Vacancy Information
We have a fantastic opportunity to join the team at Greggs as a Supply Chain Projects Manager, managing warehouse automation elements of major projects and equipment to the value of c. £20m
25 days (5 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service (in addition to bank holidays), plus 1 additional floating day
Company car or car allowance
Management Bonus Scheme which is worth up to 17.5% of your salary
Profit share: We want everyone to share in the success of the business, so we distribute 10% of our profits to all our employees who have at least 6-month service, or more, each year
Private Medical Insurance which is free for you and subsidised for your dependants
Permanent Health Insurance which is a replacement income scheme
You will automatically join our Greggs pension scheme which is a fantastic way to save for your retirement and allows you to benefit from employer contributions and tax advantages
Defined contribution management pension scheme
Death in service benefit which provides a lump-sum payment equal to 4 times your year’s salary
Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products
Share save schemes that let you buy discounted Greggs shares, by saving a set amount of money over a fixed time, to have an even bigger share of our profits
Career progression and learning and development
Employee Assistance Programme; A free, confidential helpline, offering advice and support with financial, relationship, work-related and wellbeing issues, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Including a mobile app providing a range of wellness content on physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing
Perks and savings, such as digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers
Cycle to Work scheme
A company who cares about our communities; the environment and being a better business! Click here to read about The Greggs Pledge
Colleague Networks – internal groups where colleagues and their allies can share their own experiences, offer feedback on the way we do things at Greggs, and provide support to one another
About the role
- This is a full-time role, however flexibility in this will be considered
- We know that having a work-life balance is important, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role
- The base location for this role will ideally be in the Midlands, however other locations will be considered
What you'll do
- Using project scope/brief, work with Lead Project Manager and Project team members, site team, steering team and consultants to develop automation concepts to URS for both hardware and software requirements
- Brief and liaise with Greggs insurers and consider/adopt their guidelines, if appropriate
- Identify and highlight project risks and opportunities
- Develop preliminary cost estimate and draft overall project timescale
- Progress quotes from main vendors and feedback these and latest timetable/Gantt chart to Lead PM and update Steering Team/Ops Board/Main Board for approval
- Progress CEF and approval
- Appoint main contractor and advise on contractual engagement / performance guarantees
- Coordinate SAT / FAT process and documentation
- Manage utilities / equipment design, procurement and installation where appropriate
- Communicate/identify progress, risks and opportunities with stakeholders
- Progress Operation and Maintenance Documentation, ensure relevant employees are trained in a timely manager ready for handover
- Progress hardware and software snags and ensure system is handed over on time and on budget
- Carry out post-project evaluation to ensure performance criteria is met and retention element paid
- Review and update Greggs Engineering Specifications documentation based on learnings from project, changes in legislation, etc
- Ongoing development and review of the Greggs Engineering Specifications documents including incorporation of environmental / sustainability initiatives to support delivery of Greggs Pledge
About you
You will fit right into this role if you:
- Have experience of warehouse automation projects £5M+ from concept through to hardware and software design, build and post project assessment
- Have experience with AGV systems
- Project Management skills, inc use of relevant software, eg Microsoft project.
- Proficient in use of Microsoft office suite
- Good communication skills: Clear, precise, good listener
- Ability to work with colleagues at all levels within Greggs, public bodies, contractors and third parties
- Assertive
- Literate and numerate
- Self-starter, completer finisher.
- Are a membership of relevant institute, i.e., IET, IMechE, etc
- Have a full driving licence
About Greggs
Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes Greggs so special is our culture – the way we are, the way we behave and the way we support each other. We're hard-working, but above all else we're family; and it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from or what your favourite bake is, we’d love you to join us! We want everyone to feel welcome at Greggs and our colleagues to be able to be themselves at work, whatever their background, preferences, or views.
