Project Manager

IPC EMEA (European Independent Purchasing Company Limited); High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A global purchasing organization is seeking a Food & Packaging - Project Manager for a 14-month FTC role in High Wycombe. This hybrid position involves managing new product launches in collaboration with Subway teams, utilizing Smartsheet for project oversight. Applicants should have strong project management skills with a focus on cross-functional collaboration. Enhanced benefits include healthcare and additional leave.

Benefits

Enhanced pension contribution

Healthcare

25 days holiday

Salary sacrifice schemes

Breakfast and lunch items

Qualifications

• Experience in a highly networked environment.
• Proven track record of working cross-functionally.
• Self-motivated and able to work as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Track and deliver all NPD & EPD projects.
• Facilitate project management calls sharing progress.
• Manage project status and reports for stakeholders.

Skills

Smartsheet expert

Project management experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical acumen

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Tools

Microsoft packages

Job description

Food & Packaging - Project Manager (FTC 14 months)

High Wycombe – HP11 2EE

Hybrid working - 3 days office based

About the Role

Working with Subway Culinary, IPC Strategic Sourcing & IPC Food Safety Quality Assurance teams to project manage branded beverages and snacks new product launches and product changes.

Leading the project management for the Commercialisation team via use of Smartsheet software.

The successful candidate will need to have project management experience and ideally and Smartsheet skills.

Responsibilities

• The tracking and delivery of all NPD & EPD branded beverage & snack projects to all markets
• Facilitate weekly department & Culinary project management calls, sharing progress and risks
• Ongoing management & regular sharing of project status to internal stakeholders.
• Create new & maintain existing automated reports
• Working with value delivery manager to support business with cost saving initiatives
• Supporting monthly sampling sessions
• Super user for Smartsheet software for Commercialisation team
• Continuous improvement & maintenance, exploring upgrade opportunities & management of design & functionality
• Ongoing management of Commercialisation dashboards to show KPI’s for business monthly & quarterly meetings (ODG, QBR, Board, Stock obsolescence)
• Working with Commercialisation team to assess & report on capacity to Director of Commercialisation & Quality Assurance
• Leading bi-weekly activity project calls and sharing minutes & actions post call to both external & internal stakeholders

Required Skills

• Desirable Smartsheet expert
• Project management experience in a highly networked environment
• Proven track record of working cross-functionally with key stakeholders
• Self-motivated and also able to work as part of a team
• Microsoft packages
• Influencing and communication skills at all levels
• Keen attention to detail and able to both write and present information in a concise manner
• Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise in a high-pressured environment is essential
• Analytical acumen; able to collate and evaluate data
• Strategic/commercial focus; understands business strategies and those of suppliers
• Ensures robust partnerships
• Organised with ability to cope with demands of a changing and fast paced environment
• Hands-on approach with the ability to think laterally to resolve issues/problems
• Planning and organising
• Stakeholder management
• Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
• Adapting and responding to change

Benefits

Excellent benefits package including enhanced pension contribution, healthcare, 25 days holiday, salary sacrifice schemes. Plus, we also provide breakfast and lunch items in the office!

Our Values

Our culture and values are at the heart of everything we do and are an important part of our hiring process. Our three values are:

• We are empowered - we have the freedom to make a difference together.
• We collaborate - we trust and depend on each other. We contribute. We succeed together.
• We deliver on our commitments - we deliver on our commitments together, individually, today and tomorrow.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We actively support diversity, equity and inclusion and make sure that our employees are valued and treated with dignity and respect. We encourage everyone in our business to reach their potential.

About the Company

Subway is one of the fastest growing Franchise networks in the world and the largest submarine sandwich chain, with more than 41,500 stores – more than 4,500 of which are in Europe. IPC EMEA, (formally IPC Europe), is a non-profit making organisation owned by Subway Franchisees in Europe. The organisation was established in 2001 to enable Subway Franchisees to benefit from the discounts that come from purchasing and supplying products in large volumes. Over time, the breadth of the services we provide, and our geographic reach has grown. Our scope now goes beyond purchasing and supply chain management as we seek to have a positive impact on every Franchisee’s P&L, wherever possible. We work with service providers to offer Franchisees a range of optional services such as Wi-Fi, energy, pest control and card payments. Our aim is to ensure we select the best providers, offering the best quality services at competitive rates. We also provide a range of in-house support services, value-add initiatives and retail technology solutions for restaurant teams to help with day-to-day operations. Today, IPC EMEA operates on a global, regional, and local level to source high quality products at the best value for Franchisees, managing over £1.5 billion worth of contracts and partnering with other IPCs across the world where it makes sense to do so, to get the best possible service and prices.

We remain as focused on our mission today as we did 20 years ago, to help Subway Franchisees be more profitable and competitive – today and for the future.