The Recipe:
In 2019 we opened our dedicated Research and Innovation Centre in Bolton, where our creative product development teams have access to cutting edge technology to help them create and bake the next big thing! We’re incredibly passionate about bringing a wider range of choice to our bakery category and our dedicated product development team working alongside our Marketing team, spend their time continually thinking of new ways of giving families great quality, great tasting food that fits in with their daily lives.
Over the last ten years we’ve launched several new innovations including Thin Crumpets, Giant Crumpets, Bagels, Sandwich Thins and it’s only by investing in innovation that we can continue to lead the way in the bakery market.
We're on the look out for a Project Manager who will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing projects within the decided-upon budget, timeline, and scope. They will also effectively monitor and present project updates to relevant stakeholders, clients, or project team members.
Responsibilities:
* To successfully manage Innovation projects (as defined by complexity, capex, revenue, profit/volume) within planned cost, timescale and resource budgets.
* Successfully manage the approval of projects with senior stakeholders
* Identify, assess, and manage projects issues and risks and create mitigation plans
* To prepare and maintain realistic Innovation project and quality plans, providing regular and accurate project reports to stakeholders highlighting launch updates, timelines, P&L and risks.
* Advise on and support Project management activities within the team
* To ensure all projects are reviewed with lessons learned recorded and utilised on subsequent projects.
* Lead and drive Innovation process, procedures and compliance for all projects
* To be responsible for maintaining own continuous professional development and knowledge to ensure Business leaders and Managers have a reliable and professional service to meet business needs.
Essential Ingredients:
* Project management experience, gained within a multi-site FMCG environment.
* Good knowledge of End to End processes (Ideation through to execution and in store)
* Experience of leading cross- functional, Innovation launches within FMCG environment.
* Excellent communication skills, influential, articulate and persuasive
* Ability to change direction with ease and overcome and adapt to changing priorities and pre-empting and solving problems
* Plans & organises projects, analysing critical paths in order to establish interdependencies and to plan appropriate actions; monitors and communicates progress against plans and milestones; regularly monitors work carried out by others to ensure tasks are delivered to time, quality and other requirements and makes improvements where required.
* Customer focus: understands the underlying business needs and issues associated with a project
* Influencing & negotiating: anticipates objections and is convincing in responding to them.
* Analysing & problem solving: Anticipates problems before they occur and takes steps to deal with them.
Extra Dough:
At last and by no means least, you will want to know what your breads worth:
* A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
* Family time is important to us so as well as your holiday entitlement, we'll give you the opportunity to purchase up to an extra week’s annual leave
* Award winning pension scheme with company contributions
* Private medical insurance and life assurance
* Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
* Continued investment in your personal development
* Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!
* Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service.