• Body:

    PA Consulting Group has a fantastic opportunity for a Business Analyst to join the internal IT team.

    PA is in the midst of a major programme of change of its IT estate. The successful candidate will work with the business and Group Systems stakeholders to implement both application and infrastructure change. 

    Specifically, they will deliver:
    • Current state business analysis including problem diagnosis, process and data analysis
    • Problem solving including root cause analysis of challenges within current PA business 
    • Future state business design including business architecture, function and process design.
    Requirements for business and IT change including management of requirements throughout the IT delivery lifecycle
    Extended designs using a variety of user engagement techniques such as user journeys, user experience and prototyping. Share these designs with the business 
    • Future value to be delivered to the business including development of benefits realisation plans and methods of measurement
    • Quality assurance of the technical deliverables to ensure that the desired change and value to the business has been delivered

    The ideal candidate will be educated to degree level, or equivalent, in a computing or business related discipline and possess experience of delivering business architecture design, process design and managing business requirements. Candidates should demonstrate a passion for technology, along with commercial acumen and first class communication skills. 

    PA Consulting Group is a leading management, systems and technology consulting firm. Employee-owned, award-winning, independent, highly successful, global, and ambitious for further growth - PA is a different kind of consulting firm. We look to hire exceptional people and provide them with opportunities that they will not find elsewhere. We are looking for opinion-formers, people who prize a culture based on respect, collaboration, and new ideas, and who have a passion for delivering solutions to the most complex and challenging issues affecting business and government. PA offers a career in consulting, not just a job; a stake in our firm; and an environment where individuals and ideas matter.

    We recognise that diversity is strength and that the differences between people add value to our organisation. PA Consulting Group is committed to equality and diversity and positively welcomes applications from suitably qualified candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of sex, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, religion or age. 

    Read more about how your career can flourish at www.paconsulting.com/careers

    o Location

    Melbourne, CAM
    United Kingdom
  • Body:

    PA Consulting Group has a fantastic opportunity for a Business Analyst to join the internal IT team.

    PA is in the midst of a major programme of change of its IT estate. The successful candidate will work with the business and Group Systems stakeholders to implement both application and infrastructure change. 

    Specifically, they will deliver:
    • Current state business analysis including problem diagnosis, process and data analysis
    • Problem solving including root cause analysis of challenges within current PA business 
    • Future state business design including business architecture, function and process design.
    Requirements for business and IT change including management of requirements throughout the IT delivery lifecycle
    Extended designs using a variety of user engagement techniques such as user journeys, user experience and prototyping. Share these designs with the business 
    • Future value to be delivered to the business including development of benefits realisation plans and methods of measurement
    • Quality assurance of the technical deliverables to ensure that the desired change and value to the business has been delivered

    The ideal candidate will be educated to degree level, or equivalent, in a computing or business related discipline and possess experience of delivering business architecture design, process design and managing business requirements. Candidates should demonstrate a passion for technology, along with commercial acumen and first class communication skills. 

    PA Consulting Group is a leading management, systems and technology consulting firm. Employee-owned, award-winning, independent, highly successful, global, and ambitious for further growth - PA is a different kind of consulting firm. We look to hire exceptional people and provide them with opportunities that they will not find elsewhere. We are looking for opinion-formers, people who prize a culture based on respect, collaboration, and new ideas, and who have a passion for delivering solutions to the most complex and challenging issues affecting business and government. PA offers a career in consulting, not just a job; a stake in our firm; and an environment where individuals and ideas matter.

    We recognise that diversity is strength and that the differences between people add value to our organisation. PA Consulting Group is committed to equality and diversity and positively welcomes applications from suitably qualified candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of sex, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, religion or age. 

    Read more about how your career can flourish at www.paconsulting.com/careers

    o Location

    Melbourne, CAM
    United Kingdom
  • Body:

    Job Purpose:
    This position is required to act as the Business Analyst as part of the Global Equity Derivatives Trade Capture, Lifecycle Management & STP team.
    This position will be responsible for carrying out front to back business and functional analysis of the Equity Derivatives platform, particularly focused on improving Trade Booking and Lifecycle functionality and metrics within the platform. 

