Project Assistant jobs in United Kingdom

Reporting directly to the Information Systems Manager, the Junior Applications Project Manager will be responsible for assisting the department in scoping, planning and delivering applications-based projects to the business.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Project Coordination: Assist with planning, scheduling, and executing tasks to support timely project delivery.
2. Documentation: Maintain and update project documentation, including timelines and progress reports.
3. Communication: Act as a liaison between stakeholders, team members, and clients, ensuring smooth information flow.
4. Monitoring & Tracking: Track progress with management tools, alerting the Project Manager of potential delays or issues.
5. Support: Provide administrative support by organising meetings, preparing presentations, and drafting reports.
6. Risk Management: Identify minor project risks and work with senior management to implement solutions.
7. PowerApps Management: Create and maintain business PowerApps as required. Liaise with Data & Reporting team to ensure success.

Areas of responsibility include, but are not limited to:

1. Siclops
2. Redledge
3. Sage
4. SolarVista
5. PowerApps

Special Features and Attributes:

1. Contribution to development and delivery of strategic planning for the business IT
2. Keep up to date with current and future developments of business applications
3. Liaise with providers to ensure maximum value gained from software investments

Who are we?

Millers Vanguard are proud to have been supporting all the UK’s Supermarket chains for over 40 years. In brief, we are the people in the background ensuring that supermarkets keep the Nation fed, maintaining a wide and varied range of assets from food production equipment through to loading bay lifts.

Our services are as follows:

1. Nationwide reactive maintenance
2. Hygienic deep cleaning & planned maintenance services
3. Refurbishment, logistics, and installation of equipment

We do all of this with the firm foundations of being owned by the global Ali Group, whose turnover is in excess of £4 billion p.a.

Our people:

Despite being a large operation here at Millers Vanguard, we still firmly believe in running the business like we have done for the last 40 years, by valuing our biggest asset: YOU…the employee.

Our team of over 500 employees have the advantage of working in state-of-the-art working environments:

1. New (2021) Technical response centre
2. Award-winning research, innovation, and recycling facility
3. Industry-leading Mercedes Benz fleet

We believe in providing you with the very best environment and tools to do the job.

Why join us?

1. Job-specific uniform & tooling for all roles
2. Company-wide fun days and charity events
3. Company pension
4. 32 holiday days per year
5. Regular staff ‘treats’ for employees and their families.

Monday – Friday 8.00am – 17.00pm