Head of Programme Management - Property in Bradford

We are currently recruiting for a Head of Programme Management - Property to be based at our Head Office in Bradford......

You will be accountable for turning business strategy into action through effective programme management. Working with the relevant Executive Director you will define and develop the strategic operational plan and fully costed delivery roadmap for one or more business functions, ensuring it fully reflects Company, divisional and functional ambitions for the coming 12-36 months. You will also be accountable for managing the framework through which all programme activity is planned and executed to enable effective delivery through central, field and store teams; making things better for our customers and simpler for our colleagues.

Knowledge required:

• Significant commercial understanding

• Detailed understanding of store/site models.

Skills required:

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision making skills

• The ability to make challenging decisions to ensure consistency with service to our customers

• High level networking and influencing skills

• The ability to generate confidence through engaging leadership

• The ability to develop a strategy and translate this into operational business plans

Experience required:

• An excellent understanding and use of planning tools to develop a framework

• The ability to look for ways to improve customer satisfaction, profitability and productivity.

• Significant programme management experience

• Significant experience of delivering new/different ways of working within an operational environment.

We design, build, develop and maintain all of our properties across the UK from our supermarkets and manufacturing sites to our distribution centres and Head Office.

Driving a variety of exciting property projects, we aim to provide the best shopping experience to our customers and great working environments for our colleagues.

From architectural design, construction and maintenance to project and asset management, we focus on quality and getting every detail just right. Constantly looking to do things even better, we listen to our customers to make their shopping trips easier and work closely with our colleagues to deliver hundreds of store refits every year.

The pace is fast. The projects are varied. And as we rebuild and strengthen our business, we’re creating all kinds of roles at every level for quantity surveyors, energy specialists, location planning analysts, property managers and more.