Job Title: Project Manager – Buyer Vendor Experience (BVX)/Programme Manager
Location: Watford
Duration: 6 months with possibility for extension
Office requirement: 3-4 day in a month. The role involves significant interaction with teams in India and the USA. Occasional travel to Watford would be beneficial.
Description:
Role Purpose
The Project Manager is responsible for leading the end-to-end delivery of the Buyer Vendor Experience (BVX) programme, a strategic initiative focused on transforming how product data, product imagery, reporting and vendor interactions are managed across globally.
This role will drive planning, governance, delivery coordination and change management across multiple business and technology workstreams, ensuring BVX delivers measurable value to Buyers, Merchandise Associates, Vendors and enterprise partners. The Project Manager will partner closely with Product Management, Solution Delivery, Architecture, Engineering, Buying Operations and executive stakeholders to deliver scalable, global solutions aligned to the One client strategy.
Key Responsibilitie
- sProject Leadershi
- pLead planning and execution of the BVX roadmap across Product Data, Product Photos, Vendor Portal and Reporting workstreams
- .Establish and maintain Project governance, delivery plans, milestones, risks, dependencies and reporting
- .Drive alignment across business and technology teams to ensure successful delivery of Project objectives
- .Coordinate activities across multiple agile teams and workstreams
.Stakeholder Manageme
- ntBuild strong relationships with Buying leadership, Product Management, Technology teams and business stakeholder
- s.In partnership with Product Management, facilitate Project steering committees, leadership updates and decision-making forum
- s.Manage expectations and provide clear communication on progress, risks and key decision
s.Delivery Managem
- entEnsure Project deliverables are delivered on schedule and aligned to agreed business outcom
- es.Monitor Project health, budget, risks and dependenci
- es.Drive issue resolution and escalation management where requir
- ed.Support prioritisation of features and capabilities based on business val
ue.Governance & Change Manage
- mentDevelop Project governance frameworks, roles and responsibilit
- ies.Drive adoption and change management activities across divisions and geograph
- ies.Support communications, training and rollout plann
- ing.Ensure business readiness for pilot, MVP and enterprise deployme
nts.Cross-Functional Collabor
- ationWork closely with Product Managers, Product Owners, Architects and Engineering lea
- ders.Coordinate with Compliance, Finance, Merchandising, Logistics and Vendor Management t
- eams.Ensure Project decisions support both global consistency and divisional n
eeds.Required Skills & Expe
rienceEss
- entialProven experience managing medium-scale business and technology Pro
- jects.Strong Project governance and delivery management exper
- ience.Ability to manage multiple workstreams simultane
- ously.Experience working with Agile and hybrid delivery m
- odels.Excellent communication s
- kills.Strong risk, dependency and issue management expe
- rtise.Experience leading cross-functional teams without direct auth
ority.Pr
- eferredExperience within Retail, Merchandising, Supply Chain or Product Data d
- omains.Knowledge of product information management, digital assets or vendor-facing pla
- tforms.Experience supporting global rollouts and organisational change initi
- atives.Familiarity with Microsoft ecosystem tools and modern product delivery pra
ctices.Success
- MeasuresDelivery of BVX roadmap comm
- itments.Business adoption and utilisation of BVX capabi
- lities.RStakeholder satisfaction and eng
- agement.Realisation of Project benefits across product data, imagery and vendor collab
- oration.Effective governance, risk management and executive re
porting.Key Rela
- tionshipsVP Solution
- DeliveryProduct Management L
- eadershipArchitecture & Engineering L
- eadershipBuying O
- perationsCompliance & R
- isk TeamsMerchandising L
- eadershipGlobal Business Sta
- keholdersExternal Vendors &
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