IT Project Manager

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. Facilitates and fosters 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 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. Engages senior leadership and business partners to deliver the project mission, goals and operating model. Follows 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 Executes the process that develops plans and prioritization by leadership and governance. Builds and maintains relationships with senior leadership within and outside IT becoming a trusted advisor. Contributes to opportunities to improve the project management best practices in order to achieve higher maturity in Princes Project Management. Contributes 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. Have knowledge or experience in 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

Solicits information on enterprise direction, goals and strategy to determine how the PMO function can add value to the organization and to customer satisfaction Makes decisions and recommendations clearly linked to the organization’s strategy and financial goals, reflecting an awareness of external dynamics

Relationship Building

Builds both formal and informal professional networks, and extends these networks within, across and external to organizational boundaries

Change Advocate

Demonstrates personal commitment to change through actions and words Acts as the organizational change agent for improving Princes Project Management maturity and practices, in support of business/agency goals and strategy. Mobilizes others within and outside the PMO to support and enable change efforts within individual initiatives and inside business/operations units

Results Orientation

Sets and accomplishes challenging goals Defines standards in terms of doing what is appropriate and doing it well Competes resourcefully and takes calculated risks to achieve results

Experience:

Working in the 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:

Cash car allowance 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.

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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.

Benefits:

Cash car allowance 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.

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