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Head of IT

Employer
Hays DT - Midlands
Location
West Midlands
Salary
60000.00 - 70000.00 GBP Annual
Closing date
28 Oct 2021

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Sector
Telecoms / Utilities
Responsibilities
Information Technology
Position/Level
Professional / Specialist
Contract Type
Permanent
Language
English

Head of IT Job - Manufacturing Sector, Wolverhampton
Negotiable Salary c.GBP60,000-GBP70,000 based on experience

Your new company
Hays are currently partnering with a growing privately owned manufacturing business based in Wolverhampton to recruit a newly created permanent job vacancy for a Head of IT. Established for over 30 years and a leader in their field this businesses vision is to be the most advanced provider in their sector forming partnerships through innovation, lean manufacturing and technology. This business employs c.400 people and helps.manage their customers product set, visibility of stock, order progress and KPIs. Providing a range of services including manufacturing catering for bespoke orders from 1 to 100,000 at scale, printing services as well as warehousing and fulfilment services.The business have a wealth of experience in E-commerce with a team of developers, designers and project managers which have build full transactional sites as well as plugins and visualisation engines and augmented reality.

Your new role
Reporting to the board of directors and leading the IT team of 7 heads you will perform a broad and hands-on role focused on people management, lead on projects, infrastructure and security. You will also be the face of the business to customers and work with on-boarding new customers and support existing accounts. In this job you will be responsible for IT Strategy as well as utilising LEAN and Agile methodologies managing the IT Infrastructure, external data centre, external web portals and white-labelled portals for 3rd party customers. You will also work with their Microsoft Dynamics 365 (NAV) system as well as lead systems and E-commerce platforms working with Magento, Shopify and Oracle etc.

What you'll need to succeed

We are looking for candidates with previous IT experience and a track record of managing an IT team. In this role you'll be managing an infrastructure/hardware team as well as software developers. We are looking for indiviudals with a mix of systems management, software and infrastructure experience. Any experience with an ERP system such as Microsoft Dynamics would be preferred, but not essential as would any experience working with stock and warehouse management as well as E-commerce. Please note, this role is based in Wolverhampton and hybrid or remote working will not be offered as current employees are all office based.

What you'll get in return
This business can offer a competitive salary between GBP60,000-GBP70,000 (negotiable based upon experience). You will join in a leadership position in a role where you will manage and develop your team as well as shape future growth, direction and strategy.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

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