Job description
The company provides a range of products and solutions to its customers which help them to increase profits through increasing basket size, customer loyalty and serving customers more efficiently and cost-effectively. It currently designs, builds, installs and supports systems in thousands of retail sites - processing billions of transactions each year
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing software company with strong ambitions and to bring your own skills and ideas to the team. We are looking for eager, self-motivated individuals who thrive on learning and problem solving, who are up for a challenge and want to make a difference.
Responsibilities: -
- Establish and communicate project objectives
- Develop clear project milestones and scheduling for project completion and secure/ gain commitment for required resources to be available to complete each project to agreed timelines
- Actively engage with the Programme Board, providing detailed reporting on project progress, risk and cost
- Develop a consistent and reliable way of producing documents, templates and analysis
- Work with the project stakeholders to resolve milestone slippage issues and liaise and provide the PMO with mitigation plans where necessary
- Evaluate prioritisation options and present recommendations to the Project Sponsor and other relevant working groups should the need arise
- Work with the Finance team to ensure project costs are initially assessed and subsequently monitored; monitor post-delivery benefits of projects alongside Executive Sponsor against business case
- Work with IT/Sales to ensure delivery to requirements are met on time and budget.
What we are looking for in you:-
- Project Management certification (PMP, PRINCE2 or similar)
- Experience of working in client-facing environment
- Strong communication skills to support frequent customer contact & internal comms, including to senior executives
- High level of self-organisation, problem solving ability, proactivity, and attention to detail
- Ability to lead through influence
- Comfortable working in an environment without a heavy structure. Adaptability and agility are preferred traits
- Excellent analytic skills
- Ability to multi-task and prioritise tasks with competing deadlines
- Exhibits strong teamwork and interpersonal skills
- Ability to quickly understand new SW solutions
- Willingness to travel
- Ability to work independently on a client site
Benefits
* Life Insurance
* 22 Days Holiday
* Employee Assistance Program
* Income Protection
* Hybrid Working - 3 Days a week in the Southampton Office
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Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
