IT PMO Manager (Data)

We rise to challenges together 

6 months contract  

Day Rate inside IR35 

Location: Spalding (2 days per week)

Ways of Working Hybrid 

Hours of work 37.5 Monday to Friday 8.30 – 17.00 

Why join us? 

We’re ready for anything. We thrive on challenge and change. The undeniable pressure and pace of our 24/7 operation keeps us on our toes and offers a variety of career pathways and options to explore and pursue. We encourage everyone to work hard, push further and show resilience. And it’s exciting. Because only by mentoring and role modelling our success and innovation, will we continue to diversify, grow as individuals and succeed together. 

Bakkavor has set the vision to build a world class SAP solution, through Project Vision, which delivers outstanding customer and colleague experience, technology innovation, integrated & comprehensive solutions to ensure our operations run without impact.  

What we Do 

We're the biggest name you've never heard of. You've probably eaten our food - you just didn't realise it. We make innovative fresh products, with around 18,500 colleagues working across the UK, US and China. We’re the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry supplying meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers (including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose). We’re ambitious. We’re full of ideas. And we’re ready for more people who share our values and passion for quality to join us.   

About the role 

We are seeking a skilled and passionate Senior PMO lead for the Project.

The Senior PMO lead will be a highly experienced transformation professional, with a strong and demonstrable background delivering large, multi-year, business critical transformations. 

The Senior PMO lead, is responsible for overall planning and execution of Project Vision, by providing oversite of multiple workstreams activity, risk and issue management, change control, and stakeholder management. The role will lead long-term strategic project planning and preparation of status updates and presentations up to senior leadership.

As a dynamic, self-starter, the individual will have the ability to communicate with, and influence senior workstream leaders, ensuring that the PMO function is positioned to ‘add value’ to the project team as a whole.

As the project matures, the Senior PMO lead will also take responsibility for the orchestration of wider PMO capabilities that sit within technology. Defining best practice, building capability, and driving excellent execution across all focus areas.

We are looking for

Knowledge:

• Proficient in project management processes and associated tools (e.g. Microsoft project, Jira).
• Deep understanding of how to run technology implementations.
• Strong understanding of change management processes, specifically stakeholder management.

Attributes:

• Highly organised with the ability to see ‘the big picture’ and a strong focus on outcomes.
• Logical, analytical, and multi-tasking.
• Strong stakeholder engagement capability, and ability to influence and motivate others.
• Must be able to think and plan strategically; yet possess a detail-oriented, pragmatic management approach.
• Ability to travel to sites across the UK as required.

Qualifications:

• PMP, PRINCE2, or similar project management certification
• Extensive experience in complex project management.
• ‘Big four’ consulting experience would be an advantage.
• S4 Hana / SAP programme experience.
• Proven experience managing large-scale transformation projects.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies and best practices.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

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