ERP PMO Lead, Consumer Retail & Logistics Practice - Principal Consultant

ERP PMO Lead, Consumer Retail & Logistics Practice – Principal Consultant

Where Innovation meets Excellence.

Be a part of a globally renowned management consulting firm that is on the front-line of industry disruption. We are a mid-size player with an entrepreneurial spirit that works with a market-leading brand in every sector, while our parent organization Infosys is a top-5 powerhouse IT brand that is outperforming the market and experiencing rapid growth.

Our consulting business is annually recognized as one of the UK’s top firms by the Financial Times and Forbes due to our client innovations, our cultural diversity and dedicated training and career paths we offer to our consultants.

As we look to strengthen our team with top talent that can shape the future for our firm, we seek entrepreneurial-minded individuals that value a highly-diverse culture where differences are embraced, that want to have a voice with top management and that are rewarded for collective achievement. We are committed to fostering an inclusive work culture that inspires everyone to deliver their best!

The Team

Our Consumer Goods, Retail and Logistics practice helps some of the largest global firms and most recognizable local brands solve their biggest challenges in today’s age of constant disruption. With diverse services spanning growth strategy and new product innovation, to omni-channel customer experience, supply chain resiliency and AI-driven new business models, we help clients shape and achieve their growth agenda for a sustainable future.

Requirements

The role

The PMO Lead is responsible for overseeing the project management process for all projects that the consulting organization undertakes. This includes developing and implementing project management methodologies, processes, and tools; providing guidance and support to project managers; and ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.

You will:

Ø  Incept, develop and deploy the PMO Framework and strategy to deliver ERP Programs

Ø  Ensure responsible individuals are held accountable for the delivery of the strategic priorities and their performance is tracked and monitored.

Ø  Track and monitor the implementation of the strategy, manage and flex cross functional resources to achieve the program delivery in a disciplined manner.

Ø  Focused on an analytical approach and adopt to modern delivery methods

Ø  Perform data analyses as part of an integrated program of process control and designed experimentation.

Ø  Ability to Forecast, prioritize and manage OPEX & CAPEX budgets for multi-year programs

Ø  Identify, develop and increase the capabilities of the process to deliver ongoing improvements.

Ø  Ability to create program delivery playbooks, controls, KPIs for teams to enhance the programs delivery and quality.

Ø  Ability to create and build PMO Value Chain for Portfolio and Program

Ø  Ability to analyse data to identify trends and patterns, and to make informed decisions about project performance.

Ø  Ability to manage change effectively, in order to ensure that projects are delivered smoothly and on time.

Ø  Able to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, in order to keep them informed of project progress and to get their buy-in on key decisions.

Ø  Modern engineering practices including micro front end, microservices and headless

Ø  architecture

Ø  Building cloud-native apps and event-message-driven distributed systems

Ø  High volume transaction systems

Ø  Spring Boot and/or Spring Cloud applications

Ø  Agile team CI/CD DevOps and Delivery processes

Ø  Experience of working with shop systems such as Commercetools, Spryker, BigCommerce, Magento, Salesforce, Kibo or something similar

Ø  Experience with tools for documenting architectures e.g. LeanIX (nice to have)

Ø  Have the gravitas and personality to lead and deliver a huge ERP programs

Ø  Provide clear, strong leadership and direction to the client and program teams to meet the business objectives and KPIs with clear accountabilities and responsibilities

Ø  Coach, build and develop a team who are capable of creating sustainable performance improvement

Ø  Establish, maintain and develop a culture of Teamwork, Trust and Excellence to collaboratively achieve the program goals

Ø  Create an environment of high performance, continuous learning, feedback and training within the team that provides project teams with the skills, knowledge and capability to enhance their performance

Ø  Ability to persuade and influence and drive change by making individuals responsible and accountable

Ø  Experience gained from Management Consulting environment

Technology:

Ø  MS Office, Azure Boards (Azure DevOps based workflows), Jira, Smartsheet, SAP ERP Program Delivery, Trello, Mural Boards.

Benefits

For the right talent that want to be part of a diverse team, innovation-driven practice and a high-performance culture, we offer industry-leading compensation and benefits, along with top training and development opportunities so that you can grow your career and achieve your personal ambitions. Curious to learn more? We’d love to hear from you.... Join us today!