Contract Project Manager
CAD Replacement & EPOS Integration Programme
Northamptonshire
4 days per week on site, non-negotiable
Inside IR35
£550 to £600 per day
6 months initial, likely extension to 12 months
The Context
We are supporting a major UK retail business operating across 850 to 900 depots.
After several years of development, the business is now approaching pilot launch of a new cloud based CAD platform, with go live targeted for late April or May.
The pilot will launch into selected depots before nationwide rollout.
There is urgency. Missing key milestones triggers significant commercial penalties tied to licensing.
At the same time, a critical automation programme must integrate CAD outputs directly into the EPOS system. Today depot teams manually re enter every product line into the EPOS System after a design is approved.
The Role
This is a high impact delivery leadership role.
You will take ownership of the CAD to EPOS integration workstream while operating in lockstep with the Programme Manager leading the CAD replacement rollout.
You will:
Move the integration from late discovery into structured delivery
Own the end to end plan, milestones, risks and governance
Align both workstreams so they operate in full synchronisation
Manage cross programme dependencies
Drive pilot readiness for late April or May
Remove the need for senior leaders to babysit delivery
Escalate decisively and bring control to an exposed programme
This is not a reporting role. This is hands on programme control.
Post pilot phase there is strong potential for this individual to assume wider ownership across both CAD replacement and integration.
What Good Looks Like
Senior Project Manager or Programme Manager with strong systems integration delivery experience
Delivered POS, EPOS, ERP or retail systems integration
Comfortable with cloud platform implementations
Strong cross workstream dependency management
Experience operating in operational, multi site environments
Credible, assertive and delivery focused
Able to handle cultural resistance and adoption challenge
Calm under pressure, able to stabilise complex programmes
Role details
Inside IR35
£550 to £600 per day
4 days per week on site in Northampton
Immediate or very short availability required (max 1 week's notice)