Global IT Manager Product, Quality, NPI

Manage the provision of IT transformation services and support to the Operations functions to support the New Category transformation agenda. Partner directly with Quality and NPI leadership team members to manage transformation and improvement demand across Product-related PLM the digitalisation of Quality moving to sensing and proactive, and the implementation of cloud-based project management solutions supporting our New Product Introduction.

Client Details

Our client is an international company from FMCG/Production sector. For their Developing IT HUB we are looking to hire experienced candidate for the position of Global IT Manager.

Description

• Fully understand Operations IT strategy, expected outcome, deliverables and value that needs to be generated from Technology;
• Work with the leadership teams of Product & Quality, and NPI respective to shape the long-term IT roadmap and strategy for how technology will support business improvement and transformation
• Manage the delivery of business value from technology transformations across Product, Quality and NPI, ensuring on-time delivery, to budget and to expectation
• Ensure effective integration across digital initiatives in the Product, Quality and NPI space to manage ROI and delivery of a cohesive digital transformation
• Intakes, evaluates and prioritises the demand and new requests from business teams, working with requisite solution, architecture and integration experts across the Group to recommend actions
• Actively participates in the leadership teams of Product & Quality and NPI to represent IT, report on transformation progress and ensure continued stakeholder support
• Ensures that IT solution requirements in their area of responsibility are defined, delivered and monitored through projects under the role's remit, ensuring full compliance to IT risk, controls and quality frameworks
• Works with the IT Portfolio team and Delivery Managers to ensure all projects under the role's remit have on-budget delivery of IT delivery efforts through close tracking of budget and forecast spend, pro-actively recommending opportunities to maximise the ROI of project budgets
• Actively monitors and adjusts activities, resources and plans to support successful project execution
• Pro-actively manages and mitigates programme and project risks, ensuring prompt escalation and resolution
• Actively manages the operational activity of external vendors and delivery partners
• Participates in programme and project governance
• Ensures the successful management of the service transition process from project to business-as-usual

Profile

• Degree Educated, with 9-12 years post graduate work experience working with complex IT projects delivering value in the areas of Product Development in an FMCG context
• Demonstrable experience of management of complex, large-scale multi-million pound IT projects delivering on-time, on-budget and with the desired or better business outcomes
• Robust teamwork demonstrated both within and outside the IT function - Ability to generate trust, build alliances, and orchestrate interdisciplinary matrix teams, with internal and external participants
• Excellent executive communication skills to support effective engagement (adapting structure, tone and detail for different audiences)
• Demonstrated ability to influence and shape strategic decisions: role will require development of longer-term strategies foe digital transformation which will require alignment with business executive teams
• Ability to orchestrate and manage a complex landscape of delivery partners: experience of working in a large global organisation using in-sourced and out-sourced IT service providers to deliver cloud-based SaaS solutions is mandatory
• Experience and awareness of the typical requirements for successful solution integration, data management and systems implementation (i.e. SIT, UAT, cutover and support)
• Experience in some or all of our areas of transformation in a consumer-facing product context (i.e. FMCG, electronics, pharms): Product Lifecycle management, Quality management and assurance, New Product Introduction
• Ability to work independently and be self-motivated to plan own work to meet overall goals and objectives
• Strong commercial and financial management skills (in order to understand and consider financial implications of project changes and manage the budgets and cost accordingly)

Job Offer

• Attractive salary
• Car allowance
• Possibility to work 100% remote for now