Systems Programme Manager

£55,000 - £60,000 (Work Level 5) plus great benefits

Manchester - We’re now working in a hybrid way, with colleagues dividing their time between home/remote working and the office. You can find out more about our hybrid working policy at  https://jobs.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy 

Are you passionate about training, technology, and making SAP work like a dream for the whole business? We’re looking for a Systems Programme Manager to join our Optimisation Centre which sits within our wider Co-op Business Services (CBS) organisation. CBS is made up of a number of diverse teams dedicated to delivering high-quality, reliable and cost-effective business services across our Co-op. You’ll play a key role in helping CBS to support and realise our group vision of ‘co-operating to build more value for member-owners every day’. 

As a Systems Programme Manager, you'll make sure that SAP is embedded, optimised, and understood across the Co-op. In this role, you'll work closely with leadership teams, transformation programmes, and all departments to design and deliver structured, methodical learning solutions that align with our business goals.

You’ll be responsible for managing our SAP training platform, ensuring everything runs smoothly for 3,000+ users, and making sure the training team is equipped and confident to deliver top-notch learning experiences. 

With a quarter of a billion-pound investment in SAP, and a team of specialists in your corner, this is a rare opportunity to shape the future of SAP training strategy and play a key role in shaping the Co-op’s next chapter. Sounds exciting, doesn’t it?

What you’ll do

• To identify and develop talent across the team, ensuring the creation of a talent pipeline for the future.
• To keep up to date with current industry trends and to identify and mobilise potential synergies across existing and future learning technologies. 
• To manage costs within the agreed budget and take full accountability to track spend.
• To drive the effective and consistent gathering of learning and development needs across transformation and BAU activity.
• To create a culture of accountability through the implementation of robust quality assurance, peer review and testing procedures.
• To continually review the effectiveness of learning content, in conjunction with subject matter experts, end users and the wider Design function. 
• To build cross-functional relationships with the Optimisation Centre and the wider business senior leaders to ensure they are bought into the Programme and BAU training offer. 
• Act with a continuous improvement mind-set; strive to continually deliver training that is cost effective, sustainable, and right for our end user. 
• Accountable for the risk and issue management of the SAP Training team.

This role would suit people who have

• Proven experience in project management, leading through change and transformation initiatives.
• Familiarity with P4CM, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management frameworks, with a strong understanding of both waterfall and agile methodologies.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience influencing and challenging senior leadership and third-party partners when required.
• Capable of managing multiple, cross-functional training programs and initiatives simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and develop a diverse team of project, design, and delivery specialists.

Why Co-op?

If you’ve got the skills and experience we’re looking for, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services). You’ll also get:

• Private healthcare
• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Grocery Aid – 24/7 access to a range of emotional, financial, and practical support services for you and your family

Building an inclusive work environment

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities. 

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job. 

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply. 

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate. 

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process. 

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing.

We reserve the right to remove a vacancy before the scheduled closing date.

As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes between 45-60 minutes. If you're a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.