Commercial Project Manager - 18 Month Fixed Term Contract in Milton Keynes

Location: Middlebrook, Cumbernauld, London

Contract and working pattern: Permanent, 37.5 hours, Hybrid - 3 days on site

We are all about Being Your Best Barr None and having a career with real Moments that Matter! Employing around 850 people across the UK, we are proud to be a responsible business that takes care of our people, values diversity, gives something back to our communities and works to minimise our environmental impact.

For 150 years AG Barr has been building great brands and is home to some of the nations favourite flavours. At our core is IRN-BRU, launched in 1901 and still going strong today, the vibrant RUBICON fruit based brand, Boost making every moment better with a caffeine kick, hydration hit or tasty treat, and FUNKIN where real fruit means authentic taste. We also have a number of exciting owned brands within our portfolio including MOMA, which crafts quality oats into great tasting oat drinks and porridges.

As a Commercial Project Manager, you will act as the key point of contact for a number of AG Barr’s significant Commercial Project Portfolio. Managing multiple projects you will attend meetings, deal with a high volume of information, facilitate effective communication, and proactively drive projects forward to ensure delivery on time and within budget.

Your responsibilities:

• End to End Project Management: Manage NPD and EPD projects all the way from inception to launch. Maintain a comprehensive, real-time overview of projects, including their status, timelines, dependencies and risks. Develop and manage project plans, ensuring that all projects are progressing towards their goals and staying on schedule. Proactively identify potential risks, roadblocks, and conflicts within and between projects and develop mitigation strategies. Facilitate regular project meetings ensuring they are efficient, productive, and focused on key actions and decisions.
• Action and Task Management: Capture, document, and track all action items and decisions arising. Assign clear ownership for each action item to the appropriate individual or team. Escalate overdue or critical action items to relevant project sponsors or management.
• Resource and Stakeholder Management: Help to identify and allocate resources needed for the successful execution of projects. Coordinate with various stakeholders, cross functionally, to ensure projects are sufficiently resourced and any gaps are highlighted. Communicate project updates, progress, and challenges to all relevant stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.
• Reporting and Analytics: Generate regular status reports for management, highlighting progress, risks, and resource needs. Use data and metrics to analyse project performance and identify areas for process improvement.

What you’ll bring:

• Relevant Project Management qualifications are preferred, but not essential.
• Project management experience and delivery in an FMCG environment.
• Significant time management and organisational skills.
• Advanced communication and presentation skills - both written and verbal.
• Proactive problem solving.
• Analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Alignment with AG Barr behaviours.

We believe in creating a diverse and inclusive culture where your voice can be heard. Our skilled, loyal and committed people are critical to the future success of AG Barr which is why we are continually investing in our employees to develop their talent. We look after our employees by offering a competitive salary and benefits package which includes:

• Uncapped bonus linked to business performance.
• Defined contribution Pension.
• Up to 34 days holiday.
• Flexible holiday trading.
• Flexible cash pot to spend on benefits.
• Healthcare Cash Plan.
• Flexible benefits e.g. discounts & cashbacks, gym memberships, technology purchases etc.
• Life assurance.
• Save as you earn scheme.
• Staff sales discount.
• Free AG Barr products throughout your working day and staff sales.
• Annual salary review.
• Ongoing professional development and access to Learning and Development programmes and content.

We are an equal opportunities employer and happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that may be needed for successful candidates with a disability, health or mental health condition. While we have highlighted our ideal requirements for this role, we are realistic that the successful candidate probably won’t meet every single requirement in this advert, but we are big advocates of people growing in role. So even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to submit an application - you may be just what we are looking for!

Latest closing date for applications is 25th March. Please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so apply now!