MIS / IT Manager strong ERP Software and Food Industry

MIS Manager / IT Manager with strong ERP and food industry experience, based near Northolt - to £65k plus bonus of up to 10% and pension. This new role is to work for a food importing, manufacturing and distribution company in an exciting consumer niche market; they currently have 120 staff and have realistic plans to double in size over the next 5 years. They are an entrepreneurial, innovative and successful company that started business in a very small way 20 years ago, and has grown into the £25 million turnover company that they are today. They have 50,000 square feet of office and factory space, they are privately owned and they attract employees who are self motivated and energised by responsibility. Their IT technology is built around a SQL database driven, large modern ERP software solution that caters for their niche market and includes financial ledgers, sales, purchase and works orders, manufacturing, distribution, warehousing, stock control, CRM, treasury functions and monthly management accounts. Communications are the latest VOIP telephone network technology supporting a growing band of home users through Juniper VPNs for remote access. As MIS Manager / IT Manager you will report to the Financial Controller and manage a team of 2. You will need a strong commercial understanding of the business processes of a food manufacturing and distribution company, together with an accountant's eye for detail, and as a project manager you will deliver the continuous sophistication of a MIS suite that will be fit to guide and control board members decisions as the company grows. Key responsibilities *Managing the development of Management Accounts formats *Project managing all IT software, ERP and hardware innovations *Developing MIS / BI reporting systems, using Microsoft Reporting Services, Report Builder and Excel *Carrying out IT investment appraisals and making recommendations to the board *Liaising with all departments to produce and manage business analysis reports *Managing training programs for all systems and software *Liaising with and managing all outsourced IT resources *Improving, designing and developing all budgeting systems and processes *Maintaining and mitigating risks to hardware, telephony, data and digital infrastructures *Playing a key role in identifying and implementing business process improvements Your Profile: * Strong Accounting background * A solid track record in managing and maintaining integrated ERP software solutions such as Dynamics NAV, SAP, Dynamics AX, Syspro, Sage 1000, Sage ERP X3, Infor, Epicor, IFS, Ross, de Facto, Oracle or similar * Previous experience of the food industry * Able to innovate in the development of MI systems * Manufacturing, warehousing or distribution * Report Writing skills (MS SQL, Excel, Reporting Services) * Highly commercial acumen and understanding of business objectives * Broad understanding of IT hardware and software infrastructure * Strong personal integrity and ethical standards * Excellent attention to detail * Proven capacity to manage and develop people effectively * Able to communicate to people at all levels of a business * Energised, motivated and enthusiastic This is a superb opportunity for an ERP and accounting specialist to be responsible for the implementation and continuing development of ERP solutions and business process management projects, and to manage a small IT department. You may well be in a similar IT Management role, or you may be working in a consulting position and looking to move to an internal end user role with no travel. Please contact Jake King or Carolyn MacLurg at Ambis in the first instance, to find out more and to apply

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