Sysco

Programme Manager

Sysco

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Anywhere in Europe

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About the role

  • Coordinate and oversee multi workstream / multi-market programmes across Europe, ensuring alignment to strategic objectives and priorities
  • Maintain programme governance frameworks, operating rhythms, and meeting cadences
  • Prepare and manage programme steering groups, leadership reviews, and governance forums
  • Track dependencies across projects and markets, escalating conflicts, resource gaps, and risks as required
  • Develop integrated programme roadmaps incorporating functional, market, and transformation activities
  • Facilitate planning workshops to shape programme scope, milestones, and critical paths
  • Ensure markets and stakeholders are aligned on timelines, accountabilities, and sequencing
  • Maintain programme level reporting including dashboards, and ensure consistent messaging across projects and markets, consolidating inputs into a single programme view
  • Provide the Portfolio Lead with insight, risk summaries, and recommendations to support timely decision-making
  • Identify and manage programme risks, issues, and interdependencies—ensuring they are visible and owned
  • Support benefit tracking and realisation plans, working with markets and finance teams
  • Escalate barriers early and drive mitigation planning
  • Partner with in country teams to ensure tasks, milestones, and deliverables remain aligned
  • Support cross-functional collaboration, creating transparency and alignment across teams
  • Collaborate with other Project Management teams to share best practices and ensure consistency in delivery
  • Champion process improvement and strategic alignment, driving efficiencies and continuous improvement across the project lifecycle

Requirements

  • Proven experience leading or coordinating largescale transformation programmes and / or projects in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment
  • Ability to structure and integrate multiple workstreams and stakeholders
  • Confident working with senior leaders and presenting in high visibility forums
  • Strong communication and influencing skills across culturally diverse stakeholders
  • High degree of organisation, structure, and professional discipline
  • Comfortable in a fast-paced, evolving environment; proactive, collaborative, and solutions focused
  • Skilled in project management tools and advanced Microsoft Office applications
  • Capable of leveraging technology to enhance project delivery
  • Willing to learn and develop new skills, ways of working and be open to change
  • Fluent in English & French; additional European languages beneficial
  • Willing to travel within Europe as required.
Benefits
  • Company car allowance of £7,000 per annum or Company Car
  • Single Private Medical Healthcare cover
  • Eligible for company bonus scheme
  • Generous holiday allowance, with option to purchase 5 additional holiday days
  • Pension scheme
  • Hybrid working contract
  • Huge discounts on all sorts of lovely food and award-winning products through our staff shop
  • Discounts on Cinema tickets, shopping and earn cashback on purchases through Sodexo
  • Recognition awards and Incentives
  • Career progression opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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