Project Manager - Automation

What’s in it for you

We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work!  These include but are not limited to:

• Annual bonus scheme
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (and bank holidays)
• Great colleague discounts and deals, saving you money on everyday purchases, utility bills for the home and more
• Retirement savings plan – save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
• Buy as you earn and Save as you earn share schemes
• Opportunities to get on – take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training to help you achieve the career you want

About the role

As a Project Manager you will be be agile in your approach, working across different areas of our Channels operations to ensure plans are aligned in support of the Service Delivery Model and our strategic goals/drivers.

You will be responsible for

• Working collaboratively to develop full solutions and operating models and trialing these as necessary across Online (GHS, UFCs and CFCs)
• Collaborating effectively with a number of items including Finance, Fufilment, Customer, Technology, Commercial and other Online Development teams
• Ensuring Tesco project management principles are followed including stakeholder management, set up/organisation of the project, budget set up/controlled with cost savings delivered and communicating with/motivating natural work team members.
• Ensuring clear definition of the project and scope from the start, ensuring the project always remains on track and in scope.
• Allocating resource and engaging with relevant subject matter experts, leading and motivating them to contribute to the delivery of the project.
• Managing risk and issues, setting up and leading a clear governance programme.
• Managing interdependencies and any potential conflicts, working with others to deliver the project objectives/scope and for the good of customers, colleagues & planet.
• Designing a clear implementation programme, working with the people and communications teams as required.
• Monitoring progress of delivery and updating stakeholders including business leaders on the deliverables.
• Achieving great results by inspiring, engaging and leading others; you make our customers and colleagues feel valued.
• Knowing your stuff, sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm, the way you manage makes Tesco a great place to work and shop.
• Taking ownership of processes and systems, making sure they are effective and efficient; you spot issues and swiftly find the best simplest solutions.
• Understanding how technology is key to the future of Tesco, making sure digital is part of key decisions.
• Being flexible in your approach, you are able to manage various projects and programmes of work across different areas within Business Support, improving different parts of the shopping trip for customers or simplifying our operations with new initiatives.
• Closing projects down once complete and completing a post implementation review, to understand the lessons learned, sharing these with stakeholders and ensuring continuous improvements on ‘the what’ and ‘the how’ is in place.

You will need

• Automation experience DMS, Dense or AMR solutions
• Strategic thinking
• Operating model development Analytics
• Critical thinking. Attention to detail.
• Finance awareness.

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About us

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you.  We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.