Project Manager - London, Greater London

Project Manager - London, Greater LondonEveryone is welcome at M&S. No exceptions. It’s your background, abilities and differences that make you, uniquely you. And when you’re part of M&S, that individuality has the potential to make waves.

Summary

M&S is transforming the way it operates to make us a simpler, faster, efficient and performance driven organisation that is closer to colleagues and customers. This role is at the centre of the transformation in the Commercial Function. We have created a central pool of project management expertise with an aim to drive the transformation in the commercial function faster while developing agile ways of working.

You will be part of a team of 5 Project Managers who will each be assigned a transformation project, deliver it, then move onto the next project. The role will provide broad overview of the commercial function, the end-to-end operation of the food division and exposure to senior stakeholders across the business. We are looking for someone who want a career in project/programme management, likes to work in a fast-paced environment, is adaptable, enjoys new challenges and being part of a team.

All the details

To stay close to customers, our support teams are in the office three days a week as we believe that skills are developed through collaboration, and that spending time together makes us more creative and connected.

What’s in it for you

Being a part of M&S is exactly that – playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, service to every customer, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.

Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special…

• After completing your probationary period, you’ll receive 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household.
• Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
• Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.
• A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
• A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.
• Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.
• Industry-leading parental, adoption and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.
• Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.
• A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.

Key Accountabilities

Your key accountabilities will include

• Owns, drives and executes a clear project plan that delivers on time, to scope and within budget
• Contributes to the identification and analysis of potential future initiatives as input into the project pipeline, continually looking for ways that support the Food Group achieve their strategic objectives
• Owns and drives the Project change plan to minimise change overload and change conflicts e.g. influence sequencing or alignment of change activities across the Project to optimise impact on colleagues, realise efficiencies and improve benefit realisation
• Leads the creation and maintenance of a detailed change impact assessment as required, from which Training Needs
• Drives the stakeholder management plan for the Project. Lead the development and management of communications to colleagues to ensure they understand the change journey they will go on and are prepared for the change
• Deliver change sustainably, including the definition and clear processes on measuring change engagement and delivery, and plans for moving processes to Business as Usual

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include

• Excellent organisational ability
• Strong and confident communication across all levels
• Team working and effective people management
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent Microsoft applications Skills eg. Word, Powerpoint, XLS

Everyone’s welcome

We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We’re transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen.

We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.

If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.