Business Planning Project Manager

Walker Hamill; London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading company in the FMCG sector is seeking a Business Planning Project Manager for a 6-month contract in London. The role requires strong project management and stakeholder skills, facilitating planning processes and ensuring alignment with strategic goals. Candidates should possess the ability to influence and manage deadlines effectively across teams.

Qualifications

• Experienced project manager with a strong track record in managing timelines and delivering under pressure.
• Skilled facilitator and communicator with extensive experience in stakeholder engagement.
• Proficient in understanding business P&L operations.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating business planning processes aligned with financial targets.
• Supporting the annual business planning and budgeting process.
• Managing stakeholder engagement and accountability through the planning cycle.

Skills

Project Management

Facilitation

Communication

Stakeholder Management

Financial Acumen

Job description

Job Description

REF: MA53677

Job Title: Business Planning Project Manager

Industry: FMCG

Employment Type: Contract

Location: London

Salary Guide: £200 - 300 Per Day

An exciting opportunity exists within our client, for a Planning Analyst with strong project managing skills to support a fast growing FMCG until the end of the year. This role requires an immediate start and is initially for a period of 6 months on a part-time basis (3 or 4 days a week).

Responsibilities

Responsibilities for this Business Planning Project Manager role will include, but are not limited to:

• Facilitating business planning processes between teams from across the business in line with 2030 strategy and deliver against financial targets.
• Support and facilitate the annual business planning and budgeting process.
• Develop and align the critical path for each part of the planning cycle and hold teams accountable for delivering against these timelines.
• Effectively manage stakeholders, including at Board level, adapting their style as needed.
• Bring together teams from across the business, facilitating sessions to drive great discussions and decision-making.
• Lead the creation and sign-off of key business documents.
• Identify and embed improvements to the annual planning cycle, taking learnings onboard and making sure processes are efficient and effective.

Skills

The skills and experience required for this Business Planning Project Manager role include, but are not limited to:

• Strong project manager – into the detail of the timeline, confident working under pressure and can calmly bring things back on track if they fall behind.
• A great facilitator and communicator– comfortable facilitating meetings with large groups of senior stakeholders, driving the right discussions to make progress against the timeline.
• Ability to build strong partnerships across the business and a natural team player.
• Ability to influence and challenge across the business to get the best results, holding senior stakeholders to account for hitting deadlines every week.
• Confident with numbers and understand how a business P&L works.

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Please note that due to the expected volume of applications, we will only be able to respond to those candidates whose experience closely matches the requirements of our client. We are sorry, but if you have not heard from us within the next ten days, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Walker Hamill has been a specialist finance and strategy recruiter for over 30 years. We have an extensive client group, including major multinational listed organisations, private equity backed businesses and privately owned companies. We recruit across all sectors and have particularly strong client relationships in media, retail, pharma/biotech, technology, property/real estate, leisure and business services. Headquartered in London, we have additional offices in continental Europe.