About the role
15 Month Fixed Term Contract
Up to £ 44,000 pa+ Pension + BUPA + ShareSave + 6.6 weeks holiday + Hybrid Working (3 days per week in the office)
Southampton, Store Support Office
We believe anyone can improve their home to make life better. From our Southampton Store Support office (SSO) we equip our stores, our people, and our whole business with everything it takes to help our millions of customers create a home they’ll love. Join us as a Lead Project Planner and you’ll be a big part of this.
Role Purpose
Accountable for leading a team of Change Planners to deliver the successful range review planning of either large complex and / or medium and small range change across the B&Q Estate. Ensure any range change activity planned is set up to be delivered right first time, and has all the tools and communication requirements in place for a successful implementation
Key responsibilities
Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities:
- Facilitate the successful project planning of range change by interpreting the brief from the key stakeholder(s). Achieved by, leading a team, playing a supporting role to your team or by leading the project planning elements of some projects yourself
- Lead and manage a team of Project Planners, through effective support and coaching. Dedicate quality time to ensuring a robust development plan and support network is available to allow team members to learn and grow
- Take a methodical approach to detail planning and can model and track costs in line with the project lifecycle. Always utilise the best possible view of the project scope and challenge stakeholders if insufficient information is available to deliver the required outcome
- Support the Project Planners in cost creation, tracking and reporting of costs associated with a project, ensuring any risks or changes are highlighted to the Category Manager or Project Manager in a timely manner
- Support the Category, Visual Merchandising and Planogram teams with robust and detailed knowledge of the existing store estate, enabling them to make informed decisions about project scopes, minimising the requirement for inefficient changes post scope creation
- Thoroughly question and draw on experience to gain a full understanding of the brief, ensuring a robust knowledge of the review requirements.
- Support the collation of all resources required to enable right first-time implementation
- Prepare and quality control store surveys, (if required) to ensure the ‘as is’ status of the store estate is understood and captured
- Identify the gaps between ‘as is’ estate equipment, service infrastructure (e.g. sprinklers) and the needs of the planogram to provide at store level a full set of equipment, service change and shopfitting / merchandising (if applicable) requirements
- Interpret the needs of the individuals completing the change in stores, and create a tailored execution plan containing all required technical information to enable right first-time implementation
- Provide expert advice and issue resolution through the ‘issues log’, acting as a key point of contact to handle implementation teams’ queries during their change project
- Provide best practice learnings to support implementation teams (B&Q and agencies)
Required skills & experience
- Communicating; balances talking and listening in meetings, communicates simply and clearly, confidently challenges, negotiates and influences other decision makers, shares ideas and information with others
- Problem solving and decision making; actively seeks and is open minded to ideas, makes decision based on factual information and evidence, resolves issues promptly but also allows others to provide solutions
- Planning and delivering; understands and can describe how they or their team contributes to the functional strategy
- Ability to lead a team and deliver / oversee project completion to enable delivery right first time
Career progression
What's in it for me?
As part of a great team, you’ll be valued for who you are. We’re committed to making B&Q more diverse and representative of the communities we serve, where everyone can feel they belong and have equal opportunities. You will have access to a range of networks that represent our colleagues and allies and help us to continue to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business.
We also recognise that wellness means different things to different people, and we want to help colleagues be at their best and feel well by offering a range of benefits to help you. As well as a competitive salary, our benefits package includes an award-winning pension scheme, bonus, ShareSave options, 6.6 weeks holiday, payroll giving, an Employee Assistance Programme, shopping discounts, colleague wellbeing benefits and lots more!
So we can support you during the application or interview process, please contact recruitment@b-and-q.co.uk for any recruitment adjustments.
We want to ensure that all employees, future employees and applicants to all Kingfisher companies are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.
If you require any additional support or adjustments to help you make an application, please contact us at recruitment@b-and-q.co.uk.
Rewards &
benefits
Discount card
The one we all love! Get 20% discount on your purchases at B&Q in-store and online, after you've been with us for 3 months.
Share schemes
Share in the success you help create. With our shareplans, from just £5 per month, you can build up a savings pot, or use what you save to be a Kingfisher share holder.
Life assurance
If the worst should happen, Life Assurance ensures those close to you have some protection.
Employee assistance programme
We offer free and confidential support and counselling to help you through matters such as wellbeing, divorce, legal, and financial management.
Salary/Bonus
We offer competitive salaries for all roles, and benchmark them, to ensure that we’re getting it right. And, as we value the contribution of all our colleagues equally, whether they are 17 or 70, our rates of pay for each job is the same.
