Business Systems & Data Manager

Our client is looking to appoint a Business Systems & Data Manager to take ownership of the systems that underpin the group’s operations and be a key part of moulding the data environment.

Our client, the Ashcourt Group, is one of the fastest growing businesses in UK construction materials, waste, logistics and contracting, operating across Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the North East. The role brings its business systems under clear ownership as the group expands, largely through acquisition.

*** Interface have been chosen as the clients fully integrated recruitment partner for this campaign; please therefore channel all communcations through Interface.

The role

This is, first and foremost, a business systems role. The successful candidate will take ownership of a broad applications estate, including core platforms such as Sage 200, Weighsoft, Syrinx, Salesforce and Qlik, together with the underlying Microsoft SQL Server environment. A central part of the role is to help develop a single, uniform ERP solution, moving the group from its current state through to a mid state and finally to an end state, while retaining some of the more valuable legacy applications. There is also scope to develop the SQL estate, integrating the systems into it, with a view to implementing a data lake in time. The role will act as a bridge between IT and business users to help translate complex data concepts into actionable insights that support strategic initiatives. It is a senior and practical appointment with genuine ownership, not a Head of Data or pure transformation role.

What you will do

• Own the applications estate. Take responsibility for the group’s business systems and the integrations between them.
• Integrate and standardise. Onboard the systems that arrive with each acquisition and streamline processes through better use of them.
• Establish the data platform. Help to develop a scalable, modern data platform (ingestion, modelling, orchestration, observability) and a governed single source of truth, applying AI where it helps.
• Stakeholder engagement. Work with key stakeholders to identify key system and data requirements, prioritising as appropriate.
• Support security and compliance. Work with IT and security to maintain cyber security and uphold GDPR, the Data Act and retention requirements.
• Build a team. Grow and lead a small systems team over time.

• Experience of managing systems, including scoping and implementation projects, ideally across multiple businesses.
• Three or more years in Data and Analytics, communicating with stakeholders and leading projects to stand up data initiatives, with a clear grasp of data strategy concepts.
• Governance and compliance knowledge, including GDPR, the Data Act, access control and retention.
• An understanding of product thinking, UX practices and agile working applied to data products and analytics.
• Helpful: Qlik, industrial and operational analytics (driving, route and load, maintenance, health and safety) and Master Data Management experience.

• Up to £65,000, depending on experience.
• A company car. Typical examples include Polestar, Tesla and BMW. Not limited to electric cars.
• Death in service cover at four times salary.
• Company pension, 25 days holiday and bank holidays.
• Mintago staff benefits app (cycle to work, retail discounts and more).

The role can be based in the York or Hull area, with occasional travel to other regional sites across Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the North East.