Information Technology Business Partner

Warburtons; Bolton; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + buy-

Pension scheme with contributions

Private medical insurance

Employee discounts

Wellbeing support services

Job summary

Warburtons is seeking a senior IT leader to drive a team of Business Systems Managers and Developers, aligning IT solutions with business strategy. You will oversee roadmaps, manage budgets, and build strong partnerships with business leaders to deliver high-value applications.

You will champion cross-functional collaboration, coach a talented IT team, and lead change initiatives while ensuring timely, cost-efficient delivery and optimal supplier relationships.

Qualifications

• Experience leading IT applications teams to deliver business solutions.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into IT plans and roadmaps.
• Strong stakeholder management and budget accountability.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead IT Business Systems Managers and Developers to deliver aligned applications.
• Drive development and delivery of IT roadmaps across functions.
• Manage budget area and ensure cost efficiency and value for money.
• Develop suppliers and oversee relationships to support delivery.
• Provide user support and training for business functions.

Skills

Leadership

IT Strategy

Stakeholder Management

Budget Management

Supplier Relationship Mgmt

IT Architecture

Change Management

Team Coaching

Communication

Job description

To lead a team of IT Business Systems Managers and/or Developers, ensuring the effective delivery of IT application solutions to the business; that are developed in complete alignment with business needs to support the organisation in delivery of the business strategy.

Key Accountabilities and Measures

• Establish effective partnering relationships with the Business Management Board, Business Leaders and Senior Managers across relevant business areas to drive the development and delivery of IT applications to enable business strategy.
• To lead, motivate, coach and develop the Business Systems Managers, Developers and wider IT Team to ensure they have the right level of capability and are fully engaged to achieve the strategy, goals and targets set. Identify development opportunities for self and their team.
• Oversee and drive the development and implementation of IT solution roadmaps across the relevant business functions. Ensuring their teams expertise adds value to the process, raises the bar and leads to solution delivery. Act as the main point of liaison between the relevant business functions
• To manage own budget area to ensure cost efficiency and value for money when securing services.
• To maintain own and teams continuous development, knowledge of applications and best practice IT approach to ensure the Business Management Board, Business Leaders and Managers have a reliable and professional IT consultancy service to meet their needs.
• To lead the implementation of specific IT/Business change initiatives as required.
• Establish and manage strategic supplier relationships. Ensuring that services provided are to the required standard to support the business.
• To provide user support and training for their business functions. Ensuring that support process are adhered to and critical business processes are conducted.
• Is passionate about working collaboratively with the business to deliver excellent solutions.
• Experience in a Business Partnering role, ideally gained in a fast paced, multi-site organisation.
• Experience in supplier relationship management, using these relationships to keep up to date with changing technologies.
• A broad knowledge of business processes, with a drive to understand other areas and teams
• Strong abilities to seek and identify business needs, delve into the processes and establish complete requirements.
• Strong skills in building and maintaining effective, mutually beneficial, relationships, working in collaboration to create positive results.
• Explore new and existing technologies, both internally and externally to produce potential and innovative solutions to business opportunities
• Understand both business and functional strategies, rising to the challenge to help deliver progress against them.
• Excellent decision making skills, absorbing information quickly and acting with appropriate pace and commitment.
• Providing appropriate challenge to situations in a positive and decisive manner, prompting people to think differently.
• Broad knowledge of IT architecture and applications.
• Experience in the implementation of new IT solutions ensuring that they meet business needs and are delivered on time and to budget.
• Successful experience of leading and managing engaged teams towards high performance.
• Has the ability to energise others to ensure execution with passion.
• Prioritising and delegating - Ability to plan, identify and mitigate risk, organise and monitor a diverse workload with drive and persistence.
• Excellent communication skills: articulate; influential; persuasive; and politically savvy

Extra Dough

At last and by no means least you will want to know what your breads worth:

• A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
• Family time is important to us and we know it will be to you, so you will have 5 weeks holiday and bank hols. Plus the opportunity to purchase up to an extra weeks annual leave
• Award winning pension scheme with company contributions up to7%
• Private medical insurance, health screening and life assurance
• Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
• Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service