Delivery Lead - (EMEA)

City IT; North East; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading electrical wholesaler seeks a Delivery Lead for delivering high-impact IT initiatives across EMEA. This pivotal role involves managing IT delivery excellence, engaging stakeholders, and fostering methodologies. The position offers flexibility and engagement with key initiatives that transform the business landscape.

Benefits

Annual IT Bonus scheme

Pension scheme (3% ee’e / 3% e’er)

Champion Health wellbeing platform

Employee Discount Platform

Free access to private gym at IT Headquarters

Qualifications

• Proficient in Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Experience managing multiple priorities and influencing stakeholders.
• Strong background in infrastructure, platform, or SaaS projects beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of infrastructure and platform initiatives with structured plans.
• Engage with EMEA stakeholders for governance and alignment.
• Champion delivery methodologies and foster improvements in practice.

Skills

Agile

Waterfall

Stakeholder Management

Collaboration

Continuous Improvement

Tools

JIRA

Job description

About CEF:

CEF is a global electrical wholesaler, providing electrical products to people in the industry known for its extensive range of products and commitment to customer service. Founded in 1951 in the United Kingdom, it has since expanded to over 1,000 locations across multiple countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe.

We in IT are delivering value to our business and our customers with the innovative solutions that enable our business to better serve our customers today and in the future. We recognise that technology and data are at the forefront of this.

Our Global IT team deliver a portfolio of transformative work, expand our digital options, upgrade and future-proof our systems to place us at the forefront of the marketplace.

To do this, we need talented and creative people across all areas to join us in delivering our evolution to enable our forward-thinking business over the next few years and beyond, and this is where you come in...

Life as a Delivery Lead at City Electrical Factors (CEF):

As a Delivery Lead (EMEA) at CEF, you’ll be at the heart of transforming how our regional IT teams deliver value. This is a newly created role designed to flex across teams, projects, and priorities—giving you the opportunity to make a real impact where it’s needed most.

You’ll focus on ensuring delivery excellence across key EMEA initiatives, such as platform rollouts, process improvements, infrastructure upgrades, and global tool implementations all while, working collaboratively with the Global Delivery Practice, aligning with best-fit methodologies and helping the business navigate and execute complex initiatives. You'll build structured plans, drive progress using tools like JIRA, and keep delivery aligned to business objectives.

Expect variety, complexity, and the opportunity to help shape how we deliver at scale.

Your Objectives:

• Delivery Leadership: You’ll lead the delivery of high-impact infrastructure and platform initiatives by building structured delivery plans, owning progress, and ensuring blockers and risks are actively managed.
• Stakeholder Engagement: You’ll work closely with EMEA and global stakeholders to align priorities, provide transparent updates, and keep everyone informed through regular governance forums.
• Ways of Working & Practice Growth: You’ll champion the consistent use of fit-for-purpose delivery methodologies, foster continuous improvement, and contribute to strengthening our global delivery community and ways of working.

Key Skills and Experience:

• Methodologies: You have a strong understanding of Agile, Waterfall, and blended approaches, and can flex your delivery style to suit the needs of each project and team.
• Pulse of Delivery: You stay close to the progress of delivery, tracking progress through JIRA, and have the ability to confidently take over in-flight initiatives and provide structure, momentum, and clarity in complex environments.
• Stakeholder Management: You are confident managing multiple, often competing priorities, and can influence senior stakeholders while maintaining focus and alignment across domains.
• Collaboration: You build trusted, effective relationships across regional and global teams, working smoothly with cross-functional colleagues to deliver shared outcomes.
• Ways of Working: You actively contribute to improving how we deliver, helping shape our delivery community and ways of working in a growing, evolving practice.

Beneficial Skills and Experience:

• Industry Background: Experience with infrastructure, platform, or SaaS projects will support your understanding of our delivery landscape and priorities.

Location:

• This role is remote based in the UK, with an expectation to attend the Durham office around once a month, or as need based on project demands.

Interview Process:

• Screening Call with Talent Acquisition
• 1st Stage Interview with members of the EMEA IT Leadership Team
• 2nd Stage Interview with Delivery Practice Lead and members of the EMEA IT Leadership Team

Package

• Competitive basic salary
• Annual IT Bonus scheme
• Our teams predominantly work remotely but we have an award-winning IT Headquarters based in Durham where you will always receive a warm welcome!
• Pension: 3% ee’e / 3% e’er (Total 6%)
• Champion Health – a comprehensive physical, mental & financial wellbeing platform, offering bespoke content on all aspects of wellbeing & life including recipes, workouts, blogs and loads of other content for you.
• MySavings - Employee Discount Platform
• Free use of the state-of-the-art private gym at our IT Headquarters