Head of IT Data Solutions

Found in: Talent UK C2 - 1 week ago

London, United Kingdom DS Smith Full time
Head of IT Data Solutions

About the role

Here at DS Smith, we are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Head of IT Data Solutions to join within our Packaging Division.

DS Smith is a leading provider of sustainable packaging solutions, paper products and recycling services worldwide. Today, we operate in over 30 countries, employing over 29,000 people and our ambition is to continue growing strongly as we have done over the last decade and be the global leader in sustainable packaging solutions. Our packaging division is the largest division by size within DS Smith with a turnover of c £6bn. Data is a critical foundational enabler of our strategic agenda, both in terms of providing trusted, accessible information to run our business but also to enable a number of strategic transformation programmes across Customer Experience, Supply Chain Optimisation, Product Design Digitalisation, and Manufacturing Operations, as well as leverage emerging AI capabilities to augment existing capabilities and enable future data-enabled products and services for our customers.

The Head of IT Data Solutions will play a leading role in defining the integrated data & analytics strategy and roadmap for the Packaging division. It will leverage our enterprise “Data Factory” capability in AWS and Power BI as well as manage a variety of existing data solutions (Azure, Netezza, Cognos, etc) and their transition to the data factory to empower democratisation of information across our business and our customers.

The role will also have E2E accountability for design, delivery and support of existing and new Packaging divisional data & analytics products (including sales forecasting) and be the custodian of Packaging data architecture and data product intellectual property as well as managing relevant external partners.

Key accountabilities would include:

Lead the Packaging Divisional IT Data Solutions team.

End-to-end accountability for the portfolio of divisional IT master data, data integration & data analytics solutions for Packaging.

Develop and maintain the strategic integrated technology roadmap for Packaging divisional data & analytics solutions across Packaging.

Lead the development of Packaging divisional data product solution designs.

Custodian of Packaging divisional data architecture & data product intellectual property.

Manage relationships with relevant external partners as well as internal teams.

Manage the IT delivery and support of Packaging divisional data products.

Work with business stakeholders, IT Business Partners, Procurement, Finance & Legal teams to ensure external technology vendors & partner relationships are successful and Statements of Work & SLAs are aligned with DS Smith business requirements & standards.

Manage IT budgets & multi-year strategic plans for Packaging divisional data & analytics solutions.

Support business case development & stage gate success criteria for new IT data analytics products.

Support the Head of Packaging IT Divisional Capabilities to develop and manage the overall integrated strategic technology roadmap for Packaging at the divisional level.

Develop & maintain external networks, keep up-to-date with relevant technology trends & DS Smith technology strategy and act as a trusted advisor to key business stakeholders.

About you 

Expertise in data modelling within Dimensional Modelling, using ERwin and/or other industry leading data modelling tools.

Hands-on experience in leading the design, build and implementation of E2E data solutions in large, multi-national organisations, taking advantage of modern technologies, architectures and methods to process large volumes of data from disparate sources, including manufacturing/ IoT.

AWS Certified Data Analytics or equivalent

Strong experience developing data solutions using AWS Data services and Power BI including S3, Glue, Data Pipeline, EMR, RedShift, Athena, RDS, Kinesis, Lambda and other related services.

Knowledge of Azure Data Services, Netezza, and Cognos an advantage.

Demonstrable knowledge & experience of developing an Information Architecture framework to support the governance of data usage, definitions, controls and exploitation, and have actively participated in the architecture reviews.

Experience with 3rd party vendor and partner management.

Experience of agile and waterfall methodologies and dealing with ambiguity.

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, information systems, statistics, or equivalent work experience.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Company bonus

Pension scheme 

Private Medical Insurance

Company Car / Allowance

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Electric Car Scheme / Annual Cycle to Work Scheme

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