North West Europe IT / Is Manager

North West Europe IT/IS Manager

An exciting opportunity to manage a busy regional IT/IS function. Working across 6 countries you will be a skilled manager of staff with excellent organisational and communication skills. Working in a busy support services environment were project delivery and excellent customer services are standard, you will also be expected to deal with unexpected issues calmly and professionally. You will have experience in a previous, role of a similar level, being able to demonstrate strong leadership qualities across a number of European countries.

Experience & Skills Required:

• Proven experience as an IS or IT manager.
• Managing remote teams in different countries.
• Knowledge in securing information and Internet.
• Experience with IS&IT budget planning and budget maintenance required.
• Experience to work into international companies with users on multi-sites.
• Organisational skills, Crisis Management skills
• Strong Project management experience

Qualifications Required:

• IT/IS Degree or equivalent

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Proactively develop and build robust relationships with key stakeholders within the
business at a Senior Level

• Communicate and present status reports at senior exec level.

• Champion and drive process improvements and compliance

• To manage the IT administration, IS support and development teams and the UK
IT support team which involves;

– Ensure excellent support is provided
– Manage and optimize the support staff
– Manage the IT infrastructure
– Provide and manage resource for Post Merger Integration Plans

• Play a key role with any IS / IT projects within in the region, which involves;

– Manage application or tools roll out respecting dead lines and budget
– Help the business to reply to client or prospect requests
– Provide solution to clients to interface their systems with Bureau Veritas’
ones

• Effectively manage your team, through;

– Setting objectives for all staff, conducting performance appraisals and
proposing any pay reviews
– Working with the Europe CIO to define, combine and publish monthly
activity reports and SLA reports for the countries
– Anticipate the resource requirements based on the combination of
budget requirement and assumed attrition rates
– Manage performance issues effectively
– Promote the detection of talent and ensure opportunities for career
enhancement are shared

• Perform within the framework of the Bureau Veritas Quality Assurance System, the
Code of Ethics and the BV Group policy.

• Role model against leadership behaviours, core values and code of ethics

• Embed a culture of One BV within the team