Commercial Project Manager

Job title: Commercial Project Manager
Location: Delta Park Fareham UK
Department: Global Commercial Operations
Working hours: Monday Friday 37.5 hours per week (onsite)

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Job summary What to expect:

The Project Manager will lead and oversee Commercial projects within the Global Commercial Operations department. This role involves planning executing and closing projects focused on optimizing business processes ensuring alignment with organizational strategic objectives and goals and driving measurable outcomes.

Reporting to the Global Commercial Operations PMO Director this role supports global commercial operations across all three regions Americas Asia Pacific and EMEA and works in partnership with IT to ensure the relevant data processes and systems are in place to support the commercial operations. The job holder will play an active role in maintaining alignment across the organization globally.

About you:

Specifically we are looking for someone who has experience with driving forward multiple concurrent projects relating to Commercial Operations Sales Organizations (e.g. Business Processes Pricing Programs that provide value add customer experience) Commercial Data and Business Intelligence.

Essential Functions & Accountabilities:

Project Leadership Planning and :

• Lead and manage multiple projects focused on continuous improvement from initiation through to completion ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
• Develop detailed project plans including scope objectives timelines resources and budget considerations using an appropriate project lifecycle and forecasting to this plan against variances.
• Apply best practice methodologies (e.g. Prince2 MSP Waterfall Agile hybrid) and governance in project disciplines across the project lifecycle including risk management resource management benefits management and financial management to lead projects deliver project outcomes and quality measured results on time and to budget.
• Provide governance and assurance throughout project delivery and contributes to their review to ensure effective delivery.

Process Improvement Leadership & Optimisation:

• Work closely with Business Analysts to facilitate workshops and meetings to gather requirements identify process inefficiencies and therefore opportunities for process improvements and lead crossfunctional teams to design develop and implement innovative solutions.

Stakeholder Management:

• Understand and map stakeholder needs to develop both management strategies and communication plans that provide management information in a timely and comprehensive manner.
• Engage and communicate with stakeholders at all levels providing regular updates on project status risks issues and milestones ensuring transparency and engagement throughout the project lifecycle.
• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams including Sales Marketing and Customer Service to understand improvement opportunities and drive project success.

Benefit Management & Performance Monitoring:

• Facilitate creation of high quality business cases recognizing quantitative and qualitative benefits and ensuring they are aligned with strategic targets.
• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure project success and impact on business processes.
• Monitor project progress and performance with particular focus on critical tasks that deliver the expected benefits adjusting plans as necessary to achieve objectives.
• Track project performance against predefined KPIs and metrics providing regular updates to management on progress and outcomes.
• Conduct postproject evaluations to assess the effectiveness of improvements and identify lessons learned for future initiatives.

Change Management:

• Work closely with Change Management Specialists to ensure smooth implementation of process changes including training and communication strategies for affected teams.
• Support the development of training materials and guides to facilitate the adoption of new processes and tools.

Documentation and Reporting:

• Develop and maintain comprehensive project documentation including project plans progress reports and postproject evaluations in line with department best practice and governance model.
• Ensure robust document management of all project artifacts throughout the project lifecycle including sign offs approvals decision making change requests and transfer to BAU at project closure.
• Prepare and present project outcomes and recommendations through documents and presentations that are compelling and unambiguous to senior leadership and relevant stakeholders at all levels despite the complexity of the messaging.

Training and Development:

• Mentor and support team members in project management practices and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Organize and conduct training sessions encouraging contributions from team members to promote awareness and understanding of process improvement initiatives and identify and implement improvement initiatives.
• Support continuous improvement of the team through identification of lessons learned process and template improvements and broadening of own company knowledge

Travel Requirements:

This is a global role and as such travel is occasionally required internationally and sometimes domestically for project meetings and workshops. On average this is around 10 of the role but can vary depending on the projects assigned.

Qualifications Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent analytical and problemsolving skills with the ability to think critically and strategically using a datadriven approach to decision making.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills capable of engaging and influencing a diverse range of stakeholders at all levels across different cultures.
• Advanced project management skills including proficiency in project management methodologies (e.g. Waterfall Agile Hybrid DMAIC) tools and software (e.g. MS Project SharePoint Planner Planview JIRA MSOffice).
• Resultsoriented with a strong focus on delivering value and driving continuous improvement.
• Adaptable and flexible able to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fastpaced environment whilst adapting to changing priorities.
• Strong leadership qualities fostering collaboration and motivating team members whilst able to challenge the status quo.

Experience and Education

• Minimum of 5 years of project management experience preferably in a continuous improvement or operational excellence role within a global organization.
• Proven track record of successfully leading crossfunctional projects that drive process improvements in particular projects with a significant data integration IT or change management element.
• Bachelors degree or higher in Business Administration Project Management Engineering Operations Management or a related field is preferred but not essential if the relevant business experience can be demonstrated.
• Prince2 Practitioner APM Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification highly desirable.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification is a plus.

What we offer:

Youll receive competitive compensation and a fantastic benefits package including bonus 25 days holiday pension scheme healthcare cover life assurance access to our Wellness Platform to support you in mental health and wellbeing a discounted contact lens scheme and much more!

We are committed to our employees personal and professional development and offer extensive training to support your career growth and help every individual to reach their full potential. To help us achieve our goals well give you everything you need to help you achieve yours.

We also provide access to LinkedIn Learning to help you develop in your career and grow with CooperVision.

What you can expect:

As a CooperVision employee youll be welcomed into a diverse and progressive global business. We appreciate how important fostering a diverse and inclusive culture is and how different perspectives add value and contribute to our success. With our CooperPride African Descent Womans Impact Network and Mind Body and Wellbeing Employee Resource Groups we offer opportunities for employees to learn and grow within an inclusive and safe space.

If you like what you see take the first step towards your Brighter Future and apply today!All suitably qualified applicants will receive equal consideration and opportunities from CooperVision.


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