FWD THINK Project Lead

Job description

FWD THINK Project Lead

Our brand teams are right at the heart of what we do. Surrounded by some of the best brand and marketing specialists in the industry, you’ll bring your own ideas to the business - building to shape the experience of our customers as part of a forward-thinking team.

This role will be responsible for delivering colleague facing innovation campaigns throughout the business and measure key KPI for bottom-up innovation, working hand in hand with leaders throughout the business to build, delivery and evaluate campaigns. As well as coordinate with our partner Sideway 6 in ensuring that all key stakeholders are trained and using the system effectively.

The FWD THINK Project Lead will be the heartbeat of ideation, driving excitement and newness via our 79,000 colleagues. This will be done by unlocking a culture of innovation and our Dynamic value in an inclusive way throughout the business through FWD THINK campaigns. ‘the best ideas come from within’

What You’ll Get

The world is changing and it’s important we support our colleagues. People are at the heart of what we do at Primark so it’s essential we provide the right environment for you to perform at your best. That’s why we offer benefits that put you first

Some of our benefits are:

·  27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more.
·  Flexible Working, opportunity for an early Friday finish, and a subsidised cafeteria.
·  Primark Perks – Discounts with some local partner business to our offices

What You’ll Do:

In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:

·  Partner with the business leaders to ensuring all campaigns are aligned to our strategic priorities
·  Partner with Sideway 6 ensuring that the campaign are set up for success and we are getting the most out of the platform
·  Ensure that our campaigns unlock the dynamic value and feel inclusive to all colleagues to contribute
·  Join FWD THINK as an advocate for internal innovation and creative thought, especially in the realm of retail.
·  Manage and protect the FWD THINK brand and what it stands for
·  Direct and script promotional and informative videos about the FWD THINK to be shared business wide as well as creating content to be shared via teams and zing.
·  Support corporate affairs wider events including conferences, financial reports and internal events.
·  Mentor FWD THINK early careers and scale ideation outside of ideation forms or Microsoft teams
·  Facilitate Critical Path Management with each campaign
·  Support & lead teams throughout the process of a campaign planning and being live.
·  Build relationships and engage with compliance and legal throughout projects
·  Ensure good working knowledge of business-critical plans as well and business strategic priorities and how ideation can help.
·  React to competitor activity and in season trends when appropriate through ideations

What You’ll Bring

Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:

·  Highly organised, detail-oriented, possessing the ability to effectively prioritise projects and deliverables whilst meeting deadlines set by management.
·  Effective planning and organisation skills, ability to prioritize and plan
·  Great attention to detail and an ability to analyse and interrogate high volumes of data as well as demonstrating an ability to focus on higher level overview.
·  Proven ability in ensuring all Primark information remains confidential to the business.
·  Show a bigger picture mindset, improving creative thinking
·  Be a collaborative partner with high interpersonal/communication skills, while demonstrating high levels of emotional intelligence and possess the ability to push back with professionalism. Proven ability in developing effective working relationships across all levels of the organisation.
·  Operates with a high level of integrity, diplomacy, tact and professionalism.
·  Effective and persuasive presentation skills, including the ability to present complex information in an understandable manner to all areas of the business.
·  Ability to guide, influence and coach others
·  Sound judgement, unquestionable ethics and integrity with high degree of transparency and trust

Ready? Good - because we can’t wait to see what you can offer. You’ll be joining a team of diverse, passionate, and creative professionals where you’ll truly belong, collaborating on projects that will shape the future of our industry. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet all the criteria, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or another one, and our recruitment team Can determine where your skills may fit in at Primark.

Apply to be part of our future and we’ll ensure you develop yours.

If you need any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility requests, during your recruitment journey, such as extended time or breaks between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, mobility access, or assistive technology please contact your talent acquisition specialist.

All offers of employment are subject to background checks, including right to work, reference education and for some roles criminal, and financial checks. If you have any concerns please reach out to our talent acquisition team to discuss.

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