    Key Responsibilities:

    Competencies should be related to the responsibilities, experience and skills in the Job Description. e.g.
    - Building relationships with key business stakeholders in Sales, Trading and Middle Office globally.
    - Develop, by working closely with the global user base – a clear understanding of the current trade booking and amendment process.
    - Develop, by working closely with the global user base – a clear understanding of the desired future state trade booking and amendment process.
    - Develop, by working closely with Middle Office SMEs and Project Team (BA/PMs) a series of Functional Requirements Document (FRDs) from which the Development team can develop solutions from.
    - Ongoing relationship management with all users of the Trade Capture & Lifecycle platform to ensure their opinions are represented in the gap analysis, roadmap planning and functional specification
    - Working with the Trade Capture & Lifecycle team, both locally in EMEA and globally where appropriate to understand the technical challenges in the platform and look for opportunities to include improvements as part of the work.
    - Representing the development team to the EMEA user community (Sales, Trading and Middle Office) and deputising for the Global Head of Equity Derivatives Trade Capture, Lifecycle & STP Technology team, where required.

    Development Value:
    This role provides a real opportunity for someone who has the appetite for a fresh global challenge, defining and delivering a strategic multi-year project which will benefit the user community front to back.
    Additionally, once the functional scope has been delivered for Vanilla products, the Product scope supported by the platform will also be evolved and with it the opportunity to develop the candidate’s understanding of more Exotic Equity Derivative products in the medium to long term.
    There is potential for the right candidate to extend his/her influence across Risk Services space (e.g. Regulatory, Risk) in each region and in particular to the Project Management & Business Analyst Community. 

    Knowledge/Experience: 
    - This role will have significant interaction with sales and trading. Therefore a good understanding of Equity Derivatives is a pre-requisite, especially in the trade booking, lifecycle and processing areas.
    - Experience of extending booking functionality would be an advantage, as well as a wider understanding of finance and trade flows.
    - Previous experience of managing relationships with front office and middle office users is essential. 

    Skills:
    • Experience in a front office equity derivatives BA role
    • Experience of working alongside OO (preferably C#) developers
    • Demonstrated experience of carrying out front to back analysis without micro-management
    • Ability to structure complex, and often conflicting requirements into cohesive functional specification
    • Client relationship management skills, both within the business and technology

    Qualifications:
    Priority will be give to candidates with the below as well as the relevant skills.
    • Degree in Computer Science, Business Information Systems or Management Information Systems 
    • IIBA Certification
    • Prince 2 Practitioner or PMP

    o Location

    Canary Wharf, LND
    United Kingdom
  • Body:

    QA Automation Process Lead - Become QA Manager for Fortune 500

    Enterprise Financial Risk and Operational Risk Management global Software vendor requires a Quality Assurance Automation Specialist with either hands on or strategic QA Automation Lead expertise to play a pivotal role within 80 man software development department which will result in you becoming the Quality Assurance Manager. 

    This is a position for a high calibre QA professional who has worked in a commercial software development environment, so a software vendor where you have held responsibility for integrating, developing and or implementing end to end QA and Test Automation processes within an Agile development environment. Specific SCRUM experience is beneficial. Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio testing tools is required in addition to Continuous Integration and ideally Test Driven Development practises. This role will offer you the chance to gain expertise to Behaviour Driven Development BDD as well.

    Why apply for this position - What will it give you?

    - First of all the chance to work for a genuine market leading Software Company in the Financial Services space with Global Coverage.
    - Whilst they have over 20,000 people and a $5bn t/o, the business is broken down into specific business disciplines making the divisions more tangible where you will be recognised, rewarded and not just a number.
    - This division boasts over 1,000 global customers, many of them household name retail, investment banks.
    - You will be working alongside Architect and Director business/technologists who are specialist in the business domain and get to guide and advise them on best QA practises.
    - Essentially your input will be critical to the overall success of the end2end QA of the department resulting in you becoming the QA Manager responsible for influencing over 80 people as the QA guru.
    - Whilst this is an international team a great benefit is that there is minimal travel involved.
    - The team are a highly respected and only hire selective candidate matching their ethos of best practice software development.

