1. Offers opportunities for personal and professional growth.
2. Apply and utilise your leadership knowledge and skills in technology.
About Our Client
A leading construction and building materials company in the UK.
Job Description
3. Strategic Leadership:
4. Execute a comprehensive IT strategy aligned with the organisation's overall objectives and translating it into actionable goals
5. Lead digital transformation initiatives and projects to enhance operational efficiency, innovation and help drive growth and profitability
6. Collaborate with senior business leadership to set priorities and identify technological opportunities and challenges and propose ways to resolve them.
7. Technology Oversight:
8. Design, implement and manage the full lifecycle of IT systems including infrastructure, applications, networks, and cybersecurity to ensure the most suitable and affordable solutions are proposed and implemented
9. Evaluate and implement new technologies to improve business processes and drive growth
10. Ensure high availability, performance, and security of enterprise IT systems.
11. Governance & Compliance:
12. Establish IT policies, standards, and procedures in line with best practices and regulatory requirements.
13. Lead efforts to ensure compliance with data protection laws (e.g., GDPR).
14. Oversee risk management, disaster recovery planning and assist in business continuity planning
15. Responsibility for day to day management of health, safety and environment as pertaining to the IS department, adhering to Group standards
16. Team Leadership & Development:
17. Lead and mentor a team of multidisciplined IT professionals, motivating them and fostering a positive and productive work environment
18. Develop, maintain and manage IT budgets, vendor relationships, and contract negotiations.
19. Work with business leaders and key stakeholders to understand their needs and develop priorities for new initiatives and manage a programme of projects to deliver them.
The Successful Applicant
Qualifications & Experience:Essential
20. Bachelor's or master's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Business Information Systems, or a related field.
21. Progressive experience in IT leadership roles, including at least 5 years at a senior/executive level with overall budgetary responsibility, including managing external providers.
22. Proven experience in enterprise IT management, systems integration, cybersecurity, and digital transformation.
23. Strong knowledge of IT governance frameworks (e.g., ITIL) and compliance standards.
24. Experience managing IT operations across multiple sites or business units is highly desirable.
Desirable
25. Knowledge of the heavy building materials, logistics and construction industry
26. Experience of the IFS ERP system.
Key Skills:
27. Strategic thinking and business acumen
28. Strong leadership and people management
29. Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement
30. Project management and vendor negotiation
31. Extensive change management experience
32. Expertise in enterprise systems (e.g., ERP, CRM, cloud platforms), networks and mobile technologies
33. Problem solving and creativity in designing workable solutions for the business, with the IS team and other stakeholders
What's on Offer
34. Up to 11% employer pension contribution
35. 10% Bonus Scheme
36. 25 days AL + BH