IT Project Manager Doncaster, England
Job description
Capabilities required
Team Management & Leadership
- Highest personal and professional integrity and strong work ethics
- Build and motivate the teams to deliver the project goals
- Demonstrated ability to manage adversity and challenging situations
- Results orientation, willingness to commit to a direction and drive actions to
Relationship Management
- Effective management and communications with all levels of stakeholders,
with providing recommendations
- Ability to develop cooperative and constructive working relationships
- Ability to handle complaints, settle disputes and resolve conflicts and
- Collaborative team player orientation towards work relationships, strong
- Build solid relationships both internally and externally to the IT function and
- Be seen as trusted advisor to project stakeholders
- Effective Vendor management
- Proven track record in delivering to a plan
- Highly developed skills in priority setting and alignment of project priorities
- Ability to break down complex programmes and projects into manageable
- Ability to deliver clear concise progress reports
- Ability to manage risk, issues and dependencies ensuring mitigations are in
- Ability to manage 3rd party suppliers to deliver change on behalf of IT
- Manage the stage gates from inception to hand over to support
- Ability to build and lead a team through providing clear direction and setting
high performing virtual project team.
- Effectiveness in building trust, respect and cooperation among teams
- Self motivated, decisive and the ability to adapt to change and competing
- Effective resource management across multiple teams of different
Experience / Qualifications:
- Degree (or equivalent) in Computing/IT or a related field, or have equivalent IT industry experience
- Prince2 or equivalent desirable
- Experience in the supply chain and/or consumer retail industry
- Management of a capable team of specialists to deliver outcomes
- Ability to deliver significant / complex levels of change
- Experienced in successfully leading projects and programs to time, cost and quality
- Experience in managing Key stakeholders and suppliers.
About the role
Purpose
The Technology team is delivering on its vision to provide strategic solutions in line with key transformation projects within all areas of the business. In order to
deliver the significant levels of change in the most effective way, the correct sequence whilst minimising the level of disruption to business requires a high
degree of planning and management. Previously the level of change has meant that IT has resourced contractors to support project planning, however ongoing
requirement to deliver a higher level of change across multiple channels, business and technical environments has led to the need to recruit an IT Project
Manager.
Responsibilities / Accountabilities:
- Responsible for leading teams across multiple sites to deliver projects that unlock significant value & efficiencies.
- Responsible for managing resources, plans, quality stage gates and deployment of the business change
- Responsible for company wide rollouts of technology Initially but not exclusively within our supply chain
- Responsible for the full project lifecycle from initiation to the implementation and handover to Service Delivery
- Responsible for preparing the estimates and project plans, working with the Business Partner community to ensure delivery and high levels of
- Responsible for the day to day activities of the projects including: project scope, change, risks, issues and dependencies
Working patterns
37.5 Hours Per Week
Monday - Friday
This role is a hybrid working role, 2/3 days based in our Group Support Centre in Doncaster with the remainder of the days worked remotely
About DFS
It takes a whole lot of passion to be at the centre of what makes a house feel like home — and that’s just what we do at DFS. We’re the leading sofa retail specialist in the UK, helping people find a comfy seat on their great quality sofas since 1969.
We're a market leader in the UK because of one thing: our people. Our people made us who we are and will drive us into our ambitious future, together. We offer incredible opportunities to get stuck into fun and meaningful work as well as learn new skills — so you can really ‘find your thing’.
Are you ready to make yourself at DFS?
Benefits
We want you to really feel at home at DFS, with the support you need to do your best work, as well as a range of great benefits:
- Retail Bonus Scheme
- A huge 30% colleague discount, plus 15% friends & family discount across our Group (DFS, Sofology, Dwell)
- Holiday allowance – the time you need to rest and relax (and the longer you’re with us, the more time you’ll get!)
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave to give you the time you need to settle in with your new family member
- Access to a range of high street & online discounts from: Sainsbury’s, ASOS, Currys PC World, IKEA, John Lewis and more.
- Discounted Gym and Cinema memberships to help you unwind
- Progression and Development opportunities to grow your skills
- Group Pension Scheme
- Group Sharesave Scheme
- Life Assurance & Company Sick Pay
Ready to make yourself at DFS? Click ‘Apply online’ now to fill in an application form — with you in our corner, we just know we’ll do great things together.
[All roles are subject to satisfactory references and DBS check.]
Job Reference: DFS02941
