Key Responsibilities:

• Become the primary knowledge-holder of all database and bespoke applications across the business

• Identify and design at a high level, business solutions that optimise our functionality, meeting and exceeding the requirements of existing and new customers

• Work with business managers and teams to optimise the design of the developments, in order to bridge the gap between our production systems and business requirements

• Work with the IT Manager to develop road maps for our IT Strategy and to validate proposed Solution Designs

• Work with internal and external parties to identify gaps in our suite of IT Applications, creating business cases for recommended solutions (and in some cases implementing them)

• Determined database structural requirements by analysing business operations, applications, and programming; reviewing objectives with stakeholders; evaluating current systems

• Develop database solutions by designing proposed system; defining database physical structure and functional capabilities, security, back-up, and recovery specifications

• Install database systems by developing process flows; applying optimum access techniques; coordinating installation actions; documenting of actions

• Maintaining database performance by identifying and resolving production and application development problems; calculating optimum values for parameters; evaluating, integrating, and installing new releases; completing maintenance; answering user questions

• Provide database support by coding utilities, responding to user questions, and resolving problems

Knowledge & Skills:

• Problem solving and analysis skills

• Ability to work on own initiative and drive change to improve utilisation of systems

• Ability to work within mixed teams (IT and business) to deliver change and projects

• Experience of working with a Group environment, collaborating with colleagues at other plants and within Central IT

• An excellent understanding of new technologies and their utilisation within a manufacturing business environment

• Ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise workload

• Confident and able to work under minimal supervision

Interpersonal Skills:

• Results orientated and self-motivated

• High level of interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate at all levels of the organisation

• Excellent communication skills written and verbal with a ‘can do’ attitude

• Demonstrates the desire for further personal development and continuous improvement