Job Ref: 214411413

Date: 2021-08-11 12:38:26

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Digitalisation & IT Director

£competitive rates + car + bonus + benefits package

Due to our continued success as one of the country’s leading suppliers of heavy commercial vehicles we have a challenging and exciting opportunity for a Digitalisation and IT Director to join the team based at our Support Centre in Milton Keynes. This is the highest IT leadership role for the enterprise and your objective is to deliver digital transformation across the Business Unit. You will lead the journey towards digitalisation as a business enabler, as well as ensuring efficient IT Operations and a well-functioning Project Management Office (PMO). Making sure there are well defined, properly managed and widely known strategies, transformation roadmaps and portfolios for Digitalisation, IT and PMO. You will achieve your objectives by utilising the Scania leadership principles in a manner which is in line with our values and you will display, tenacity, resilience and agility as your pursue and deliver the key outcomes of digitalisation for the benefit of the whole organization.

Tasks & Duties

Lead the Digitalisation Department to ensure necessary conditions and structures are in place to support the digital transformation to lead the shift towards an integration of digitalisation as a business enabler.
Lead the IT Department to ensure necessary conditions and structures are in place, including governance, for efficient IT and IT department operations in the Business Unit.
Lead the Project Management Office by supporting portfolio and project managers through all project phases
Build and lead the teams
Systemize improvement work according to the Scania way
Act as an ambassador and spokesman for the ‘Scania Driving the Shift Strategy’ and be the agent for creating and implementing smart ways of working .

General Competencies

Business perspective
Customer understanding
Managing people
Managing resources
Market understanding
Teaching for differentiation
Project management

Personal Competencies

Communication
Creativity & innovation
Inspiring others
Leading change
Planning and organising
Thinking strategically
Ensuring accountability
Ability to use own initiative

Experience

Relevant education or equivalent work experience
Business knowledge and experience from a similar role (both Retail, IT and Digitalisation preferably) an advantage
Managerial and leadership experience
Experience with project/portfolio management and system developments, including external supplier management
Fluent in English

Working for Scania is not just about the job. It’s about you too, and this is where the company goes the extra mile and provides an industry leading employment package.

Excellent benefits package including pension scheme, car, complementary life insurance, financial incentive schemes, discounts on major retail outlets including groceries. For a full breakdown of benefits; please visit our website and follow the careers link.

Scania is dedicated to delivering exceptional products and services to our customers and the successful candidate will reflect our core values; Customer First, Respect For The Individual, Determination, Integrity, Team Spirit and Quality in all we do.

If you feel you have the skills and expertise for this challenging role, then please apply today.

Scania (Great Britain) Ltd is an equal opportunities employer.

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