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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Portfolio Manager - Transformation & Change - **Company:** Bleckmann Logistics UK Ltd - **Location:** Lutterworth, UK (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £70,000.0 - £75,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems, Asana, JIRA, PRINCE2, Power BI, Tableau (Software), Wrike, Atlassian Tools, Data Analytics - **Published:** July 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=b2bea17c26e15ff3 ## About the Role * 7+ years' experience in Portfolio Management, PMO, Programme Management, Transformation, or Change Management roles * Proven experience establishing, developing, or improving portfolio management and PMO capabilities * Strong background within a 3PL, logistics, warehousing, supply chain, or operational environment * Experience managing complex portfolios covering warehousing operations, automation projects, client onboarding, continuous improvement, and business transformation initiatives * Knowledge of warehouse automation technologies, including WMS, robotics, ASRS, sortation, and conveyor systems * Strong understanding of portfolio governance, prioritisation, demand management, resource planning, and financial management * Experience developing business cases, supporting investment decisions, and managing portfolio financial performance * Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all organisational levels * Strong analytical capability with the ability to translate portfolio data into clear business insights, priorities, and recommendations * Portfolio, Programme, or Project Management qualification such as MoP, P3O, MSP, PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, or equivalent * Experience with portfolio management platforms such as Jira, Atlassian, Wrike, Monday.com, or similar tools * Strong reporting and analytics capability using Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent solutions * Experience implementing or optimising PMO and portfolio management tooling * Change Management certification (e.g. Prosci) désirable * Degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, IT, or a related field desirable * Additional language skills beyond English are considered an advantage ## Description Responsible for establishing and driving a robust portfolio management framework across the UK business, ensuring effective governance, prioritisation, resource planning, and delivery oversight for operational, automation, continuous improvement, and transformation initiatives. Portfolio Management, Governance & Performance * Maintain a single view of all UK projects, including warehousing, automation, client onboarding, continuous improvement, and transformation initiatives * Drive portfolio prioritisation, balancing strategic goals, operational priorities, customer commitments, and resource capacity * Manage portfolio risks, dependencies, and delivery conflicts * Lead portfolio governance, reporting, and insights to support effective decision-making and strategic planning Demand Management, Portfolio Planning & Resource Management * Establish a consistent process for capturing, assessing, and prioritising new opportunities, projects, and change requests * Create visibility of the UK project pipeline, ensuring demand aligns with business priorities, investment plans, and delivery capacity * Partner with stakeholders to shape opportunities into well-defined initiatives with clear scope, outcomes, requirements, and ownership * Support the development of business cases and investment decisions, ensuring initiatives are ready to enter delivery * Facilitate the transition from portfolio planning into project delivery, working closely with Project Managers and key stakeholders * Work with leaders and project teams to understand resource demand, identify capacity constraints, and support effective portfolio planning Financial PMO & Investment Governance * Partner with Finance to build and strengthen financial PMO capability across the UK portfolio * Support consistent financial governance, budgeting, forecasting, and portfolio reporting * Establish scalable portfolio standards, reporting frameworks, and data-driven ways of working Portfolio Capability, Tooling & Community Development * Lead the selection, implementation, and optimisation of portfolio management tools * Establish portfolio management standards, processes, and reporting frameworks that support future business growth * Drive adoption of portfolio management disciplines and best practices across the organisation * Champion the UK Project Management, Continuous Improvement, Change, and Transformation community across sites and functions * Foster collaboration, knowledge sharing, consistency, and continuous improvement * Support the development of project, change, and transformation capability, creating a scalable foundation for growth and delivery excellence Core Capabilities * Problem Solving: Analyses complex operational processes end-to-end, identifies root causes of inefficiencies, and develops pragmatic, value-driven solutions that balance standardisation with operational realities. * Ownership & Accountability: Takes responsibility for defining and progressing transformation initiatives from concept to implementation, ensuring clarity of deliverables, quality of outcomes, and alignment with agreed objectives. * Collaboration: Works effectively across functions and geographies to align stakeholders, build consensus, and ensure smooth execution of initiatives that require coordination between operations, technology and support functions. ## Related Videos - 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