    The successful candidate will undergo continual professional development, regular appraisals and progressed to become the QA Manager for the department within 12 months. The base salary on offer is flexible for the right candidate and between £50,000 and £60,000 + 25 days holiday and a comprehensive benefits package which includes:- BUPA/PPP, Permanent Health Insurance (PHI), Pension (employee pays 3% and employer 7%), Children's Vouchers, Lunch Vouchers, Dental Insurance, DIS of x4 Salary.

    To be considered send your CV in word format ASAP or call for a chat in confidence on 01329 288 666 or 07771 886 928. All interest and contact will be treated in strictest confidence.

    o Location

    Berkshire, RDG
    United Kingdom
  • Body:

    QA & Automated Testing Lead, get2B QA Manager (SCRUM/AGILE)

    Promotion to QA Manager for Business Unit in 12 months.

    $5billion software company with over 3,500 customer globally - many of them prestigious banks and Financial Services giants - are looking to attract an experienced Quality Assurance or QA Automated Testing Lead. You will be joining the financial crime, fraud and AML software development division working in a team with 80 developers spread across 4 locations building or rather introducing Quality and Automated Testing for next generation Enterprise Software releases.

    This is an opportunity for a confident and ambitious application software COTS person to be the subject matter experience for overall Quality Assurance Automated Testing working with senior architects, product managers, project managers and other business stakeholders to architect the QA and integrated continuous automated testing within the SCRUM / AGILE development road-map. You will be suggesting improvements to technology and process as well as taking a hands on scripting / programming role where required.

    The applications are built in a Microsoft .NET environment using N-Tier architectures, MS SQL Server, MS IIS, and obviously via a SCRUM / AGILE led methodology. 

    The successful applicant must have worked in a commercial software house or vendor with a technical scripting background. It is expected that you have a BSc in Computer Science with 5 or more years commercial experience in the software development/testing/QA industry.

    o Location

    Berkshire, RDG
    United Kingdom
  • Body:

    Business Process Manager, SAP BW, SharePoint, ITIL, Process Design, Delivery, Manufacturing

    My Global client within the manufacturing sector is searching for a high profile Business Process Manager. This is a global role within the companies Delivery function and you will be responsible for Business Processes related to the designated Business function. This role will be responsible for engaging with the relevant Business function and manage the development requirements for said function.

    This is a management position requiring a strong understanding of the specific process specialisation in the relevant Business function to which the role is aligned together with a customer focus ethic, strong leadership and people management skills. The primary purpose of this role is to form strong mutually beneficial relationships with people in the relevant Business function in order to understand strategic Business objectives and how IT can provide added value to the Business.

    You will have visibility of the planning, scheduling and execution of projects and demand for both infrastructure and applications globally.

    Communicates objectives and concepts internally and externally and Leads process design, implementation plans and resource requirements to run the Business process function and team.

    Key skills : 
    Proven Team leadership and management skills 
    Proven experience of successfully managing subordinates, and external resources.
    Experience of working in and managing in a virtual environment
    IT Operation Support, Service Desk and ITIL expertise coupled with an understanding of the business and leadership principles. 

    This is an excellent job opportunity to join a forward thinking company which has recently gone through some reorganisation. 

    For further information please call Anthony D'Marco on 0207 6484810

    o Location

    London, LND
    United Kingdom
  • Body:

    SAP HR Business Analyst (SAP HCM/SAP BA/SAP ANALYST/HR PA/HR OM)

    The Regional SAP HR Analyst (SAP HCM/SAP BA/SAP ANALYST/HR PA/HR OM)sits within a regional deployment team and is aligned to a specific business process or work stream (e.g. Make to Deploy, Business Readiness, etc.). The role has responsibility to support the change from existing Regional business process, and enable adoption and enforcement of the Global Business Process. This role will also be accountable for identifying, gaining approval for and creating the process and business case for scalable additions to the Global template. 

