Technical Project Manager (IT Infrastructure)

Job Title: Technical Project Manager (IT Infrastructure)

Location: Peterborough, UK (Hybrid, one day in office per week)

Do you have Project Management experience within IT Infrastructure? Would you like to develop and shape the future of technology for ABF? Our Business Technology Services (BTS) are seeking a Project Manager to be responsible for the end to end delivery of a varied portfolio of projects, ensuring that they are delivered on time, within budget and to the full scope.

To be successful in this role you will need to be an effective relationship builder with the ability to form positive business partnerships across BTS and ABF with a wide range of stakeholders. It is an exciting time to join our ever evolving and international BTS team, a dynamic hub of innovation for several renowned food and retail brands.

We are consistently making big strides forward with the latest tech developments and extending our offering to internal business units to provide a full range of efficient and innovative IT solutions.

What you'll be doing:

• Planning and Management of the end-to-end life cycle of a portfolio of mostly infrastructure projects.
• Lead and facilitate Project Definition workshops.
• Produce Project Initiation Documents.
• Budget Management responsibility for each project in your portfolio
• Project Administration including weekly highlight reports, minutes and risk register management with the ability to highlight risks to the relevant people for mitigation purposes.
• Change and Quality Management, ensuring projects are delivered to scope, expectation, time and budget.
• Resource scheduling effectively for each project in your portfolio.
• Ensure seamless service transition including relevant, authorised documentation.

What you'll bring:

• Previous experience of managing IT Infrastructure Projects
• A customer focused approach and the ability to build positive professional relationships with your colleagues and stakeholders.
• Ability to take ownership of, mitigating risk and an awareness of how to progress issues to resolution.
• Previous experience of budget management.
• Ability to prioritise effectively and work methodically with good organisational skills.
• Previous exposure and knowledge of IT platforms, infrastructure and applications would be beneficial.
• Ideally a formal Project Management certification such as Prince 2.
• A recognised ITIL Foundation Certification would be beneficial.

So if you would like to work in a collaborative and diverse team with great career prospects and development opportunities for the future, please don't hesitate to apply!

Location

Hybrid, a mix of office and homeworking. This role will be based at our Peterborough offices on the Lynchwood Business Park. The office has a modern working environment has great public transport links, free onsite parking, free drink facilities, free lunch option each day and a great team culture.

Associated British Foods Business Technology Services are continually reviewing our benefits to ensure our staff feel rewarded…

Associated British Foods is a global giant when it comes to the world of food processing and retail. Our ingredients division is the world’s second-largest producer of both sugar and baker’s yeast and our grocery brands occupy leading positions across the globe meaning that, in the UK, nine out of ten households use our brands.

Associated British Foods Business Technology Services (BTS) was first established in 2008 to deliver a centralised IT infrastructure and service to our fellow ABF businesses. We have now grown and operate in over 185 locations spread across 23 countries supported by a fantastic team of nearly 200. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do and we’re looking for people who are eager to join us in supporting and delivering this vision.

We want you to be a part of our future and to support you, so below are a handful of some of our benefits that are offered to our employees.

• AB Foods BTS match up to 10% pension (contributory)
• Up to 10% Bonus
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 days holiday per calendar year
• Discounts on ABF products such as Twinings, Silverspoon, Pataks and Ryvita
• 24/7 free and confidential access to an Employee Assistance Programme to support you as and when necessary

We’re looking for dedicated and conscientious people who embrace and live our values. If you are an individual who thrives in a collaborative, trusting and pioneering work environment, ABF could be the right company for you.

All recruitment activities into our ABF BTS team are supported by our AB Agri business.

Making your application

Ready to apply? Great! Simply register your details and upload your CV via our careers website – it usually takes just a few minutes.  Please do not delay making your application. In the event of a high candidate response to this vacancy we may close the application period before the date shown and without notice.

So that we can support you to perform at your best, please let us know of any adjustments that may be required throughout the recruitment process by emailing [email protected]

As part of your application, we ask you to answer some equal opportunities questions that help us to monitor how inclusive our recruitment process is and identify areas we can improve in. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions with no impact on your application.

ABF BTS recruitment is supported by our AB Agri group and we politely request no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We have a PSL and do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.