ABOUT US

British Bakels Ltd is a specialist provider of high-quality baking ingredients to organisations throughout the UK and beyond. Part of the wider Bakels Group of companies employing over 3000 employees worldwide, British Bakels is a successful, dynamic and friendly business with a reputation for high quality products and exceptional customer service.
As a result of our continued growth, we are looking for a Project Manager to help us drive and maintain our high standards and ensure we can continue to meet and exceed our customers’ expectations.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The position will be based in Bicester, with travel to Liverpool and customer sites when required.
This role is accountable for the project management of all business activities required to design and launch new products as defined by approved project briefs. The role also oversees all change management (product, packaging, process). This includes traded goods that are sourced outside of UK production sites for the UK market.
Working hours - days (37.5 hours per week)
Responsibilities will include:
* Governs the Bakel’s Stage & Gate process, giving regular updates and visibility to the SLT and NPD managers, escalating key risks, cascading decisions/actions and holding stakeholders to account.
* Facilitates cross functional business processes and workstreams to ensure delivery of new business opportunities to agree timescales and budgets.
* Ensures that all projects are captured within activity management with clarity of brief, critical path, end to end visualisation and centralised projects hubs for collaborative working.
* Leads & facilitates weekly project updates and project forums to ensure adherence to critical paths and cross-functional tasks are completed.
* Uses knowledge of customer requirements, suppliers and agencies to ensure that tasks and timings are fully understood, has direct relationships where appropriate to move projects forward. Upholds the design to print process for packaging, supporting the team to deliver to milestones.
* Reviews projects post launch ensuring that all aspects are captured and corrective actions & improvements are communicated and closed out through training or process improvements.
* Ensures that all project management information is documented, accurate and has the latest version of the ‘truth’.