    Skills/Experience

    3+ Years in SAP HR Business Analysis 
    Excellent understanding and experience in PA and OM SAP HR Modules
    Knowledge of end-to-end application development process.
    Proven analytical skills and ability to work with key business contacts to interpret business strategy into relevant business requirements and outline solutions
    Good problem-solving skills and ability to articulate solutions in a business context
    Good relationship management skills with the ability to build and create a strong internal network across multiple locations
    Good documentation, communications and training skills 

    To apply for the role of SAP HR Business Analyst (SAP HCM/SAP BA/SAP ANALYST/HR PA/HR OM)or to find out more please send through an up to date copy of your CV

    o Location

    Dundee, DND
    United Kingdom
  • Body:

    Skills: PRINCE2; PMP; ITIL; BPR; Business Analysis; Project Management; Degree qualified

    Location: Manchester; with international travel to the USA and Denmark

    The Person:

    We are seeking an experienced IT Business Analyst and IT Business Process Consultant to conduct vital business process engineering and systems analysis. This is a high profile role, focussing on specific business areas across various work streams (including technology, business and IT systems and data). You will be working closely with skilled colleagues and IT users from across the business, to investigate and model business functions, processes, information flows and data structures - and you will resolve problems responsively and proactively in conjunction with your clients and their expectations.

    Role: 

    • The function provides and helps interpret management information, including clarity on operational resource utilisation and upcoming demands, performance management; client consultation, as well as maintaining an oversight of major operational activities and reporting
    • Working at a management consultancy level and working closely with the Director of Projects, the Senior Management and the PMO to help predict and alleviate project-related resource contention
    • Compiling, interpreting and presenting regular management information for IT Operations as a whole (ops reporting, global KPI's, service reporting) to support senior management decision making and timely interventions – with a strong attention to detail required
    • Interpret process metrics reports and draw conclusion as to continual improvement actions
    • Responsible for analysing business requirements, and identifying and implementing IT solutions to satisfy the requirements; exploiting the capabilities of both current and new technology with our clients to maximise efficiency, productivity and ROI
    • Working as a custodian for IT Resource Management, coordinating incoming resource demand across IT teams and providing clarity for IT senior management on utilisation, capacity and demand; recommending action and improvements where necessary and when needed

    To discuss this and other new and exciting roles working in the field of IT Management Consultancy for our award-winning client based out of their Manchester head office with international travel; please call Iain Brassell at IS Recruitment on 0161 973 2533, or email me your very latest CV for an immediate call back.

    Key Words:

    Business Process, Capacity Planning, Asset Management, Business Planning, Service Level Management, Problem Management and Performance Management, KPI’s, SLA’s, Business Analysis, MIS Production and Analysis, 3rd Party Management 

    o Location

    Manchester, MAN
    United Kingdom
  • Body:

    What the Business Technology Services team is all about
    Be the innovation that keeps our business running. Benefit from working on one of the biggest transformation projects. And become central to our fresh start. This technology-focused role could change your career.

    What being a Lead Business Analyst (BA, Business Analyst, Business Change) involves:
    • Ensure that the solution is shaped, business requirements and priorities are defined and documented and assist the Business in the production of Business Cases
    • Own the end to end requirements management for project, capture business requirements and ensuring the verifiable traceability occurs between requirements, solution and testing
    • Coordinate creation of user scenarios with the Business/Business Change including working with the Business to allocate users for UAT 
    • Provide input to the training and application team where required on how the new solution will work, to allow them to design the new solution and create the training materials
    • Support the Business Architect, providing input into high level requirements and solution shaping
    • Responsible for the costing, estimating and options analysis during propose and scope and contributing during feasibility 
    • Work with the Business to methodically investigate, analyse, review, define and document business requirements, including use of stakeholder analysis, context diagrams, mind maps, rich pictures and requirements investigation ensuring they are effectively translated into detailed functional specifications
    • Obtaining input from IT Strategy & Architecture, Development Services, Infrastructure Services and IT Service Delivery, support the Business in defining and documenting the non-functional requirements
    • Build and maintain an in-depth understanding of the core business system functionality
    • Support the supplier/solution selection process by providing input into the RFI, RFP, etc. as well as assessing responses against business requirements. Review contracts drawn up with any third party supplier to ensure that document(s) accurately reflect the requirements of the Business
    • Support the full delivery lifecycle, ensuring business requirements are properly understood and met by the delivered solution including contributing to the approach to testing as well as to the data cleansing / migration approach
    • Coordinate the creation of user scenarios with the Business/Business Change and coordinate UAT with the Business ensuring users are allocated and participate fully, understand what they need to do and sign off the test scripts and test results
    • Identify and regularly review resources required for programmes/projects and escalate any resource shortfalls to the Business Solutions Manager, working with other Lead Business Analysts to provide recommendations for resolution
    • Assign work to teams and monitor performance, providing advice, guidance and management of less experienced colleagues as required
    • Provide best practice advice and guidance to other non-business analysis resources whilst maintaining an understanding of industry trends in business analysis
    • Responsible for providing quality assurance for the business analysis deliverables
    • Identify, own and manage the risks involved in running our business appropriate to my role, in line with the Direct Line Group risk framework
    Career benefits and rewards

