About The Role
To complement our huge expansion plans for 2024 and onwards, we are currently recruiting for a Project Manager to join the Wren family at our state-of-the-art Head Office facility.
Ideally, we’re looking for someone with at least 2 year’s experience. Wren is a fast-paced, innovative company built on people who drive the business forwards. The purpose of the role is to effectively monitor and track complex projects across our IT Operations, Security & Applications departments to deliver projects which can involve multiple areas of our business.
Based at our head office, The Nest, you will work with many stakeholders and departments. As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for projects from initiation to delivery. This will include being part of the scoping concepts, project initiation, coordinating multiple departments and aligning timescales to implementation.
You will be responsible for managing and maintaining project roadmaps, delivering project reports and data, making sure all projects are on time and in budget. You will work closely with other business areas to make sure the project is implemented seamlessly.
You will engage with multiple IT and wider business project teams to focus the direction and remove blockers. You’ll be the point of call working alongside our IT engineers to keep stakeholders and IT Leadership teams updated on progress.
Main Responsibilities:
- Oversee project delivery across multiple teams.
- Use waterfall & agile processes to deliver projects from initiation to delivery.
- Define requirements and gain a deep understanding of the business needs.
- Assessing the impact of change requests on projects and identifying the risks and benefits from their implementation.
- Presenting strategy, process and delivery timelines to our internal teams and stakeholders.
- Working within multidisciplinary teams & third parties to ensure deliverables meet specified requirements.
- Preparing project documentation throughout the project and ensure appropriate approval.
- Preparing proposals for proof-of-concept relating to new business opportunities.
- Reporting on key performance measures against project delivery.
- Host regular stand ups with internal team’s assigning and gathering updates on work packages.
- Ensure effective communication plans are created and delivered for all projects.
- Use project management tools such as JIRA & Monday.com.
What Wren Offer:
- Free access to our onsite gym
- Enjoy subsidised meals in our two fantastic restaurants
- Free onsite parking
- Staff discount on purchasing a kitchen after 1 year’s continuous employment
- Individual training budget for personal development
- Free annual eye tests as well as a contribution to new glasses
- Refer a friend scheme
- Quarterly bonus scheme
About You
- Ideally will have at 2 years project management experience.
- Working across complex, multi-functional teams.
- Have an eye for detail and continually strive for improvement.
- Confident presenting to Stakeholders and Directors.
- An excellent understanding of all Microsoft applications.
- Be forward-thinking with excellent people management skills.
- Process strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Comfortable working in a challenging, dynamic, and fast paced environment.
About The Company
At Wren we’re passionate about all things kitchens. We’re already the largest kitchen retailer in the UK and we’ve expanded into the USA too. We’re a business that simply doesn’t stand still!
As well as world-class training on our products, systems and sales processes, you’ll enjoy working in an industry-leading workplace for a business that’s twice been voted the UK’s Number 1 Place to Work on indeed. That’s on top of amazing benefits including uncapped commission and exceptional opportunities to progress your career across our company.