Programme Manager

5 months ago


Northampton, United Kingdom Travis Perkins Full time

Are you looking for your next challenge and want to be part of a team that is hard working and driven to make a difference to our business 

What will you do as Programme Manager

The Programme Manager is responsible for helping to shape, roadmap and the delivery of business initiatives in the area of branch operations. Supporting business case development and managing stakeholder requirements, the programme manager will coordinate across multiple business units, efficiently implementing change and bringing the expected benefits to the business.

Technology will be a key enabler for many of the changes that will deliver business improvements and the role will act as a key interface between the business teams and the Tech and Data team.

Some accountabilities of the role: 

Ensuring that all initiatives in the sub portfolio are aligned to the group and business unit strategies and defining initiative scopes and deliverables that are capable of delivering those strategies and business outcomes 

Working with senior stakeholders to plan and design the initiative sub portfolio and proactively monitoring its overall progress with appropriate MI reporting; identifying and initiating and owning corrective action as appropriate and actively managing and maintaining ongoing stakeholder relationships 

Establishing the Programme and Project teams and appropriate resource models to deliver the initiatives within the sub portfolio and coordinating activity with any business based teams (e.g. Branch Operations, Business change, Marketing) 

Lead and coach direct reports as well as making an active contribution to the Tech and Data function extended leadership team 

Working with senior stakeholders to define operational measures and targets to ensure that initiative outputs are capable of delivering the defined benefits and influencing appropriately 

Defining decision-making governance and planning frameworks, stakeholder engagement, change control and test strategies within governance guardrails 

Collating and resolving any sub portfolio level risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies that may arise, escalating appropriately as necessary 

Active participation in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organisation 

Key Skills

Project and Portfolio Management

Strategic Alignment and Planning

Governance and Decision-Making

Risk and Issue Management

Operational Metrics and Performance Management

Communication and Reporting

Stakeholder Management

Cross-Functional Coordination

Team Leadership and Coaching

Relevant experience in:

Merchanting Operations

Branch processes

Technology projects

What’s in it for you?

Not Sure you Qualify? We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer, where everyone in our Group feels safe, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves - you be you, it makes us, us, as we say. If you’re interested in this opportunity but your past experience

doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be just the right candidate for this or other roles with us. 

You’ll be supported by some fantastic training and development and have the opportunity to learn, grow and develop across the Travis Perkins Group. 

We’ll also equip you with a benefits package that grows as you grow with the company: 

Competitive bonus 

Save-as-you-earn scheme

Buy-as-you-earn scheme 

Contributory pension scheme 

Colleague discount across a variety of Group businesses 

A bit about us

As the largest distributor of building materials in the UK, Travis Perkins has been helping to build Britain for over 200 years. 

With over 5 businesses, 16,000 colleagues and more than 1,200 branches, stores and sites around the UK we believe we have the best people and the best place to work. Everyone works hard together to deliver results, but most importantly, have some fun along the way


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