    It all starts with a competitive salary, benchmarked against our competitors, which will grow as you do. We’ve made sure your annual holiday entitlement is attractive too – and what’s more, we let you choose the rewards that suit your lifestyle.

    That kind of flexibility is a key feature of our benefits package. And there’s plenty to choose from, including: 
    • Pension funding of 9% of your base salary – you can choose to contribute less or more than this
    • Income protection
    • Life assurance
    • Private medical cover (anyone can choose this through our flexible benefits scheme, and managers receive this as standard)

    Who we are

    Direct Line Group is a new organisation, with a clear vision: to be the best at everything we do. We are the number one motor and home insurer, making us the largest insurer in the country for personal customers. We’re home to some of the nation’s best-loved brands, including Direct Line, Churchill, Privilege, Green Flag, Tracker and NIG. And we’re growing internationally too.

    o Location

    Bromley, BRY
    United Kingdom
  • Body:

    We are currently looking to recruit a Case Management Business Analyst for our Croydon office. The main objective of this role is to analyse and develop the firm’s case management system to support the file handling of claims within the firm, and to further the firm’s business objectives.

    The role will involve:

    • Critically assess and analyse requests and problems raised with use of case management system

    • Identify areas for improving or updating of the case management system

    • Work with Managers and Team Leaders to develop solutions to these issues.

    • Update system in line with changes in law/protocol and Court procedure

    • Create system workflow diagrams using Microsoft Visio© software 

    • Build system/process rules, QnAs, and template letters/documents

    • Liaise with IT department to develop workflows and processes

    • Test workflows and processes before release

    • Train and support file handlers in use of updated or new edits/processes

    Ideally you will have a background of business process, analysis, modelling and will be confident in using Microsoft Visio© software, Excel and Word. A Legal background and knowledge of case management systems would be desirable but not essential. 

    The Parabis Group is a 3000 strong, £130 million turnover law firm and professional services organisation providing legal and support services to the insurance industry. We have long standing, loyal relationships with our clients, giving us tremendous security and allowing us to continue to grow our market share. This is a fantastic time to join at a point of significant growth for the Group.

    To discuss and explore this opportunity, please contact Michael Bailey at Parabis Resourcing. 

    Parabis Resourcing is the in-house recruitment team for the Parabis Group.

    The Parabis Group is an Equal Opportunities employer and will avoid unlawful discrimination in all aspects of employment including recruitment. Person and job specifications will be limited to those requirements that are necessary for the effective performance of the job. Candidates for employment will be assessed objectively against the requirements for the job, taking account of any reasonable adjustments that may be required for candidates with a disability.

    o Location

    London, LND
    United Kingdom
  • Body:

    An outstanding opportunity now exists to join SABMiller’s global transformation programme to work on Detailed Scheduling business processes for Supply Chain Planning within the SAP Global template.

    We are seeking a regionally focused Advanced or Detailed Scheduling expert to assume this contract role, primarily based in Reading with regular travel to Europe.

    This is an excellent opportunity for an individual with a deep understanding of Detailed or Advanced Scheduling within Supply Chain, and hands-on experience in Detailed Scheduling.
    Responsibilities

    They will be required to act as the expert for Detailed or Advanced Scheduling and make decisions on the best possible solution for the business. This expert is accountable for developing Advanced Scheduling processes within the SAP Supply Chain Planning area.

