IT Portfolio Manager (Retail) - Mr Price Group

Our Retail Portfolio Manager is responsible for executing IT strategies within associated domain architecture and delivery roadmaps. This entails the end-to-end Information & Operation Technology (I&OT) capability and management across an enterprise.

This includes the maintenance of products and the continuous development of solutions, people and customer relationships to drive market-differentiating innovation. The role should ensure scalability while supporting applications, solutions and systems, underpinning the key ability to trade.

Driving Strategy:

• Translate IT Strategies into tactical solutions to address key business requirements, drive capability and produce delivery roadmaps.
• Understand the current and future trends and knowledge shared amongst the team.

Project, Innovation and Enhancements Execution:

• Actively engage with all trading and non-trading divisions and interpret their individual business Technology requirements.
• Plan, implement & support the Tech project and enhancement execution to promote productivity and ensure market differentiation for the Group

Risk Management:

• Highlight risks to the business and ensure compliance to legislation and company policy at all times throughout service lifetime.
• Introduce sustainable processes and procedures that minimize risk and vulnerabilities within the environment.
• Address risks by auditing and security teams

Team Management:

• Ensure that the workload within the team is distributed fairly and in line with the team's priorities to deliver on departmental KPI's / targets but also challenging to drive intellectual growth
• Keep abreast of talent pool to contribute to the recruitment of top talent. Drive succession, training and development within the team to ensure resource capability and business continuity.
• Conduct on-on-one check in's with the team to drive and cultivate the driving
• Lead the team which includes: managing performance, driving the culture or the Group, development of the team and recognition

Vendor Management:

• Drive partnerships with existing vendors to ensure on time and in full delivery.
• Source innovative and cost effective solutions and vendors to push value to the Group.
• Operational responsibility to ensure that deployed services operate within the agreed SLA's and remain fit for purpose.
• Negotiate contracts with suppliers of services or software.
• Ensure vendors have sufficient stock and resources to deliver as per new store or Technology Roadmap

Product and Operations Management:

• Ensure maximum up time of all applications and services within the centralised retail domain architecture as per the agreed SLA agreement with business.
• Delivery of RCA's and analysis of reoccurring incidents to promote product stability.
• Build scalable solutions that ensure organic growth of the Group and optimal performance during load e.g. peak trade, Black Friday etc.
• Actively track and manage the budget to get maximum value.

• 7-10 years in project team management or development team management
• Building/ developing products/solutions to deliver business value
• Experience in a Retail business environment
• Deep Understanding on Enterprise Retail Solutions (Example SAP or Oracle etc.)
• Application Integration knowledge is Advantageous