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IT PMO Analyst

Posted: 13/12/24
Recruiter:Greencore
Reference:2866173946
Type:Permanent
Disciplines: Analyst
Salary:Competitive
Location:Barlborough, Derbyshire
Description: Why Greencore?
We're a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make everyday taste better.
We're a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing around 13,600 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY23, we generated revenues of 1.9bn.
Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,400 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.

Why we embarked on Making Business Easier?
Over time processes have become increasingly complex, increasing both the risk and cost they pose, whilst restricting our agility. At the same time, our customers and the market expect more from us than ever before. Making Business Easier forms a fundamental foundation for our commercial and operational excellence agendas, whilst supporting managing our cost base effectively in the future.
The MBE Programme will streamline and simplify core processes, provide easier access to quality business data and will invest in the right technology to enable these processes.

Why is this exciting for your career as an IT PMO & Change Analyst?
The MBE Programme presents a huge opportunity for colleagues across the technology function to play a central role in the design, shape, delivery and execution of an enterprise-wide digital transformation programme. The complexity of the initiative, within a FTSE 250 business, will allow for large-scale problem solving, group wide impact assessment and supporting the delivery of an enablement project to future proof the business.

What you'll be doing:
The IT PMO & Change Analyst is responsible for supporting and ensuring the successful delivery of IT projects and change initiatives by providing comprehensive project management, analytical and administrative support within the Project Management Office (PMO). This role is vital in strengthening project governance to enhance performance tracking and ensuring consistent application of change management practises across the organisations change portfolios. By facilitating structured, data-driven project oversight, the IT PMO and Change Analyst ensures that IT initiatives are delivered within scope, time and budget parameters, whilst also driving continuous improvement to optimise the Group IT delivery framework for greater efficiency and effectiveness.

  • Project Support and Administration: Assist project managers in project set up, maintenance and closure, ensuring adherence to PMO standards and methodologies. Provide administrative support in governance meetings across the delivery framework; including scheduling, documentation and co-ordination of resources as needed. Administer project management tools, such as Jira and Confluence
  • Governance, Assurance and Reporting: Develop, update and maintain project dashboards, reports and KPI's to provide insight into project status, risks, issues and resource allocation. Ensure accurate and timely reporting to stakeholders, supporting decision making processes at all levels. Assure the work of project managers, by completing health checks and reviewing project documentation for quality. Conduct best practise sessions with stakeholders to drive quality
  • Change Management: Work with project and change management teams to support the adoption of new processes, tools and systems. Administering the change management process, reviewing requests for change for completeness, chairing CAB meetings, documenting and sharing meetings and reporting on CAB progress
  • Process Improvement: Continuously seek opportunities to streamline PMO processes and improve project delivery practises. Contribute to the development and refinement of templates, tools and processes within the PMO framework
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a liaison between the PMO, project teams and stakeholders to foster effective communication, alignment and collaboration. Facilitate governance forums and provide stakeholders with regular project updates
  • Data Analysis and Insight Generation: Collect, analyse and interpret data from various project activities to identify trends, potential risks, and opportunities for improvement. Provide actionable insights to optimise project outcomes and resource allocation

What we're looking for:
  • Relevant experience working in a similar role
  • Excellent planning and organisational skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and confident in dealing with stakeholders at all levels of the business
  • Strong problem solving and analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, generate insights and provide recommendations
  • Relevant P3O (or similar) training and qualifications (desirable)
  • Experience in administering Atlassian software including Jira and Confluence (desirable)
  • Relevant ITIL (or similar) training and qualifications (desirable)

What you'll get in return:
  • Competitive salary and job-related benefits
  • Holidays
  • Pension up to 8% matched
  • Life insurance up to 4x salary
  • Company share save scheme
  • Greencore Qualifications
  • Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
  • Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

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