Project Delivery Lead
British Gypsum - Part of Saint-Gobain Interior Solutions
Location: East Leake (Hybrid, 36.25 hrs/week, 2 days in office)
At British Gypsum, we''re building something exciting. As part of Saint-Gobain Interior Solutions, we''re creating a new Project Team within our Central Planning team to strengthen how we deliver improvement and strategic projects across our customer value chain. We''re now looking for a Project Delivery Lead with strong supply chain expertise to join us on this journey.
The Role
As a Project Delivery Lead, you''ll play a pivotal role in shaping how our projects are delivered. You''ll work across functions-planning, operations, distribution, warehousing, marketing, and customer service-leading projects that drive efficiency, cost savings, and long-term business improvements.
You''ll be the link between our Central Planning and other business departments ensuring we prioritise and execute the right projects. From inventory optimisation and production planning to policy reviews and process development, you''ll help us build the right capability to support a fast-moving, high-volume supply chain.
What You''ll Be Doing
- Leading and delivering cross-functional projects that improve our supply chain performance.
- Supporting the creation of our new Project Team within Central Planning.
- Coordinating with senior stakeholders and project teams, balancing strategic objectives with day-to-day operational needs.
- Driving cost-saving initiatives and process improvements through British Gypsum Saint Gobain Interior Solutions supply capability including planning, production, warehousing, and distribution.
- Managing projects from scoping to delivery, ensuring alignment with business needs.
- Building internal capability, sharing best practice, and embedding change.
- Navigating a fast-paced, next-day delivery environment with multiple sites and production lines.
What We''re Looking For
Essential:
- Strong project management experience.
- Supply chain knowledge: production, warehousing, distribution, and customer value chain.
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA.
- Experience working in a fast-paced, environment.
- Ability to manage projects across multiple sites and stakeholders.
- Strong analytical skills, including cost analysis and evaluation.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills - confident but not arrogant.
- Comfortable with change and ambiguity.
Desirable:
- Six Sigma certification (any belt).
- Background in continuous improvement.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary + bonus + benefits
- Hybrid working with 2 days per week in our East Leake office.
- Opportunity to shape a brand-new role and influence how projects are delivered across the business.
- A chance to be part of Saint-Gobain, a global leader in sustainable building solutions, with strong values and development opportunities.
If you''re a skilled in project management within supply chain expertise, looking to make a real impact in a dynamic business, we''d love to hear from you.
About us
About Us
Saint Gobain was established in the year 1665 and have grown to employ 179,000 people, with over 100 different nationalities working with us in 76 countries. This really helps us in our corporate and social responsibilities in helping us with our purpose which is to "make the world a better home" and specifically contribute to our target of zero carbon by 2050.
As a business, Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures, and distributes materials and solutions that have a positive impact on each of us and provide wellbeing, quality of life and performance, all while caring for the planet. Our materials and solutions can be found everywhere in our living places and in daily life, in buildings, transportation, infrastructure and in many industrial applications. They provide comfort, performance and safety while addressing the challenges of sustainable construction, resource efficiency and climate change.
Are Saint-Gobain Inclusive employer?
We''re working hard to be, and we''re keen to hire talented people regardless of their background, abilities, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, national origin, taste in music, fashion sense or anything else that makes you, you!
We understand that a diverse workplace is not only a more enjoyable place to be, but also facilitates better decision making and innovation. So, whoever you are, and whichever Saint-Gobain business you join, you can be sure of a warm welcome with us.
And what about flexibility?
The world of work is changing, and at Saint-Gobain we are open to new ways of working in order to attract talented people to our business. We understand that everyone has different needs and commitments. Therefore, we are very open to discuss any flexible requirement or need that you may have for this role. We can''t guarantee to meet all requests for flexibility when we are recruiting, but we promise to listen.