Offers opportunities for personal and professional growth.

About Our Client

A leading construction and building materials company in the UK.

Job Description

• Strategic Leadership:
  • Execute a comprehensive IT strategy aligned with the organisation's overall objectives and translating it into actionable goals
  • Lead digital transformation initiatives and projects to enhance operational efficiency, innovation and help drive growth and profitability
  • Collaborate with senior business leadership to set priorities and identify technological opportunities and challenges and propose ways to resolve them.
• Technology Oversight:
  • Design, implement and manage the full lifecycle of IT systems including infrastructure, applications, networks, and cybersecurity to ensure the most suitable and affordable solutions are proposed and implemented
  • Evaluate and implement new technologies to improve business processes and drive growth
  • Ensure high availability, performance, and security of enterprise IT systems.
• Governance & Compliance:
  • Establish IT policies, standards, and procedures in line with best practices and regulatory requirements.
  • Lead efforts to ensure compliance with data protection laws (e.g., GDPR).
  • Oversee risk management, disaster recovery planning and assist in business continuity planning
  • Responsibility for day to day management of health, safety and environment as pertaining to the IS department, adhering to Group standards
• Team Leadership & Development:
  • Lead and mentor a team of multidisciplined IT professionals, motivating them and fostering a positive and productive work environment
  • Develop, maintain and manage IT budgets, vendor relationships, and contract negotiations.
  • Work with business leaders and key stakeholders to understand their needs and develop priorities for new initiatives and manage a programme of projects to deliver them.

The Successful Applicant

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Bachelor's or master's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Business Information Systems, or a related field.
• Progressive experience in IT leadership roles, including at least 5 years at a senior/executive level with overall budgetary responsibility, including managing external providers.
• Proven experience in enterprise IT management, systems integration, cybersecurity, and digital transformation.
• Strong knowledge of IT governance frameworks (e.g., ITIL) and compliance standards.
• Experience managing IT operations across multiple sites or business units is highly desirable.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the heavy building materials, logistics and construction industry
• Experience of the IFS ERP system.

Key Skills

• Strategic thinking and business acumen
• Strong leadership and people management
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement
• Project management and vendor negotiation
• Extensive change management experience
• Expertise in enterprise systems (e.g., ERP, CRM, cloud platforms), networks and mobile technologies
• Problem solving and creativity in designing workable solutions for the business, with the IS team and other stakeholders

What\'s on Offer

• Up to 11% employer pension contribution
• 10% Bonus Scheme
• 25 days AL + BH