Senior IT Project Manager

Broster Buchanan are partnered with a household name FMCG brand who are looking for a Senior IT Project Manager to join their growing IT team, mainly covering their larger scale (£250k - £1m) projects across applications, integrations, infrastructure and OT/manufacturing, as part of a large scale business transformation program. On offer is a salary of £55 - £63.5k + 10% bonus + company car or £6k allowance + a great benefits package, as outlined at the bottom. The role will be on a hybrid basis with 2 or 3 days per week onsite near Kettering.<strong>Responsibilities:</strong><ul><li>Work with IT and the business to ensure an effective approach to implementation, handover and acceptance of change</li><li>Reporting to the IT PMO and ensuring governance is adhered to with regular reporting to the OT Programme Manager and Steering Group</li><li>Agreement of project benefits and how these will be tracked post implementation</li><li>Manage a matrix project team, collaborate effectively with external suppliers and staff to achieve on time, on budget, in scope delivery of project outcomes</li><li>Define and implement a detailed delivery approach for each stage of the project lifecycle</li><li>Produce and own all project management deliverables using the established project methodology to the right level of quality</li><li>Produce and own the project plan and controlling, managing and monitoring project timescales and budgets, reporting variances, escalating as appropriate to overcome delays, difficulties and cost overruns and re-forecasting where necessary</li><li>Build resource plans for projects and track resource utilisation, agreeing roles and responsibilities</li><li>Continually monitors projects for risks and issues and takes the appropriate steps to mitigate</li><li>Working alongside the wider IT PMO team to review, refine and improve processes in use and in the future</li></ul><strong>Requirements:</strong><ul><li>Proven track record as a Senior Project Manager, successfully delivering similar medium - large projects across one or more of applications, integrations and manufacturing/OT transformations</li><li>Strong knowledge of change management techniques and processes within the context of a larger scale business transformation</li><li>Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build relationships, rapport, and influence stakeholders of all levels</li><li>Able to work with and control external vendors to ensure deliverables, deadlines and budgets are adhered to</li><li>Able to work in a complex environment with multiple concurrent projects/portfolios, managing resources, budgets, deadlines and deliverables</li><li>Any experience within FMCG (or similar) industries or with similar manufacturing/OT projects would be highly beneficial but isn't essential</li></ul><strong>Benefits:</strong><ul><li>25 days AL + bank holidays</li><li>Base salary + 10% bonus + £6k car allowance</li><li>Private medical for individuals and couples</li><li>Double matched pension up to 12% employer</li><li>Life assurance at 4x base salary</li><li>Enhanced maternity and paternity pay</li></ul><img src="https://www.jobg8.com/Tracking.aspx?DLlfkpzUkdBnv%2btdxXAR1YIMsRa08hU7h" width="0" height="0" />