Why Greencore?

We’re a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make everyday taste better!

We’re a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing 13,300 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK’s food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY24, we generated revenues of £1.8bn.

Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,500 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.

Why we embarked on Making Business Easier?

Over time processes have become increasingly complex, increasing both the risk and cost they pose, whilst restricting our agility. At the same time, our customers and the market expect more from us than ever before. Making Business Easier forms a fundamental foundation for our commercial and operational excellence agendas, whilst supporting managing our cost base effectively in the future.

The MBE Programme will streamline and simplify core processes, provide easier access to quality business data and will invest in the right technology to enable these processes.

Why is this exciting for your career as an IT Technical Lead?

The MBE Programme presents a huge opportunity for colleagues across the technology function to play a central role in the design, shape, delivery and execution of an enterprise wide digital transformation programme. The complexity of the initiative, within a FTSE 250 business, will allow for large-scale problem solving, group wide impact assessment and supporting the delivery of an enablement project to future proof the business. You will have the opportunity to work with colleagues across the business and bring a best practice approach to the function. Designing and shaping the solution and methodologies utilising your experience and expertise gives a platform for success and team ship building as Greencore, build, mature, strengthen and bolster their Technology department.

What you'll be doing:

As the IT Technical Lead,  you will be working within the Architecture team, providing hands on technical detailed design and delivery of their technology area. Creating policies, providing guidance, and proactively developing their colleague’s capabilities to implement and support technical solutions. As such, you will be:

• Working with Architects, takes the high-level designs, and produces detailed designs for the Delivery/Ops teams
• Providing hands on technical leadership and support to both internal and external teams
• Leading the implementation and support of technological solutions, working with Architects, Portfolio, Business Partners, and Operations to identify and address any potential obstacles/barriers
• Proposing, implementing, and supporting new technological solutions that improve business performance
• Working collaboratively across the IT function and business in a friendly and communicative way ensuring everyone is working in a common way
• Keeping up to date with the latest developments and industry trends, identifying technologies and improvements that will benefit Greencore
• Developing an effective team of technical expertise within Greencore, providing leadership and direction to ensure that the team are engaged, developed, and delivering their potential
• Where applicable, providing support guidance and governance to community developers within their technology areas
• Working with IT Security team to ensure all developments have appropriate security controls and that regulatory requirements are understood and adhered to

What you'll need:

• Educated to Degree level or able to demonstrate experience of working at this level
• At least 3 years’ experience working in working as a technical leader
• Ability to show expertise / depth of knowledge in specific technologies applications or processes. Recognised by peers as an expert in technology domain area
• Robust relationship skills and demonstrate teamwork with colleagues
• Ability to think through issues rationally and make decisions within area of responsibility
• Experience of leading and growing high performing teams

What you'll get in return:

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Car Allowance
• Annual Target Bonus
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• PMI Cover
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.