Project Manager London, England
Job description
M&S Food is changing, and fast! We are undergoing one of the biggest transformations in retailing today to build a bigger, better, fresher food business.
From Percy Pig to the freshest M&S Select Farms produce, we grow, source, and develop our own products to give our customers family-ready food that's unbeatable on flavour and innovation.
We need motivated people who are ready to bring their whole self to work and give it their all in a fast-paced team committed to being the best. After all, this is not just food… This is M&S Food.
M&S is transforming the way it operates to make us a simpler, faster, efficient and performance driven organisation that is closer to colleagues and customers. This role is at the centre of the transformation in the Commercial Function. We have created a central pool of project management expertise with an aim to drive the transformation in the commercial function faster while developing agile ways of working. The successful candidate will be part of a team of 5 Project Managers who will each be assigned a transformation project, deliver it, then move onto the next project. The role will provide broad overview of the commercial function, the end-to-end operation of the food division and exposure to senior partners across the business. We are looking for someone who want a career in project/programme management, likes to work in a fast-paced environment, is adaptable, enjoys new challenges and being part of a team.
Key accountabilities and measures
- Accountable for the delivery of projects that support the transformation within the Food Group
- Owns, drives and executes a clear project plan that delivers on time, to scope and within budget
- Contributes to the identification and analysis of potential future initiatives as input into the project pipeline, continually looking for ways that support the Food Group achieve their strategic objectives
- Identifies dependencies across change Project and potential clashes in activity
- Builds and maintain strong relationships with across Foods, our Suppliers and Retail, gathering feedback on change initiatives
- Understand the short, medium and long term impact of the change, managing risks as required
- Owns and drives the Project change plan to minimise change overload and change conflicts e.g. influence sequencing or alignment of change activities across the Project to optimise impact on colleagues, realise efficiencies and improve benefit realisation
- Leads the creation and maintenance of a detailed change impact assessment as required, from which Training Needs
- Analysis, Change and Engagement plans and Communication plans can be determined
- Drives the partner management plan for the Project. Lead the development and management of communications to colleagues to ensure they understand the change journey they will go on and are prepared for the change
- Deliver change sustainably, including the definition and clear processes on measuring change engagement and delivery, and plans for moving processes to Business as Usual
- Work with the broader Internal Communications Team in the Food Group to reach a wider audience through existing channels
Key skills
- Project Management skills
- Ability to work collaboratively at all levels in an organisation and with 3rd parties
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships
- Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal
- Organised with a natural inclination for linking change and required communications
- Problem solving skills
- Excellent Microsoft skills
M&S is ready to push boundaries to lead the retail industry into a greener, speedier, more inspiring digital era. That’s why we’re revolutionising how we work and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. There’s never been a better time to be part of our team. Marks & Spencer aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make an immediate impact.
We are committed to an active Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Policy, which starts with our recruitment and selection process, and we are happy to talk flexible working.
If you consider yourself to require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, we invite you to share those requirements with us when completing your application. We will make every effort to ensure your needs are met to provide a fair and transparent process of assessment.
