IT Project Coordinator - Kendal, United Kingdom - James Cropper plc

James Cropper plc

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Kendal, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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James Cropper global market leaders in advanced materials and paper products.

Led by the Cropper family for six generations, we have an international workforce and an operational reach in over 50 countries.

Established in 1845, we manufacture paper, packaging and advanced materials incorporating pioneering non-wovens and electrochemical coatings.

We operate across multiple markets from luxury retail to renewable energy. Renowned globally for service, capability, pioneering and multi award-winning commitment to the highest standards of sustainability.

James Cropper is a values-led organisation which shares a common purpose - Pioneering materials to safeguard our future - to deliver lasting commercial, social and environmental benefit, addressing today's needs while taking responsibility for those of future generations.

Our Story
James Cropper are global market leaders in advanced materials and paper products.

Led by the Cropper family for six generations, we have an international workforce and an operational reach in over 50 countries.

The IT Projects Coordinator is responsible for planning and delivering IT projects for the whole organisation, supporting business and departmental change initiatives.

The position is a customer facing role requiring strong communication and organisation skills, coordinating multiple activities and workstreams from idea creation through to service deployment.

The role involves planning deliverables, tracking and communicating progress, handling risks and issues and developing collaboration across a varied stakeholder base to support IT delivery.

You will be responsible for;

Contributing to an engaged, collaborative and highperforming team, communicating clear targets, setting expectations, encouraging collaboration and providing regular communications and feedback to stakeholders.
Driving change projects and delivering new and enhanced IT capabilities.
Contributing to ensuring the organisation adheres to any necessary regulations, compliance requirements and best enterprise risk management.
Development, execution & followup of audits, reviews, compliance & health checks on all areas of ISD projects, administration and portfolio management.
Day to day spend and budget monitoring/recording for ISD (actuals vs budget) with input into ongoing budget planning.
Maintaining important administration activities such as project documentation in line with company requirements.

What will make you successful?

Demonstrable experience of project planning and delivery.
Effective communication and collaboration skills (both written and verbal): Ability to work with others, comfortable in receiving and giving direction from/to peers to achieve operational goals.
Experience with coordinating IT projects / improvement initiatives / change control; able to assign and coordinate resource effectively and monitor and report on everchanging task, risk and issue status.
Ability to efficiently scope projects by eliciting and prioritising data and information.

Desirable:

Degree level qualifications or equivalent.
Industryrecognised qualifications or equivalents (e.g. AGILE, PRINCE2, ITIL).
An understanding of Cyber Security, IT infrastructure, software, and hardware (e.g. Virtualisation, RDS, Networking,

Why choose Us?
We are offering a competitive salary and benefits including;

The chance to pave your career with a global leader you'll have support from your line manager and a range of learning & development programmes
We will help you save for your retirement join our pension scheme and we'll match contributions up to 6%
25 days' holiday per year (pro rata) plus bank holidays
Free health cash plan so you can claim back cash for a range of medical expenses
Wellbeing support including a 24/7 employee assistance programme (EAP) for you and your nearest and dearest