Job Purpose

The successful candidate will ensure the business delivers its strategic goals by developing capital projects that will deliver our sustainable and strategic objectives. They will manage the businesses’ longer-term capital programme by stress testing projects from concept into viable business cases for possible inclusion into stage and gate.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• The role requires the employee to handle confidential information associated with employees, business financials and commercials
• Work with the Exec to formulate and steer the future capital programme across all functions
• Managing the Capital Stage and Gate process, ensuring close integration of functional Leads and specialists to ensure clarity of quality specifications to deliver expected value and benefits.
• Stress tests all technical specifications of all applications with functional specialists
• Undertake research and data analysis as required to support decision making processes.
• Working with Exec team and ABF Sugar RDO to prioritise opportunities
• Accountable and Responsible for developing Strategic programmes from initial concept to pre-appraise. Specifically, the 5-year capital roadmap and business development pipeline
• Work with the Exec and ABF Sugar One Centre to commercialise concepts into clear project business cases
• Support the drive for the inclusion of the ESG/CSR strategy within the capital programme
• Deliver the Request for Tender, adjudication and decision process on behalf of the functions
• Deliver concepts to validated business cases enabling the business to plan capital projects in a 5–10-year horizon
• Create and communicate a clear 5-10 project plan enabling the business to make decisions on options to deliver strategic objectives

Qualifications

Job Qualification and Experience

• Extensive knowledge of performance improvement programmes.
• Proven experience of change management and its application within project management.
• Broad experience of programme management including identification of opportunities as well as risks.
• Ability to establish pragmatic value adding governance programmes.
• Ability/credibility to influence at the most senior levels as well as work across a range of cultures & work levels.
• Business focus and understanding, as well as operational credibility.
• Ability to build relationships, partner with our businesses and have a track record in delivery.
• Project management capability expert.

• Work with the Exec to formulate and steer the future capital programme across all functions
• Managing the Capital Stage and Gate process, ensuring close integration of functional Leads and specialists to ensure clarity of quality specifications to deliver expected value and benefits.
• Stress tests all technical specifications of all applications with functional specialists
• Undertake research and data analysis as required to support decision making processes.
• Working with Exec team and ABF Sugar RDO to prioritise opportunities
• Accountable and Responsible for developing Strategic programmes from initial concept to pre-appraise. Specifically, the 5-year capital roadmap and business development pipeline
• Work with the Exec and ABF Sugar One Centre to commercialise concepts into clear project business cases
• Support the drive for the inclusion of the ESG/CSR strategy within the capital programme
• Deliver the Request for Tender, adjudication and decision process on behalf of the functions
• Deliver concepts to validated business cases enabling the business to plan capital projects in a 5–10-year horizon
• Create and communicate a clear 5-10 project plan enabling the business to make decisions on options to deliver strategic objectives

• Leadership & Management Skills
• Extensive knowledge of performance improvement programmes.
• Proven experience of change management and its application within project management.
• Broad experience of programme management including identification of opportunities as well as risks.
• Ability to establish pragmatic value adding governance programmes.
• Ability/credibility to influence at the most senior levels as well as work across a range of cultures & work levels.
• Business focus and understanding, as well as operational credibility.
• Ability to build relationships, partner with our businesses and have a track record in delivery.
• Project management capability expert.

• Extensive knowledge of performance improvement programmes.
• Proven experience of change management and its application within project management.
• Broad experience of programme management including identification of opportunities as well as risks.
• Ability to establish pragmatic value adding governance programmes.
• Ability/credibility to influence at the most senior levels as well as work across a range of cultures & work levels.
• Business focus and understanding, as well as operational credibility.
• Ability to build relationships, partner with our businesses and have a track record in delivery.
• Project management capability expert.