Project Management Office (PMO) Graduate

Requisition ID: 54893 
Position Type: Kerry Graduate 
Workplace Arrangement:  [[LinkedInWorkplace]] 

At Kerry, we’re tackling one of humanity’s greatest challenges: delivering sustainable nutrition to over 2 billion people while protecting our planet. It’s a monumental task, and we need ambitious graduates bursting with innovative solutions to real-world problems. If you’re an agile, collaborative team player, we offer a career where you can make a real difference and help secure our future.

Do you have what it takes to deliver sustainable nutrition to over 2 billion people? Rise to the challenge with one of our Graduate Programs.

Our Project Management Office (PMO) Program 

We seek individuals who are hardworking, analytical, and curious, eager to step outside their comfort zones. Reporting to a Program Manager, this role is ideal for those with a natural curiosity about our business operations and a commitment to finding answers. You’ll have a significant role in strategic projects that drive impactful results for our business.

What you might be doing

• Oversee specific projects or significant workstreams from inception to completion, including scoping, planning, execution, and reporting.
• Assist the broader PM function in defining project/workstream scope, goals, objectives, and deliverables.
• Lead the creation of project plans, identifying tasks, deliverables, milestones, and resource requirements.
• Develop and review estimates and assumptions for the project’s schedule, effort, and cost.
• Collaborate with the project sponsor to define team roles and expectations, ensuring necessary training for project resources.
• Monitor progress against milestones and provide regular updates to stakeholders.
• Manage risks and issues, ensuring each has an owner, defined impact, and mitigating actions, with appropriate escalation to stakeholders or the project team.
• Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders, coordinating work across different teams and locations.
• Conduct, analyse, and share post-implementation reviews and lessons learned, driving the development of project playbooks as needed.
• Identify and manage interdependencies with other projects and strategies within Middle Office and the wider organization, ensuring ownership of risks and dependencies.
• Support early identification of technology impacts in collaboration with Kerryconnect.
• Facilitate cross-project knowledge sharing and standardization of best practices across the business.
• Actively promote and develop project management methods and standards, implementing good PM practices.

Do you have what it takes?

• You’re on track for a 2.1 degree in a business-related subject.
• You’re ambitious, curious and can’t wait to put your talents into action.
• You’re open minded, agile, and willing to embrace opportunities. 
• You’re a graduate or a soon-to-be graduate.
• You’re fluent in English and ideally another language.
• You’re eligible to permanently work in the location you’re applying to*
• You’re open to travelling and relocating.

* Kerry Graduates must have permanent Right to Work in Europe or UK (for UK based roles) and be willing to relocate to other European countries during the program. 

Submit your application only for the program of your interest. Any multiple applications will be withdrawn.

Closing date for applications: 30th November 2024

Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent us. A Kerry employee will not solicit candidates through a non-Kerry email address or phone number. In addition, Kerry does not currently utilise video chat rooms (e.g., Google Hangouts) to conduct interviews. Refuse any request that asks you to provide payment to participate in the hiring process (e.g., purchasing a “starter kit,” investing in training, or something similar). Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses. In addition, any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.

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