with Henkel corporate safety, health, environmental, and quality standards, policies, and workplace procedures.
  
  

What makes you a good fit

• Minimum 8 years of experience in project management.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Engineering, or Science.
• Professional project management certification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, Agile) is highly desirable.
• Proven experience managing mid‑ to large‑scale global projects, including complex stakeholder communication and coordination.
• Data‑driven mindset with strong analytical skills; advanced proficiency in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint), MS Teams, Power BI, and SharePoint.
• Strong business acumen with a result‑oriented, service‑focused mindset.
• Excellent planning, organizational, and coordination skills, with strong written and verbal communication abilities.
  
  

Some perks of joining Henkel

• Diverse national and international growth opportunities
• Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
• Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
• Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
• Best-in-class Group Medical Insurance policy covering employee, spouse and up to 2 children
• Competitive accident and term life policies for up to 3 times annual gross salary
• Progressive OPD policy of INR 30,000 for employee, spouse and up to 2 children
  
  

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We look for a diverse team of individuals who possess different backgrounds, experiences, personalities and mindsets.