Business Project Manager (FTC - 2 years)

-; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturer in the UK seeks a Business Project Manager to lead initiatives within the Making Business Easier Programme. You will manage Time & Attendance and Workforce Management projects, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and financial targets. The ideal candidate will have significant project management experience alongside strong communication and organisational skills. A competitive salary and extensive benefits package are offered, enhancing work-life balance and employee well-being.

Benefits

Competitive salary and job-related benefits

Holidays

Car Allowance

Annual Target Bonus

Pension up to 8% matched

Life insurance up to 4x salary

PMI Cover

Company share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Exclusive employee discount platform

Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

Qualifications

• Experience with Waterfall and Agile project management methodologies.
• Experience managing digital transformation projects.
• Ability to lead a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of Time & Attendance and Workforce Management projects.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans.
• Manage project scope and requirements.
• Coordinate all people resources required to deliver the project.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders.
• Perform risk management for the project.

Skills

Project management experience

Proficiency in project management software

Excellent communication skills

Analytical and problem-solving abilities

Organisational skills

Ability to manage risks

Education

Relevant project management qualifications

Tools

MS Project

Jira

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Why Greencore?

We're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 13,300 talented colleagues across 16 manufacturing sites and 17 distribution depots throughout the UK. Together, we bring delicious food to life, from sandwiches, soups, and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles, and ready meals. In FY24, our shared passion helped us achieve revenues of £1.8bn.

Our extensive direct-to-store (DTS) network, with 17 depots nationwide, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring our customers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

What is the MBE Programme, and why is now an exciting time to join as a Business Project Manager?

Over time, our business processes have grown increasingly complex-raising both risk and cost, while limiting our agility. Meanwhile, customer expectations and market demands continue to rise. The Making Business Easier (MBE) Programme is a cornerstone of our drive for commercial and operational excellence, helping us manage our cost base more effectively and prepare for future growth.

The MBE Programme is focused on streamlining and simplifying core processes, improving access to high-quality business data, and investing in the right technologies to support these improvements. As a Business Project Manager, you'll collaborate with colleagues across the organisation and champion best practices that elevate our ways of working.

What you'll be doing:

As a Business Project Manager at Greencore, you'll play a key role in helping the business achieve its strategic goals. You'll lead the delivery of our Time & Attendance and Workforce Management projects within the MBE Programme‑planning, monitoring, managing, and reporting on deliverables, tasks, milestones, budgets, and resources. Your work will be aligned with agreed timelines and financial targets, ensuring successful outcomes across the board.

• Develop and maintain detailed well‑structured, and accurate project plans aligned with project management standards that monitor and track progress so that all agreed scope, deliverables and milestones are achieved successfully and in line with approved timelines
• Manage the scope of project requirements to ensure that scope change does not occur without following formal change control processes
• Develop and maintain detailed cost forecasts to monitor and track project spend so that deliverables and milestones are delivered within approved budgets
• Co‑ordinate all people resources required to deliver the project, both internal and external, to ensure smooth delivery of projects by avoiding unplanned availability challenges or "bottlenecks"
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders to manage expectations and ensure project alignment, maintaining regular clear, consistent, and timely two‑way communication with stakeholders, ensuring they are well‑informed and involved
• Perform risk management to minimise project risks, ensuring that risk register is maintained with risks assessed and mitigation activities understood, documented, and managed appropriately
• Ensure project deliverables meet the required quality, compliance and project documentation standards
• Ensure project inter‑dependencies are identified and captured across the broader MBE programme and wider business.

What we're looking for:

• Project management experience and working knowledge of multiple project management methodologies (e.g. Waterfall, Agile et)
• Relevant project management qualifications (e.g. Prince II, Certified Scrum Master)
• Significant experience managing digital transformation projects and specifically implementations of workforce management
• Proficiency in project management software (e.g., MS Project, Planview, Jira) and Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience leading and providing guidance to a team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of engaging effectively with a diverse group of stakeholders
• Analytical and problem‑solving abilities to address project challenges
• Exceptional organisational and time management skills to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Proficient in identifying risks and implementing mitigation strategies
• Problem‑solving skills to address issues, manage conflicting objectives and adapt to changing project requirements and environments
• Ability to prioritise effort activities across a wide range of independent issues to maximise resource spend into high‑benefit activities and minimise negative impacts

What you'll get in return:

• Competitive salary and job‑related benefits
• Holidays
• Car Allowance
• Annual Target Bonus
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• PMI Cover
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform