Senior Project Manager in East Grinstead

Hours: 40 hours per week worked Monday – Friday

Salary: Up to £54,000 per annum, depending on experience

An award-winning, market-leading 3PL (third party logistics provider) ILG specialises in high-quality order fulfilment and delivery services. Our customers are premium brands, many in the beauty, fashion and wellbeing sectors. Our mission is to help them succeed. We are a people business, investing in training and development, recognising and rewarding our people’s achievements and creating opportunities for them to progress within our business. If you want to develop an exciting career, learn from a friendly team and realise your full potential in a fast-growing company, this is the role for you.

The role:

As a Senior Project Manager, you will play a key role in driving the successful delivery of internal projects that improve systems, processes, and operational efficiency across the business. Working closely with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams, you will lead projects from initiation through to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget. You will act as a central point of coordination, bringing together teams, managing priorities, and embedding best practice project management standards to support the organisation’s ongoing growth and performance. The role will require flexibility, including the ability to travel to company sites as required in line with project scope and delivery needs.

Key responsibilities include:

• Defining project scope, objectives, timelines and deliverables
• Leading internal projects from initiation through to successful completion
• Ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope and within budget
• Establishing and maintaining robust project plans, governance and reporting frameworks
• Monitoring progress and proactively managing risks, issues and dependencies
• Building strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels across the business
• Collaborating with senior stakeholders to support decision-making and project approvals
• Providing clear, accurate and timely updates on project performance and progress
• Identifying opportunities to improve systems, processes and ways of working
• Driving continuous improvement and embedding best practice project management methodologies
• Working collaboratively across teams, flexing priorities to meet changing business needs
• Contributing to the development of a scalable and high-performing project delivery function

What we are looking for:

• Proven experience delivering projects in a project management role
• Strong organisational and planning skills with excellent attention to detail
• Experience managing multiple projects and competing priorities simultaneously
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams
• Experience delivering internal or operational improvement initiatives
• Good understanding of project management methodologies and tools
• A proactive, solution-focused approach with strong problem-solving skills
• Flexible and adaptable, with the ability to travel to multiple sites as project demands require
• Resilient, self-motivated and comfortable working with autonomy

Job Application Requirements:

• Right to Work in the UK & Basic DBS Check – You must have the legal right to work in the UK, (we are not able to sponsor you). If successful, you will also need to pass a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before starting employment.
• References – We reserve the right to request two or more references, to cover the past five years of your employment history. Please ensure you can provide accurate contact details for each of your referees.
• English Language – You must be able to work in English; enough to fully understand spoken and written work instructions, follow health and safety guidance and participate in discussions with your manager or colleagues.

If you meet the role requirements, as well as the above, and are ready to take the next step in your career, we encourage you to apply. Please be aware we will be considering applications as we receive them and arranging interviews accordingly. Depending on the volume of applications we receive we may close this advert ahead of the advertised closing date.

Benefits:

• Pension, Life Assurance, Healthshield Cash Plan and Discount Perks
• 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays) with the option to buy/sell holiday
• Birthday leave
• Free on-site parking, with electric car charging at certain locations
• Range of employee awards
• Employee assistance programme to promote mental health wellbeing