IT Solutions Lead (Procurement)
PRINCES
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Princes Liverpool is recruiting for an IT Solutions Lead (Procurement) to oversee Source-to-Pay design, delivery and lifecycle integrity from the Royal Liver Building. The role collaborates with cross-functional stakeholders to align with enterprise standards and strategy.
The position requires strong SAP/S2P expertise, business analysis, change management and an ability to lead a small team across IT and procurement. Hybrid work arrangement in Liverpool is offered.
Qualifications
- Degree level qualification in IT or related subject.
- Strong understanding of SAP systems.
- Strong understanding of Source to Pay processes and systems.
- Understanding of Analytics solutions.
- Understanding of Data Warehouse Concepts and solutions in SAP.
- Strong understanding of change management principals and application
- Understanding of systems architectures that form the backbone of Source to Pay systems.
- Business to Business communications architecture
- Detailed understanding of software testing techniques and methods.
- Understanding of methods and approaches to train and coach end users on business systems.
- Strong user of Microsoft Office applications.
Responsibilities
- Provide internal technical expertise to design and develop solutions that address business requirements and deliver on the wider strategy.
- Support the business with the delivery of the source to pay programme.
- Collect and analyse business requirements to feed into design processes.
- Feed into the ongoing strategy development as new and alternative technology solutions become available. Assist with the definition of future processes.
- Provide a bridge between IT and the business.
- Customise and develop solutions where required - manage developments as part of small change or wider business and IT projects.
- Transition source to pay solutions to business as usual and provide ongoing support.
- Propose, develop and execute plans for upgrading and maintenance of software, liaising with 3rd party suppliers to ensure delivery.
- Manage and develop the source to pay team members, ensuring the stability of the workforce alongside the long-term needs of the functional department.
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Vacancy Name
Vacancy Name IT Solutions Lead (Procurement)
Employment Type
Employment Type Permanent
Country
Country United Kingdom
Location
Location Liverpool
Business Area
Business Area Operations
Workplace Type
Workplace Type Hybrid
The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.
Princes Liverpool is recruiting for a Source 2 Pay IT Solutions Lead to join our Head Office in the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool. This is a rare opportunity to join one of the UK's leading FMCG businesses.
Department/Location: IT/RLB
Reports to: Delivery Manager - Commercial & Services
- Competitive Salary
- 25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
- A day off for your Birthday
- Flexible Holiday Option - buy 5 days holiday
- 14.5% Pension (5% Employee, 9.5% Employer) Opt-In
- Life Insurance Policy
- Private Medical Insurance
- Critical Illness Cover
The purpose of this role is to deliver the overarching design, description, delivery and integrity of Source-to-Pay systems solutions required to meet the objectives of the Princes Strategy.
Working with cross functional stakeholders the role will define and document best practice solutions, taking account of all Stakeholder requirements and business objectives whilst ensuring solutions are aligned with existing Enterprise, Technical and software environments and standards.
- Design, implementation, and maintenance of all source to pay systems.
- Manage and develop direct reports
- Providing third line support for source to pay systems.
- The role requires occasional travel and periods away from home.
- The role may be required to perform duties outside of normal working hours
- Provide internal technical expertise to design and develop solutions that address business requirements and deliver on the wider strategy
- Support the business with the delivery of the source to pay programme
- Collect and analyse business requirements to feed into design processes
- Feed into the ongoing strategy development as new and alternative technology solutions become available. Assist with the definition of future processes
- Provide a bridge between IT and the business
- Customise and develop solutions where required - manage developments as part of small change or wider business and IT projects
- Transition source to pay solutions to business as usual and provide ongoing support
- Propose, develop and execute plans for upgrading and maintenance of software, liaising with 3rd party suppliers to ensure delivery
- Manage and develop the source to pay team members, ensuring the stability of the workforce alongside the long-term needs of the functional department
- Degree level qualification in an IT or related subject
- Strong understanding of SAP systems.
- Strong understanding of Source to Pay processes and systems.
- Understanding of Analytics solutions.
- Understanding of Data Warehouse Concepts and solutions in SAP.
- Strong understanding of change management principals and application
- Understanding of systems architectures that form the backbone of Source to Pay systems.
- Business to Business communications architecture
- Detailed understanding of software testing techniques and methods.
- Understanding of methods and approaches to train and coach end users on business systems.
- Strong user of Microsoft Office applications
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