IT Business Partner

Warburtons; Bolton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Slice of annual profits (discretionary

5 weeks holiday + bank holidays

Pension scheme with company contrib. 7

Private medical insurance

Health screening and life assurance

Job summary

Warburtons, the UK's No. 1 Bakery Brand, is seeking an IT Business Systems Leader to drive delivery of business-critical applications across multiple sites. You will shape IT strategy, lead a team of IT Managers and Developers, and partner with senior leaders to align technology with business goals.

You will manage roadmaps, ensure value for money, and foster continuous development within the IT function. The role offers a challenging, fast-paced environment across Bolton and surrounding sites.

Qualifications

• Experience leading IT applications teams across multiple sites.
• Proven track record delivering IT solutions aligned to business strategy.
• Strong stakeholder management and change management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of IT Business Systems Managers and Developers to deliver aligned IT applications.
• Coach and develop the IT team to ensure capability and engagement.
• Oversee IT roadmaps and ensure value for money in services and projects.
• Manage budget areas and drive cost efficiency across IT implementations.
• Provide user support and training for business functions and ensure processes are followed.

Skills

Leadership

Budget management

IT strategy

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Supplier management

IT architecture

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Computer Science

Tools

Job description

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As ‘the UK’s No. 1 Bakery Brand’ we have been baking bread since 1876. Today, we are proudly a fifth-generation family, with the introduction of the sixth generation, supplying over 18,000 retail customers from 11 bakeries and 16 depots, producing a range of over 70 products including gluten and wheat free. Family and values are what makes us different, and we are a proud bunch, join us and you too could be proud to be Warburtons.

The Recipe

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

We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do.