Applications Manager – Enterprise Applications / Business Systems
Location: Remote / Work from home with travel to sites in England
Salary: Up to £70,000 + bonus, pension, healthcare
Global Scope | + Career-defining Opportunity
About the role
Our client is a UK company with global operations in engineering technology design, development and manufacturing. It’s building a brand-new Enterprise Applications function – and this is your opportunity to shape it from the ground up.
It has disparate HR, Finance, Engineering & Quality applications across the global and a new enterprise applications strategy, led by Group IT, to optimise & standardise and tools and processes across sites.
It needs an experienced Applications Manager to make it happen - someone who loves turning complexity into clarity and making a lasting impact. Through optimising & standardising, ensuring HR, Finance, Engineering & Quality applications are fit for purpose with governance, visibility and cost control, you’ll help to drive value in the business.
You’ll take ownership of a small team of Business Analysts. You’ll bring visibility to what applications exist, drive optimisation and consolidation, and establish governance across the business.
It’s a chance to bring order to complexity, create alignment across global sites, and lay the foundations for a five-year roadmap of enterprise applications.
You’ll need to lead through influence, build relationships across global teams, and help the business adopt new ways of working. It’s an opportunity to define what good looks like, deliver tangible value, and put your own stamp on the future of enterprise applications.
Key responsibilities
* Lead a small team of Business Analysts, working across HR, Finance, Engineering and Quality, embedding methodology and best practice.
* Audit and map the current business application landscape across all sites.
* Drive optimisation, cost reduction, and toolset consolidation, considering what new applications would fit business needs better.
* Establish governance frameworks and application standards across the organisation.
* Partner with senior stakeholders (VPs, Directors, General Managers) to define priorities and align roadmaps.
* Shape and deliver the Enterprise Applications strategy – balancing quick wins with long-term transformation.
* Oversee portfolio management, prioritisation, and management of technical debt.
Why this role is different
* A clean slate: Build a new function your way, from discovery to governance.
* Strategic impact: Drive measurable cost savings and operational improvement.
* High visibility: Collaborate directly with global business leaders.
* Career growth: Expand the team and the role as the function matures.
* Global reach: Work with colleagues across the world
Who we’re looking for
You’re already an experienced Applications Manager, Functional Applications Lead, or Business Systems Manager. You’ll bring:
* Experience in the manufacturing sector, ideally with roots in business analysis
* Successfully delivered application rationalisation, standardisation and optimisation
* Proven people management and leadership of Business Analysts or project teams.
* Strong understanding of business processes across HR, Finance, Engineering and / OR Quality.
* Portfolio management, prioritisation and technical debt reduction.
* Excellent communication skills – clear, articulate and confident across global teams.
* Experience in project management (mix of Waterfall and Agile).
* A practical, delivery-focused mindset – someone who takes ownership and gets things done.
Location/ Working pattern
* Work from home / remote in ENGLAND with visits to UK sites and occasional international travel (typically two short trips per year).
Salary: To £70,000 + bonus + pension + healthcare and more
Interested?
If you’re ready to take ownership of a new enterprise applications function, drive change, and lead from the front, we’d love to hear from you.
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