IT Project Manager

The British flower market is worth £1.2bn and MM Flowers supplies fresh cut flowers and bouquets to the U.K.’s and Europe’s leading flower retailers. We grow and source the highest quality and most beautiful blooms across the world, delivering colour, passion, and inspiration through breath-taking blooms.

Established in 2007, MM Flowers has grown exponentially every year and is based in a purpose built, state-of-the-art facility in Alconbury, Huntingdon. MM Flowers employs over 900 people who are dedicated to delivering exceptional quality and service to our customers.

To continue our tremendous growth, we need the brilliant people to help us achieve our goals. We aim to deliver excellence at every point in the supply chain from distribution to processing, technical standards through to marketing, with consideration for our people and the planet at the heart of everything we do.

If this sounds like a company that you would like to be a part of, and you have the talent, energy, and drive to be a part of shaping our journey, we would love to hear from you.

We are currently looking for an IT Project Manager

Responsible for managing business technology projects that will drive significant change and enhance business outcomes. This is a huge opportunity to utilise your previous experience to successfully deliver projects that will drive transformation at MM Flowers.

Daily Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring that projects being managed are following the agree project lifecycle, that they have a budget that is being tracked and managed and that the project stages gates are passed within the agreed timeframe and scope.
• Work with business process managers and supplier teams to define the scope, tasks, deliverables, and resource requirements for successful delivery at each stage of the project.
• Manage the engagement and contribution of subject matter experts from the operational business at each stage of the project to ensure that the relevant people are involved at each stage.
• In agreement with the Lead IT Project Manager define the appropriate project controls, artefacts, and processes to ensure deliver of the project within the agreed time, cost and quality parameters.
• Assure that deviations from project schedules are addressed and communicated.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules and budgets using standard project management tools.
• Identify and manage appropriate resources required to complete projects.
• Ensure efficient change control methods and processes are in place and utilised.
• Manage scope, change control and day to day delivery of each project phase.
• Prepare project status reporting and communicate the project status to all stakeholders, including the steering committee and project stage gate reviews.
• Monitor project risk factors, escalate issues and provide quality assurance for all deliverables across the portfolio
• Monitor project risk factors, escalates project issues and risks, and provides Quality Assurance for all project deliverables.
• Negotiate on behalf of the company with third parties to ensure what has been agreed is delivered.
• Ensure documentation is completed through the build of the project and the project is transitioned to BAU successfully

What you can already do

• Project Management certifications
• Experience of both Waterfall and Agile Project Management methodologies
• Solid hands-on full life cycle WMS (or similar) project management experience with a proven track record of delivery.
• Experienced project manager with a demonstratable portfolio of successful business system project deliveries.
• Expertise and experience in implementing cloud-based business critical applications.
• Exceptional technical project management skills and the ability to apply different methodologies as required.
• Experience across a range of SaaS based platforms
• Experience in Manufacturing / FMCG
• Experience in Vendor management and the ability to manage suppliers in the delivery of SaaS solutions.
• Ability to communicate project and programme status, scope changes, milestone achievement, misses and implications to Stakeholders (both internal and external) and management ensuring \”no surprises\” running and delivery of all projects.

So, what’s the package? When you work at MM Flowers you get more than just a salary.

• Holiday allowances are calculated on the days worked and you can find your allowance in your offer letter.
• Pension Scheme – You will be auto-enrolled onto the company pension scheme after 3 months. At present we operate an auto enrolment scheme where you will benefit from contributions from us.
• Onsite Parking – free parking is available onsite.
• Recommend a Friend Scheme – £250 is payable to you when you recommend a friend who is successful through the application process and successfully completes their 3-month probationary period.
• Career Progression – we actively encourage employees from within the business to consider roles which become available and whether that be within their field or want to consider a cross functional move.
• Wonderful working environment– we are all working in a modern contemporary purpose-built State of the Art facility.
• We are committed to an open ethical and fair working environment and have a Whistleblowing Policy in place to ensure complaints and concerns are handled appropriately.
• We work with an Occupational Health provider to support employees both mentally and physically.
• We run corporate engagement initiatives throughout the year.
• We gather employee feedback annually to see how we can improve the employee experience.
• Grocery Aid

What are you waiting for, we would love to hear from you.

If this position doesn’t match your experience but you love the sound of MM Flowers we welcome speculative applicants, please forward your cv and a covering letter about the type of role or function you are interested in being considered for.

MM Flowers are a proud equal opportunity employer, and we understand the benefits of nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, genetic information. Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation to complete the job role advertised are encouraged to apply.

We believe we can only achieve our potential if we employ a diverse population of people, ideas, and perspectives. We are committed to grow our workplace culture, encouraging team members to feel unique valued and engaged, enabling them to achieve their full potential.

All recruitment activities go through our internal Talent Acquisition Team and currently, this role doesn’t require agency input. Please do not forward resumes directly to MM Flowers employees/managers; we do not accept unsolicited resumes and are not responsible for any associated fees.