Program Manager
This is a fast-moving environment with a lot of programmes and projects happening and a growing large PMO.
* Lead all retail projects from initiative through to successful delivery.
* Ensure the transformation vision is converted to tangible work packages that deliver value to the organisation.
* Work with the leadership team to identify opportunities and build out a pipeline of initiatives to deliver within the retail transformation.
* Develop and maintain detailed project plans, forecasts, manage project deliverables and scope, resolve cross-functional issues and change control.
* Co-ordinate the resource team in line with the plan.
* Work with business stakeholders to identify additional innovative opportunities to transform the operation, elicit high-level strategic plans, build a pipeline, secure funding and deliver identified strategic initiatives.
* Understand and deliver on the customer's needs, collaborate with business stakeholders to ensure requirements are documented and agreed.
* Work with 3rd party vendors to deliver technical solutions, including RFPs, solution architecture, build, test, and implementation.
* Develop quality assurance plans to ensure what was requested has been delivered successfully.
* Manage any migration from a business readiness perspective, ensure solutions are migrated accordingly, users are trained as appropriate, operational support plans are in place, and the business is ready to launch.
* Effectively control risks and issues, manage dependencies within your workstream and as part of the wider transformation program as required, escalation of issues to senior stakeholders as appropriate.
* Monitoring project progress and performance, budget tracking, governance, and reporting at a project level.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Program Manager who can lead and deliver complex commercial and technology projects in a large-scale environment around Retail / consumer goods / Supply chain & distribution.
We are looking for someone with a degree in Commerce, IT or a related field and a PMP or Prince2 certification, with 10+ years delivering complex commercial and technology projects. You will have substantial commercial acumen with good vendor and system integrator management experience, as well as broad exposure to change management and business readiness techniques.