Role Description
In Princes, the primary purpose of the Project Manager role is to lead, oversee and ensure the successful delivery and management of single or multiple projects within scope, quality, time and cost constraints that may be clearly defined or may require dynamic change management to deliver business value.
Dimensions
* Providing Project Management services and delivery for the IT products and solutions across all Princes Group worldwide.
* Liaising with senior stakeholders in the Princes business.
* Manage virtual teams of up to 50 including internal and external resources.
* Management of key implementation projects with an asset value of up to £2 million per annum.
Principal Responsibilities
* Perform the role of IT Project Manager on complete projects and programmes.
* Facilitate and foster a project-management-oriented culture and mindset.
* Analyze project proposals to determine time frame, funding limitations and appropriate process for accomplishing projects.
* Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones, and required activities and tasks.
* Provide leadership and motivation to project team members throughout the project life cycle, and confer with project staff to outline the work plan.
* Establish work plan and staffing for project activities, iterations or phases, and arrange for recruitment or assignment of project personnel.
* Implement project communication plan.
* Perform risk assessment, and implement mitigation plans.
* Monitor project activities, ensuring the currency, quality and integrity of the information, while providing consistency in content and “look and feel” across the enterprise.
* Ensure that project goals are accomplished and are in line with business objectives.
* Assign duties, responsibilities and scope of authority to project personnel.
* Direct and coordinate activities of project personnel to ensure that the project progresses on schedule and within budget.
* Review status reports prepared by project personnel, and modify schedules or plans as required.
* Engage senior leadership and business partners to deliver the project mission, goals and operating model.
* Follow defined project management processes, methods, tools, guidelines and standards in order to establish a stable framework that supports all project teams and stakeholders to improve the probability of successful project delivery.
* Execute the process that develops plans and prioritization by leadership and governance.
* Build and maintain relationships with senior leadership within and outside IT becoming a trusted advisor.
* Contribute to opportunities to improve project management best practices in order to achieve higher maturity in Princes Project Management.
* Contribute to a project management community of practice to facilitate collaboration and best‑practice sharing among project managers.
Role Requirements
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Knowledge / Education
* BSc/BA in Computer Science or related business experience.
* Experience implementing projects in an FMCG organisation.
* Deep understanding of project management methods and practical practice.
* Strong Project Delivery skills and demonstrated practice.
* Practical demonstrated experience will be considered above and ahead of any formal qualifications.
* Understanding of change management principals and practice.
* Broad understanding of business processes associated with all aspects of an FMCG manufacturing operation.
Additional Key Behaviours
Business Acumen and Enterprise Knowledge
* Solicit information on enterprise direction, goals and strategy to determine how the PMO function can add value to the organization and to customer satisfaction.
* Make decisions and recommendations clearly linked to the organization’s strategy and financial goals, reflecting an awareness of external dynamics.
Relationship Building
* Build both formal and informal professional networks, and extend these networks within, across and external to organizational boundaries.
Change Advocate
* Demonstrate personal commitment to change through actions and words.
* Act as the organizational change agent for improving Princes Project Management maturity and practices, in support of business/agency goals and strategy.
* Mobilize others within and outside the PMO to support and enable change efforts within individual initiatives and inside business/operations units.
Results Orientation
* Set and accomplish challenging goals.
* Define standards in terms of doing what is appropriate and doing it well.
* Compete resourcefully and take calculated risks to achieve results.
Experience
* Working in IT and business/industry.
* Extensive demonstrable project delivery experience with 5 to 10 years for demonstrated project delivery success.
* Demonstrated experience in leading diverse teams.
Benefits
* 25 days annual leave plus your birthday off.
* 14.5% pension - 5% employee opt in / 9.5% employer.
* Hybrid and flexible working - 4 days in office / 1 day WFH.
* Flexible holiday option - buy 5 additional days.
* Enhanced family friendly & carers policies.
* Life assurance cover.
* Private medical insurance.
* Critical illness cover.
* Learning and development opportunities.
Country
United Kingdom
Location
Liverpool
Business Area
Finance
Workplace Type
Hybrid
About Princes
The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.
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