Programme Manager - Operations

TN United Kingdom; Northampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Programme Manager to drive operational excellence in branch operations. This role involves shaping and delivering key business initiatives while coordinating across multiple teams. You will be pivotal in aligning projects with strategic goals, managing stakeholder relationships, and ensuring successful implementation of changes. The company values inclusivity and offers fantastic training and development opportunities, alongside a competitive benefits package. Join a dedicated team where your contributions will make a significant impact and help shape the future of the business.

Benefits

Competitive bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Colleague discount across a variety of Group businesses

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project and portfolio management.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate business initiatives and manage stakeholder requirements.
• Lead and coach teams to deliver operational improvements.

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

Merchanting Operations

Branch processes

Job description

Programme Manager - Operations, Northampton

Client:

Location:

Northampton, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

07990bc3acaa

Job Views:

26

Posted:

24.03.2025

Expiry Date:

08.05.2025

Job Description:

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!

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:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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).
4. Lead and coach direct reports as well as making an active contribution to the Tech and Data function extended leadership team.
5. 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.
6. Defining decision-making governance and planning frameworks, stakeholder engagement, change control and test strategies within governance guardrails.
7. Collating and resolving any sub portfolio level risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies that may arise, escalating appropriately as necessary.
8. Active participation in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organisation.

Key Skills:

1. Project and Portfolio Management
2. Strategic Alignment and Planning
3. Governance and Decision-Making
4. Risk and Issue Management
5. Operational Metrics and Performance Management
6. Communication and Reporting
7. Stakeholder Management
8. Cross-Functional Coordination
9. Team Leadership and Coaching
10. Merchanting Operations
11. Branch processes

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
• 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!