Technical Programme Manager -- Stores Fulfilment

Tesco Technology; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus up to 20%

25 days holiday + personal day

Private medical insurance

Paternity leave

Mental wellbeing support

Job summary

Tesco Technology is seeking a strong Technical Programme Manager to lead the delivery of the Stores Titan project and related fulfilment initiatives across our distribution centres in the UK.

You will coordinate diverse teams across product, engineering and data, manage budgets, and ensure reliable infrastructure for new and existing sites, including London Gateway.

This hybrid role offers a practical pace, exposure to Witron automation, and a supportive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of Technical Programme Management disciplines.
• Experience working with geographically diverse teams including programme, product, engineering, data & design.
• Ability to articulate complex concepts to a diverse audience.

Responsibilities

• Drive delivery of Project Titan and related fulfilment initiatives at Tesco London Gateway.
• Coordinate multiple tech infrastructure projects across distribution centres.
• Manage budgets, forecasts and control for the programme.
• Support delivery of wider fulfilment solutions and ensure smooth operation of existing sites.

Skills

Technical Programme Management

Global teams

Stakeholder management

Job description

The Stores Fulfilment Programme is responsible for the delivery of a diverse portfolio of projects and programmes that impact colleagues through out our distribution centres.

We are accountable for supporting the development and maintenance of tech solutions within our distribution centres. This includes a wide catalogue of existing manual solutions and hardware such as : Traka/AGH/Kaba/Denver/ Paperless /Zebra AMTs & Printer s as well as automated solutions such as: Dematic ’s Highbay Automation / Swisslog ’s A-Movers and Geek +’s AMR.

As well as supporting these solutions within our existing distribution centres our team is also accountable for ensuring all technology infrastructure is in place for new distribution centres being built (most recently Aylesford and the currently in progress Hinckley and London Gateway sites ).

About the role

The Stores Fulfilment Programme is responsible for the delivery of a diverse portfolio of projects and programmes that impact colleagues through out our distribution centres.

We are accountable for supporting the development and maintenance of tech solutions within our distribution centres. This includes a wide catalogue of existing manual solutions and hardware such as : Traka/AGH/Kaba/Denver/ Paperless /Zebra AMTs & Printer s as well as automated solutions such as: Dematic ’s Highbay Automation / Swisslog ’s A-Movers and Geek +’s AMR.

As well as supporting these solutions within our existing distribution centres our team is also accountable for ensuring all technology infrastructure is in place for new distribution centres being built (most recently Aylesford and the currently in progress Hinckley and London Gateway sites ).

You will be responsible for

Role purpose:

You will be the primary TPM driving the delivery of Project Titan , our new automated grocery depot being built in London Gatewa y. This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in the first site at Tesco to be rolling out Witron’s automation solution which will be a great learning experience . You will also be accountable to manage the various teams in delivering the wider tech infrastructure to the site which means gaining exposure and knowledge of other tech nology infrastructure teams processes and the solutions which enable a distribution centre to function .

In parallel to this you’ll al so be involved in delivery of wider fulfilment solutions supporting existing platforms to enable smooth operation of our existing distribution centres. There is numerous hardware and software platforms which as part of the team you’ll help support, maintain and improve!

You will need

Strong understanding of Technical Programme Management disciplines and managing within multiple frameworks.

Experience working with geographically diverse teams; programme, product, engineering, data & design.

You must be able to articulate complex concepts to a diverse audience.

Management of annual Programme budgets. (Forecasting & Control).

The ability to work autonomously.

Good understanding of Technology Infrastructure.

Whats in it for you?

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• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary.
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).
• Private medical insurance.
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (12 months service required at the qualifying date) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave.
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing.

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