IT Business Partner - Uxbridge, United Kingdom - Suntory Beverage & Food France

    Suntory Beverage & Food France
    Suntory Beverage & Food France Uxbridge, United Kingdom

    2 weeks ago

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    Permanent
    Description

    Job Summary

    The purpose of this role is to provide functional and technical expertise for all IT products supporting our R&D efforts. This role will partner with R&D leadership to define the IT roadmap and deliver key R&D IT initiatives and projects including all changes, system upgrades, and deployments of new solutions in line with business requirements. The role will work closely with cross functional internal teams from IT, R&D and also with external vendors.

    Job Responsibilities


    • Lead the development and delivery of the R&D roadmap aligned to SBFE strategic and functional priorities.

    • Lead and facilitate workshops with key stakeholders to define the R&D IT roadmap.

    • Develop and maintain ongoing relationships and become a trusted business partner to R&D functional leaders.

    • Follow good practices, templates, policies, tools for R&D IT aligned with Accelerate project methodology.

    • Prepare and deliver IT training and associated systems training material where required.

    • Manage the portfolio of R&D IT initiatives and individual projects:

    • Lead cross-functional teams and resources from internal teams and 3rd party vendors.

    • Manage resources, schedules, financials and adhere to stage gate quality and control guidelines throughout the full systems development life cycle.

    • Manage issues, risks and change requests to ensure successful and on-time project delivery.

    • Regular status reporting on project milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues, and communicating to functional leaders.

    • Monitor technology advancements in R&D and beverage industry, and apply relevant practices to existing or new solutions.

    • Facilitate technology and vendor scoping, contribute to RFI/RFP selection processes.

    • Define statements of work and specifications with selected vendors.

    • Manage vendor delivery, timesheet/billing with appropriate challenge and negotiation.

    • Deputise for the Senior IT Manager – Core Functions as required.

    Skills and Experience


    • Strong IT experience in R&D, supply/manufacturing, quality or related areas.

    • Experience in successfully leading projects on-time, on-schedule and within budget.

    • Excellent experience in SDLC Methodologies, Agile, SCRUM, SDLC / Waterfall.

    • Experience with R&D and related IT systems such as SAP, Coheris, Ennov, Harmony, Labware LIMS, Fizz, Optiva, Sharepoint.

    • Strong experience leading, motivating and managing project teams, including internal and external resources, while holding team accountable for performance.

    • Ability to demonstrate decisiveness in resolving business problems, making decisions and identifying priorities.

    • Self-motivated and flexible with ability to adapt to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

    • Strong communication skills; both written and oral with technical and non-technical staff.

    • Experience negotiating vendor contracts.

    • Technically competent with various software programs, including but not limited to Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio), Microsoft Project and ServiceNow.

    • Adaptable to Suntory Leadership Spirit > Commitment to Growth, Yatte Minahare, Gemba Focused, Better Together, Future Oriented