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PO & Project Co-Ordinator Lead

Job Title: PO & Project Co-Ordinator Lead
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Reading
Industry:
Salary: Negotiable
Start Date: ASAP
REF: Kerrie MBNL_1747745539
Contact Name: Kerrie Gaurd
Contact Email: Kerrie.Gaurd@projectpeople.com
Job Published: about 12 hours ago

Job Description

PO & Project Co-Ordinator Lead

Reading

Permanent - Full Time - Hybrid working

MBNL is owned equally by EE and Three, two of the UK's most recognisable and innovative mobile operators. They are our shareholders, but to us they are also our customers. Continuing to manage, maintain and enhance the best network in the UK, and delivering programmes and projects to time, cost and quality in a customer centric way is the core of what we do.

The Portfolio Management Group is a centre of excellence, managing the MBNL Portfolio of change projects and Operational delivery, to achieve the Outcomes of our internal Customers and Shareholders.

This is a Team lead role, responsible for leading, motivating a team of project coordinators to provide an end-to-end Purchase Order management service to the Programme and Project community and drive improvement initiatives that help the team meet set targets and delivers efficiency for the business.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

  • Ensuring aged GRNI levels are kept to a minimum throughout the year.
  • Challenge the team on process or governance deviations while ensuring every PO has the relevant business justification and funding.
  • Be the first point of contact for escalations regarding purchase orders.

Experience

  • Ability to influence and lead people to achieve targets
  • Concern for data accuracy
  • Critical Data Analytical skills
  • Attention to detail & well organised
  • Excellent understanding of data & good use of MS Excel
  • Ability to manipulate data & understand complex formulas
  • Knowledge of Accounting/ERP systems - IFS, SAP, Oracle etc
  • Ability to prioritise and multi-task.
  • Be proactive, enthusiastic, and flexible with the ability to work under pressure.
  • Confident communication skills and energy
  • Good self-management, information, presentation and interpersonal communication
  • Flexibility to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity, and rapid change.
  • Excellent people skills
  • Ability to deal efficiently with escalations and difficult situations and people under pressure

Nice to Have;

· Professional Project management - P3O/Prince 2/APM

· Knowledge of financial process finance planning, forecast and project accounting

  • Customer relationship experience

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