Job Ref: 213426095

Date: 2021-03-24 16:47:01

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Welcome Break is one of the largest motorway service operators in the UK and has led the revolution in changing the motorway service sector.

We've been around for 60 years and are now in locations across the UK. Our 5,000+ strong team strive to proudly and passionately offer our customers' world class hospitality and retail brands such as Waitrose, Starbucks, Subway, KFC, Ramada, Days Inn and Burger King to name a few in a friendly and relaxing environment.

Our business is about people, the 80 million people who visit our sites each year and the teams who make the business the success it is. Every one deserves to get a warm welcome and enjoyable break with the very best service, facilities, food and drinks we can provide.

Providing customers with a welcome break is really important to us. Every day here is as challenging as it is enjoyable, as rewarding as it is fun. We believe that the same should be true once our working day is over, so we do everything we can to make sure our teams can get their work/life balance just right!

Everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed at Welcome Break. To make sure that those achievements are recognised, we have many recognition schemes, most of which are peer to peer recognition. What's more, we work hard to build a culture of openness, listening to customers and our own people so we can identify opportunities to improve service, innovation and engagement.

Junior IT Project manager/ Project co-ordinator
Welcome Break
Newport Pagnell, MK16 9EZ
Full time position – 12-month Fixed term contract
Salary up to £35,000 depending on experience
Fantastic benefits & discounts, free parking & great career opportunities

We are looking for Junior IT Project manager to join us on a 12-month fixed term contract to help drive the successful coordination and delivery of some exciting business and technical projects.
This is a great role for someone who has worked either as a project manager, project analyst or co-ordinator in a retail business who has had exposure to EPOS projects already at a high level or looking to take on more responsibility.

Your experience as Junior IT Project manager/ Project co-ordinator

Project Management in a Retail / Hospitality environmentProven ability to manage multiple/concurrent high-profile IT projectsCreation of and maintaining comprehensive project documentation (including MS Project, Teams & Excel)Supplier Management skillsWorking knowledge of EPOS & retail systemsExperience of Fast moving and high volumes

Responsibilities as Junior IT Project manager/ Project co-ordinator

Responsible for the successful coordination and delivery of Business and Technical projects on time, within budget and qualityAssist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibilityDevelop a detailed project plan to set deadlines, assign responsibilities and monitor progressManage changes to the project scope, project schedule and projectcosts using appropriate verification techniquesPrepare and issue status reporting to IT Leadership & Key StakeholdersStakeholder and interdependency management, working across multiple external suppliers for specialist skills Quality control/procedures and processes Risk & Change Management Working with other internal functions such as IT Service Delivery, BA, Database team & Data Architect

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