Project Coordinator - Procurement - J37495309

Location: Gaydon Warwickshire  

Rate:  £28.43ph via an Umbrella Company (Inside IR35) or £21.25ph on a PAYE basis

Employment Type: Contract (Maternity Cover June 2027)

Hours: Full time (40hrs) or Part time applicants welcome                 

Reference: J37495309

Team Profile

The Procurement Enterprise Mission Team has accountability for supporting delivery of key operational and process excellence identified programmes / projects. The programme team are key to the enablement of the procurement and connected functions in achieving the Enterprise Mission objectives.

With the Enterprise Missions aligned to the central business strategy & objectives, the programme team drive impact through proactive engagement, facilitation, tracking, reporting and risk management across complex multi-function activity. The role offers broad business exposure and requires strong stakeholder management to influence cross-functional teams and keep delivery on track.

The team requires both sharp business acumen along with effective opportunity and risk assessment to support the initial delivery. Combined with detailed data-driven assessment and coordination so that requirements are clearly understood, communicated and executed against the agreed deliverables.

The Opportunity

The role will provide general support to all teams across Procurement enabling successful delivery of our portfolio of Enterprise Missions / projects. This includes but not exclusive to, governance requirements, reporting, assurance processes, project management processes and general communications.  This role will act as a central point of contact for the Procurement teams helping to guide, coach and assist them and the projects through the relevant processes.  This role may also support the delivery of projects and their interdependencies in support of any additional specific business priorities. 

Key Performance Indicators

• Driving adherence against identified gated processes
• Tracking of KPI delivery (Procurement Enterprise Missions / Projects & Initiatives) to:
• Time (Gateways and timing plans)
• Cost
• Benefits
• Risks
• Deliverables
• Resource

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Enabling clear communication and early engagement across Procurement, Engineering, Manufacturing, House of Brands, Attributes, STA, Finance, Programme / PMO teams to align targets and manage impacts / changes
• Acting as the primary liaison for Procurement, ensuring visibility of Procurement activity, managing risks and communicating changes through relevant governance forums
• Provide support and coaching to team members on the gate process helping to prepare them for key gateways and in addition helping to define appropriate gate timelines
• Supporting development and maintenance of all relevant reporting systems, ensuring alignment with relevant stakeholders and accurately documenting outputs, agreements, risks and timing
• Management of required governance, including but not exclusive to; milestone reporting, project status reporting, financial reporting and risk and issue management
• Facilitation and coordination of the relevant governance forums
• Report on key programme metrics as defined by the area
• Providing senior-level visibility of status and deliverables on behalf of the wider Procurement team and escalating risks where appropriate
• Coordinating cross-carline and cross-functional associated activities, ensuring consistent communication and application of relevant programme gateways
• Working with Procurement owners to ensure broader supplier & sourcing context is understood and communicated, identifying associated risks and potential mitigation approaches as relevant
• Delivering accurate data and concise reporting for Senior Leaders, representing Procurement in governance forums
• Helping drive issue resolution, process refinement and continuous improvement across all aspects of Enterprise Missions / Projects engaged with
• Work on projects and work streams; from scoping to delivery and including cross-functional engagement and stakeholder management – where applicable
• Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job as may be requested

Essential:

• Experience in complex project management and/or procurement environments, ideally in a cross functional / departmental capacity
• Good understanding of Project Management principles and methodologies
• Excellent organisation skills, forward planning and structured in approach
• Excellent stakeholder and relationship management skills with clear understanding of how to facilitate cross-functional team work to meet objectives
• Customer first mindset and effective stakeholder management at all levels
• Effective communicator - able to present to senior levels of the organisation
• Strong analytical, influencing and problem-solving skills
• Highly agile with ability to manage and deliver multiple tasks within tight deadlines
• Excellent computer skills specifically in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• To be proficient in the use of Excel to create reports and analyse data including manipulation of complex data sets

Desirable:

• Demonstrable experience of process improvement and working in a project support role
• Previous experience of working on projects from inception through to delivery
• To be proficient in all O365 applications
• SharePoint, JIRA, Plan View, Tableau experience
• Relevant degree

Personal Profile

Essential:

• An individual with a customer first mindset who is easy to do business with and makes people feel special, driven to deliver experiences that are personalised, transparent and dependable
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships at all levels of the business
• Flexible and creative mind set
• Ability to work on own initiative, is results driven, demonstrating tenacity, drive and perseverance
• Driving license, as all Midlands based sites may need to be covered

Desirable:

• An individual with the ability to challenge existing thinking in a positive way whilst building credibility and trust through experience and personal style
• Full time, Parttime and candidates considering both will be accepted on this position

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