Project Manager

**Are you an experienced Implementation Manager, or Operations Manager with a proven track record of Project Management.**

Would you like to work for a Global Supply Chain Logistics Business, focused on delivering innovative supply chain management, freight forwarding, warehousing and distribution services. A company dedicated to a culture of continuous improvement.

**The Role**

Project Manager - New Business Implementation to be based in Derby, Northampton, Milton Keynes or Wellingborough (working remotely up to 4 days per week).

The role holder will be responsible for delivering new business implementations, within agreed timescales and budgets, ensuring smooth and successful implementation and start-up. Collaborating with a range of business functions, including operations, IT,HR and HS&E, orchestrating activities to deliver the necessary scope, whilst managing risks and issues.

**Benefits**
- 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays)
- Car allowance of £5,000
- Health cover
- Company Pension Scheme
- Employee benefits i.e. Discount schemes including E-vouchers and gift cards, gym membership as well as a recognition platform
- Critical Illness Cover
- Tailored development and career opportunities
- Company sick pay*
- Employee Wellness initiatives - includes 24/7 online GP, mental health support service, get fit programme and more

**Key responsibilities**:

- Ensure projects are correctly scoped and defined, with clear objectives, appropriate workstreams and activities.
- Create project plans in accordance with the required project activity and workstreams, ensuring that project teams are resourced correctly
- Manage projects to cost, quality and time, adhering to project management methodology and implement the agreed framework and governance into each project
- Coordinate internal workstreams/resources and third-party vendors in line with defined project deliverables
- Full project life cycle ownership: successful project delivery will include full implementation from initiation to deployment and handoff to support
- Provide status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks and issues.
- Conduct rigorous assessment of project risks, monitor and control until project closure/handover, highlighting any deviances or issues as appropriate in a timely manner
- Establish collaborative relationships and maintain a strong level of communication with internal stakeholders, external customers, and suppliers as appropriate
- Schedule and facilitate project meetings, steering committees and other meetings as required, preparing presentations and materials as necessary.
- Document and communicate project 'lessons learned' in conjunction with the company methodology to support and promote a culture of continuous improvement

**Key requirements**:

- Project management experience, with a track record of successful project delivery.
- Experience of the logistics industry (ideally including business implementation projects, covering transport and warehousing operations)
- Excellent communications skills (written and verbal)
- A good degree of organisational and administrative skills, with a strong delivery focus
- Ability to motivate self and others, working alongside operational teams to meet challenging deadlines
- Ability to develop effective working relationships with colleagues, suppliers and customers from varied backgrounds and cultures.
- Able to engage and influence others, building and maintaining strong relationships - both internally and externally to the business
- PC literate - MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Project, MS Teams
- Strong presentation skills - able to create professional and effective slide decks to support scope development, project meetings and status reporting
- Driving licence

**Hawk 3 Talent Solutions are operating as an employment agency on behalf of its client.