Trainee Project Manager

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About Howdens Joinery

Howdens Joinery supplies over 400,000 inspirational kitchens each year to UK homes. What makes us different is our culture and our people. We are a British business that prides itself on a sense of local community, traditional values and long-established relationships that thrive in each of our trade depots. Howdens Joinery is a trade only company supplying to registered account holders. We have over 10 years’ experience of employing and developing industrial placement students and we have employed a number of ex-placement students over the last few years.

Trainee Project Manager

This year another opportunity exists for an enthusiastic individual studying a Software Engineering related course to join the IT Department.

As a trainee Project Manager you will be an integral part of a dynamic team that implements IT Projects at Trade and Group Level.

The major areas of development within the period of the placement will be: -

• Project Management, Presentation skills, People management
• Effective communication and report writing. Coaching and Mentoring.
• A good all round knowledge of IS applications.

Skills

You should have an understanding of Project Management. Excellent written and verbal communication. Be self-motivated, organised and used to working in a structured and timely manner. Have the ability to learn new skills quickly and adapt your current skills to the differing scenarios you will come across.

With the increasing growth of Howdens and the requirement to provide a class A service to our customers, you can be sure of a diverse workload.

The interview process may consist of a Telephone Interview, Aptitude Test, Face to Face Interviews.

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