Portfolio Resource Planning Manager

Job Description

This role sits within the PPMO Team and supports the Finance Change and Enabling Functions portfolios.
The position is responsible for resource governance, demand planning, and workforce management, ensuring that portfolio decisions are supported by accurate, timely, and financially robust data.
The role acts as a key link between delivery, finance, and workforce planning, helping leaders optimise capacity, control costs, and ensurew delivery alignment. Resource & Demand Management - Own and maintain a clear view of resource demand across programmes and initiatives - Identify capacity risks, conflicts, and dependencies impacting portfolio delivery - Partner with Programme Managers and Delivery teams to plan and support forecast workforce requirements - Support forward planning through demand validation and resource profiling
Financial Governance & Control - Ensure resource and contractor costs align with approved financial plans - Support financial alignment by validating funding, forecasts, and cost movements
Contractor & Supplier Governance - Oversee contractor lifecycle processes (onboarding, extensions, offboarding) - Manage escalations and resolve resourcing or financial issues
Process & Data Accuracy - Improve and maintain Joins / Moves / Leavers processes - Maintain accurate resource data across across all programmes & drive reporting consistency - Ensure alignment between financial data, headcount, and delivery plans
Reporting & Stakeholder Engagement - Provide accurate and timely reporting for governance forums and boards - Highlight risks, issues, and trends affecting resource or financial performance - Work closely with Finance, Procurement, and Delivery stakeholders - Experience of large corporate financial budgeting and planning processes would be an advantage but not essential - Knowledge and experience of delivering projects within or outside of Tesco - Experience of large scale recruitment drives- Understanding of Capacity Management- Proven track record of working and liaising effectively with business users at all levels of seniority and influencing in a matrix structure (including Exec team)- Data analysis and report preparation- Working knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint, Teams and other collaboration tools Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet. We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here. We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you. We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. If you are applying internally, please speak to the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.