Supply Chain Development Project Manager

Company: Primark
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Location: Reading
Job Description:

Overview

In this role within Primark’s Supply Chain Solutions team, you will drive innovation and automation to enhance omnichannel fulfilment and retail distribution. You lead cross-functional workstreams to optimise the logistics network, support growth, and boost efficiency and scalability across the end-to-end supply chain. You collaborate with Digital Retail, Finance, Inbound, Logistics, Procurement and Technology to deliver future-focused solutions. This is a chance to shape how Primark delivers products globally while supporting operational resilience and cost efficiency.

Pay / Benefits

  • Healthcare
  • pension
  • bonus potential
  • 27 days of leave (+ bank holidays, option to buy 5)
  • Tax Saver Tickets
  • fitness centre

Responsibilities

  • Support development and implementation of fulfilment and distribution network projects to improve capacity and growth
  • Lead analysis of operational and financial data to identify improvements and assist investment decisions
  • Design future-state logistics processes across inbound, storage, picking, packing, returns and outbound operations
  • Deliver automation and operational improvement initiatives with internal teams and external partners
  • Manage multiple projects and workstreams from concept through implementation with plans, budgets, risks, and governance
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams across Supply Chain, Technology, Finance, Property, Depot Investment and Retail for successful delivery
  • Support testing, commissioning and operational readiness ensuring solutions meet business requirements
  • Drive continuous improvement, governance and cost management to deliver measurable benefits

Key requirements

  • educated to degree level or equivalent experience
  • minimum 3-5 years’ experience in project management, solutions design or operational improvement within fulfilment, logistics or supply chain environments
  • experience delivering operational change, automation or network projects
  • strong understanding of warehouse, fulfilment and distribution operations
  • experience managing multiple project workstreams simultaneously
  • advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
  • knowledge of AutoCAD or similar AEC design software is advantageous
  • project management qualification (APMP, PRINCE2, PMP or equivalent) desirable
  • stakeholder management
  • cross-functional collaboration
  • analytical thinking
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • AutoCAD

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Posted: October 1st, 2026