NWE IS Team Lead

Role: NWE IS Team Lead

Location: Hybrid Working 2 days per week - Manchester, Birmingham or London office

Package: Competitive salary +  excellent benefits package

Role Purpose:

We are looking for a driven person to lead our Regional NWE (Benelux, Nordics, UK) Information Systems Team as part of our wider South & West Europe operating group. You will be responsible for engaging with our Group Head Office IT/IS Teams, Local Country Management & Business end user to provide day to day application support, maintain application compliance and implement IS projects / initiatives into our business.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Management of IS Team (6 direct report).
• Drive the development & knowledge sharing within the IS Team and wider Service Desk / IT Team members.
• Application support for Group, Regional & Local applications for our end user community.
• Maintain IS Support SLA targets and communicate IS KPI dashboard reporting.
• Responsible for the IS Management System Process & Procedures to ensure compliance.
• Ensure IS Application Compliance by maintaining documentation, user access reviews, vulnerability resolution and following our Security by Design Process.
• Provide regular status reports (written & verbal) to IT/IS Management and Business Stakeholders.
• Management & delivery of the IS Project Roadmap (Group Strategic / local IS Projects) in agreement with management, business priorities. (to timescale, to budget, to functional scope).
• Proactively work with our business user community to identify opportunities for improvement to promote Group, Regional or Local solutions & tools.
• Management of Business solutions & requirement requests via Business Demand Management process.
• Provide IS/IT inputs for Business Client Tender opportunities & Client Audits.
• Provide high quality technical advice / guidance to Team members, Business users and clients where applicable.
• To work independently and capable of sharing knowledge and practices with a team.
• Role model against leadership behaviours, core values and code of ethics.
• Perform within the framework of the BV Quality Assurance System, the Code of Ethics and the BV Group policy.

Deliverables

• Delivery against Key personal and divisional KPIs.
• Successful delivery of IS projects on time, on budget and functionality.
• NWE Application Compliance, system availability and integrity of systems.
• Development Take ownership of delivery of projects within time allocated.
• Increase in end user satisfaction and capabilities.

Experience & Skills Required

• Extensive IT/IS technical experience.
• Strong communication & Organisation skills.
• Influence, persuasion and problem solving skills.
• Proven experience in previous project management roles.
• Experience with IS&IT budget planning and budget maintenance required.
• Proven experience in being able to prioritise and organise to tight deadlines.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays with the option to buy or sell 5 holidays, plus an option to carry over 5 days
• Combined employee/employer pension contributions of up to 12%
• Flexible working
• Flexible benefits scheme, to suit what is important to you including Life Cover, Private health care, Dental Care, GymFlex, Techscheme, Enhanced Maternity/Paternity policy, Give as You Earn scheme & Travel Insurance
• Health and Wellbeing Support through; Mental Health First aiders, Employee Assistance programme & Smart Health services
• Working for an Industry leading global Inspection company

Why Bureau Veritas

Flexible working patterns available to ensure that you maintain career progression and a healthy work life balance.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do, which is why we have worked hard to create a supportive and engaging culture, where individuals are given the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

At Bureau Veritas you can benefit from a busy and varied client facing environment, working with market leaders across a wide range of sectors including but not limited to:

Food manufacturing, Chemical manufacturing, Banking, Retail, Logistics, Power and Utilities including Nuclear, Automotive, Public Sector, Mobile Plant, Emergency Services, Transport and Construction.

We pride ourselves on our partnership approach, which means you will be encouraged to develop strong client relationships - combining technical expertise with service excellence to exceed your clients’ expectations.