Digital Transformation Lead

**Digital Transformation Lead**

**Salary: Circa £38,000 per annum plus excellent companywide benefits**

**Nestlé Waters UK Ltd**

**Buxton, Derbyshire**

This is a full-time permanent opportunity, but we are always open to discuss individual’s flexible working needs so please speak to us during the recruitment process to understand what this could look like for you.

**Position Summary**

We are looking for a Digital Transformation Lead to join our Nestlé Waters business; based at our Buxton site. Be responsible for shaping the next phase of our journey towards the Connected Operations strategy. Building on our foundations and backed by a supportive team, you will be responsible for accelerating our constantly evolving digital technologies.

Nestlé Waters is the world leader in the bottled water market, we are committed to bottling the very best waters from the source and straight to our customers via the most advanced, and sustainable techniques currently employed.

We have a genuine passion for healthy hydration, a fabulous portfolio of brands, a clear strategy and a determination to win in the marketplace of both consumers and customers. During 2012, we’ve developed a state-of-the-art production facility in Buxton and we have centred there our ensuring supply operations.

Manufacturing in Nestlé is all about ensuring the consumer receives a perfect quality product, at the right time and place whilst driving losses from our business in order to maximise efficiency & productivity.

**A day in the life of a Digital Transformation Lead**

As Digital Transformation Lead you will be accountable for driving the delivery of innovative business solutions to create maximum competitive advantage. You will work with a broad range of stakeholders on all levels, to set clear direction on the Digital Journey for operations and explore new digital opportunities.

**Key responsibilities of this role will include**:

- Own the Digital transformation plan for whole site - capturing and supporting all digital initiatives across all functions, connecting within the market T&P corporate teams or globally driven with Nestle.
- Lead digital capability to create a mindset of innovation and digital transformation ensuring understanding, adoption and embracing of the change across site
- Understand todays’ challenges & the future needs of our Digital platforms and ensure proposed technology solutions sufficiently address the identified gaps
- Collaborate with all functions to ensure Data & Analytics to look for areas of Digital Exploitation
- Participate and partner in Regional and Global forums for digitalization and promote knowledge transfer while ensuring Buxton is aligned with global/market digital strategies
- Develop and own a Digital Governance model to ensure standardised technologies & processes are adopted
- Establish KPI’s for tracking progress and maturity of digital transformation
- Lead key digital projects ensuring clear cost/benefit analysis, risks are mitigated, issues managed and clear reporting to good project management standards.
- Develop digital systems and tools to provide solutions for identified gaps within the functions

**What will make you successful?**
- Proven experience of successfully deploying a variety of business analysis tools/techniques to enable business change
- Proven experience of working with complex integrated systems, using creative and strategic thinking to deliver exceptional results
- Strong engagement, communication and stakeholder management skills, including excellent presentation and influencing skills
- Experience of virtual collaboration to lead, shape and develop innovative solutions
- Analytical, detail oriented, highly organised
- Project Management (Practical usage of Agile Methodology) and Change Management.
- Knowledge of manufacturing environment

**What you need to know**

What can we offer in return? Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestlé - in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus statutory holidays, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.

The closing date for this role is
**Wednesday 5th April 2023.**

**Right to work in the UK