Position Overview & Specifications
About the role
Services Development Project Manager
Permanent
Up to £50,000 + Bonus + Pension + BUPA + ShareSave + 6.6 weeks holiday + hybrid working
Southampton, Store Support Office
We believe anyone can improve their home to make life better. From our Southampton Store Support office (SSO) we equip our stores, our people, and our whole business with everything it takes to help our millions of customers create a home they’ll love. Join us as a Services Development Project Manager and you’ll be a big part of this.
At B&Q we have a hybrid approach to working to increase flexibility in how we work. Speak to our recruitment team to find out more.
Key responsibilities
To project manage the delivery of new business development initiatives by helping to shape solutions and managing cross functional stakeholders to land high quality projects, cost effectively and with pace and energy.
- Support the creation of new ideas for growth projects focused on prototyping, agile & iterative approach.
- Take full end to end ownership for the on time and in budget delivery of agreed set of projects.
- Engage and manage cross-functional stakeholders in any new projects.
- Create and manage clear milestone plans for all projects.
- Build and monitor budgets for all projects.
- Design clear KPIs for all new projects.
- Provide regular updates on project status to governance forums.
- Facilitate post investment reviews of all new initiatives which enable clear conclusions.
Required skills & experience
- Proven experience of delivering projects
- Experience of working cross functionally and with third parties to deliver change.
- Good communicator who can engage at all levels.
- Able to monitor progress and escalate appropriately.
- Track record of making things happen in a test & learn iterative approach.
- Able to work with pace and energy.
- Travel will be required to support some projects.
What's in it for me?
As well as a competitive salary, our benefits package includes an award-winning pension scheme, bonus, ShareSave options, 6.6 weeks holiday, payroll giving, an Employee Assistance Programme, shopping discounts, colleague wellbeing benefits and lots more!
As part of a great team, you’ll be supported to grow and encouraged to explore new career directions within the business and the wider group. And, because you’ll be inspiring great things for our customers and the whole business, you’ll do work worth caring about.