Project Manager - Serialisation Plus (Supply Chain, Digital Readiness Global)

Brambles; Addlestone; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A global supply chain company in the UK seeks a Project Manager to oversee complex initiatives in a hybrid remote role. Key responsibilities include leading project planning and execution, managing budgets, and engaging with senior stakeholders. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in project management within fast-paced environments, especially in FMCG or supply chain. This role emphasizes supplier engagement and operational readiness.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project/programme management experience in global matrix environments.
• Strong communicator with senior stakeholders.
• Experience in FMCG, engineering, or supply chain preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and execution of projects, ensuring milestones are met.
• Manage project budgets and governance.
• Provide regular project updates to stakeholders.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Risk management

Budget management

Resource management

Adaptability

Job description

Description

You’ll take overall delivery responsibility for key projects, ensuring they meet the objectives defined in the broader Program and Portfolio Strategy. This role will focus on project management activities for an in-flight high-profile serialisation programme focused on digital insights, illuminating supply networks and driving actionable outcomes for our customers.

You’ll have deep understanding of delivering technically complex initiatives and managing significant financial responsibilities. You’ll bring confidence and clarity when engaging with senior stakeholders across globally dispersed teams, helping to shape and steer strategic conversations at a high level.

Key Responsibilities May Include

• Lead the planning and execution of projects, ensuring key milestones and project goals are met.
• Collaborate with Program / portfolio management teams to align projects with business strategies and objectives.
• Agree and manage project governance, including Steering Committees and Sponsorship Groups, ensuring timely decisions and follow-ups.
• Oversee the execution of change management strategies, including training rollouts and communication plans.
• Manage project dependencies, ensuring alignment with BAU activities and other projects in the portfolio.
• Provide regular project updates to stakeholders, summarizing progress, priorities, and key decisions.
• Ensure adherence to PMO governance, implementing standardized tools and processes to maintain compliance and quality control.
• Manage project budgets, ensuring accurate financial tracking and reporting.
• Oversee the transition of solutions to business-as-usual support, ensuring smooth handover and operational readiness.
• Conduct lessons learned sessions to identify areas for improvement and share best practices across the organization.
• Act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, ensuring clear communication, resolving issues, and driving project success.
• Contribute wider awareness and understanding of effective project management across the wider team enhancing the organisations project management capabilities.

Focus Areas

• Multiple projects focused on varying scope within supply chain asset digitization, including (1) build / develop capabilities (concept to prototype and pilot), (2) expansion / deployment (scale-up to business-as-usual), and (3) value enablement through supply chain insights.
• Project management experience in technical, engineering, and / or plant operations environments in a fast-paced supply chain context desired. Resource management planning
• Project management within a global program, collaborating with multi-region stakeholders to deliver goals - requiring flexibility as required.
• Investment proposal and business case development and support. Risk identification and impact analysis, with mitigation plan development and support.

Experience

• 5+ years of project / programme management experience, ideally in fast-paced, complex global matrix environments
• Strong communicator, confident engaging and challenging senior stakeholders
• Proven ability to manage broad stakeholder groups across global teams
• Skilled in delivering programmes that span development and build phases
• Industry experience in FMCG, engineering, or supply chain preferred
• Familiarity with global delivery
• Able to navigate ambiguity and drive accountability in dynamic settings

Remote Type

Hybrid Remote

Skills to succeed in the role

Adaptabilité, Développement de talent, Direction inclusive, Engagement avec les parties concernées, Établissement des priorités, Exécution de projets, Feedback, Gestion budgétaire, Gestion de projet, Gestion des enjeux, Gestion des ressources, Gestion du changement, Gestion du risque, Innovation, Inspiring Others, Intelligence émotionnelle, Learn From Mistakes, Littératie numérique, Mentorat, Motiver les équipes, Planification stratégique, Prise de décision fondée sur les données, Réflexion stratégique, Travail interfonctionnel

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we are committed to developing a diverse workforce in which everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has the opportunity to contribute to business success while realizing his or her potential. This means harnessing the unique skills and experience that each individual brings and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.