Portfolio Manager - Transformation & Change in Lutterworth

Overview

We are Bleckmann, a market‑leader in supply chain management for fashion and lifestyle brands, operating across Europe, the US and Asia. This permanent, full‑time, daytime role supports the UK portfolio through governance, demand management, financial oversight and tool optimisation. It offers a salary of £70,000–£75,000 per annum, a car allowance, a hybrid working model (three days in office, two days remote) and a competitive benefits package.

Responsibilities

• Establish and drive a robust portfolio‑management framework across the UK business, ensuring effective governance, prioritisation, resource planning, and delivery oversight for operational, automation, continuous improvement, and transformation initiatives.
• Maintain a single view of all UK projects, including warehousing, automation, client onboarding, continuous improvement and transformation initiatives.
• Drive portfolio prioritisation, balancing strategic goals, operational priorities, customer commitments and resource capacity.
• Manage portfolio risks, dependencies and delivery conflicts.
• Lead portfolio governance, reporting and insights to support decision‑making and strategic planning.
• Establish a consistent process for capturing, assessing and prioritising new opportunities, projects and change requests within the demand‑management function.
• Create visibility of the UK project pipeline, ensuring demand aligns with business priorities, investment plans and delivery capacity.
• Partner with stakeholders to shape opportunities into well‑defined initiatives with clear scope, outcomes, requirements and ownership.
• Support business‑case development and investment decisions, ensuring initiatives are ready to enter delivery.
• Facilitate the transition from portfolio planning into project delivery, working closely with Project Managers and key stakeholders.
• Work with leaders and project teams to understand resource demand, identify capacity constraints and support effective portfolio planning.
• Partner with Finance to build and strengthen financial PMO capability across the UK portfolio.
  • Support consistent financial governance, budgeting, forecasting and portfolio reporting.
  • Establish scalable portfolio standards, reporting frameworks and data‑driven ways of working.
• Lead selection, implementation and optimisation of portfolio‑management tools.
• Establish portfolio management standards, processes and reporting frameworks that support future business growth.
• Drive adoption of portfolio‑management disciplines and best practices across the organisation.
• Champion the UK Project Management, Continuous Improvement, Change and Transformation community across sites and functions.
• Foster collaboration, knowledge sharing, consistency and continuous improvement.
• Support development of project, change and transformation capability, creating a scalable foundation for growth and delivery excellence.

Core Capabilities

• Problem Solving – Analyse complex operational processes, identify root causes and develop pragmatic, value‑driven solutions.
• Ownership & Accountability – Define and progress transformation initiatives from concept to implementation, ensuring clarity and quality of outcomes.
• Collaboration – Work effectively across functions and geographies to align stakeholders and ensure smooth execution of cross‑functional initiatives.

Profile

• 7+ years of experience in Portfolio Management, PMO, Programme Management, Transformation or Change Management roles.
• Proven experience establishing, developing or improving portfolio‑management and PMO capabilities.
• Strong background within a 3PL, logistics, warehousing, supply‑chain or operational environment.
• Experience managing complex portfolios covering warehousing operations, automation projects, client onboarding, continuous improvement, and business transformation initiatives.
• Knowledge of warehouse automation technologies – WMS, robotics, ASRS, sortation and conveyor systems.
• Strong understanding of portfolio governance, prioritisation, demand management, resource planning and financial management.
• Experience developing business cases, supporting investment decisions and managing portfolio financial performance.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to influence at all organisational levels.
• Strong analytical capability to translate portfolio data into clear business insights, priorities and recommendations.
• Portfolio, Programme or Project Management qualification – MoP, P3O, MSP, PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent.
• Experience with portfolio‑management platforms – Jira, Atlassian, Wrike, Monday.com or similar.
• Strong reporting and analytics capability using Power BI, Tableau or equivalent solutions.
• Experience implementing or optimising PMO and portfolio‑management tooling.
• Change Management certification (e.g. Prosci) desirable.
• Degree in Business, Engineering, Supply‑Chain, IT or a related field – desirable.
• Additional language skills beyond English are considered an advantage.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• 33 days annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays.
• Life insurance.
• Competitive pension scheme.
• Retail and various discounts via a benefits platform.
• Health and wellbeing initiatives (EAP, OH, wellbeing hub via a benefits platform).
• Social events.
• Exclusive client discounts.
• On‑site parking.

EEO Statement

We are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation committed to employee development and recognising the successes of our teams. We are proud of our accreditations including Healthy Workplaces Leicestershire and we are Disability Confident Committed as part of the Disability Confident Scheme and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities. If you wish to know more about the role or discuss accommodations within the recruitment and selection process, please contact Greta.Smirnovaite@bleckmann.com.

Our Values

At Bleckmann, we are guided by our values: Entrepreneurship, Expertise, Excellence and Engagement.