Project Portfolio Manager

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.