Global IT Applications Manager

3 weeks ago


Jarrow, United Kingdom Essentra PLC Full time
Job Description

**Job Title:** Global IT Applications Manager

**Job Summary:** We are seeking an experienced Global IT Applications Manager to lead our Applications Delivery team. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the delivery, management, and support of key business applications that support the commercial and operational performance of Essentra PLC.

Key Responsibilities:
  • **Accountable for provision and management of business applications:** Ensure the delivery of high-quality business applications that meet the needs of our internal customers.
  • **Responsible for ensuring uptime and availability of applications:** Ensure that all Essentra critical applications, systems, and processes are reviewed and fully supported.
  • **Understanding the business strategy and translating that into an applications strategy:** Develop an applications strategy that supports the running and growth of Essentra Components.
  • **Provide technical and functional expertise in resolving business operations issues:** Provide technical and functional expertise in resolving business operations issues related to IT systems/applications.
  • **Manging an outsourcing model for 3rd party support:** Manage an outsourcing model for 3rd party support where appropriate.
  • **Deliver enhancements and developments to base applications:** Deliver enhancements and developments to base applications to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
  • **Plan and execute UAT, provide consultation to users, document issues and resolutions:** Plan and execute UAT, provide consultation to users, document issues and resolutions, lead cross-functional linked teams to address business or systems issues.
  • **Ensure adequate environments are available across business-critical systems:** Ensure adequate environments are available across business-critical systems (including Disaster Recovery).
  • **Collaborate with other IT teams and cross-functional teams in resolving reported issues:** Collaborate with other IT teams and cross-functional teams in resolving reported issues.
  • **Management of third-party application service partners:** Manage third-party application service partners.
  • **Delivery IT Application Projects:** Deliver IT Application Projects.
  • **Championing IT governance adoption and compliance with policies and standards:** Champion IT governance adoption and compliance with policies and standards to maintain consistency and reduced risk across IT applications service and solution delivery.
  • **Describing the structure, characteristics, behaviour, and other aspects of software implementation and integrations:** Describe the structure, characteristics, behaviour, and other aspects of software implementation and integrations to stakeholders and how they meet the requirements of the business.
  • **Providing specifications according to which the solution is defined, managed, and delivered:** Provide specifications according to which the solution is defined, managed, and delivered.
  • **User Account certification (within Applications) across all Applications in scope for support and specifically, all Key Financial Applications:** Responsible for responding to Audit requests/requirements (internal/external) across the Applications estate.
Requirements:
  • **Solid understanding of the information technology industry and how technology can drive productivity and performance improvement:** Experience of managing an outsourcing model.
  • **Experience of working with senior teams from all functions and departments:** Track record of working with senior teams from all functions and departments.
  • **Comfortable working with autonomy and in an environment with constant interruptions:** Comfortable working with autonomy and in an environment with constant interruptions, with guidance in only the most complex situations.
  • **Experience of supporting IT services in line with ITIL frameworks and toolsets:** Experience of supporting IT services in line with ITIL frameworks and toolsets.
  • **Able to identify, prioritise, and solve complex application issues with strong analytical and problem-solving skills:** Able to identify, prioritise, and solve complex application issues with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • **Solid experience in application support and related field:** Solid experience in application support and related field.
  • **Experience with supporting/enhancing various ERP/CRM - Systems D365, CE, SAP, BPCS:** Experience with supporting/enhancing various ERP/CRM - Systems D365, CE, SAP, BPCS.
  • **Experience implementing middleware solutions using Microsoft Azure Integration Services:** Experience implementing middleware solutions using Microsoft Azure Integration Services.
  • **Experience with implementations that involves large data transfers:** Experience with implementations that involves large data transfers.
  • **Experience delivering e-commerce solutions using Cloud technologies and on-prem solutions:** Experience delivering e-commerce solutions using Cloud technologies and on-prem solutions.
  • **Experience in Cloud platforms (particularly Microsoft Azure) & Automation is desirable:** Experience in Cloud platforms (particularly Microsoft Azure) & Automation is desirable.
  • **Operated within an international corporate information technology function:** Operated within an international corporate information technology function.
  • **Experience in multiple end to end IT project delivery lifecycles as an end customer, consultant and supplier:** Experience in multiple end to end IT project delivery lifecycles as an end customer, consultant and supplier.
  • **Experience managing change to legacy architectures:** Experience managing change to legacy architectures.
  • **Experience of managing globally dispersed teams and individuals:** Experience of managing globally dispersed teams and individuals.
  • **Understand multi-cultural and diverse working environments - across continents, religions, local working practices, beliefs:** Understand multi-cultural and diverse working environments - across continents, religions, local working practices, beliefs.


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