Project Coordinator GPOS Controls (12-Months FTC)

Because we strive to put people first.

Culture, our way.

Technology at Primark

What’s a career at Primark all about? The positive impact you’re making, the experiences you’re having and the people you’re with. You’re our inspiration. Embrace what sets you apart, own your career and develop in ways you never expected. Leave your mark. And do it your way.

Our technology team is actively shaping the next wave of advancements. Engaged with innovative initiatives, your expertise will propel our business into the future. Collaborating with a creative team of tech enthusiasts, you’ll contribute your unique skills to fuel our technological advancements.

What You’ll Do as Project Co-ordinator GPOS Controls

In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:

• Support the successful delivery of Global Point of Sale (GPOS) Controls by coordinating complex project activities, driving planning excellence, and ensuring strong governance and delivery discipline.
• Prepare governance reporting packs, track project status, risks, issues, and dependencies, capture meeting minutes, and monitor completion of actions.
• Develop and maintain integrated project and programme plans, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables, ensuring accurate updates in Planisware and POAP formats.
• Proactively identify, track, and escalate risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies through a centrally managed RAID log aligned across workstreams.
• Operate structured change control processes, maintaining change request logs and managing impacts to scope, timeline, and approvals.
• Act as a trusted advisor to workstream leads, build strong stakeholder relationships, and drive continuous improvement through automation (e.g., Copilot) and lessons learned.

What You’ll Get

People are at the heart of what we do here, so it’s essential we provide you with the right environment to perform at your very best.

Let’s talk lifestyle: Pension, 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more. Because Primark is all about tailoring to you, we offer Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria.

What You’ll Bring

Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:

• 2–5 years of experience supporting technology‑enabled transformation programmes, with a strong grasp of software delivery lifecycles, project management methodologies, and emerging technologies.
• Hands‑on experience using project management and delivery tools such as Planisware, Jira, or Microsoft Project, alongside data analysis and reporting tools including Excel, Power BI, or Tableau.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical and financial information to both technical teams and senior stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving capabilities, enabling effective identification of issues and development of practical solutions in fast‑paced environments.
• Proven planning, organisation, and multitasking skills, with the ability to prioritise workloads and deliver to agreed timescales.
• Collaborative team player with the confidence to challenge constructively, complemented by desirable experience in Retail domains (e.g. Supply Chain, Digital, Store Operations) and project management certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, APM, Scrum Master, or SAFe.

Does this sound like you? Great, because we can’t wait to see what you’ll bring. You’ll be supported within a team of equally capable people, celebrating who you are and aiding you reach your potential. At Primark, we’re excited about our future - and we’re excited to develop yours.

About Primark

At Primark, people matter. They’re the beating heart of our business and the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business and over 80,000 colleagues and over 440 stores in 17 countries today. Our values run through everything we do. In essence, we're Caring and always strive to put people first. We're also Dynamic, bravely pushing the boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together.

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Our fashion isn’t one-size-fits-all and neither is our culture. Primark promotes equal employment opportunity, we strive to create an inclusive workplace where people can be themselves, access opportunities and thrive together.