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The Role
The company is looking for an individual to join the IT team, with the focus of driving continual improvements to its IT systems and processes. They must be able to get under-the-skin of the IT environment, to identify and discuss stakeholder requirements and then translate these into required development work to be performed by their team.
Additionally, the individual will work alongside our external IT support company, who help to manage our security, infrastructure and phone systems. They should also keep the company up to date with new and relevant IT solutions.
You may have been a software developer in the past and are looking to progress into a broader IT role, or an IT manager of an SME with software development experience.
Responsibilities
- Project management and timely delivery of IT projects from initiation to completion, providing regular updates to management on progress:
o Scoping of projects through discussion with various stakeholders of the business.
o Documenting required design work.
o Formulation of project plans and direction of required development work.
o Ensuring that adequate testing is performed and that feedback is acted on.
o Final implementation and monitoring.
- Communication with the management team on IT related matters.
- Mentoring, coaching and development of a team of 2-3 individuals, including a software developer.
- Maintenance of our SAP Business One ERP system.
- Establishing and managing IT budgets to ensure cost control on IT spend.
- Assessing and purchasing new and replacement hardware.
- Testing, troubleshooting and adjusting information systems to operate effectively.
- Management of IT Licensing requirements.
- Monitoring and maintaining IT assets and information security.
Requirements
Essential
- Experience of managing software related IT tasks and projects.
- Ability to prioritise, investigate and resolve IT related issues.
- Ability to adapt to changing business needs.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Enthusiasm and passion for IT.
Working knowledge of
- C-Sharp
- Visual Studio
- SQL
- SAP Business One
- Version Control (GitHub / Azure DevOps)
- HTML website management
- Microsoft 365 suite
- Infrastructure
o Networks
o Servers
o VPN
o Terminal Services
o Group Policies
Desirable
- Experience of managing a team / leading the work of others.
- Experience of Visual Basic / VB Script.
- Experience of ISO 27001 / Cyber Essentials.
- Experience of banking payment systems.
About Us
Cole Fabrics PLC is a forward thinking and ambitious business with a head office based in Nottinghamshire. Our customers vary from beauty and skincare specialists, florists, chocolatiers, through to national and multinational fashion and retail clients from all over the world.
We manufacture decorative ribbons, labelling ribbons, printed ribbons, bows and embellishments at our Nottingham, Preston and Far East sites. Our expertise and experience in textiles and ribbons enables the development of products from raw fibres through to finished products.
The company has grown steadily over the past 25 years from a single manufacturing site family-owned business to a global ribbon business with a comprehensive range of products and manufacturing capability.
Application Questions
1. As this is an office based role, how long would it take you to travel to our Nottingham office?
2. How would you travel - car / bike / public transport / other?
3. Is there anything else that you would like to tell us to support your application?
