Kepak is one of Europe’s leading food companies with manufacturing sites across Ireland and the UK. Kepak’s vision is to be a successful, sustainable, future ready, food business, with differentiation at its core, that is a great place to work.
This vision is underpinned by our values of Responsibility, Ambition, Passion for Food and Teamwork.
Kepak comprises of 12 sites, 4,500 employees and has a turnover of 1.5 billion.
Role location:
Flexible. Hybrid option available once on-boarding plan completed. It is anticipated that there will be some travel associated with the role.
Role structure:
Reporting to the Head of PMO with no direct reports. The role requires extensive cross functional collaboration.
Role purpose:
To support the scoping, structuring & execution of projects to support new initiatives & business processes cross functionally, ensuring alignment with our Group strategy
Role responsibilities:
Portfolio Management
- Structure & manage departmental and strategic portfolios
- Generate and maintain clear and concise status reporting & visibility to stakeholders
- Generate condensed topline updates, when required, to senior management
Project support
- Champion a culture of change across all functions and drive business development through project management methodologies
- Utilise a structured project approach to set business project managers up for success. This includes project charter builds, workplan generation & progress governance
- Support and drive continuous improvement projects across all functions
- Support the coordination of collaborative projects within the business
Project management process development
- Where identified, develop a project management process within functions aligned to the PMO (eg. NPD)
- Support the functions on key projects to deliver on the strategy
- Support the functions to enhance the overall process where required
Strategic alignment
- Support project portfolio co-ordination aligned & underpinning our business strategy
- Support the governance of divisional strategy with clear functional project portfolio in place to deliver annual objectives
Role Deliverables:
- Manage project portfolios across departments
- Clear & structured project approach in place to deliver project objectives
Requirements
- 4+ years experience within FMCG experience essential
- Exposure to project management & knowledge of project management techniques and tools required
- Excellent organizational skills
- Structured & logical approach
- Strong IT skills (eg. Teams, Excel & OneNote)
- Excellent negotiation & problem-solving skills
- Lean / Sigma training advantageous
Benefits
What can we offer you?
- Company Pension
- Further Education support
- Employee Discount Platform - All Kepak employees are entitled to access to the WrkIt platform, which offers significant discounts and cashback with hundreds of brands.
- Refer a Friend Scheme - Earn up to Get up to €500 for successfully referring a friend or family member to Kepak Group.
- Bike to Work Scheme - You can buy a bike and safety equipment through a salary sacrifice scheme which reduces your taxable income – meaning you pay less tax!
- Long Service Awards - We recognise, acknowledge and award the dedication and valuable contribution of long serving employees
- GroceryAid Employee Assistance Program - help with a wide range of topics including mental health and wellbeing support, family and relationship advice, debt management, back to work support, and counselling for all Kepak colleagues and their families.
