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Automation Project Manager
- Aggregated by CV-Library
- Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
- Contract
- Full Time
- £255,500 - £292,000 Per Day
Job Description
Automation Project Manager
Lead the design and implementation of the new Frion business operating model covering end-to-end manufacturing and logistics process, ensuring the seamless movement of products, data and transactions across CloudSuite, AGITO, 3PL operations and supporting business functions . This will cover coordinating business, operational, technology, logistics and third-party workstreams to successfully deploy the new operating model. The role will be accountable for ensuring part-finished goods can move from Middlesbrough production, through 3PL storage, into a TCFG-operated packing facility, be converted into finished goods using CloudSuite and AGITO, and return to 3PL for customer fulfilment. This first facility is expected to operate as a standalone operation capable of taking in part finished product from various manufacturing facilities.
Roles & Responsibilities
Own overall programme delivery, governance, budget, risks and timelines.
Coordinate activities across Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, IT, Master Data, AGITO, 3PL and implementation partners.
Develop and maintain the integrated programme plan.
Ensure business processes, systems, facilities and operational readiness activities are aligned.
Manage dependencies across Infor CloudSuite (ERP) deployment, AGITO implementation and 3PL operations.
Drive issue resolution and decision-making across stakeholders.
Lead programme governance, steering committees and executive reporting.
Ensure testing, training, cutover and go-live activities are successfully delivered.
Manage programme risks and ensure appropriate mitigation plans are in place.
Experience
Proven Programme Management experience delivering complex business and technology transformation initiatives.
Experience within manufacturing, supply chain, logistics or ERP programmes.
Strong stakeholder management across business, IT and third-party suppliers.
Experience managing multiple workstreams, budgets and programme governance.
Knowledge of ERP implementations, ideally Infor CloudSuite/M3.
Experience of similar systems, ideally from previous food manufacturing projectsLocation and Travel
The main site is in Middlesbrough.
There are three manufacturing sites in total.
The other two sites are within roughly an hour of Middlesbrough.
The successful contractor will need flexibility to travel between sites as required.
Candidate Profile
Similar experience from manufacturing, ERP, MES, or related operational systems environments would be valuable.
Relevant experience from comparable companies would be attractive, although the client recognises the specialist nature of the skill set.
Please click to find out more about our Key Information Documents. Please note that the documents provided contain generic information. If we are successful in finding you an assignment, you will receive a Key Information Document which will be specific to the vendor set-up you have chosen and your placement.
To find out more about Progressive please visit
Progressive Recruitment, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy | Registered office | 8 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ, United Kingdom | Partnership Number | OC(phone number removed) England and Wales
Lead the design and implementation of the new Frion business operating model covering end-to-end manufacturing and logistics process, ensuring the seamless movement of products, data and transactions across CloudSuite, AGITO, 3PL operations and supporting business functions . This will cover coordinating business, operational, technology, logistics and third-party workstreams to successfully deploy the new operating model. The role will be accountable for ensuring part-finished goods can move from Middlesbrough production, through 3PL storage, into a TCFG-operated packing facility, be converted into finished goods using CloudSuite and AGITO, and return to 3PL for customer fulfilment. This first facility is expected to operate as a standalone operation capable of taking in part finished product from various manufacturing facilities.
Roles & Responsibilities
Own overall programme delivery, governance, budget, risks and timelines.
Coordinate activities across Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, IT, Master Data, AGITO, 3PL and implementation partners.
Develop and maintain the integrated programme plan.
Ensure business processes, systems, facilities and operational readiness activities are aligned.
Manage dependencies across Infor CloudSuite (ERP) deployment, AGITO implementation and 3PL operations.
Drive issue resolution and decision-making across stakeholders.
Lead programme governance, steering committees and executive reporting.
Ensure testing, training, cutover and go-live activities are successfully delivered.
Manage programme risks and ensure appropriate mitigation plans are in place.
Experience
Proven Programme Management experience delivering complex business and technology transformation initiatives.
Experience within manufacturing, supply chain, logistics or ERP programmes.
Strong stakeholder management across business, IT and third-party suppliers.
Experience managing multiple workstreams, budgets and programme governance.
Knowledge of ERP implementations, ideally Infor CloudSuite/M3.
Experience of similar systems, ideally from previous food manufacturing projectsLocation and Travel
The main site is in Middlesbrough.
There are three manufacturing sites in total.
The other two sites are within roughly an hour of Middlesbrough.
The successful contractor will need flexibility to travel between sites as required.
Candidate Profile
Similar experience from manufacturing, ERP, MES, or related operational systems environments would be valuable.
Relevant experience from comparable companies would be attractive, although the client recognises the specialist nature of the skill set.
Please click to find out more about our Key Information Documents. Please note that the documents provided contain generic information. If we are successful in finding you an assignment, you will receive a Key Information Document which will be specific to the vendor set-up you have chosen and your placement.
To find out more about Progressive please visit
Progressive Recruitment, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy | Registered office | 8 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ, United Kingdom | Partnership Number | OC(phone number removed) England and Wales