Senior Delivery Manager: Business Deployment
We rise to challenges together
Salary: £90,000 - £104,000
Benefits: Car Allowance, Life Assurance (2.5 x salary) and Private medical insurance (employee & family cover)
Location: London, Fitzroy Place
Ways of Working: Hybrid
Hours of work: 8:30am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday
Contract Type - Permanent
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.
About the role
Bakkavor has set the vision to transform its technology platforms to deliver an outstanding customer and colleague experience.
To deliver on our ambition the Senior Delivery Manager for Business Deployment is responsible for defining the optimum project approach and take overarching responsibility for the delivery and governance of major projects, programmes and incremental change into the business, specifically acting as an interface between the business and project teams / technical domains, with an early priority around supporting the successful delivery of a new S4 Hana implementation for Bakkavor.
The role holder will have proven experience of complex project delivery, ideally with a finance or operations background, coupled with proven experience of thriving in matrix, collegiate and integrated delivery environments with both internal/outsourced delivery teams. The individual must also be comfortable working alongside technical teams, acting as the voice of the end-user as input into solutions design.
As a dynamic, self-starting, pragmatic, hands on and confident leader they will manage projects, portfolios and support all stages of project delivery, including actively identifying, developing and acting upon risk and opportunities.
Forming part of the Extended Leadership team, the role requires a dynamic individual who can work comfortably between technical teams, change teams, and end users within the business.
They will also be a key member of the Transformation Office chapter targeted to integrate and commoditize technology delivery/business change processes in Bakkavor.
Role Accountabilities
Take responsibility for creating the delivery roadmaps within specific projects or programmes.
Financial & Resource Management- ensuring that the necessary capability is in place to deliver the activity.
Stakeholder Engagement & Communication, to ensure that the project is effectively planned, and lands successfully in the business.
Take responsibility for the delivery & execution of the domain, in collaboration with the domain lead, and within the governance of relevant projects and programmes.
Governance & Risk Management
Partner Contract, Legal & Regulatory Compliance, Review & Performance Monitoring
Team Leadership & Capability Building
Continuous Improvement & Innovation About you
Ideally you will hold a Bachelor's degree in Information, Systems, Finance, Business or other relevant discipline.
Experience / Key Attributes
Significant overall experience, with much of this spent either in a technical or finance function, industry and / or Project / Programme
Significant experience on large scale projects with successful delivery and experience of the full project lifecycle
Demonstrable experience of accurate and effective Project/Programme reporting
Ability to manage project financials and commercials, on all projects. Ensure full and detailed planning of budget forecasts and cash outflows
Actively searches for quality improvements in the project, and actively resolves with support as required`
Steers and controls a project with respect to resources and time in connection with the overall Bakkavor situation/environment
Recognised project management certification e.g. PRINCE2®, Agile PM®, PMP, MSP, PMI, PMQ
Broad and deep understanding of domain delivery models e.g. For SAP, Activate methodology
Experience in deploying technology in similar industries to Bakkavor e.g. manufacturing, engineering, wholesale, consumer products, food
Moderates' conflicts in projects, brings about compromises, and is assertive and convincing
Demonstrates a high level of commitment to Bakkavor commercial and transformation strategy
Experience of determining and driving high delivery standards and business change to make sure colleague / customer needs are met and exceeded
Excellent written/verbal communication skills with both non-technical as well as technical audiences managing successful communications with governance boards and stakeholders
Open-minded collaborative approach to leadership with an empathy for the needs of colleagues/customers
Highly organised with the ability to see 'the big picture' and a strong focus on outcomes
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
Flexibility to travel within the UK, with time away from home at critical periods of project implementation/go live to assure a high-quality outcome. What you'll receive
As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.
You'll enjoy:
Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)
Private medical insurance (employee & family cover)
Car allowance
Annual Bonus Scheme
25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays as standard (may vary by role)
Staff Shop
Stakeholder Pension Scheme
Discount & cashback platform
Personal Accident Insurance
Free health check
Employee Assistance Programme
A range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
Salary sacrifice car lease scheme
Free independent mortgage advice
Discounted tutoring for children
Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions.
Proud to be Bakkavor
We're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!
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