Global Project Coordinator

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 20 days plus a personal day rising to 22 days after 12 months (plus 8 Bank holidays).
• Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution.
• Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay.
• Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home.
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.

Click here to read more about the benefits we have available for our colleagues.

About the role

We’re seeking a Global Project Coordinator to join the Customer & Colleague Engagement Centre (CCEC) Programme Management Office (PMO).  In this role you will support the management of the CCEC global portfolio by ensuring our plans are benefits led and effectively prioritised to deliver against our objectives.

This is a highly visible role with an excellent opportunity to work closely with senior management to facilitate change within the CCEC and Tesco Business Solutions (TBS).  Working as Global Project Coordinator you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth execution or projects from inception to completion, driving excellence and efficiencies through project management disciplines and robust governance routines. 

We are looking for a confident, resilient, and balanced individual; with a curious mind with critical thinking, highly organised with good attention to detail, always thinking of the bigger picture.

This role is based in our Dundee CCEC - blended working - minimum of 3 out of 5 days onsite each week.

You will be responsible for

• Taking responsibility for projects form the overall portfolio, supporting the creation of project and programme plans, as part of planning and reporting standards set by PMO.
• Acting as first point of escalation for the project or programme team, managing risks, issues, milestones, and deliverables.
• Identifying and monitoring key dependencies across the portfolio.
• Managing and leading governance routines ensuring the right level of control is in place, including project or programme reviews and reports.
• Building effective relationships with subject matter experts and key stakeholders in the delivery of change.

Key people I work with, in and outside of Tesco

• TBS Leadership
• Global CCEC Leadership
• TBS Business Risk
• Facilities in each TBS hub
• Tesco ROI, Tesco Slovakia, Tesco Czech Republic, and Tesco Hungary teams
• Tesco Plc Welwyn Garden City teams
• External 3rd parties engaged for projects

You will need

Essential skills relevant for the job

• Project Assistant, Programme Office, Change Management or similar.
• Managing and delivering change.
• Project administration; producing project plans, managing critical paths, maintaining RACIs and risk logs.
• Project planning skills; requirements gathering, effective prioritisation and cost/ benefit analysis. managing risks and issues.
• Stakeholder management and engagement, including effective influencing & communication skills.
• Organising and planning, effective prioritisation and issue management.
• Facilitation and conducting focus groups.

Experience relevant for the job

• Business Studies, Business Administration, or related degree.
• Project Coordinator/ Assistant, Programme Office, Change Management.
• Project administration; producing project plans, managing critical paths, maintaining RACIs, risk logs, assumptions, and dependencies trackers.

Desirable skills relevant for the job

• Professional project or programme qualification; APM Project Management Qualification Foundation and Practitioner, Lean Six Sigma or a similar methodology.

About us

We pride ourselves on being a company where everyone’s welcome and truly feels able to be themselves. We not only celebrate diversity but recognise the value and opportunity it brings in helping us to serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day. We strive to build a workforce that reflects our customers, not only here in the UK, but worldwide. In offering many varying working patterns across our business, our aim is to attract a diverse range of applicants from all walks of life. If you’re as passionate as we are about providing the best customer experience, we’d love to hear from you.