Business Project Manager

The Transformation Director UK&I is looking for a Business Project Manager with proven experience in the delivery of change within the aviation sector to join the existing team. Reporting into Transformation Director UK&I , you will be accountable for leading and successfully implementing key business projects as part of the agreed transformation portfolio. The projects will impact all aspects of the business underpinning our commitment to service excellent and operational efficiency. This is a great opportunity for an experienced individual to help transform the Swissport UK&I business in support of its strategy of growth. Responsibilities: The following responsibilities are associated with this job role:

• Project lead and "end to end" management for various business projects within Swissport.
• Ensure and formally agree project scope and target outcomes; develop detailed plan for delivery and implementation to agreed cost, quality, and time parameters.
• Project governance, engagement with internal and external project stakeholders throughout project lifecycle.
• Ensure compliance to Swissport policies and standards.
  
  Self starter, able to operate with minimum supervision; structured, logical, with a strong attention to detail, and a sense of urgency.
• Strong communication, negotiation and influencing skills, proven ability to operate effectively at and across all organisational levels.
• Excellent planning, problem solving and facilitation skills.
• Ability to confidently manage multiple concurrent and often conflicting priorities.
• Enthusiastic, independent, able to express self, ideas and supporting arguments in a professional and articulate manner.
• Overseeing multiple operational projects.
• Flexibility to travel where project requires.
Qualifications:
• Aviation (airline/airport/ground handler) experience is necessary.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to develop strategic plans.
• Self-starter with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and to thrive in a dynamic and fast paced environment while always maintaining the highest level of integrity.
• A proven team player with the ability to build consensus with diverse stakeholders and third parties and form strong collaborative working relationships with internal clients.
• Bachelor degree or equivalent.
• PM certification (e.g. PRINCE2) preferred, but not pre-requisite.
• Fluent written and spoken English, any additional language may be beneficial but is not pre-requisite.
• Competent in Microsoft Office Package with skilled user of Microsoft Excel. Microsoft Office 365 is desirable.
The list is not exhaustive and is not intended to restrict the scope of the job but clearly define a starting point requirements.

Swissport is the world's largest provider of ground and cargo handling services in the aviation industry. At Swissport we recognise the importance of innovation and the opportunities that emerging technologies, new data, and creative thinking bring to both challenge and inform established ways of working with the objective of delivering added value to our customers and partners; and supporting our continuous drive for improved effectiveness and greater efficiency in everything we do.