Junior Project Manager

Your Key Function:

To be part of the team responsible for the execution of projects from order placement through to delivery in store. Working with all internal stakeholders and under the guide of the Commercial Manager as well as external clients to deliver on time, on budget and to the right quality and service standard. Be the glue between the departments to make everything happen.

The Purpose of Role:

The role is designed to enhance your learning throughout the business and for you to be supported with your learning. You will be mentored and have the opportunity to grow through focused training & experience.

Your Key Duties:

• Review project briefs with the Account Manager and/or development Project Managers to fully understand the client requirements, to ensure all correct details are included and all information is complete and ensuring budgets and timelines are achievable.
• Work directly with clients, external agencies and internal team associates as key contact to obtain all relevant project data and deliverables on time.
• To continually look to learn skills required to be a Senior Project Manager from Senior Members of the team.
• Working closely with functional partners, facilitate all aspects of project execution.
• Facilitate handover meetings with supply and development teams. Agree timelines and milestones.
• Create, manage, and monitor the overall project time plan with the individual stakeholders to ensure delivery on plan.
• Monitor budget compliance through the life of a project & drive for improvements.
• Work in close liaison with the estimating team, escalating cost increases, to ensure all changes are tracked & cost control is maintained.
• Review and establish team priorities, communicate change to Account Managers & Commercial Manager.
• Act as the facilitator working with the team to break through issues. Ensure team members meet deadlines with correct and on-brief deliverables.
• Serve as liaison to client contacts, coordinating client needs and requests with other third-party agency needs. Report implications and outcomes of project change (pre- and post-order) to client and across the business.

Your KPI’s:

• Manage project operations to ensure delivery within the agreed timeframe.
• Schedule and lead kick-off and handover meetings in order to quickly establish a project timeline.
• Accurate reporting on projects to the client / sales / managers to ensure that all relevant parties are kept informed of and project related deviations, delay or other issues.

Desired Experience, Qualifications & Skills:

• Experience of Microsoft Office, including strong excel skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Good interpersonal and motivational skills.
• Highly numerate and able to analyse and add value to information.
• Attention to detail and well-developed organisational skills, able to multi-task on simultaneous projects.
• Able to ‘think out of the box’