    • Understand Advanced or Detailed Scheduling business processes within Supply Chain Planning to support the SAP global template design
    • Work to design, model and ensure the integrity of Advanced Scheduling business processes using ARIS
    • Review scheduling logs, and resolve issues in scheduling at an hourly scale
    • Review and check process flows, to locate and resolve issues in the Advanced Scheduling design
    • Meet the brewing business requirements and ensure that the SAP solution meets the design requirements, ensuring that only valid design requests are considered

    Desired Skills & Experience

    The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in supply chain planning, with excellent communication skills and the ability to work with energy in a high pressure environment. They will possess:

    • Extensive experience in Advanced or Detailed Scheduling as part of Supply Chain Planning, with relevant qualifications
    • The ability to communicate with in-country on-site supply chain managers drawing on practical experience within supply chain
    • Experience in a SAP/ERP environment using planning tools. Infor experience not necessary but beneficial
    • Brewing or Beer industry experience beneficial

    Apply Today

    If you are seeking a fast paced, challenging and rewarding global career, apply today!

    Company Description

    Founded in South Africa in 1895, SABMiller has grown to become one of the world's largest & most respected brewing companies. With operations in over 60 countries, it has more beer brands in the world's top 50 than any other brewer and it ranks among the top 3 brewers in more than 30 countries.

    SABMiller manufactures and markets over 150 beer brands. These include such international names as: Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Miller Genuine Draft, Grolsch and Pilsner Urquell, as well as major regional brands such as: Castle Lager, Miller Lite, Carling Black Label, Aguila, Cristal, Pilsener, Atlas, Snow and Tyskie.

    o Location

    Reading, RDG
    United Kingdom
  • Body:

    c£75,000 basic - OTE £130-150,000 + car allowance + pension + bonus + healthcare

    An international business technology solutions and services company

    Life Sciences - Clinical Development & Regulation

    UK based with pan European travel

    My client is an international business technology company with products and solutions backed by a strong domain expertise in Life Sciences. With extensive technology expertise in Business Intelligence and Business Process Management, this international organisation has a proven track record in delivering world-class solutions throughout global markets. 

    With a strong presence in the USA and India the company conducts business today with more than 400 customers worldwide. They are now expanding their presence in Europe and are looking for a UK based sales lead with pan European experience to help them achieve their ambitious growth plans. Due to the extensive amount of time & money they have invested there is already a great client base in the Nordics, Germany and Switzerland. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced life sciences technology sales person to join a specialist organisation in a time of growth. 

    The successful candidate will have:

    Technology sales background 
    Personally generated £2-3M of revenue in a year 
    Domain experience in clinical development 
    Proven success in a business development role within a small/medium sized fast growing company 
    Technology understanding but not necessarily a technology expert 
    Openness to travel to US and India for training & development 

    This is unique opportunity to build a Pan European Business from the ground up, with the backing of a global £120m highly successful business! They have a well established reputation within this industry and also various testimonials from many of their clients.

    If you would like to be considered please apply now or call 01179459000 and ask to speak to Loren Millard. 

    o Location

    London, LND
    United Kingdom
  • Body:

    Reporting to a functional Global Business Process Owner the Quality Management Business Process Expert role has 3 primary accountabilities – facilitating integration between business and project teams, ensuring legitimate business requirements are met in the defined business processes within the global solution and providing support to their BPE colleagues in their area of specialist functional expertise. In some areas this position will have a team of other business process experts reporting to it. 



    Understands business strategies and identifies business needs and gaps in functional area

    Identifies and evaluates sources of benchmarking data and benchmark organisations

    Supports development of financial projections and models for value identification

    Plays an active role in the design of the business processes and information model within the Global Solution, ensuring that business requirements in the region they are based are understood and addressed

    Instrumental in designing, modelling and ensuring the integrity of required business processes 

    Works with other Global BPEs in their functional area to develop robust business processes in line with Triumph goals of standardisation, simplification and integration

    Liaises with the Design Authority (DA) teams to ensure the consistency, from a process and data point of view, of the business processes in their functional area

    Collaborates to align business process design across regions and Global teams

    Acts as initial filter between regions and the Solution Delivery Organisation to ensure only legitimate business requirements and valid design requests are entertained. There is a large element of question and push-back as well as negotiation involved in this process

