Tata Chemicals Europe (TCE) is one of Europe's leading producers of sodium carbonate, salt and sodium bicarbonate and other products, from our plants in Cheshire, UK. Are you looking for a new challenge? Would you like to join a great team to deliver an exciting transformation project as a project manager? If so, we have a fantastic opportunity for a PMO/Project Manager to work across our business delivering a number of key work packages that will shape our long-term business strategy through this transformation programme.
What does the role involve?
Reporting into the Business Lead, this role will assist in the effective governance of the Company-wide Change Portfolio and provide day-to-day PMO support for all Change & Transformation initiatives, including the multi-year Digital Transformation programme. The PMO Manager will be responsible for the provision and analysis of portfolio and programme reports to support data-driven decision making by the wider team and key stakeholders.
This role is a 12-month fixed term contract but may become permanent.
Key Responsibilities
* Assist in the management of the entire Change Portfolio work packages, ensuring effective tracking and reporting of progress, risks, issues and upcoming initiatives.
* Support the Business Change Lead in coordinating portfolio governance activities, including meetings, approvals and compliance.
* Contribute to the preparation of key reports for senior stakeholders, ensuring data accuracy and clarity.
* Provide day-to-day PMO support across the Change & Transformation and Digital Transformation teams.
* Monitor delivery plans, budgets and schedules, highlighting any deviations and supporting project leads and delivery managers in taking corrective actions.
* Maintain risk and issue logs, ensuring they are up-to-date and assisting with escalation processes where necessary.
* Develop and manage communication materials such as dashboards, presentations and reports to keep stakeholders informed of portfolio and programme updates.
* Produce KPI reports, tracking delivery through metrics and interpretation of data.
* Conduct project health checks, ensuring project reviews and benefits realisation and lessons learnt are documented and tracked.
* Deliver regular programme level reporting to all key stakeholders, in line with the requirements of the PMO.
* Have a detailed understanding of project finances ensuring project leads manage their finances within the framework.
* Adopt an agile mindset to ensure continued delivery.
* Undertake structured quality assurance and health check reviews of projects, as required.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
* Project or Portfolio Management qualifications, either already gained or working towards.
* Experience in a similar role.
* Strong IT skills (incl. the use of Excel, Word, PowerPoint & experience with PMO tools).
* Good analytical and problem-solving skills with an ability to use own initiative.
* Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
* Ability to take ownership of workload and work both independently and as part of a team.
Our people have always been at the centre of the company’s success and in return for their hard work and commitment, we offer a generous benefits package including:
* 37 days holidays per year, inclusive of Bank Holidays.
* Roll over of up to 5 days and salary sacrifice holiday purchase scheme.
* An additional paid day off each year to volunteer for a good cause in the local community.
* 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
* Excellent contributory Pension scheme up to 9% company contribution.
* Life insurance.
* Reimbursement of professional fees.
Tata Chemicals Europe (TCE) is one of Europe's leading producers of sodium carbonate, salt and sodium bicarbonate and other products, from our plants in Cheshire, UK. We are the UK's only manufacturer of soda ash and sodium bicarbonate. Our high-quality soda ash is used in the manufacture of glass, detergents and chemicals and in several other industry applications. Our many grades of sodium bicarbonate have applications ranging from haemodialysis and pharmaceuticals, food and animal feed, flue gas treatments through to detergents and personal care products.
Our British Salt Business is the UK's leading salt business, producing pure white salt for a variety of uses from food, water-softening, and industrial uses through to de-icing.
We have a long and proud history. Having been founded in 1874, and being a founder-member of ICI. Now owned by Tata Chemicals, we are proud to be part of the Tata Group of companies.
We work in conjunction with Morson Talent (www.morson.com) providing access to a small number of their recruiters to our Pinpoint recruitment system alongside our own in-house team. Therefore, by submitting your application you understand that it may be dealt with by either the Tata Chemicals Europe or Morson dedicated team. #J-18808-Ljbffr