Project Portfolio Manager

1 month ago

Kirkham, United Kingdom Kepak Group Full time

Kepak is one of Europe’s leading food companies with manufacturing sites across Ireland and the UK.  Kepak’s vision is to be a successful, sustainable, future ready, food business, with differentiation at its core, that is a great place to work.   

This vision is underpinned by our values of Responsibility, Ambition, Passion for Food and Teamwork.  

Kepak comprises of 12 sites, 4,500 employees and has a turnover of 1.5 billion.    

  

Role location:   

Flexible. Hybrid option available once on-boarding plan completed. It is anticipated that there will be some travel associated with the role.   

  

Role structure:   

Reporting to the Head of PMO with no direct reports. The role requires extensive cross functional collaboration.   

  

Role purpose:   

To support the scoping, structuring & execution of projects to support new initiatives & business processes cross functionally, ensuring alignment with our Group strategy  

  

Role responsibilities: 

Portfolio Management 

    • Structure & manage departmental and strategic portfolios 
    • Generate and maintain clear and concise status reporting & visibility to stakeholders 
    • Generate condensed topline updates, when required, to senior management 

Project support 

    • Champion a culture of change across all functions and drive business development through project management methodologies  
    • Utilise a structured project approach to set business project managers up for success. This includes project charter builds, workplan generation & progress governance 
    • Support and drive continuous improvement projects across all functions 
    • Support the coordination of collaborative projects within the business 

Project management process development  

    • Where identified, develop a project management process within functions aligned to the PMO (eg. NPD) 
    • Support the functions on key projects to deliver on the strategy 
    • Support the functions to enhance the overall process where required 

Strategic alignment 

    • Support project portfolio co-ordination aligned & underpinning our business strategy 
    • Support the governance of divisional strategy with clear functional project portfolio in place to deliver annual objectives  

  

Role Deliverables:   

  • Manage project portfolios across departments 
  • Clear & structured project approach in place to deliver project objectives  

  

Requirements

  • 4+ years experience within FMCG experience essential 
  • Exposure to project management & knowledge of project management techniques and tools required 
  • Excellent organizational skills 
  • Structured & logical approach 
  • Strong IT skills (eg. Teams, Excel & OneNote)  
  • Excellent negotiation & problem-solving skills  
  • Lean / Sigma training advantageous  

 

Benefits

What can we offer you?

  • Company Pension
  • Further Education support
  • Employee Discount Platform - All Kepak employees are entitled to access to the WrkIt platform, which offers significant discounts and cashback with hundreds of brands.
  • Refer a Friend Scheme - Earn up to Get up to €500 for successfully referring a friend or family member to Kepak Group.
  • Bike to Work Scheme - You can buy a bike and safety equipment through a salary sacrifice scheme which reduces your taxable income – meaning you pay less tax
  • Long Service Awards - We recognise, acknowledge and award the dedication and valuable contribution of long serving employees
  • GroceryAid Employee Assistance Program - help with a wide range of topics including mental health and wellbeing support, family and relationship advice, debt management, back to work support, and counselling for all Kepak colleagues and their families.

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