Programme Manager

Summary

Join Sysco International as a Programme Manager – Europe for a 2-year fixed-term contract. Partner with the Programme Sponsor for RISE (RELEX deployment) to lead delivery and governance, tracking progress, and identifying risks and dependencies. Collaborate with European Markets, project managers, and technology teams to ensure on-time and within-budget delivery. Provide overarching visibility and governance, adapting to changing business demands and fostering cross-functional collaboration. Create and maintain the RISE programme plan, manage programme governance, and ensure individual projects have appropriate plans and business cases. Regularly update stakeholders on progress and costs, and manage change management activities.

Requirements

• The ideal candidate must have proven experience in delivering large, highly complex, multi-disciplinary programmes, including working on cross-market initiatives
• You should demonstrate strong leadership skills, with the ability to drive and set direction for teams to achieve programme objectives
• A key capability is creating simplicity and structure from complexity and ambiguity
• Extensive stakeholder management and business engagement experience is essential, alongside a strong blend of operational programme execution and strategic thinking
• You should be experienced in managing large budgets and proficient in Microsoft Office tools, such as Project, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
• Excellent presentation and communication skills, along with being organized and detail-oriented, are also critical
• Additionally, experience working remotely and across multiple locations is required

Responsibilities

• Create and own the overall RISE programme plan(s) ensuring it’s kept up to date, balancing risk & benefits delivery, recognising all interdependencies between individual projects as well across people, systems & process
• Set up and lead relevant programme governance such as Steering Committees
• Lead the teams to ensure all individual projects have appropriate plans, governance, and business cases and are tracked and managed according to Sysco PMO
• Ensure all relevant markets are fully engaged in programme with regular senior stakeholder updates in place
• Work closely with Finance team to ensure full visibility of costs & benefits with forecasts accurately updated
• Provide regular customer & business updates, recognising colleague & customer sensitivities
• Ensure robust change management activities are delivered with appropriate training and readiness checks in place
• Provide regular Exec level updates to ensure key issues are appropriately escalated and understood
• Work with each functional area to forecast and plan resource levels required to deliver the programme
• Support the Programme Director/ Sponsor as required with any departmental initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

It is beneficial, though not mandatory, to have a job-relevant qualification, change management experience, and familiarity with Smartsheet