Project Manager in Manchester

UK Head Office – Manchester/ PERMANENT/ SALARY: COMPETITIVE

Job Purpose

The role will require the successful candidate to control the delivery of EPD, NPD and supporting business project activity within their remit to deliver on time, to scope and to agreed budgets.

Key Responsibilities

This role deals with a wide variety of tasks including, but not limited to the following:

Own:

• The day to day operational management of specified projects using MPM’s innovation and stage gate process, documents and tools.
• Facilitation to resolve project queries and conflicts, and escalation to the PMO Lead where required.
• Preparation of stage gate decks and alignment decks to the signed off schedule
• The publication and updating of critical paths, highlighting risks and resource issues to the PMO Lead to alleviate blockages ahead of time.
• The engagement of key stakeholders within a project to ensure their goals and the business’s goals are met.
• The updating of key documents in a timely manner such as the master lessons learnt logs, RAID log / toolkit, meeting slides, and the overall work plan and projects overview.
• The preparation of the business for launch of NPD and EPD.
• Proactive mapping of resource requirements for the NPD processes, highlighting constraints in advance.
• The review of NPD launches, highlighting learnings and opportunities for corrective rework or delist
• Overall costs for each project, ensuring team members provide appropriate input and work with Finance to ensure extraordinary costs are approved prior to spend.
• The review & closure of projects to ensure performance is measured and lessons identified

Support:

• The definition of a project’s mandate, scope and measures of success
• The PMO Lead in the delivery of the business stage gate process, highlighting opportunities for improvement where identified.
• The PMO Lead with overall resource planning for project management, including prioritisation of projects.
• Planning of EPD, NPD and business relevant projects, using a gate process appropriate to the size and type of project.
• The use of project management techniques and principles throughout the business.
• The communication of updated and changed processes to ensure project teams are working with the most updated tools.
• The flow of information from Stage Gate and NPD process to other teams within the business (e.g. Finance, Supply Chain and Technical), using existing tools & processes and recommending any improvements.

Shape:

• The alignment of stakeholders in advance of stage gate meetings if necessary

Provide:

• Key reports for use within the stage gate process including, but not limited to:
• NPD, EPD and other project plans
• Tracking of costs for each project
• Project updates either via the weekly meeting or other appropriate forums
• PCBs where needed for projects
• Guidance to the project team and act as a neutral point of escalation within projects.
• The PMO Lead with any critical escalations that may need alignment, adjustment of overall resource or additional cost sign-off.

Any other duties commensurate with the level of responsibility of this role.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Competencies sought:

• Effective Communicator – ability to communicate updates and issues.
• Attention to detail – ensures accurate delivery of information in a timely and effective manner
• Commercial Acumen – grasps the impact of costs and has a focus on profit when driving sales growth.
• Effective relationship builder – dedicated to meeting expectations of internal and external customers, developing and maintaining effective relationships through mutual respect.
• Time management – Uses time effectively and efficiently and works well under time pressure and to set deadlines.
• Personal Learning – Seeks feedback and learns from experience
• Self starter – able to manage their workload and priorities autonomously
• IT literate including use of Powerpoint, Office 365 and MS Project
• Someone who is not afraid to challenge performance, timescales or manage conflict
• Proven ability to motivate teams to achieve high performance
• Project management experience in a fast-paced and mutable environment
• Understanding of product development processes from within the FMCG industry

Is this role for you?

If this exciting opportunity sounds like a great fit for you, apply today with your CV and cover letter.

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