    Works with ARIS (process modelling tool) team to ensure process documentation prepared and kept accurate

    Acts as global expert in Quality Management providing support to Global BPE colleagues as required

    Works with the business to identify and address impacts for their functional area and to achieve business readiness for the Global Solution implementation 

    Promotes and supports improvements in information management, e.g. use of BI toolsets

    Prepares project deliverables as per agreed plan

    Support the on-going capability building of SABMiller’s operational excellence philosophy, principles and work practices as contained in the SABMiller Manufacturing Way



    Knowledge/Experience:



    •Preferably a degree or equivalent experience

    •Seasoned professional with significant brewing/packaging and quality management experience, preferably in a Quality Manager role. 

    •Significant experience working in an operational environment

    •Extensive experience and understanding of the Manufacturing strategic vision i.e. the Manufacturing Way, its implementation and development

    •Quality Management Capability, Project Management Capability, Change Management Capability

    •Experience in an SAP/ERP environment and in particular quality management systems (e.g. SAP QM, Unilab, BrewQiz)

    •Manufacturing Systems understanding



    Founded in South Africa in 1895, SABMiller has grown to become one of the world’s largest & most respected brewing companies. With operations in over 60 countries, it has more beer brands in the world’s top 50 than any other brewer and it ranks among the top 3 brewers in more than 30 countries. Every minute of every day throughout the world an average of over 46,000 pints of SABMiller beer is consumed.



    SABMiller manufactures and markets over 150 beer brands. These include such international names as: Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Miller Genuine Draft, Grolsch and Pilsner Urquell, as well as major regional brands such as: Castle Lager, Miller Lite, Carling Black Label, Aguila, Cristal, Pilsener, Atlas, Snow and Tyskie.



    SABMiller’s history is one of exceptional growth and returns to shareholders. With its global footprint of 71,000 employees, strong portfolio of brands and spread of operations in both mature and developing markets, SABMiller is well placed to continually improve on this growth.

    o Location

    Woking, WOK
    United Kingdom
  • Body:

    Enterprise Integration Architect (Application & Process Integration) required by market leader to join high level programme.

    Basic qualifications:

    Core Technologies
    * Demonstrable experience of building enterprise architectures consisting of IBM Websphere MQ, Broker, Process Centre, Process Server, ESB, WSRR and DataPower / CastIron
    * IBM Tivoli ITCAM (for Apps, for SOA and for Transactions) and IBM Rational Suite (RTC, RAM, RAF)
    * SAP ECC 6, Business Connector and PI 7.1/7.3
    * Oracle Fusion and associated technologies
    Preferred qualifications:

    * Highly complex internal and external integration solutions can often lead to over-engineered and unsupported system configurations. Understanding the detailed design of each solution and working to engineer a lighter touch, simplified pattern based solution is key to success of the strategy
    * There are significant changes occurring in the industry related to integration technologies with a particular focus on moving more toward cloud based solutions. This is very much an emerging area and keen thought disciplines are required
    * Interaction at all levels within the IT organisation and includes Business Unit Architects focused on Integration; Chief Architects for each Business Unit; Central Shared Service owners and architects; Programme Sponsors and project management teams; Strategy and Architecture Boards
    * Very good written and verbal communication skills are required and an ability to manage challenging discussions and reconcile conflicting opinions
    * As a subject matter expert, requires the ability to encapsulate the complexity associated with enterprise scale integration solutions, presenting options in a consumable format to a wide audience, facilitating adoption of strategic integration solutions in line with company-wide strategy
    * Ability to interact with IT groups globally, both internally and externally with the clients business partners
    * Self managed individual, acts with a high level of autonomy
    * Demonstrates previous experience of providing support in a global Service
    * Significant level of demonstrable credibility within both IT and business environments including proven ability to resolve issues and mitigate business & technical risks
    * Effective team-worker / leader, fostering team spirit - able to actively participate and give clear direction & priority in response to concurrent competing activities
    * Experience working in a global company preferred, ideally in a regulated environment
    * Proficient in Lean Sigma to continuously improve, simplify and add value to processes owned
    * Preferred experience of working in integration environments using SAP, IBM and Oracle integration technologies
    Details:

