Portfolio Excellence Lead - 12 Month FTC (Gaydon, GB)

REQ ID: 128164 JOB TITLE: Portfolio Excellence Lead - 12 Month FTC SALARY: £50,000 - £60,000

POSTING START DATE: 27/03/2025 POSTING END DATE: 09/04/2025 LOCATION: Gaydon - Hybrid

In a commercial role at JLR, you can reimagine the future of modern luxury. In teams focused on extraordinary customer experience, sustainability and forward-thinking. You’ll work alongside strategically-minded problem-solvers supporting the transformation of our iconic house of brands – Range Rover, Defender, Discovery, and Jaguar – and our heritage-rich JLR Classic range. Becoming a proud creator of the exceptional starts here.

WHAT TO EXPECT

The Portfolio Excellence Lead will support Brand Optimisation within a newly restructured Commercial chapter. This role is pivotal in facilitating, coordinating, and delivering key activities to optimise Brand Optimisations core business activities for long-term sustainable change across the House of Brands.

This high-impact role offers significant senior exposure and engagement, making it an excellent fit for a high-performing, driven individual who thrives under pressure and excels in managing multiple stakeholders to ensure efficient delivery of a broad range of topics.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

Provide general support on projects in a number of areas; governance requirements, reporting, assurance processes, project management processes, general communications to support the delivery of all Brand Optimisation initiatives Support in driving the Brand Optimisation operating model to increase overall business performance, promote consistency and improved achievement of business targets / FY KPI's Maintain the Initiative Management System Backlog including initiative tracking, reporting, ad hoc functionality development Support development of data analytics & digital tools that report quality data, identify incremental opportunities or risks to mitigate, ensuring the Brand Optimisation teams are well-provided with standard datasets and any new requests are prioritised correctly Develop effective relationships across multiple functions through robust stakeholder management skills

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

Experience as a PMO/Project Analyst and of using Project Management Tools Data Analytics capability – including specific proficiency in Tableau and Microsoft Excel incl. VBA and Think-Cell extension skills Proficiency in Agile methodologies / systems / tools e.g. Jira, Confluence, Lucid Excellent written and verbal presentation skills, to be able to confidently represent the team in cross-functional and Chapter forums Ability to work independently and proactively, taking full ownership and responsibility for own work; fully invested in achieving a successful result

Creating Modern Luxury requires a modern approach to work. At JLR, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work. Some roles require more on-site work, but details of this can be discussed with the hiring manager during the interview stage.

We work hard to nurture a culture that is inclusive and welcoming to all. We understand candidates may require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. Please discuss these with your recruiter so we can accommodate your needs.

Applicants from all backgrounds are welcome. If you’re unsure that you meet the full criteria of a role – but you're interested in where it could take you – we still encourage you to apply. We believe in people's ability to grow and develop within their role – it’s what makes living the exceptional with soul possible.

JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.