Central Operations Project Manager (9 month FTC)

Screwfix; Yeovil; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus up to 20%

33 days' holiday (including bank hols)

Hybrid working with up to 2 days WFH

Flexible start and end times

Buy More Holiday - up to 1 extra week

EV Car Scheme with Tusker

Up to 14% employer pension

Life cover up to 4x salary

Health cash plan and discounted gym

20% discount at Screwfix and BQ

Job summary

Screwfix is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join our Operational Change team. You’ll oversee projects across stores and our Customer Service Centre, guiding ideas from initial concept to implementation, ensuring plans are well defined, risks are managed and outcomes meet business needs.

The role is fixed-term for 9 months starting in November, with hybrid working (up to 2 days home). You’ll collaborate with colleagues across the business, drive delivery, share best practice and help

Qualifications

• Experience managing projects in a large retail environment.
• Strong communication and SME representation for operations.
• Proven delivery of projects and trials for a large retailer.
• Hands-on PM delivering end-to-end initiatives.
• APM qualification or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects from start to finish, delivered on time, within budget and scope.
• Take a hands-on approach to delivery and resolve challenges.
• Develop project plans, business cases and trials with stakeholders.
• Manage risks, issues and dependencies and escalate where needed.
• Build relationships across the business and align competing priorities.
• Provide clear progress updates to senior stakeholders, including Directors.
• Capture learnings and identify opportunities to improve delivery of change.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Delivery of projects

Hands-on project leadership

Influencing & negotiation

Process improvement

APM or equivalent

Job description

Overview

We’re looking for an experienced Project Manager to join our Operational Change team at Screwfix.

We’re looking for an experienced Project Manager to join our Operational Change team at Screwfix. You’ll be responsible for managing projects across our stores and Customer Service Centre, helping to bring new initiatives, technology and ways of working to life. From the initial idea through to implementation, you’ll make sure projects are well planned, risks are managed and changes deliver the right outcomes for the business and our customers.

Working with teams across the business, you’ll bring people together, turn ideas into practical plans and keep things moving, even when priorities change. You’ll also play an important role in sharing best practice and finding ways to make project delivery even better.

If you enjoy taking ownership, solving problems and seeing projects through to completion, this could be a great opportunity to make an impact.

This is a 9 month fixed term contract to start in November.

What's in it for you?

• Discretionary annual bonus up to 20%
• 33 days' holiday (including bank holidays, 5 of which can be taken flexibly)
• Hybrid working with up to 2 days working from home
• Flexible start and end times around core working hours
• Buy More Holiday - eligible colleagues can boost their holiday allowance by up to one extra week
• EV Car Scheme in Partnership with Tusker - eligible colleagues can lease a brand-new or pre-loved electric vehicle
• Up to 14% employer pension contributions
• Life cover up to 4x your salary
• Health cash plan and discounted gym memberships (up to 25% savings)
• 20% discount at Screwfix and B&Q

Key responsibilities

• Managing projects from start to finish, making sure they're delivered on time, within budget and to the agreed scope.
• A hands-on approach to project management, taking an active role in driving delivery and resolving challenges rather than simply coordinating activity.
• Working with stakeholders and subject matter experts to develop project plans, business cases and trials, making sure objectives are clear and outcomes can be measured.
• Keeping projects on track by managing risks, issues and dependencies, tackling challenges and escalating where needed.
• Building strong relationships across the business, working through competing priorities and bringing people together to deliver successful outcomes.
• Sharing clear updates on project progress, risks and key decisions with senior stakeholders, including Directors.
• Reviewing project outcomes, capturing learnings and identifying opportunities to improve how we deliver change.

Required Skills & Experience

• Project management experience (preferably within a large retail environment).
• Strong communication skills and can represent the operation as a SME.
• Able to demonstrate successful delivery of projects and trials for a large retailer.
• Experience delivering projects in a hands-on Project Manager role, taking an active role in making things happen and driving projects through to completion
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills, including the ability to resolve competing priorities.
• Experience of process improvement (desirable).
• Project management qualifications (e.g. APM) or have equivalent experience that demonstrates this understanding.

At Screwfix, Your Wellbeing Comes First:

• Wagestream access to track earnings and save
• Access to the Kingfisher Share Scheme
• Colleague support fund
• Exclusive offers and discounts via our Hapi app
• Cycle-to-work scheme and savings on bikes

Every day benefits

• Career progression and development programmes
• Coaching and mentoring to help you thrive
• Access to wellbeing resourcing including PepTalk
• Support networks available

Sustainability at Screwfix

We’re committed to building a better future for our community and our planet. That’s why we’re doing everything we can in six key areas: eliminating carbon emissions, reducing and recycling waste, sourcing responsibly, keeping products in use for longer, selling more sustainable products and providing sustainable packaging. We’re on a mission to put sustainability at the forefront of everything we do. Join us.

We’ve worked hard to create a culture of inclusivity and genuine community. We’re a company built on teamwork, and the best teams are ones in which everyone can share their view. Whatever your background, however you identify, you’ll be listened to, encouraged, and given the tools and training you need to get ahead. You’ll always know where you are with us. We’re open. We’re fair. And we believe in opportunities for everyone.