Senior Delivery Manager - Deployment

Bakkavor Group; London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the UK fresh prepared food industry is seeking a Senior Delivery Manager to oversee major projects and governance within the organization. This role involves working closely with technical teams and stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery, particularly focusing on a new S4 Hana implementation. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management, excellent communication skills, and a collaborative approach to leadership.

Benefits

Car Allowance

Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)

Private medical insurance (employee & family cover)

Annual Bonus Scheme

25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays

Stakeholder Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Free health check

Qualifications

• Significant experience in technical or finance function.
• Experience in large scale projects with full lifecycle management.
• Recognized project management certification (e.g., PRINCE2, Agile PM).

Responsibilities

• Create delivery roadmaps for projects.
• Manage project financials and resources.
• Engage stakeholders for successful project execution.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Risk Management

Financial Management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information, Systems, Finance, Business

Tools

SAP

Agile PM

PRINCE2

Job description

Senior Delivery Manager: Business Deployment

We rise to challenges together

Salary: £90,000 - £104,000

Benefits: Car Allowance, Life Assurance (2.5 x salary) and Private medical insurance (employee & family cover)

Location: London, Fitzroy Place

Ways of Working: Hybrid

Hours of work: 8:30am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday

Contract Type - Permanent

Why join us?

We're ready for anything. We thrive on challenge and change. The undeniable pressure and pace of our 24/7 operation keeps us on our toes and offers a variety of career pathways and options to explore and pursue. We encourage everyone to work hard, push further and show resilience. And it's exciting. Because only by mentoring and role modelling our success and innovation, will we continue to diversify, grow as individuals and succeed together.

About the role

Bakkavor has set the vision to transform its technology platforms to deliver an outstanding customer and colleague experience.

To deliver on our ambition the Senior Delivery Manager for Business Deployment is responsible for defining the optimum project approach and take overarching responsibility for the delivery and governance of major projects, programmes and incremental change into the business, specifically acting as an interface between the business and project teams / technical domains, with an early priority around supporting the successful delivery of a new S4 Hana implementation for Bakkavor.

The role holder will have proven experience of complex project delivery, ideally with a finance or operations background, coupled with proven experience of thriving in matrix, collegiate and integrated delivery environments with both internal/outsourced delivery teams. The individual must also be comfortable working alongside technical teams, acting as the voice of the end-user as input into solutions design.

As a dynamic, self-starting, pragmatic, hands on and confident leader they will manage projects, portfolios and support all stages of project delivery, including actively identifying, developing and acting upon risk and opportunities.

Forming part of the Extended Leadership team, the role requires a dynamic individual who can work comfortably between technical teams, change teams, and end users within the business.

They will also be a key member of the Transformation Office chapter targeted to integrate and commoditize technology delivery/business change processes in Bakkavor.

Role Accountabilities

• Take responsibility for creating the delivery roadmaps within specific projects or programmes.
• Financial & Resource Management- ensuring that the necessary capability is in place to deliver the activity.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication, to ensure that the project is effectively planned, and lands successfully in the business.
• Take responsibility for the delivery & execution of the domain, in collaboration with the domain lead, and within the governance of relevant projects and programmes.
• Governance & Risk Management
• Partner Contract, Legal & Regulatory Compliance, Review & Performance Monitoring
• Team Leadership & Capability Building
• Continuous Improvement & Innovation

About you

Ideally you will hold a Bachelor's degree in Information, Systems, Finance, Business or other relevant discipline.

Experience / Key Attributes

• Significant overall experience, with much of this spent either in a technical or finance function, industry and / or Project / Programme
• Significant experience on large scale projects with successful delivery and experience of the full project lifecycle
• Demonstrable experience of accurate and effective Project/Programme reporting
• Ability to manage project financials and commercials, on all projects. Ensure full and detailed planning of budget forecasts and cash outflows
• Actively searches for quality improvements in the project, and actively resolves with support as required
• Steers and controls a project with respect to resources and time in connection with the overall Bakkavor situation/environment
• Recognised project management certification e.g. PRINCE2 , Agile PM , PMP, MSP, PMI, PMQ
• Broad and deep understanding of domain delivery models e.g. For SAP, Activate methodology
• Experience in deploying technology in similar industries to Bakkavor e.g. manufacturing, engineering, wholesale, consumer products, food
• Moderates' conflicts in projects, brings about compromises, and is assertive and convincing
• Demonstrates a high level of commitment to Bakkavor commercial and transformation strategy
• Experience of determining and driving high delivery standards and business change to make sure colleague / customer needs are met and exceeded
• Excellent written/verbal communication skills with both non-technical as well as technical audiences managing successful communications with governance boards and stakeholders
• Open-minded collaborative approach to leadership with an empathy for the needs of colleagues/customers
• Highly organised with the ability to see 'the big picture' and a strong focus on outcomes
• 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
• Flexibility to travel within the UK, with time away from home at critical periods of project implementation/go live to assure a high-quality outcome.

What you'll receive

As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.

You'll enjoy:

• Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)
• Private medical insurance (employee & family cover)
• Car allowance
• Annual Bonus Scheme
• 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays as standard (may vary by role)
• Staff Shop
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• Discount & cashback platform
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Free health check
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
• Salary sacrifice car lease scheme
• Free independent mortgage advice
• Discounted tutoring for children
• Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary

Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions.

Proud to be Bakkavor

We're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!

Find out more and apply.