Technical Programme Manager

About Supply Chain Technology

Supply Chain Technology is the Programme Function supporting Tesco’s Supply Chain initiatives. We’re passionate about giving our customers what they want; when they want it. Our aim is to get thousands of products from factories and farms around the world to the shelf edge (virtual and physical) so that we can satisfy millions of customers every week – simply put: right product; right place; right time.

We recognise that the constantly changing demands of our customers' lives mean that as a business; we need to continue to innovate our offering so that they can shop with us in the way they want; when they want to. Delivering this challenge means that we are frequently re-inventing our Supply Chain to make sure it is always leading-class. Supply Chain initiatives seek to improve availability; reduce costs and optimise stock holding. Our job is to make sure that millions of our weekly global customers can get what they want; when; where and however they want it

Within Technology we cover a breadth of systems from Retail Demand Forecasting; Ordering; Tesco Connect to the Stock Services. The Supply Chain systems include a wide breadth of technology from Mainframe to Hadoop; Java to Salesforce. The Supply Chain systems continue to be enhanced but also undertake step change improvements.

An effective supply chain provides competitive advantage for all retailers; through predicting customer demand accurately; ensuring that all customers get the products they need (instore & online); optimising ordering keeping supplier and Warehouse constraints in mind and thereby directly influence product availability; capturing an accurate view of Stock across Tesco and providing the best in class application for supply chain users.

In addition; all this needs to be done whilst keeping waste to a minimum and optimal stock holding; in turn keep our operational costs under control and helps the bottom line. Work is fun since we are building better capabilities on newer platforms be it transforming our forecasting intelligence to better algorithms on big data platforms; developing Optimisation algorithms; Enterprise level APIs

As a TPM for Stock Services team; you will be joining the wider Supply Chain Technology programme tram and play a pivotal role working with the Product Team; Engineering teams; External dependent teams and other Programme family members to define and deliver the key initiatives that are committed in our Product Roadmap.

You would be responsible for managing a part of the Tech programme. This could include:
- Managing a part of the Supply Chain budget
- Stakeholder communication of progress
- Dependency management with all teams who currently support the Supply Chain systems
- Supporting & and managing our technology vendor partners
- Business case and funding approval for the Supply Chain programme


The Role – Technical Programme Manager

Whilst specific responsibilities will be dependent upon the changing needs of the Tesco business; the following provides an overview of the role’s key responsibilities and measures:

- Deliver programmes with business and/or technical risks
- Optimise or use a standard programme delivery methodology for delivering programme goals (e.g. agile; waterfall; iterative)
- Bring together; coordinate and energise virtual technology teams to deliver programme goals
- Create and track a plan to deliver the programme goals; including the technical implementation plan
- Understand trade-offs and resulting impacts; make impacts visible to Product; Infrastructure or Engineering for the right decision to be made
- Managing dependencies; delivery timelines and implementations plans; using my knowledge of technical architecture
- Appreciating and responding to delivery challenges; using my knowledge of engineering best practices and/or infrastructure implementations
- Understand technology concepts; grasp new ones quickly and appreciate their implications on delivery
- Effectively manage major incidents; ensuring stakeholders are updated with the right information to drive the correct decisions
- Collaborate with the Product and Engineering teams to define annual budgetary requirements
- Build positive relationships with suppliers & external stakeholders to deliver software or professional services
- Coach peers and other roles; teaching where required; on methodologies and programme management tools

An ideal candidate must have demonstrated below key skills in their current and past roles:
•Have a proven record of accomplishment in delivering technology and/or infrastructure; preferably having done so across multiple teams in multiple geographies
•Have experience of building credible relationships and influencing senior management & leadership teams
•Strong Project; Stakeholder & Programme management skills
•Exceptional reporting skills for programs and financial forecasting
•Excellent communication & influencing skills and adoptability to changes

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