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Production Operative
Southerners
IT Project Manager
Work Model
📍 Purfleet, England
Employment
💼 Full-Time Direct
Recruitment Type
🛡️ Direct to HR Pipeline
Role Overview & Responsibilities
Job Introduction
Carpetright and our stable of group flooring brands including Flooring Supplies, Flooring Megastore and Carpet and Flooring is entering an exciting new phase of IT and Digital Transformation that will see us build on our strengths and revolutionise what we do, and how we do it.
Our business is transforming; we're on a mission to revolutionise the way we do things and create the best omnichannel experience for our customers. We're using the latest technology and building a team of IT and Digital experts who can help fast forward our mission. There's significant investment to really make it happen - we're all about action!
ROLE: IT Project Manager, based in Purfleet, Essex – Hybrid
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:
This is an exciting new opportunity that will enable success through the delivery of our strategic IT projects/programmes across our IT, Logistics and Retail departments. This will provide a challenging opportunity to engage across the entire business from business systems users through to the senior management team.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
- You’ll be leading, managing, and implementing IT change projects of varying sizes and complexities
- Ensuring the scope of Logistics/IT/HR/Retail Projects remain on time and on budget
- Ensuring all IT project activity is managed in line with Carpetright’s standards and policies
- Managing IT project dependencies as well as impacts across multiple business units, solving problems as encountered and escalating when appropriate
- Assisting the senior management team in identifying, evaluating and implementing new Logistics/IT/HR/Retail related technologies as and when they become available
- Providing regular and accurate status reports to stakeholders
- Ensuring 3rd party suppliers resolve issues within agreed warranty SLA
- Providing strategic support and guidance to IT and Business leadership teams
ABOUT YOU:
- Previous project management experience, managing Logistics, HR or Retail projects
- Proven track record delivering multi stream IT projects in a fast-paced B2C environment
- Experience of managing matrix and 3rd party development teams
- Strong financial management experience would be beneficial
- Experience of waterfall and agile project methodology, especially the use of Kanban boards
- Ability to prioritise workload based on project priorities
- Microsoft D365 and Azure DevOps (or equivalent) experience would also be fantastic
Carpetright and our stable of group flooring brands is on a significant digital journey, and this role will play a crucial part in contributing to the successful navigation of change. If you’re interested in joining a high performing team where you’ll have the opportunity to learn and grow, have access to the latest products and releases, then we’d love to hear from you!
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