PROJECT MANAGER

Bakels Group; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A food product company in England is seeking a Project Manager to oversee the launch and management of new products. The role involves facilitating cross-functional business processes, ensuring project adherence to timelines and budgets, and driving accountability across teams. Ideal candidates will possess strong project management and communication skills, alongside a background in retail or food manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Strong collaborative relationships driving accountability.
• Ability to assess and work through risks.
• Experience in project management within retail or food sectors.

Responsibilities

• Manage project portfolio including product change implementation.
• Facilitate business processes to ensure timely delivery.
• Lead weekly project updates to ensure all tasks are completed.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Job description

Scope for Role

This role is accountable for the project management of all business activities required to design and launch new products as defined by approved project briefs. The role also oversees all change management (product, packaging, process). This includes traded goods that are sourced outside of UK production sites for the UK market.

Key Areas of Responsibility

(This list is not exhaustive, and the job description may be subject to change, in consultation with the post holder, in response to new circumstances)

• Governs the Bakels Stage & Gate process, giving regular updates and visibility to the SLT and NPD managers, escalating key risks, cascading decisions/actions and holding stakeholders to account.
• Overall launch portfolio includes all product change management & implementation.
• Facilitates cross functional business processes and workstreams to ensure delivery of new business opportunities to agreed timescales and budgets.
• Ensures that all projects are captured within activity management with clarity of brief, critical path, end-to-end visualisation and centralised project hubs for collaborative working.
• Leads & facilitates weekly project updates and forums to ensure adherence to critical paths and cross-functional tasks are completed.
• Uses knowledge of customer requirements, suppliers and agencies to ensure that tasks and timings are fully understood. Upholds the design-to-print process for packaging, supporting the team to deliver to milestones.
• Reviews projects post-launch, ensuring that all aspects are captured and corrective actions & improvements are communicated and closed out through training or process improvements.
• Ensures that all project management information is documented, accurate and has the latest version of the truth.
  
  

Person Specification

• Ability to develop and maintain strong, collaborative cross-functional relationships driving accountability across teams, customers, suppliers and external agencies. (Essential)
• Empathetic, adapts communication styles to suit stakeholders, removes barriers, drives trust and supports high performing teams. (Essential)
• Continuous improvement mindset, action-orientated, motivates and maintains momentum. (Essential)
• Role models best practice in meetings, documentation and communication – drives a project management culture. (Essential)
• Detail-orientated and curious, gets to the root of problems, consults with correct stakeholders, informs and flags risks. (Essential)
• Ability to assess and work through risks, scenario plan and escalate as required to ensure customer requirements are upheld. (Essential)
  
  

Key Competences

• Numerate & literate with a proven track record of project management. (Essential)
• Experience in retail development or retail-oriented food manufacturing environment related to product launch process management. (Essential)
• Positive influencing: ability to influence stakeholders in a multi-functional setting. (Essential)
• Managing for results and attention to detail. (Essential)
• Problem-solving and decision-making skills. (Essential)
• Commercial and cost awareness. (Essential)
• Ability to work at pace and think on feet. (Essential)
• Working with and through others. (Essential)
• Ability to work unsupervised, prioritise, and flex to meet changing business needs. (Essential)
• Computer and system literacy. (Essential)
• Project management experience with ability to create the right plans for delivery. (Essential)
• Presentation skills & ability to convey messaging. (Essential)
• Valid UK driving licence. (Essential)