Kingfisher PLC

Transformation Programme Manager (12 month FTC)

Job Locations UK-Somerset-Yeovil
Location
Screwfix Head Office
ID
2026-140483
Category
Transformation/Project Management
Type
Fixed Term/Secondment
Contract
Fixed
Hours Per Week
37.5

Overview

There has never been a more exciting time to join Screwfix. With bold growth ambitions and a clear focus on accelerating the business, we’re investing in the initiatives that will define our next phase of growth.

 

From expanding our B2B offering, to evolving our digital experience, to transforming logistics and assortment, we’re driving business-led transformation at pace, with technology acting as a key enabler. The challenge now is not just delivery, but ensuring the right initiatives are shaped, prioritised and sequenced to maximise impact across the business.

 

This role plays a critical role in shaping how that ambition is delivered.

 

We’re looking for a Transformation Programme Manager to take ownership of a portfolio of high-impact growth initiatives, operating upstream of delivery to shape direction, challenge readiness, and support critical decisions around investment, prioritisation and trade-offs. You’ll ensure initiatives are set up for success and delivered with clarity, pace and real commercial impact.

 

What's in it for you?

  • Discretionary annual bonus up to 50%
  • Company car or allowance of up to £6,500 per annum
  • 33 days' holiday (including bank holidays, 5 of which can be taken flexibly)
  • Hybrid working with up to 2 days working from home
  • Private Medical Care (Individual – Family care)
  • Up to 14% employer pension contributions
  • Life cover up to 4x your salary

Responsibilities

Programme & Initiative Shaping

  • Partner with senior business leaders to shape and define growth initiatives, clarifying the strategic problem, intended outcomes, success measures and value case
  • Translate strategic 2030 priorities into coherent programmes of work, balancing ambition, sequencing, dependencies and capacity
  • Support the development of investment cases, options and recommendations for Executive and Board level decision making
  • Challenge scope, readiness and delivery approach to ensure initiatives are set up for success before mobilisation

EndtoEnd Programme Delivery

  • Own the successful delivery of projects and initiatives, ensuring outcomes are delivered on time, to budget and to agreed business objectives. Identify where additional support may be required
  • Lead a matrixbased delivery model, working with functional and capability leads across business and technology
  • Maintain a clear view of dependencies, risks and issues across programmes, acting as an escalation point where delivery confidence is threatened
  • Ensure delivery plans remain aligned as priorities evolve, adjusting sequencing and approach where required 

Portfolio, Capacity & Dependency Management

  • Maintain a crossprogramme view of capacity, constraints and functional dependencies, working closely with Portfolio and Finance teams
  • Surface delivery bottlenecks, capability gaps and overcommitment early, and recommend pragmatic corrective actions
  • Support prioritisation discussions by making tradeoffs explicit (what to accelerate, defer, descope or stop)

Stakeholder & Governance Leadership

  • Act as a trusted partner to senior stakeholders across Commercial, Digital, Operations, Supply Chain and Technology
  • Prepare and present clear, outcomefocused updates to Screwfix Executive and Board forums. Support development of Group CEO updates.
  • Manage senior internal and external stakeholders, ensuring alignment on objectives, expectations and delivery confidence

People & Partner Leadership

  • Lead, coach and develop programme team members, driving strong performance, clarity of role and accountability
  • Build sustainable internal capability, reducing reliance on external support over time
  • Manage thirdparty partners effectively, ensuring value for money and alignment to Screwfix outcomes

Qualifications

  • Proven experience leading complex, business‑critical growth or transformation programmes, not just technology delivery
  • Strong commercial and strategic judgement, with the ability to shape ambiguous problems and turn them into executable programmes
  • Experience within a retail environment is essential, with strong online digital and ecommerce experience
  • Exposure to B2B, logistics, supply chain and fulfilment environments, and how these enable scalable growth
  • Understanding of assortment, ranging and category‑led change, and the commercial implications of range expansion or partner‑led models
  • Strong digital and technology fluency, with the ability to challenge and govern technology‑enabled change without being a technical specialist
  • Building, leading and motivating teams and has experience of building sustainable digital and IT delivery capability with appropriate skills and sourcing models.
  • Can effectively manage senior stakeholders up to Board level in a large, fast-paced retail business.
  • Experience managing delivery in matrixed organisations with shared resources and competing priorities
  • Skilled at budget planning & on-going management of financial forecasts
  • Familiarity with a range of delivery approaches (Agile, Waterfall, hybrid) and the judgement to apply them pragmatically

 

At Screwfix, Your Wellbeing Comes First:

 

Financial wellbeing

  • Health cash plan and discounted gym memberships (up to 25% savings)
  • 20% discount at Screwfix and B&Q
  • Wagestream access to track earnings and save
  • Access to the Kingfisher Share Scheme
  • Colleague support fund
  • Exclusive offers and discounts via our Hapi app
  • Cycle-to-work scheme and savings on bikes

 

Every day benefits

  • Flexible start and end times around core working hours
  • Buy More Holiday - eligible colleagues can boost their holiday allowance by up to one extra week
  • EV Car Scheme in Partnership with Tusker - eligible colleagues can lease a brand-new or pre-loved electric vehicle 
  • Career progression and development programmes
  • Coaching and mentoring to help you thrive
  • Access to wellbeing resourcing including PepTalk
  • Support networks available  

Recruitment Process

 

We review applications on an individual basis, and if we feel you would be a good fit we’ll invite you for a call or Teams video for an informal chat about the role, and to see if we’re a good fit for you. From there you can expect a comprehensive process, with regular contact from the Talent Acquisition team who are always available, for any queries you may have.

 

We value open and honest conversations and collaboration, giving you a chance to learn about what we are doing in an informal and friendly environment. We want to know about you and why you feel that this is the opportunity that excites you.

 

Sustainability at Screwfix

We’re committed to building a better future for our community and our planet. That’s why we’re doing everything we can in six key areas: eliminating carbon emissions, reducing and recycling waste, sourcing responsibly, keeping products in use for longer, selling more sustainable products and providing sustainable packaging. We’re on a mission to put sustainability at the forefront of everything we do. Join us.

 

We’ve worked hard to create a culture of inclusivity and genuine community. We’re a company built on teamwork, and the best teams are ones in which everyone can share their view. Whatever your background, however you identify, you’ll be listened to, encouraged, and given the tools and training you need to get ahead. You’ll always know where you are with us. We’re open. We’re fair. And we believe in opportunities for everyone.

 

Please let us know at careers@screwfix.com if you need any additional support or adjustments when it comes to your application.

 

NO AGENCIES PLEASE 

 

 

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