From soft drink bottles to packaging trays, from clothing to carpet, INEOS Aromatics makes the chemicals used to produce many of the things we use in our daily lives.
Our main products include paraxylene (PX) and purified terephthalic acid (PTA). PTA is a raw material used in the manufacture of polyesters used to make fibres, textiles, film, and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. PX is a feedstock for PTA production. We also produce a number of other specialty petrochemicals products, including metaxylene. We care about how we deliver these essential products to the world. Above everything, the safety, reliability and excellence in our operations is fundamental to our success. Our progress comes from the energy of our people, a team committed to continuous improvement and excellence.
Applications & Projects Manager
Purpose of the job
Define and deliver strategies, policies and processes to maintain and develop a business applications portfolio on behalf of Aromatics and Acetyls, thus enabling business strategies, in a timely and cost-effective manner, within the budget and resource constraints. To ensure that the IT Team support and deliver the business IT Strategy, Global Cyber Security Policies and adhere to Group IT guidelines.
Accountabilities of the job
- To provide, manage, and enhance the non-SAP IT Applications portfolio for the Aromatics businesses across various INEOS site locations
Service Delivery & IT Strategy
- Develop and deliver IT Applications Strategy for key business applications to achieve Aromatics business goals.
- Identify and implement opportunities to rationalize the application landscape and achieve sustainable cost reductions as well as ensuring we are getting the most value from the existing Application estate.
- Define and implement IT solutions to facilitate business process improvement.
- Manage a team of IT resources (both internal and external) to deliver the agreed level of Application support services in a cost-effective manner.
- Manage third party contracts & relationships with vendors and outsourced partners to meet agreed Service Level Agreements (SLA’s)
- Develop, motivate and appraise line-managed and project staff to ensure that skills, competencies and experiences match the current and future needs.
- Manage the IT budget to achieve business targets.
- Provide KPI metrics to ensure that service delivery meets the agreed Service Level Agreements
- To identify any key IT Application vulnerabilities to the Aromatics and Acetyls (as required) leadership teams and provide recommendations to support appropriate risk mitigation
Project Activities
- Ensure any new Demand management follows IT Processes and approvals
- Define, implement and manage a project management framework to ensure that project activities are delivered on time; within budget and meet the stated business requirements.
- Define, manage and deliver IT projects on time and on budget whilst ensuring an appropriate balance between external/internal skills and resources.
- Provide KPI metrics to provide an overview of project portfolio & detailed information for all high business priority projects
Special Features
- The applications portfolio facilitates business process throughout all functions including manufacturing, procurement, sales, logistics, finance and management. Many of these systems are critical to daily operation of the business and require a high degree of availability
- The business is reliant on IT service availability and Applications Manager is responsible for managing any unplanned outages or system unavailability, reporting any significant prolonged IT issues to the Global Business Applications Manager, Head of IT and other key business stakeholders.
- Actively manage any unplanned IT Cyber Security breaches/issues
- Supporting multiple sites, with separate systems, teams and time zones
- Ability to operate at all levels of the organization.
Required Profile
Level of education & Experience in general
- 10 years IT Systems and applications service delivery and project management experience
- Formal IT Project Management Qualification(s) or equivalent experience.
- Experience of implementing service management processes
- Application Management experience for global applications with high availability requirements
- Experience of managing and leading global and remote teams
- Proven track record in managing third party service providers
- A broad understanding across a range of technologies and an understanding of the principles of application development, project management and service management.
Technical skills
- Robust knowledge of Business Processes and understanding of integration between applications.
- Solid understanding of Security and architecture principles
- Good knowledge of Chemicals/Manufacturing practices and processes.
- Troubleshooting and execution of tasks as required
- Technically current, with an up-to-date understanding of technology trends and directions across the industry.
Behavioural skills
- Excellent management and communication skills
- Strong sense for methodology, structure and processes
- Ability to handle multiple and diverse issues and responsibilities simultaneously.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Identifies opportunities for improvement and makes constructive suggestions for change.
- Good numeric and analytical skills with a proven track record in cost management
- Quick to learn new technologies and solutions
Offer
At INEOS Aromatics, you can add value whilst continuing to develop yourself. You will be able to use your full potential in an inspiring company that places accountability on people where the expectation is to be entrepreneurial with a drive for excellence and improving business results.
Our offer, of course, includes an attractive salary package including fringe benefits.
This role can be located in any Aromatics site.