    Background

    * Application and Process Integration (A&PI) are responsible for the Architecture, Design, Delivery and Ongoing Support of the clients Enterprise Service Bus
    * Service Offerings include Message Orientated Middleware, Business to Business Connectivity, SOA Orchestration and Governance, Business Process Management and Application Integration
    * The Enterprise Integration Architect takes responsibility for both the future architecture design of the corporate ESB and also works with Business Unit IT groups to evaluate and approve new application architectures as they pertain to integration

    Details

    Overall responsibility for Integration Architecture and design elements of the Enterprise Service Bus

    * Definition of the clients enterprise wide Integration Reference Architecture
    * Definition and adoption of technical integration and interface patterns for all application environments
    * Responsibility for the research, analysis and design of new integration technologies ensuring compliance with the long term goal of simplification of the environment. Scope includes architecture and design of highly reliable, scalable, secure, supportable systems capable of meeting business requirements for global mission critical applications on a 24x7 basis.
    * Technical authority with responsibility for Business Process Management, Enterprise Service Bus, External B2B/Cloud solutions and SOA Governance
    * Contribute to the definition of the ESB target architecture, IT standards and deployment roadmap for the client, including technology standards, design patterns and operational service levels
    * Establishes and maintains an active network with Business Unit aligned architects to promote Application and Process Integration strategy, patterns and technologies
    * Acts as a Champion of EAI Standards throughout the Business Unit Strategy and Architecture Boards
    * Leads the clients Integration Centre of Excellence to set direction, bring external challenges and promote adoption of core shared services for Integration
    * Identifies opportunities to simplify existing integration patterns and technologies with a view to removing complexity from the organisation
    * Aligns and contributes to the standards and specifications for Architecture as published by the clients Architecture Centre of Excellence
    * The impact on the organisation is not limited to IT and will drive significant savings through the use of simplified technologies and patterns
    * Ability to integrate business processes internally and externally in a timely, agile, flexible, dynamic and cost effective manner as defined by this role is crucial to strategic business objectives such as Mergers & Acquisitions

    Empiric Solutions were established in 2005 and are one of the foremost providers of niche and specialist recruitment services within IT, Finance and Industry and Commerce globally. In December 2010, we became a Virgin Fast Track 100 company for the second consecutive year (3rd Fastest Growing company 2009).

    o Location

    Tivoli, CAM
    United Kingdom
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    At Vodafone, we believe that making our customers happy is one of the main reasons we're so successful. Happy customers only come from happy employees and as an EVO HR Process Expert, you'll work to transform the processes that underpin it all. That will involve designing, maintaining and documenting a variety of HR processes as part of our drive to continually improve efficiency and performance in all we do.

     

    It's a role that will offer plenty of opportunity to understand and influence a wide range of stakeholders around the globe. For you, that means building the networks and expertise you need to enjoy a lasting career with an organisation that rewards and recognises achievement.

     

    Vodafone

     

    As Vodafone continues to evolve, our commitment to innovation has never been greater. Already the world's leading mobile telecommunications company, our goal is to pioneer a world of total communications solutions, where fixed, mobile, voice and data will all become one. And with approximately 343 million customers to cater for across the globe, there has never been a better time to jump on board - whoever you are and wherever you come from. The role of EVO HR Process Expert will be a key position within the Process Governance department.

     

    As an EVO HR Process Expert your main responsibilities will involve:

     

    • Managing our HR businesses processes
    • Documenting process changes
    • Advising and training on process management
    • Identifying areas for improvement
    • Making sure all changes are communicated and understood

     

    As an EVO HR Process Expert your skills and qualifications will ideally include:

     

    • A solid track record of business process management
    • Experience analysing and implementing changes with HR Business Processes Extensive experience working within the Human Resources function
    • Strong experience integrating business processes with HR systems, such as SAP
    • English language skills to business standard

     

    What we will be looking for in you:

     

    You'll need to show us outstanding relationship building skills and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels. A willingness to travel to Europe occasionally when required is also essential.

     

    Please apply with your CV in English as well as your current salary details.

    o Location

    Newbury, NYM
    United Kingdom