Head of Business Applications

5 months ago


Canterbury, New Zealand Synlait Full time

Leadership role + growth area at Synlait
- Dunsandel and Christchurch base + WFH options
- Dynamic & passionate team

**The Role**

This is a key leadership role, reporting to the Chief Digital Officer, where you will lead a team of technical leaders, functional specialists, developers, integration specialists, and support analysts, providing guidance and fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

The main responsibilities of this role include..
- Lead the design, development, and maintenance of integration services to ensure seamless communication between systems.
- Ensure services are resilient, provide maximum uptime, and have planned maintenance windows.
- Lead a team of Team Leaders, functional specialists, developers, integration specialists, and support analysts providing guidance and support to ensure high performance and professional development.
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the team.
- Ensure best practice frameworks in place to support efficient, timely and collaborative delivery of services.

**Skills and Experience**

To be considered for this role will require
- Strong and proven leadership skills with the ability to motivate and inspire a team
- Extensive experience with SAP and integration services
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels
- Proven track record of successful vendor management and negotiation
- Able to communicate with IS and wider business at all levels of organisation hierarchy
- Can rapidly adapt and respond to changes in priorities or environment
- Can provide considered and proactive input to operational teams and processes to help foster a culture of support and improvement.

A bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field is highly regarded in this role and you will ideally have 10 years of experience in SAP management and integration services experience, preferably in manufacturing or diary.

**What's next?**

**About Us - The Synlait Way**

Synlait is a dynamic, purpose-led milk nutrition company that is Doing Milk Differently for a Healthier World We pride our organisation as being different and allowing our spirit to drive our success, shifting perceptions and driving value through new thinking and a new attitude.

You’ll be joining down-to-earth, authentic people working together to create the very best in milk nutrition as we combine expert farming with innovative thinking and state-of-the-art processing to produce a range of nutritional milk products for our global customers.

We will challenge you by providing the opportunities you’ve been seeking to expand your career; we believe that everyone brings unique experiences and perspectives to the table so are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and embrace diversity to drive innovation and business success.

Together we will continue to create a workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute their best.

**What we offer**:

- Health insurance cover
- Work for an award-winning company
- Training and development opportunities
- Social events and Social Club

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