Purpose of the role
Reporting to the Head of IT, this role assists with the development and maintenance of the IT applications for Phoebe Philo Ltd, ensuring that the applications are user-friendly, effective, cost-efficient, secure, and compliant.
Responsibilities
* Collaborate with all departments across the organisation to understand their requirements and work with them to select and implement technology to support their needs, including:
* Front end ecommerce stack: work with the digital team to ensure that the front end ecommerce stack is optimized, resilient, secure, and compliant.
* Airtable: work with the product development and the rest of the business teams to understand their needs and further enhance the Airtable solution that supports the unique design and development process of the company.
* Finance: work with the finance team to ensure that the systems for accounting, reporting, accounts payable, online payments, VAT, and payroll are optimized, resilient, secure, and compliant.
* Logistics: work with the logistics team to ensure that the right systems are working well and improved for carrier management, shipping labels, returns handling, etc.
* Sustainability: work with the sustainability, development, and production teams to optimize systems for collecting and tracking sustainability data.
* Integrations: ensure that the system integrations, including middleware, are optimized, resilient, secure, and compliant.
* Develop and manage relationships with partners and contractors to ensure technology requirements are delivered and supported.
* Ensure that guidance and training are provided to teams across the organisation to optimize system usage.
* Ensure operational reliability, stability, security, and compliance of technology services and applications using industry standards and best practices.
* Ensure all technology processes comply with relevant laws and regulations, e.g., GDPR.
* Drive collaboration across teams to ensure smooth rollout of technology.
Qualifications, Skills, Experience Required
* Degree in Computer Science, or demonstrable experience.
* 3-5 years’ experience in technology roles within fashion, with experience in e-commerce, product development, and support functions in fashion (ideally luxury fashion).
* Experience in a start-up/scale-up environment with capability to update and improve technology stacks during different growth stages.
* Knowledge of current and emerging computer architecture and technologies, application development techniques, and suppliers/partners.
* Experience with relevant systems such as Shopify, Hubspot, Powerfront, Avalara, Global-E, JOOR, Brightpearl, Airtable, Microsoft Business Central, Concur, SDI, and no/low code platforms like MAKE.
* Ability to lead development and delivery of business technology projects to meet objectives.
* Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
* Comfortable with tight deadlines and fast-paced environments.
* Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technology to non-technical stakeholders.
* Ability to collaborate with and influence different stakeholders.
* High standards combined with resourcefulness and a can-do attitude.
* Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills to build trust and credibility.
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