Business Applications and Project Manager (m/w/d)

Description

The company is the regional head office of the company Europe, a group with about 350 people in 13 European countries. Its headquarters is in Datchet, UK, with offices across Europe. The parent group is headquartered in Japan and has about 280,000 employees worldwide.

The IT group serves as the EMEA shared service for group companies in the region, delivering their IT services.

This role runs the business application services used across the organisation. You will keep key applications reliable, suitable for their purpose, well governed and in line with business priorities. The job covers the whole application lifecycle, from gathering requirements and designing solutions through to implementation, testing, release, support and ongoing improvement, and combines application management, project management, stakeholder work and people management.

You will report to the Head of Projects and Customer Solutions and work with business stakeholders, internal IT teams, vendors and delivery partners. You will turn business needs into practical technical outcomes, plan projects, manage risks and dependencies, and help new or changed applications get adopted. You will also manage the EDI and SAP Applications staff directly, looking after workloads, team development and service delivery.

The ideal candidate has at least five years of experience in application and project management, ideally in a corporate IT setting. The role is hands-on and delivery focused, suited to someone who can juggle several priorities, build strong working relationships and drive improvement across business systems and processes.

Job ID R0141950. Date posted 2026-08-21. Company name the company EUROPE LTD. Job category Project/Program Management.

Responsibilities

• Look after the organisation's business applications, making sure they are available, easy to use and aligned with business needs.
• Manage the EDI and SAP Applications teams directly, giving leadership, coaching, performance support and day-to-day guidance.
• Lead application projects such as upgrades, enhancements, integrations, migrations and new system implementations.
• Work with stakeholders to collect requirements, set scope, agree priorities and turn business needs into clear delivery plans.
• Work closely with the G-AMO Support and Operations team so that application process owners and remote support teams communicate well and get the support they need.
• Manage project plans, milestones, risks, issues, budgets and dependencies, and report regularly to the Head of Projects and Customer Solutions.
• Oversee workload, priorities and resource allocation across EDI and SAP Applications so that operational support and project commitments are met.
• Coordinate testing, user acceptance, release management, training and post-go-live support.
• Manage relationships with application vendors and third-party partners, covering service performance, escalations and improvement plans.
• Find chances to improve processes, standardise work, automate tasks and make better use of existing systems.

Requirements

• At least five years of experience in application management and project management.
• A good understanding of business applications, enterprise systems and the corporate IT function.
• Experience managing application lifecycles, including support, change, testing, release and continuous improvement.
• Proven experience delivering projects with structured project management methods.
• Experience with ERP, CRM, workflow, reporting or other business-critical applications.
• Strong stakeholder management, with the ability to work across business, IT and supplier teams.
• Previous experience directly managing, coaching or developing technical or application support teams.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365 tools, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, Teams and SharePoint.
• Delivery focused and organised, able to manage several priorities at once.
• Strong communicator who can engage confidently with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Analytical, practical problem solver with attention to detail.
• Customer focused, with a clear grasp of business impact and service quality.
• Confident people manager who can motivate teams, set clear expectations and support professional development.
• Collaborative team player who works well across departments, regions and supplier teams.
• Proactive, adaptable and committed to continuous improvement.
• Desirable: experience with Agile, hybrid or waterfall delivery.
• Advantageous: experience with SAP S/4 HANA or a similar ERP platform.
• Beneficial: a project or service management qualification such as PRINCE2, PMP, Agile, Scrum or ITIL.

Conditions

Full time, based in Datchet, Slough.

The posting marks the role as not remote, while describing remote-hybrid work with 1 day in the company office at Botanica Ditton Park, Riding Court Road, Datchet, SL3 9LL.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applicants and do not consider factors that do not affect your ability to do the job, including race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Benefits

• Generous holiday entitlement, with the option to buy up to 5 additional days per year.
• Holiday banking scheme to carry untaken holiday into another year.
• Group personal pension.
• Private medical insurance, with a self-funded option to cover family members.
• Employee assistance programme available to all employees.
• Personal accident insurance.
• Voluntary benefits, funded by the employee: cycle to work scheme, gym membership, dental insurance with the option to include dependent children.
• Health screening.
• Dining card.