Senior Project Manager - WMS Transformation (Blue Yonder)

Senior Project Manager - WMS Transformation (Blue Yonder) Location: London (hybrid) with travel to Milton Keynes Contract: 6 months Inside IR35 This role will be supporting a Retail client on a major Warehouse Management System (WMS) transformation programme, implementing Blue Yonder across their supply chain landscape. Having completed Discovery/Design, the programme is now moving into delivery phase, and they are looking for a Senior Project Manager to step in and bring strong leadership, planning, and governance across a complex, multi-party environment. You'll operate at the heart of the programme, working across technology, business, and the System Integrator (Blue Yonder) to drive delivery outcomes. Responsibilities: • Provide hands-on leadership across technical and business teams, ensuring alignment and accountability • Act as the primary point of coordination across: • Blue Yonder (SI) • Engineering teams • Solution Architects • Business SMEs and Analysts • Drive governance and reporting uplift, including: • Weekly status reporting • Steering Committee preparation and delivery • RAID management (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies) • Manage vendor performance, ensuring deliverables are clearly defined, tracked, and aligned to commercial agreements • Oversee delivery against financial and milestone targets, particularly within a T&M model • Proactively identify and manage risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges • Provide a "safe pair of hands" to senior stakeholders, bringing structure, clarity, and control Requirements: • Proven experience leading complex, enterprise-scale technology programmes or projects • Strong experience managing System Integrators / third-party vendors, including holding delivery to account • Ability to operate across technical and business domains, working closely with engineering, architecture, and functional teams • Demonstrable experience building and managing integrated delivery plans in hybrid (waterfall + agile) environments • Strong governance, risk, and financial management capability • Track record of bringing structure, control, and clarity into complex delivery environments • Confident stakeholder engagement at all levels, including Steering Committee / senior leadership Nice to Have: • Experience with supply chain, logistics, or WMS implementations • Exposure to Blue Yonder (JDA) or similar platforms • Background in retail or large-scale transformation programmes To apply for this positon please submit your CV. Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.