Stock Optimization Project Manager

Stock Optimisation Project Manager – (Stock Allocation and Replenishment)
Primark is recruiting a Project Manager to lead the Stock Optimisation pillar of its Product Model Programme. This role will deliver a high-impact Allocation and Replenishment solution, driving change across systems, processes, and ways of working.
The Project Manager will provide strategic oversight while ensuring hands-on delivery, managing a complex stakeholder landscape, enforcing strong project governance, and aligning cross-functional teams to achieve outcomes that directly support Primark’s long-term commercial and operational objectives.
Healthcare, pension, and potential bonus. 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more. Because Primark is all about tailoring to you, we offer Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria.
What You’ll Do as a Stock Optimisation Project Manager
Lead the end-to-end delivery of a major, business-critical transformation project across people, process and technology, ensuring alignment with the Product Model overarching objectives.
Define and own the project delivery, including scope, timeline, milestones, resource plans and critical dependencies.
Establish and maintain strong governance frameworks, ensuring rigorous risk management, issue resolution and clear escalation paths.
Track project progress, KPIs and budgets, addressing variances and challenges, reporting to senior leadership.
Ensure that the project adheres to best practice and quality standards in technology delivery and implementation.
Integrate change management, communication and training plans into the overarching project plan to support adoption and deliver lasting process improvements.
Follow and champion the mandated Primark delivery approach, continuously seeking opportunities to optimise delivery performance.
Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:
Educated to degree level with 10+ years of Project / Programme Management experience delivering complex solutions.
Experience of working within a Retail environment is essential, whilst experience in Allocation, Replenishment and Forecasting is highly desirable/advantageous.
Experience in delivering scaled technology-enabled change, including the configuration, testing and deployment of a new SaaS based Allocation and Replenishment Platform and associated integration would be an advantage.
Extensive Experience of all phases of testing, including; System Testing (ST), Systems Integration Testing (SIT) and End to End (E2E) Testing and Performance Testing required to test the solution prior to go live.
Experience in Cutover/Implementation methodologies, process redesign and operating model change.
Strong familiarity with various project delivery methodologies (e.g. Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid) with the ability to pragmatically apply them as and when required.
Exceptional Stakeholder Management and Communication skills, with a proven ability to influence at senior levels and in managing cross-functional teams and external partners.
Proven track record of navigating ambiguity and complexity, whilst maintaining delivery momentum and clear focus on business outcomes.
Meticulous in planning, allocating and managing resource, to ensure project outcomes are successfully delivered.
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