Project Manager - permanent, full-time
Bicester, Oxfordshire
About us
British Bakels Ltd is a specialist provider of high-quality baking ingredients to organisations throughout the UK and beyond. Part of the wider Bakels Group of companies employing over 3000 employees worldwide, British Bakels is a successful, dynamic and friendly business with a reputation for high quality products and exceptional customer service.
As a result of our continued growth, we are looking for a Project Manager to help us drive and maintain our high standards and ensure we can continue to meet and exceed our customers' expectations.
About the role
The position will be based in Bicester, with travel to Liverpool and customer sites when required.
This role is accountable for the project management of all business activities required to design and launch new products as defined by approved project briefs. The role also oversees all change management (product, packaging, process). This includes traded goods that are sourced outside of UK production sites for the UK market.
Working hours - days (37.5 hours per week)
Responsibilities will include:
• Governs the Bakel's Stage & Gate process, giving regular updates and visibility to the SLT and NPD managers, escalating key risks, cascading decisions/actions and holding stakeholders to account.
• Facilitates cross functional business processes and workstreams to ensure delivery of new business opportunities to agree timescales and budgets.
• Ensures that all projects are captured within activity management with clarity of brief, critical path, end to end visualisation and centralised projects hubs for collaborative working.
• Leads & facilitates weekly project updates and project forums to ensure adherence to critical paths and cross-functional tasks are completed.
• Uses knowledge of customer requirements, suppliers and agencies to ensure that tasks and timings are fully understood, has direct relationships where appropriate to move projects forward. Upholds the design to print process for packaging, supporting the team to deliver to milestones.
• Reviews projects post launch ensuring that all aspects are captured and corrective actions & improvements are communicated and closed out through training or process improvements.
• Ensures that all project management information is documented, accurate and has the latest version of the 'truth'.
About you
To be successful in this role, you will have to have the ability to develop and maintain strong, collaborative cross-functional relationships driving accountability within teams and across stakeholders including customers, suppliers and external agencies; be empathetic and adapts communication styles, both written and verbal, to suit the environment and stakeholders; have a continuous improvement, problem solving attitude, be action orientated and thrive on getting stuff done, motivate and engage to maintain momentum; be detail orientated and curious and get to the root of problems and have the ability to assess and work through risks, scenario planning and escalating as required to ensure customer requirements are upheld and issues are constructively managed.
Specific requirements include:
* Numerate & literate with a proven track record of project management
* Experience in retail development or a retail-oriented food manufacturing environment specifically related to product launch process management
* Managing for results and attention to detail
* Problem-solving and decision-making skills
* Commercial and cost awareness
* Ability to work at pace and think on their feet
* Working with and through others
* Ability to work unsupervised, prioritise, and flex to meet changing business needs
* Computer and system literacy
* Project management experience, ability to create the right plans for delivery
* Presentation skills & ability to convey messaging
-Valid UK driving licence
You must also have the right to work in the UK and live within easy commuting distance of Bicester, Oxfordshire. Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor visa applications for this role.
Our staff benefits
We offer a generous range of benefits including:
* a competitive salary of 45-55k p.a. depending on experience
* 25 days' annual holiday, with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days
* An additional day off for your birthday
* 10% employer pension contribution with optional salary sacrifice scheme
* Occupational sickness benefits
* Life assurance benefit
* Long Service awards
* Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
* Employee Assistance Programme with wellbeing portal
* Employee forum with regular social and charity events
* Healthcare scheme providing cashback on health-related expenditure* (annual cap)
* Cycle Purchase scheme
* Tastecard scheme offering discounted food, retail and entertainment
* Staff canteen with vending machines, fridges, toasters and free tea/coffee
* Free on-site parking
We are an equal opportunities employer who values diversity, dedication and teamwork.
If you think you would be a good fit for this role, please apply today We look forward to receiving your application.
Please note: Due to the high response received, we will only contact candidates that have been successfully selected. Therefore, if you have not heard back from us in 14 days, it means you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. Thank you for your interest
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £45,000.00-£55,000.00 per year
Benefits:
* Additional leave
* Canteen
* Company events
* Company pension
* Cycle to work scheme
* Enhanced maternity leave
* Enhanced paternity leave
* Free parking
* Health & wellbeing programme
* Life insurance
* On-site parking
* Referral programme
* Sick pay
Work Location: In person