Project Planner

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

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Target Bonus

Car Allowance

Pension contributions

Life Insurance

Job summary

Greencore, a leading UK convenience foods group, is seeking a Project Planner/PMO Lead to drive the Project Vision transformation. You will own detailed plans, coordinate cross-functional teams and manage capacity and budgeting to ensure timely delivery across multiple sites.

You will engage senior leaders, apply strong programme management standards (PMP/PRINCE2), and lead change control while enabling strategic resource allocation for a complex SAP-based implementation.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead complex programmes and track progress across workstreams.
• Experience with SAP/S4 Hana and end-to-end project delivery.
• Strong governance, RAID management and reporting discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead detailed planning for the transformation project.
• Oversee capacity planning and resource alignment with SLT.
• Manage change control processes across streams.
• Coordinate cross-functional workstreams for integrated plans.
• Provide PMO oversight for code change work packages.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic planning

Analytical thinking

Team coordination

Education

PMP or PRINCE2 certification

Tools

Microsoft Project

Jira

S4 Hana / SAP

Job description

Why Greencore?

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

Job Description

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we’re one 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 the very 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)
• S4 Hana / SAP programme experience
• 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 capability
• Highly 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
• Annual Target Bonus
• Car Allowance
• 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 your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.