Project Planner

Greencore Group plc; Leeds; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holidays

Pension contributions

Life insurance 4x salary

Share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre

Parental leave policy

Job summary

Greencore Group plc in the United Kingdom is recruiting a Project and Capacity Planner and PMO Lead for the Project Vision transformation. You will own the detailed integrated plan, manage capacity and change control, and serve as the PMO for the code-change workstream, enabling cross-functional delivery.

You'll collaborate with senior workstream leaders, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and steward the project budget and reporting.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading programme management and tracking progress
• Ability to manage RAID, budgets and cross-functional teams
• Strong understanding of technology implementations and project governance
• Formal project management certification (PMP/PRINCE2) preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead the detailed planning of the transformation programme
• Oversee capacity planning with senior leadership
• Manage all change control processes
• Coordinate cross-functional plan alignment at workstream and central levels
• Oversee quality assurance of status updates from workstreams
• Act as PMO for the code-change activity
• Define approach to people resourcing across the programme
• Contribute to upskilling and capability-building within the team
• Oversee budgeting and reporting for the project

Skills

Project planning

PM tools

Jira

Microsoft Project

Capacity planning

Budget management

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic thinking

Consulting experience

Education

PMP/PRINCE2 certification

Tools

Microsoft Project

Jira

Job description

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026,we'reone of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy thevery best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Why is this an exciting time to be an Project Planner at Greencore?

Greencore has set the vision to build a world class SAP solution, through Project Vision, that delivers outstanding customer and colleague experience, technology innovation, integrated & comprehensive solutions to ensure our operations run without impact.

We are seeking a skilled and passionate Project and Capacity planner and PMO lead for the Project. The Project and Capacity Planner will be an experienced transformation professional, with a strong and demonstrable background delivering large, multi-year, business critical transformations. The Planner is responsible for overall planning and execution of Project Vision, creating and managing the detailed integrated plan, managing related change control, and creating detailed resource plans. In addition to this activity, the planner will also act as the PMO for the part code change activity - a critical enabler / pre-work required to enable the success of Project Vision.

As a dynamic, self-starter, the individual will have the ability to communicate with, and influence senior workstream leaders, ensuring that the PMO function is positioned to 'add value' to the project team as a whole.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead the detailed planning of the transformation project
• Take responsibility for capacity planning - work with SLT to flag challenges and gaps in terms of resourcing
• Manage all change control processes
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and integration of plans at workstream and central level
• Receive and manage the quality assurance of status updates from key workstreams
• Act as the PMO for the part code change - a critical enabler / pre-work to enable the success of Project Vision
• Define the approach to leading people resourcing throughout the programme, including capacity planning
• Input into the upskilling and capability building activities across the project team
• Drive the management of the project budget and associated reporting

What we're looking for:

• Proficient in project management processes and associated tools (e.g. Microsoft project, Jira)
• Practical experience of leading programme management: Tracking progress, status reporting, RAID management, team orchestration
• Understanding of how to run technology implementations
• Strong experience in project planning (PMP, PRINCE2, or similar project management certification)
• Expert in capacity planning
• Budget management capabilityHighly organised with the ability to see 'the big picture' and a strong focus on outcomes
• Logical, analytical, and multi-tasking
• Strong stakeholder engagement capability, and ability to influence and motivate others
• Must be able to think and plan strategically; yet possess a detail-oriented, pragmatic management approach
• 'Big four' consulting experience would be an advantage

What you'll get in return:

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout yourtime at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.