Junior Project Manager

Junior Project Manager

We are replacing large sections of our core ERP functionality across the merchanting brands. This work will be conducted across a 3-5 year programme and will be deployed in a staged basis. This programme of work requires significant organisation, oversight and administration.

The junior project manager will be required to support in the generation and management of the programme artefacts used to ensure the programme is run in a cohesive, coordinated and clear manner.

They will also need to help organise and oversee the administration of the Core Systems programme, providing structure and ensuring that the programme is planned, facilitated and coordinated

This role will encompass a number of key areas, these include;

Your role will support the Project/Programme Manager in the management of the agreed artefacts used to manage the programme and in coordinating the delivery of workstream based activities.

You will be responsible to compile and manage the programme plan including, tracking the status of programme deliverables and milestones, the identification of areas of programme slippage, incomplete tasks and resource conflicts.

You will maintain the programme level risk and issues coordination. This includes capturing issues and risks during the normal course of the programme, ensuring they are reflected on the RAID log for the programme and then assisting the programme manager in obtaining updates and closure to the issues and actions raised.

You will manage the capture, collation and answering of questions from software vendors.

You will work with the programme manager and workstream leads in determining the mechanisms to be utilised for the success of the project.

It would be great if you had…

• Prince2 or PMP

• Experience within large scale projects and programmes

• Experience of events planning and coordination

• Confident with Stakeholder engagement

• Strong task management skills

• RAID Management

• Programme planning and coordination experience

• Ideally you will have event management knowledge

• Experience of programme and project planning

• Extensive knowledge of the task management and planning would be an advantage

What can we offer you?

You may not know much about Travis Perkins plc but if you look a bit closer you might be surprised. We are the UK leader in the building materials and home improvement markets. Recognised as one of Britain’s Top Employers since 2010, we offer our employees access to extensive career opportunities across 20+ leading businesses including Travis Perkins, Wickes, Keyline and City Plumbing Supplies. We operate out of more than 2,000 outlets nationwide (and Ireland) and have over 28,000 colleagues.

We are one of the largest employers of IT professionals in the area. We're Agile, we're Lean, we've gone Google and we're providing in-house designed & built bespoke software and applications. We have grand plans to increase the size of our business further and are forward thinking enough to recognise that investment in IT will give us the leading edge on our competitors. We've restructured, we've adopted new methodologies, and we've brought in award winning IT professionals to take us through this transformation.

Our strong family values and 'cornerstones' lie at the heart of the success of our journey. If, like us, you put customers at heart of everything you do, you can expect to be rewarded with a full package of benefits on top of a salary that grows with you as you grow in our business.

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