Core X Lead

**Overview**

It’s a great time to join Screwfix. Thanks to the hard work of our team and record-breaking sales, we’re proud to be one of the fastest-growing retailers in the UK. And we want to pass that growth onto you.

Whether you’re in procurement, digital, marketing or finance, there’s a role for you here. We’ll support you. And we’ll champion you. Because great things happen when you feel supported to be yourself. We’re innovative. Bold. Adaptable and ambitious. And you will be too.

The Core X Lead defines and drives delivery of the CoreX programme vision and roadmap, collaborating with Screwfix stakeholders, Kingfisher, and trusted vendors in agreeing priorities and the plan. You will lead a team of Product Owners and Delivery teams assigned to each value stream focused on re-platforming to and continuous improvement of a modern flexible ERP platform, associated supporting systems and business processes. You will have overall responsibility for ensuring CoreX provides a scalable, flexible and robust solution, effectively satisfying the key technical and long term plan business priorities for our finance, supply chain, procurement, and commercial capabilities.

We believe that a hybrid, flexible working approach offers you - and your colleagues - the best of both worlds. Face-to-face collaboration is an integral part of our warm, friendly culture, so you’ll work from our head office three days a week, working flexibly around our core working hours of 10am-3pm. Beyond that, how, when and where you work is up to you.

**Key responsibilities**
- Accountable for the CoreX scope based on business and IT requirements leading a team of Product Owners and Delivery teams.
- Leading, inspiring, empowering and supporting these teams
- An evangelist, articulating the purpose and status of CoreX to stakeholders at all seniority levels
- Engages stakeholders to understand business priorities
- Leads the redesign of end to end business processes to drive efficiency and increased automation
- Owns the Initiative level backlog for CoreX as part of aggregate Screwfix Portfolio process.
- Works collaboratively with external 3rd parties and other Kingfisher/Screwfix teams to plan, determine, prioritise implementation of solutions.
- Ensures the scope for each mínimal viable proposition (MVP) aligns to business needs, delivers incremental value and a good ROI.
- Communicates key programme metrics and progress with executive stakeholders including Screwfix board.
- Continually monitors the programme health with the Lead Scrum Master and looks for opportunities to drive improvement, reduce risk, improve quality or ROI.
- Collaborates with the architecture community on the decision runway.
- Works with stakeholders to plan programme releases, ensuring key stakeholders are engaged and delivery is planned and in alignment with other business priorities.
- Works closely in the 3-in-a-box model to align product and the technical vision.
- Works closely with the Programme Lead to agree team organisation, inputs into the funding approval process, specifically owning the benefits case.
- Strives to reduce complexity and risk through balanced technical trade-offs or vendor selections made with the programme technical community
- Monitors and shares value stream benefits achievement with development team and key stakeholders.

**Required skills & experience**
- Comfortable presenting complex programmes to C-level executives in business terminology
- Track record of delivering & innovating market leading ERP platforms at scale
- Confident in technology transformation including vendor selection, management and procurement
- Strong team player who uses initiative and diplomacy when liaising with internal and external stakeholders in a matrix management model.
- Knowledge of agile working practices
- Strong influencing and facilitation skills
- Strong networking and team working ability across all work levels.
- Able to define, budget and deliver multi-million pound projects using agile methodologies

**What’s in it for me?**

You do your best when you feel your best, so we’ve chosen benefits that truly matter and support your wellbeing.

**Subsidised canteen**: We offer a great selection of hot and cold food at our subsidised canteen, as well as a warm, inviting place for you to eat. So whether you prefer a packed lunch or an easy life, we cater to all.

**Free parking**: No one wants to spend their mornings circling around the car park. So whether you have a work vehicle or not, there’ll always be a free spot for you and your car.

**Parental leave policy**: We offer Enhanced Family Leave for our UK and ROI based colleagues. Our policies and resources are inclusive for all parents and include enhanced pay terms and generous leave policies. We’ve put everything we think you should know on our dedicated intranet page, ready for when you need it. Find out more on our website.

Other benefits:

- Award-Winning Pen