IT Solutions Manager job at Chiswick Park Station Full Time

Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you.

As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.

To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led, resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility, we insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact

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Typical Career Level Responsibilities

• Will have considerable stakeholder management experience including potentially C-Suite level interactions
• Experience creating strategy, business cases and organisational design
• Extensive experience in developing IT solutions whilst ensuing value for IT solutions across a global platform
• Will have project management experience and have led program delivery

Role Purpose

This role partners closely with global functions and applications to analyse business needs, design robust digital and data solutions, and architect and manage technology capabilities that accelerate innovation, experimentation, regulatory compliance, and product lifecycle management.
The role will also provide flexible support to Procurement function, ERP and integration solution areas as needed — ensuring seamless alignment between systems and downstream operational processes.

You will write requirements, design, plan, delivery and lead the solutions and IT projects at global and regional level. You will also need to build strong relationships with stakeholders supporting the technical solutions and advising on their impact across pladis as well as testing and monitoring post implementations.

Principal Accountabilities

• Understanding the complex business issues across a global landscape by engaging global and regional stakeholders and translating them into requirements
• Conducting feasibility studies, defining project/MVP scope, supporting solution RFP/selection and business case development
• Designing and developing potential solutions and technical specifications against the needs of the user across regional and global markets
• Delivering the vision of IT products across multiple regions and markets
• Ensuring a common approach and re-usability is considered when implementing IT solutions
• Aligning with key stakeholders to align requirements and scope, and deliver and implement solutions
• Ensuring governance processes are followed to enable management of project portfolios and ongoing maintenance and continued enhancement of IT solutions

Key Relationships

Internal

(excluding direct team and manager)

• Procurement
• IT – Global and Regional
• Enterprise Architecture
• Project and Portfolio Office
• Infrastructure and Security
• Data & Analytics

External

• Software Vendors
• Service Vendors
• Regulatory and Compliance Partners
• External Consultants

Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience
• Educated to Degree level in Business or Technology field and at least 7-10 years of working experience in the industry
• Proven experience and record of working as a consultant and in defining and managing technology solutions that solve business problems
• Practical and demonstrable experience of projects with procurement technologies and ERP implementations
• Strong understanding of integration patterns, data flows, and architecture frameworks.
• Experience of defining, gaining buy in and delivering global strategic programs, including business case development and budgetary control
• Proficient in communicating strategies, capabilities, solutions, roadmaps and trends both inside IT and with business leaders
• Significant experience within the FMCG/CPG sector
• Implementation of an agile delivery framework
• Great communication and articulation skills and ability to navigate ambiguity and bring structure

Desirable

• Exceptional negotiation and conflict resolution skills, negotiating internal and with third parties.
• Implemented agile ways of working across a global business landscape
• Knowledge of integrations platforms or middleware technologies and infrastructure

pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List. If you are a recruitment agency and wish to submit candidate to be considered for this vacancy, you must have agreed to, and signed, our terms of business.
We will not accept CVs from any other sources other than those currently on our PSL. We will not pay a fee for any candidate that has not been represented by a provider on our PSL.