About the role
At Tesco, we believe in the power of spending more time together, face to face, than apart. So, during your working week, you can expect to spend 60% of your time in one of our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. We also recognise that life looks a little different for each of us. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome a conversation about flexible working. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.
This role is a hands-on role responsible for leading and implementing key strategic projects that grow our Whoosh business. You will need excellent project management skills and a strong understanding of retail and a collaborative approach.
You will be responsible for
* Working with the Head of Whoosh, Lead Proposition Manager and other Whoosh Leads to contribute to the Whoosh vision, strategy and long-term proposition
* Owning Whoosh PMO function, In addition, working on selected projects along with key partners; delivering initiatives which grow the customer proposition and build efficiency improvements to drive Whoosh’s bold growth plans.
* This includes, end to end management of Whoosh strategic projects. Including: building business cases (including agreeing scope and objectives) and identifying critical success factors and measures (with support), and owning project management throughout project development to trial and ultimate execution/roll out
* Handling key partners and dependencies to establish ways of working, governance sessions and alignment of objectives at the outset of the project
* Producing and owning project briefs and plans, subsequently tracking documentation and chairing the relevant project governance forums
* Establishing and filling resource requirements whilst balancing budgets and individual development needs - Identifying, handling and mitigating project risks and issues, calling out where appropriate
* Being responsible for the communication process throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring regular, clear, concise and timely updates to the relevant partners
* Leading wider cross-functional partner engagement across all levels to ensure project priorities are aligned, sponsored and embedded throughout the project, and at roll out and beyond
* Delivering projects on time and on budget
* Leading the project team in a values-led way, holding colleagues to cut-offs and high quality delivery
* Supervising project benefits and feedback after launch against the original business case and critical success factors, undertaking hypercare and improvements after launch
* Gathering lessons learned in conjunction with team members and other key collaborators
* Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence
You will need
Operation skills relevant for this job:
* Strong partner management skills
* Confident communication and presentation skills
* Sophisticated critical thinking and problem solving skills
* Shown experience in Project Management
* Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
* Financial and analytical savvy
* Organisation skills (including excellent time management)
* Data analysis and report preparation
* MS Office, including sophisticated Excel and Powerpoint skills
Experience relevant for this job:
* A can-do attitude and willingness to be hands on when needed
* Knowledge and experience of delivering projects within or outside of Tesco
* Experience building strong working relationships with peers, partners and cross-functional teams.
* Ability to use these relationships to build consensus and deliver alignment
* Prior experience working within a retail/logistics/rapid delivery environment or working with retail businesses
What’s in it for you
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* Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
* Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
* Private medical insurance
* 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
* Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
About us
Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues.
It’s part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we’re proud to have been accredited as one of Britain’s Top Employers again this year.
We're the UK's number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers.
But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, and a vast variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business.
We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us make a difference for our customers
Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.
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