Group IT Project Manager

6 days ago

Oldham, United Kingdom Welcome Break Full time

Group IT Project Manager

Applegreen/Welcome Break

Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes, MK16 9EZ

up to £70k base salary

Hybrid working model

Is this Applegreen or Welcome Break?

Confused? Don’t be, we can explain.

Applegreen is the majority shareholder of Welcome Break and therefore our UK teams often work closely on a number of projects.

We are working together to find a new IT Project Manager for the Applegreen business. This is a group level role looking after our businesses both in the UK and Ireland as well as the USA.

The role is based in the UK from the Welcome Break head offices in Newport Pagnell.

Job Purpose

Applegreen operate world class service stations across the UK, IRE and the USA. We are one of the biggest operators in this sector, along with our operations in gas filling and EV.

At the core of this is our Group IT Programme team and world class Project Management team, and we’re looking for an IT Project Manager to join them. This varied and exciting role will own and manage a key project of implementing new sites from an IT perspective from the ground up with IT systems and applications. With exceptional communication and relationship management skills, the role will work closely with key business stakeholders, technical resources, and third-party providers in a fast-paced but hugely rewarding environment.

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for the successful coordination and delivery of business and technical projects on time, within budget and quality
  • Continuously demonstrate excellent project management and delivery
  • Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
  • Develop a detailed project plans to set deadlines, assign responsibilities and monitor progress
  • Prepare and issue status reporting to IT Leadership & Key Stakeholders
  • Stakeholder and interdependency management, working across multiple external suppliers for specialist skills
  • Quality control/procedures and processes
  • Risk & change management
  • Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques
  • Working closely with other Group regions such as Heads of IT Projects, Heads of Departments, IT Project Managers, Service Desk, BA’s, SA’s, DBA’s

Qualifications, knowledge, and experience

  • Minimum 5 Years Project Management in similar industry, FMCG, Retail / Hospitality
  • Proven ability to produce detailed plans, demonstrate full project control methodology and manage across multiple/concurrent high-profile IT projects
  • Outstanding experience of delivering exceptional Project Management across multiple business departments e.g. Finance, Commercial, IT and Payroll etc
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Supplier Management expertise
  • Business Analysis skills
  • Creation of and maintaining comprehensive project documentation (i.e. Project Initiation, Controls, planning, MS Project, Proggio Portfolio Management tool (or similar))
  • Negotiation skills

If the above hasn’t convinced you, can we twist your arm with this?

  • 33 days Holiday (inc. BH) - entitlement increases with service
  • Pension Scheme
  • Employee discounts (50% off onsite KFC, BK, Starbucks and Pizza Express to name a few)
  • My Welcome Break discounts - savings at hundreds of retailers including Currys PC World, Nike, Ikea, Tesco, Asda, Argos, Booking.com etc
  • Cycle to work scheme - salary sacrifice scheme allows you to save money on bikes – including ebikes
  • Free lunch provided in office (sandwiches, pasta pots, rolls) as well as Tea and Coffee

About Applegreen

Established in 1992, Applegreen is a leading convenience roadside retailer in the Republic of Ireland, the UK and the US in both large-scale Motorway Service Areas and Travel Plazas, as well as smaller petrol stations. The business has grown to over €3BN in annual revenue, operating 559 forecourt sites internationally and employing over 11,000 people. Our products and services include large scale food and beverage operations, convenience stores, roadside refuelling including electric vehicle channels, in addition to a number of other ancillary business lines for example our hotels and gaming business in Welcome Break and our commercial fuel and airline refuelling business. We partner with a large number of high-quality international brands in each market including Starbucks, Burger King, Subway, Greggs, KFC, 7-Eleven, Chopstix, Freshii etc in addition to our own proprietary Bakewell brand. In 2021 Applegreen moved from a PLC to a privately owned company structure in partnership with Blackstone Infrastructure Partners.

At Applegreen, it’s our people that make us a success. We collaborate as a growing international business while ensuring locally-led high performing teams in each of our regions. Each region has distinct elements in its culture while operating within a Group culture that is built around a clear employee proposition considering the needs of all our people. There is a strong entrepreneurial culture in the business which is driven by the founders who started the business more than 25 years ago and are still closely involved with the business today.

You may also have experience in Applications Project Management, IT Manager, IT Management, Information Technology Applications, Retail IT, Hospitality IT

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