Head of Technology

I'm currently shortlisting for an exciting Head of Technology mandate for an ambitious company in the Supply Chain sector - my client is looking for an experienced Head of Technology to join their business as they embark on an exciting chapter in the company's journey; this Technology leadership role will involve the day to day oversight of the IT team and typical IT operations, whilst driving forwards their technology & digital transformation agenda.  Applicants must have demonstrable experience leading an IT function and must have experience in delivering digital transformation initiatives, this will include:

Business system optimisation and integration - ERP, CRM, Supply chain technologies (Telemetry, WMS, TMS & more)
Supporting the creation and delivery of the organisational Digital transformation roadmap 
Exploring new technologies, automation, AI to improve the company proposition for customers and users
Design and implement a data strategy, including data governance and a data lake, enabling near‑real‑time reporting and insight for operational management and to improve customer experience
Commercial and relationship management of strategic Technology and IT Infrastructure suppliers
Digitisation and automation of manual business processes
Creation of BI dashboards to be used by the business

Essential skills

Must have experience working in an IT Leadership role 
Must have demonstrable experience delivering digital transformation initiatives
Must have experience working with a range of business systems (CRM, ERP, WMS etc.)
Must have demonstrable experience working with Data and leading a data strategy
Candidates must be willing to work on site several days per week

Desirable skills

Experience working on M&A activities is desirable
Experience having deployed AI or automation technologies is highly desirable (telemetry software, supply chain software etc.)
 
Due to the high volume of applications being received, I would ask that all applications are sent exclusively through the link provided, CVs and messages sent via other channels will not be picked up.  Thanks in advance for reading