Food & Packaging - Project Manager (FTC 14 months)
High Wycombe – HP11 2EE
Hybrid working - 3 days office based
About the Role
Working with Subway Culinary, IPC Strategic Sourcing & IPC Food Safety Quality Assurance teams to project manage branded beverages and snacks, new product launches and product changes.
Leading the project management for the Commercialisation team via use of
Smartsheet
software.
The successful candidate will need to have project management experience and ideally Smartsheet skills.
Responsibilities
* The tracking and delivery of all NPD & EPD branded beverage & snack projects to all markets
* Facilitate weekly department & Culinary project management calls, sharing progress and risks
* Ongoing management & regular sharing of project status to internal stakeholders.
* Create new & maintain existing automated reports
* Working with value delivery manager to support business with cost saving initiatives
* Supporting monthly sampling sessions
* Super user for Smartsheet software for Commercialisation team
* Continuous improvement & maintenance, exploring upgrade opportunities & management of design & functionality
* Ongoing management of Commercialisation dashboards to show KPI's for business monthly & quarterly meetings (ODG, QBR, Board, Stock obsolescence)
* Working with Commercialisation team to assess & report on capacity to Director of Commercialisation & Quality Assurance
* Leading bi-weekly activity project calls and sharing minutes & actions post call to both external & internal stakeholders
Required Skills
* Desirable Smartsheet expert
* Project management experience in a highly networked environment
* Proven track record of working cross-functionally with key stakeholders
* Self-motivated and also able to work as part of a team
* Microsoft packages
* Influencing and communication skills at all levels
* Keen attention to detail and able to both write and present information in a concise manner
* Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise in a high-pressured environment is essential
* Analytical acumen; able to collate and evaluate data
* Strategic/commercial focus; understands business strategies and those of suppliers
* Ensures robust partnerships
* Organised with ability to cope with demands of a changing and fast paced environment
* Hands-on approach with the ability to think laterally to resolve issues/problems
* Planning and organising
* Stakeholder management
* Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
* Adapting and responding to change
Benefits
Excellent benefits package including enhanced pension contribution, healthcare, 25 days holiday, salary sacrifice schemes. Plus, we also provide breakfast and lunch items in the office
Our Values
Our culture and values are at the heart of everything we do and are an important part of our hiring process. Our three values are:
* We are empowered
* we have the freedom to make a difference together.
* We collaborate
* we trust and depend on each other. We contribute. We succeed together.
* We deliver on our commitments
* we deliver on our commitments together, individually, today and tomorrow.
Equal Opportunity Statement
We actively support diversity, equity and inclusion and make sure that our employees are valued and treated with dignity and respect. We encourage everyone in our business to reach their potential.
About the Company
IPC International, created by bringing together two strong teams, IPC EMEA and IPC Asia Pacific, is a go-to and trusted supply chain partner, with over 20 years proven experience supporting Subway Franchisees and rapidly scaling store growth across complex markets.
With international coverage through our vast supplier and distributor base, and an unmatched portfolio of services, we support the end-to-end supply chain. All of this is powered by great people, execution and technology.