Job Title: Tech Project Planning Pay Rate: £750 Per Day Umbrella / Inside IR35 Duration: 3 Months Initially ( high probability of extension to 6 months ) Location: Brentford / Hybrid ( 1 day onsite per week )
IT Project Manager, Planning
Our client is one of the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, and we are on a mission to improve humanity's quality of life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. We're undergoing an exciting transformation as we drive forward on our company 2030 ambitions.
As a Tech Project Manager, you will be responsible for providing techno-functional expertise around Supply Planning Technologies such as Advanced Planning Systems (APS) to deliver on the backlog which supports Planning Tech's strategic direction.
This role will provide you with an opportunity to support key activities. Key responsibilities include some of the following:
- Interact directly with all Tech groups, business owners/users, external product vendors, data vendors, and offshore support suppliers.
- Support the development and release process of planning solutions (OMP) and applications.
- Partner with the Product Owner and Product Manager(s) to develop, test, deploy and maintain technology or solutions to enable business value for , operating within an Agile Product Model and DevOps principles.
- Development, maintenance and management of products and solutions, including the identification of gaps, risks, and mitigation approaches.
- Collaborate with Portfolio & Product to ensure solutions align agreed product roadmap & feature requirements.
- Provide support, direction, and technical expertise to Supply Chain Transformation operational teams (Business & Tech) on the implementation and deployment of the new planning solution (OMP).
Why You?
Qualifications & Skills:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
- BA/BSc degree in Engineering /Software /IT or relevant field.
- Experience in technology Supply planning solutions, with experience in OMP preferably, but also SAP.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively under pressure in a dynamic environment.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and deploy new systems to large user base.
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems and deliver significant process improvements.