IS Business Partner - Sales

ROLE PURPOSE
 Act as a connector/bridge, linking functions and business units (at different levels sometimes
including at C-suite level) to ensure that the technical expertise you have to offer is placed within
the real and current concerns of the business to create value. 
 Strategic IS Advice and Support to the Region(s): Partnering with the senior management team
and working closely with the OpCo’s, IS AMER Director and IS team members support the
business goals; aligning strategies at the OpCo level with overall AMER and IS Strategic
plans whilst encouraging autonomy and innovation.
 Develop Regional IS Strategic Plans including defining solution strategies based on
customer/stakeholder needs and market research, supporting the development of more robust
processes and articulation of opportunities, business development and leading internal efficiency
projects or business opportunities.
 Support the IS community across AMER in their delivery of Services to the OpCo’s: Visiting
countries and helping coach and guide OpCo GMs and SME’s on the services IS offer and the value
they can bring in supporting the delivery of the OpCo business plans. Driving a continuous
improvement culture across IS and AMER.
 Support the development and maintenance of the Core systems of Record for the Business Unit:
 Supporting business improvement initiatives: Active involvement in operational business issues
and customer improvement initiatives to ensure that decisions are optimised to improve
profitability. Monitor overhead spends against budget to identify issues, trends and actions
needed to address. Increase focus on cash flow and working capital metrics and behaviours.
Prepare/review/validate all significant business investment proposals (capex and opex) including
special projects financial support. Provide financial review and validation in respect of significant
commercial opportunities and contracts.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
 Support the improvement of business processes through continuous improvement of our
solutions leveraging your functional/system expertise to drive delivery.
 Support the delivery of the IS Architecture
  Deployment of the Group IS and IT governance design for IS/IT standards and programme /
project management.
 Responsible for oversight on all Regional IS Budgets within your domain.
 Expand the Competency Centre capabilities in areas such as scoping, designing, testing, OT, RPA
and Low Code Application support.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE
 Development and leadership of IS in an operating business, able to demonstrate experience of
strategy development and implementation to partner in both traditional and agile/digital
products and services.
 Business partnering with a range of stakeholders across OpCo’s including senior management
 A strong understanding of business processes with
expertise in a particular business domain e.g. sales, customer service, manufacturing and order
management, financial operations and data/BI.
 A broad technical skill set including software applications with the ability to learn new systems
 Project and Programme capabilities or Product Management capabilities and experience of
successfully delivering business change and technology solutions implementations (eg, ERP,
shared services, other change).
 Delivery of Division Wide Governance Models for reliability and scalability, combined with
experience of implementing, auditing and enforcement of robust internal controls in large and
small organisations.
 Experience of working in Blue Chip, large and complex businesses or international businesses
demonstrating an ability to navigate through a multitude of stakeholders and work across
geographical and cultural boundaries.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS
 Strategic thinking– knows how to assess situation and establish direction
 Self-reliant – able to establish direction and impact with minimal guidance
 Intellectual ability – quick learner
 Influencing and persuasion skills – able to drive required change within a culture that requires an
nuanced approach
 Operational - enjoys rolling up sleeves and making things happen
 Communication and engagement – works through relationships
 Business Acumen – knows how organisations work
 Business analysis, process improvement and/or product management
 Strong leadership skills
 Degree level educated – with IT/Engineering/Science/Technology degree
 Proven Global Leadership Capability
 Business Systems implementation and change management
 Broad technical and commercial understanding

Advantages
Do you speak Spanish and English? We are looking for an IS Business Partner to support this Global organization across the Americas. Fully remote role as long as you can work during EST hours. Global company continues to grow and we are looking for a business partner, someone who can support Canada, US, Mexico and LATAM. More job details below but we want to talk to you if you are great at building a trusted bond with the people around you, if you have the expertise to be the bridge between IT and the business.


Responsibilities
ROLE PURPOSE
 Act as a connector/bridge, linking functions and business units (at different levels sometimes
including at C-suite level) to ensure that the technical expertise you have to offer is placed within
the real and current concerns of the business to create value. 
 Strategic IS Advice and Support to the Region(s): Partnering with the senior management team
and working closely with the OpCo’s, IS AMER Director and IS team members support the
business goals; aligning strategies at the OpCo level with overall AMER and IS Strategic
plans whilst encouraging autonomy and innovation.
 Develop Regional IS Strategic Plans including defining solution strategies based on
customer/stakeholder needs and market research, supporting the development of more robust
processes and articulation of opportunities, business development and leading internal efficiency
projects or business opportunities.
 Support the IS community across AMER in their delivery of Services to the OpCo’s: Visiting
countries and helping coach and guide OpCo GMs and SME’s on the services IS offer and the value
they can bring in supporting the delivery of the OpCo business plans. Driving a continuous
improvement culture across IS and AMER.
 Support the development and maintenance of the Core systems of Record for the Business Unit:
 Supporting business improvement initiatives: Active involvement in operational business issues
and customer improvement initiatives to ensure that decisions are optimised to improve
profitability. Monitor overhead spends against budget to identify issues, trends and actions
needed to address. Increase focus on cash flow and working capital metrics and behaviours.
Prepare/review/validate all significant business investment proposals (capex and opex) including
special projects financial support. Provide financial review and validation in respect of significant
commercial opportunities and contracts.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
 Support the improvement of business processes through continuous improvement of our
solutions leveraging your functional/system expertise to drive delivery.
 Support the delivery of the IS Architecture
  Deployment of the Group IS and IT governance design for IS/IT standards and programme /
project management.
 Responsible for oversight on all Regional IS Budgets within your domain.
 Expand the Competency Centre capabilities in areas such as scoping, designing, testing, OT, RPA
and Low Code Application support.


Qualifications
ESSENTIAL SKILLS
 Strategic thinking– knows how to assess situation and establish direction
 Self-reliant – able to establish direction and impact with minimal guidance
 Intellectual ability – quick learner
 Influencing and persuasion skills – able to drive required change within a culture that requires an
nuanced approach
 Operational - enjoys rolling up sleeves and making things happen
 Communication and engagement – works through relationships
 Business Acumen – knows how organisations work
 Business analysis, process improvement and/or product management
 Strong leadership skills
 Degree level educated – with IT/Engineering/Science/Technology degree
 Proven Global Leadership Capability
 Business Systems implementation and change management
 Broad technical and commercial understanding

Summary
Do you speak Spanish and English? We are looking for an IS Business Partner to support this Global organization across the Americas. Fully remote role as long as you can work during EST hours. Global company continues to grow and we are looking for a business partner, someone who can support Canada, US, Mexico and LATAM. More job details below but we want to talk to you if you are great at building a trusted bond with the people around you, if you have the expertise to be the bridge between IT and the business.


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