IT Projects Manager

4 days ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Rubix Group) Full time

The Company

With a turnover of more than €2.2 billion in 2017, Rubix Group is Europe’s leading distributor of industrial maintenance, repair and overhaul products and services, including bearings, mechanical power transmission, pneumatics, hydraulics, tools and health& safety equipment. We supply high quality reliable parts from the world’s leading manufacturers with over 3,500,000 products available from our extensive distribution network of 650+ locations across 23 countries in Europe. We employ more than 8,000 peopleacross Europe and offer added value to all of our customers, small and large, local and pan-European, through the technical expertise of all our people. Brammer Group’s UK brand Brammer Buck & Hickman operates as one of the largest MRO and TGM distributorsin the UK with annual sales in excess of £250m.

Role
- Reporting to the Brammer Buck and Hickman (BBH) UK IT Director
- Responsible for aligning and delivering the UK IT portfolio of projects to meet strategic and tactical business priorities
- Personally owns and delivers projects of special importance to the UK business
- Oversees and proactively looks for project impacts - taking special care of business functions which may be affected
- Drives effective, quality project execution by instilling pragmatic best practices in a collaborative and supportive manner

**Responsibilities**:

- Proactively manage and maintain the BBH UK IT portfolio of projects ensuring its priorities are relevant to the business, and that delivery is to business expectations
- Regularly communicate to senior stakeholders on the overall status of the BBH UK portfolio of projects
- Prepare new project proposals for the BBH UK Senior Leadership team and Rubix Group investment board to facilitate sign off on significant projects
- Establish and manage a clear fact base on the benefits each project will deliver and take action to ensure benefits are realised
- Maintain a holistic resource plan for the BBH UK portfolio of projects
- Proactively review the BBH UK portfolio of projects to assess and take action on issues, interdependencies and risks, managing towards delivery of key milestones and eliminating significant roadblocks
- Work with stakeholders to deliver pragmatic solutions to conflicts between competing projects
- Document and champion project management best practices with focus on effective, efficient practices to improve the certainty of successful project delivery
- Ensure the business understands and is committed to executing their project obligations
- Select, implement and embed a chosen IT project methodology in the UK; adapt the methodology into a fit-for-purpose and pragmatic approach and format
- On key projects coordinate the handover between project and BAU teams
- Manage and/or oversee key communication towards project teams, users, external parties and senior business stakeholders in regards to key milestone updates, successes and project completion
- Facilitate the 'lessons learned’ process post project completion; share and document appropriate best practices amongst IT, project managers, project teams, external parties and business stakeholders

Knowledge - Essential

ERP consolidation and implementation (Finance, Sales, Supply Chain)

Business intelligence implementation (Tools, process, governance)

Business case creation and management

Creation and implementation of IT project delivery best practices (tools, processes & governance)

Project management and delivery using 3rd party suppliers

GDPR project design and implementation considerations

Knowledge - Desirable

Implementation of infrastructure projects (Network redesign and implementation)

Implementation of Warehouse Management Systems

Delivering project portfolios and ensuring alignment to business drivers

**Skills**:
Adept at managing and obtaining buy-in of business and technology stakeholders

Excellent stakeholder management skills, adept at building relationships with local IT experts and business stakeholders

Passionate and forward looking

Excellent influencing and communication skills; able to adjust style, language and level of detail according to the audience; is both objective and a straight talker

Analytic and creative problem solver

Has a flexible, 'can do’ approach to new situations and challenges

Organised, self-starter who can balance multiple priorities and know what is important

Excellent planning skills and ability to co-ordinate & orchestrate the work of many people, anticipating their likely needs

Able to work effectively at operational, tactical and strategic levels. Is comfortable working in detail without losing sight of the bigger-picture

Experience

BSc educated - Desirable

Project management / IT accreditations - Desirable

Mergers and acquisitions - Desirable

c.5 years IT project delivery experience or can demonstrate sufficient 'fast-track’ experience - Essential

**Please note, we are currently operating on a hybrid working basis therefore there is a requirement to work from our Manchester Head office 1-2 days a week


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