Pension
You’ll have access to the award-winning Kingfisher Pension Scheme, and we’ll put money in alongside your savings too.
Medical
We have a number of medical benefits available depending on your role to help you and your family look after yourselves.
Leave
All work and no play is no fun! So, you can enjoy 6.6 weeks' leave, plus we'll reward you with additional leave and cash rewards to celebrate long service anniversaries and milestone years.
Flexible working
The chance to achieve more balance between work and your other commitments.
Shopping discounts
Take advantage of fantastic discounts on loads of products and services, just for being a B&Q colleague!
Gym discounts
We have a network of over 3,300 health clubs offering discounts to colleagues and their partners of up to 25% on self-paid gym memberships.
Eye care
If you use a computer regularly for work, then we pay for your eye test
every two years. If you do require glasses, then you’ll also get £49/€69 towards single focal lenses and frames too.
Cycling to work scheme
Whether you are thinking green, trying to get fit or saving money, our cycle to work scheme helps colleagues spread the cost and save money on any bike and safety equipment through salary sacrifice.
Long service
Just like most families, we like to celebrate anniversaries and milestone years. For every 10 years up to 40 years’ service we give extra annual leave and a cash payment.
Training &
development
Learn & Develop at B&Q
When you join B&Q, we want you to be all you can be. From the minute you walk through our doors to the exciting moment you make that next career move, we're here to help you make the most of every opportunity. Thanks to our friendly learning system, Leo, we make sure you always have the support you need to take on every challenge and fit your learning around your life. Here, we know that the best way to grow is together.
Flexible learning with Leo
Leo is your every day, on the go learning and development partner. Helping you build the knowledge you need now and in the future. With Leo, you can access training and content, anywhere, anytime and on any device. You can even influence the type of training on offer by rating and recommending content, and letting us know what we can do to improve. Award-winning and featuring over 150 different learning activities - like short videos, articles, workshops and webinars - think of Leo as your 24/7 training pal, designed to help you make the most of your B&Q career journey.
Developing in role
Learning never stops at B&Q. Whether you've been in your role for one day or five years, there's always something to be curious about. It's why we're always creating learning opportunities and experiences that'll give you the chance to develop your skills. Like our First Line Manager programme: a course that helps our newest line managers build their confidence and management skills. Or our Leadership Development programme that challenges our more experienced leaders to reflect on and adapt their approach for our ever-evolving ways of working.
Building expertise and know-how
We believe anyone can learn the technical skills to do their job with excellence. It's all about attitude and behaviour here. So, if you're passionate about customer service and design, we'll teach you how to create beautiful kitchens. If you're someone who loves being outdoors, we'll help you learn about our garden ranges. And, if you're someone who just loves what we do but doesn't know where to start, we'll help you find the perfect role for you to grow into.
Accelerated Development Talent Programmes
Whatever goal you're working to at B&Q, we want to help you get there. We do this by designing a number of programmes which help you to practice your skills and learn new ones, gain valuable experiences, learn from others and jump on opportunities that are right for you. From leaders taking their first steps into management to those simply looking for a new challenge, we're there to make sure you achieve your ambitions.
Induction
At B&Q, we want every new colleague to understand our values, our customers, and how we work together to achieve our purpose. That’s why we’ve designed an induction programme that’ll give you real insight into our business, our culture and help you feel included from day one. For your first few weeks on the job you’ll work with your team and line manager, mixing online learning with practical tasks, to grow your knowledge a little every day.
Explore our
store support office
Facilities
In B&Q house, you’ll enjoy an onsite gym, a subsidised Costa, a canteen and restaurant, prayer room, plus open plan and cosy work spaces, an outdoor picnic area, and bike sheds for those who cycle in.
Sustainability
B&Q House has a biomass boiler, solar panels and a rainwater harvesting system. Our building also makes use of upcycled and recycled furniture and fittings, and features natural ventilation, heat retention and CO2 management, all via our very own weather station on the roof.
Why
choose us?
Why Commercial at B&Q?
We want every visit to every one of our stores to be the start of something big for our customers. So, to go with the excellent service, our Commercial colleagues offer our customers a product range that ignites their imagination and kits them out with everything they need to tackle their boldest projects.
Why B&QReady to apply?
Step 1:
Apply via bandqcareers.com
Step 2:
We'll contact you for a phone interview
Step 3:
We’ll carry out a face to face or online interview (and we may request a 2nd interview if the role you're applying for is more complex).
Step 4:
We’ll contact you with feedback, and maybe even a job offer.
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