Business Project Manager (PLM) in Otley

Why Greencore? Following our combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better. We’re a vibrant and fast-moving business, proud to employ over 28,000 colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring great food to life, producing high-quality products for every meal occasion – from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our combined business generated revenues of approximately £4bn. Our extensive direct-to-store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, enables us to deliver fresh and frozen food – both our own and from trusted partners – to thousands of stores every day, helping ensure consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Please note: this is a two-year fixed-term contract, aligned to the delivery of the PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) Initiative within the Making Business Easier (MBE) Programme. The role will involve regular travel to Greencore sites with a hybrid working pattern (minimum three days per week on site).

What is the MBE Programme, and why is now an exciting time to join as a Business Project Manager? Over time, our business processes have grown increasingly complex, raising both risk and cost, while limiting our agility. Meanwhile, customer expectations and market demands continue to rise. The Making Business Easier (MBE) Programme is a cornerstone of our drive for commercial and operational excellence, helping us manage our cost base more effectively and prepare for future growth. The MBE Programme is focused on streamlining and simplifying core processes, improving access to high-quality business data, and investing in the right technologies to support these improvements.

As a Business Project Manager, you’ll collaborate with colleagues across the organisation and champion best practices that elevate our ways of working.

What you’ll be doing

• Leading the end-to-end delivery of the PLM project, ensuring objectives & outcomes are achieved within agreed scope, timelines and budget.
• Working closely with business, technical and data stakeholders to ensure the PLM solution meets operational and commercial needs, as well as delivering the identified benefits.
• Develop and maintain detailed, well-structured, and accurate project plans aligned with project management standards that monitor and track progress so that all agreed scope, deliverables and milestones are achieved successfully and in line with approved timelines.
• Manage the scope of project requirements to ensure that scope change does not occur without following formal change control processes.
• Develop and maintain detailed cost forecasts to monitor and track project spend so that deliverables and milestones are delivered within approved budgets.
• Co-ordinate all people resources required to deliver the project, both internal and external, to ensure smooth delivery of projects by avoiding unplanned availability challenges or “bottlenecks.”
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders to manage expectations and ensure project alignment, maintaining regular clear, consistent, and timely two-way communication with stakeholders, ensuring they are well-informed and involved.
• Perform risk management to minimise project risks, ensuring that risk register is maintained with risks assessed and mitigation activities understood, documented, and managed appropriately.
• Ensure project deliverables meet the required quality, compliance and project documentation standards.
• Ensure project inter-dependencies are identified and captured across the broader MBE programme and wider business, managing critical paths and interdependencies to ensure timely delivery of milestones.

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience delivering complex business change or transformation projects, ideally within FMCG, manufacturing or supply-chain-led environments.
• Experience working with enterprise level PLM platforms (e.g. Siemens Teamcenter, SAP PLM, Oracle Agile PLM, Dassault ENOVIA, Infor PLM, Point 74 or similar solutions).
• Project management experience and working knowledge of multiple project management & delivery methodologies (e.g. Prince2, PMI, MSP, Waterfall, Agile etc).
• Relevant project management qualifications (e.g. Prince2, Certified Scrum Master).
• Proficiency in project management software (e.g. MS Project or equivalent) and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience leading and providing guidance to a team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of engaging effectively with a diverse group of stakeholders.
• Exceptional organisational and time management skills to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proficient in identifying risks and implementing mitigation strategies.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills to address issues, manage conflicting objectives and adapt to changing project requirements and environments.
• Ability to prioritise effort activities across a wide range of independent issues to maximise resource spend into high benefit activities and minimise negative impacts.
• Demonstrable experience of RAID and change management.
• Experience managing third-party, supplier or vendor relationships is desirable.

At Greencore, we put our people at the core. We celebrate difference and create an inclusive environment where everyone can be themselves at work. Together, we make every day taste better.

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits.
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays.
• Pension up to 8% matched.
• Life insurance up to 4x salary.
• Company share save scheme.
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform.
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform.

Throughout your time at Greencore, you’ll be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career. If this sounds like you, join us, grow with Greencore and play a key role in shaping our future success.