Project Officer

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

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Project Officer
Amsterdam, Netherlands (3 days in office, 2 days working from home)
Competitive salary + benefits

We welcome applications from experienced professionals with relevant expertise — even if you don't meet every requirement. If this role excites you, we'd love to hear from you.
At AkzoNobel, we've been pioneering colour, protection and performance for more than 200 years. Delivering strategic change across a global organisation requires strong project governance and effective collaboration. Our Project Support team plays a vital role in helping programmes and projects run smoothly, providing the structure, coordination and insight that enable successful delivery.
We're committed to building diverse, inclusive teams that reflect the customers and communities we serve.

About the Role
As a Project Officer, you'll provide essential support to project, programme and portfolio managers, helping to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget and to the highest quality standards.

Working across multiple initiatives, you'll coordinate project administration, monitor progress, produce insightful reporting and help embed project management best practices. You'll build strong relationships with stakeholders across the business, ensuring effective communication, accurate reporting and continuous improvement throughout the project lifecycle.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced project environment, has a keen eye for detail and wants to contribute to high-impact business transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
•    Support project delivery: Coordinate with various project stakeholders to enable efficient delivery of projects.
•    Monitor project performance: Track project progress against cost, quality and timeline objectives, identifying risks and supporting informed decision-making.
•    Deliver meaningful reporting: Collect, analyse and consolidate project information to produce clear and timely status reports for project teams and stakeholders.
•    Coordinate project governance: Help maintain project documentation, reporting standards and governance processes to ensure consistency across programmes.
•    Support portfolio management: Analyse portfolio performance, monitor project progress and communicate key updates, dependencies and issues to relevant stakeholders.
•    Promote continuous improvement: Contribute to the development of project management best practices, lessons learned and PMO process improvements.

Other Responsibilities
•    Build effective working relationships with project teams and business stakeholders.
•    Help maintain accurate project plans, schedules, risks, actions and reporting documentation.
•    Support resource planning, budget tracking and change management activities.
•    Contribute ideas that improve project management tools, processes and ways of working.

What We're Looking For
You don't have to tick every box — we value curiosity, collaboration and a proactive approach.
Ideal candidates will bring:
•    Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
•    Experience coordinating projects within an international or multicultural environment.
•    Experience in a Project Coordinator/Support or PMO role.
•    Familiarity with project management tools and reporting processes.
•    Knowledge of project management methodologies such as Agile, Scrum or Portfolio Management.
•    Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail.
•    Analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
•    Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
•    A collaborative, customer-focused mindset with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
•    A proactive approach and confidence working independently while supporting a wider project team and senior management.
Desirable:
•    Project Management training or certification (such as PME or equivalent).
•    Experience supporting multiple concurrent projects or programmes.

What Makes This Role a Great Opportunity
•    Be part of projects that support strategic business transformation across a global organisation.
•    Work alongside experienced project and programme managers in an international environment.
•    Develop your project management, reporting and stakeholder management skills.
•    Contribute to improving project governance, tools and best practices.
•    Build a broad network across multiple business functions while developing your career within a leading multinational organisation.

Why AkzoNobel?
We offer:
•    25 holidays and 21 leave days based on the current CLA (full-time position).
•    Pension.
•    Travel expenses.
•    A culture centred on inclusion, development and work-life balance.
•    Access to global learning and career progression opportunities.

At AkzoNobel, we believe diverse teams make stronger decisions, drive innovation and create better outcomes. If you're passionate about delivering successful projects and enjoy bringing structure, organisation and collaboration to complex programmes, we'd love to hear from you.

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© 2024 Akzo Nobel N.V. All rights reserved.

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Requisition ID: 54678