Project Manager - Hawthorn East
We’ve been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with over 115,000 team members and a portfolio of iconic brands. At Coles Group, you’ll not only get to make a difference to millions of Aussie lives—you’ll also get to see your impact.
About the team
Our Technology team is the backbone of the business, building and maintaining the information technology infrastructure that support Coles Group. As a part of the Technology team, you get the opportunity to work through complex, challenging, meaningful problems using large data sets and new technologies to expand your skills and experience.
Technology is the backbone of our business. Every day, our team solves complex and meaningful problems. Those solutions help thousands of our fellow team members succeed and make millions of customers’ lives easier every day.
As part of the broader Technology team, Corporate Systems are responsible for the development and support of applications across multiple enterprise platforms including Finance, Procurement, Human Resources, Risk, Safety and Legal.
In this role you will be responsible for managing the end-to-end lifecycle of some exciting projects within the HR (People & Culture Space). You will be a key part of ensuring the management and delivery of applications that are required to support our workforce of over 125,000 team members!
About the role
As part of this role, you will be responsible for delivering small to medium sized ($100k - $2m) projects spanning multiple business and IT areas, to achieve business objectives within the People Technology domain
You will be required to deliver complex initiatives spanning multiple business and technology areas, to achieve business objectives. You will be responsible for managing scope, cost & schedule, risks, vendors & teams. This includes developing comprehensive project management plans to deliver projects according to performance measures and achieve business outcomes, as well as developing schedules to manage work including external dependencies and impacts and implement dependency management processes.
Your stakeholder management skills are exceptional as you will be required to partner with senior stakeholders to ensure expectations for delivery are met or managed appropriately. You will design and deliver communications plans for stakeholders and will work closely with stakeholder to understand their needs and motivations and implement strategies to address complexities.
Ideally you have previous experience delivering SuccessFactors and Employee central Payroll or any other HCM technology (highly desirable)
About you and your skills
• At least 4-5 years in IT project management or managing of project budgets from 100k up to $2m.
• Proven Project Management skills managing Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, Communication, Risk, Procurement, Stakeholder Management and Integration
• Experience with delivery of projects through practical Agile & waterfall methodologies
• Successfully managed complex projects ie. projects that involve multiple functional areas, teams (including vendors and offshore), technologies and critical systems.
• Excellent analytical and problem resolution skills
• Establishment of appropriate project governance (based on project size / complexity)
• Guide teams in how to stay on track with agile techniques, fine-tuning their approach.
• Experience delivering SuccessFactors and Employee central Payroll or any other HCM technology (highly desirable)
• Assessing and managing risk associated with the project
• Establishment of appropriate project governance (based on project size / complexity)
• Delivery of status reporting / project updates
• Behavioural skills driving successful project management: stakeholder partnership, judgement, accountability, learning agility.
• Building business cases.
We need a good communicator who is proactive, independent, motivated and keen to contribute to the team’s growth.
If this sounds like you, we’re keen to talk to you.
What’s in it for you?
- Flexible working options: We know that work is only one part of your life, so we actively encourage a positive work-life balance and provide hybrid working options to help you achieve it.
- Office perks: Take advantage of our gym facility and fitness classes, free parking, BBQ area, mini-Coles supermarket, fooderie hub where you can sample new products before they hit the shelves, school holiday program and so much more when you come in.
- Discounts: Eligible team members receive 5% discount all year round on your Supermarket and Liquor online and in-store purchases. We also offer additional periods of double discount (10%) at various times throughout the year. As well as hotdeals exclusive to team members that translate into additional savings.
- Reward through recognition: Give and receive recognition, linked to our Coles values, through our digital recognition platform ‘mythanks’. You can accumulate points to redeem in the online shop for exciting gifts and electronic gift cards from an extensive range of retailers.
- Opportunities for learning and development: No matter where you start within our diverse business, you’ll have experiences, exposure, and education to satisfy you. Discover and explore a variety of career development programs and job-specific training.
- Paid parental leave: We understand how important your life outside work is and offer permanent team members paid parental leave to support you in balancing work and family.
- Investment in your future: Our annual team member share plan offer allows eligible team members to make regular pre-tax salary sacrifice deductions to purchase Coles Group shares.
About the recruitment process
We’re continuing to build a gender equitable team, and a culture that is just as diverse, inclusive and welcoming as the communities we serve. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe and respectful for our team. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.
We’re happy to adjust our recruitment process to support candidates with disability. For further information and additional contact details visit the ‘Our Recruitment Process’ section of our careers site or email inclusionrecruitment@coles.com.au
Job ID: 159837
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Employment Type: Full time