E-Commerce Re-platforming Project Manager

Job title:

E-Commerce Re-platforming Project Manager

Company

JD Sports

Job description

  • Job Title – E-Commerce Re-platforming Project Manager
  • Location – BL9 8RR
  • Working rota – Monday – Friday
  • Working hours – 40 hours
  • Working model – 4 days in the office and 1 day working from home

Role Overview:
As a Project Manager you will be responsible for managing the end-to-end delivery of the e-commerce replatforming of size? Brands to Shopify. This project consists of a number of teams and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver substantive change and business benefit across the JD Group in an exciting, fast paced, global, multi-fascia environment. You will work closely with business stakeholders, engineering teams, testing teams, programme directors, business analysts and suppliers to help the business implement our strategy and further enhance our market leading multichannel offering. Quality and agility will be at the heart of everything you do, driving improvements that help us deliver quicker to market whilst giving our customers the best possible experience. We are looking for someone passionate about delivering great results and their own personal development. In return you will receive the support, training and development to further your career.Key Duties / Responsibilities:

  • Lead and manage your project(s) to agreed time / cost / deliverable targets
  • Work with the SI partners to assure deliverables, and manage change requests
  • Ensure objectives and scope are clearly understood, defined and documented
  • Create and maintain project plans, schedules, risks and issue logs
  • Identify all stakeholders, develop a communications strategy for each, manage expectations and be politically aware
  • Work closely with business analysts to ensure requirements are captured and validated at an appropriate level to provide effort estimates and plan delivery sprints
  • Capture, question and validate information collected about tasks, durations and dependencies
  • Work closely with third party suppliers to ensure work packages are delivered as expected and manage timelines and priorities accordingly
  • Ensure actions and decisions are captured and communicated to stakeholders appropriately
  • Manage scope and ensure that changes are logged, impact assessed and managed
  • Maintain plans and schedules in line with changes in prioritisation and the overall JD Group strategy and roadmap
  • Communicate clearly on the status of your projects, escalating issues and risks appropriately
  • Identify and communicate any risks that may affect the key deliverables & milestones and identify mitigation measures
  • Understand the dependencies within and between projects, change and enhancement requests and plan accordingly
  • Commercially manage your project(s) ensuring costs and benefits are fully understood, tracked and reported against monthly
  • Take responsibility for your personal development including working with your manager to set objectives and milestones and identify your training needs
  • Identify new ways of working and supporting technologies that will assist the team to become more efficient and deliver a higher quality of delivery to the business

Skills / Experience / Knowledge Needed:

  • 2+ years Project Management experience
  • Proven success in delivery of e-commerce replatforming projects
  • Experience of Shopify’s tech stack
  • Previous experience in an omnichannel retail environment is highly advantageous
  • Highly organised, able to work in a fast-paced environment and plan/manage time accordingly
  • Strong facilitation and influencing skills
  • Confidence, experience and knowledge to question stakeholders and delivery teams
  • Self-starter able to work with limited guidance
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Diligent, focused and dependable, able to build strong relationships based on integrity
  • Team player able to work constructively with other project managers, business analysts, operational teams, technology teams, suppliers, business stakeholders and senior management

Desirable Skills / Experience

  • Professional certification in Project Management (or working towards one)
  • Experience working with omnichannel teams such as retail, digital, IT, operations, merchandising, marketing, finance, information security, loss control, analytics, customer care

The Company:The JD Group is a leading omnichannel retailer of Sports Fashion, Street & Premium Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 90,000 colleagues over 4,500 stores across several retail fascia’s in over 36 countries around the world.We are an equal opportunities employer who embraces and values differences. We recognise the importance of an inclusive workplace culture in which everyone can thrive irrespective of their background or identity.To be a part of this successful and continuously growing company, you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people first, a digital leader and customer focused organisation which provides operational excellence and is continuous with identifying new areas of growth into our day-to-day.We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

  • Incremental Holiday Allowance
  • Staff Discount on qualifying purchases across Group retail stores and online
  • Exclusive Colleague Bike Discount scheme
  • Discounted Gym membership
  • Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work
  • Access to Apprenticeships and accredited qualifications

Interested?If you are interested in this position, then press the Apply Now button.Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don’t hear back within two weeks of your application, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasionApplications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.Thank you again for your time.#LI-AA1

Expected salary

Location

Bury, Greater Manchester

Job date

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 23:07:49 GMT

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