IT Solutions Manager - Transport

Grade: RCS K
Salary: £40,000
Contract Type: Permanent (Full-Time)
Location: UK&I (Travel required)
Remote working - with travel required.

DHL, an award-winning, leading supply chain business is seeking an IT Solutions Manager – Transport. You will act as the subject matter expert in the capabilities of the strategic Transport Management System (TMS) solutions (including OTM, Ortec and Microlise) and work using the associated templates that will drive standardisation of the Transport operational processes within UK&I.

IT is the nerve system of Supply Chain – we connect different parts of our organisation with each other and to customers, translating business needs into solutions across the globe. Our IT professionals play a vital role as strategic partners, capable of enacting value-adding change through standardisation, differentiation and innovation.

WHAT DOES THE ROLE ENTAIL?

As part of your normal duties, whilst maintaining excellent health and safety practices, you will be responsible for:

• Providing ongoing business support and development and be a key part of TMS implementation projects.
• Evaluation and design of templated functionality supporting the uptake of the solution across the UK&I business in a standardised manner.
• Creating Solution Designs in support of business priorities and managing the Solution Design process through to Implementation.

• To work closely with the operational SMEs to extract business requirements.
• Efficiently and effectively document systems requirements to meet the business requirements.
• To fully understand the modular capabilities of the TMS solution and the overlaying operational Templates
• Govern the documentation process and ensure operational understanding and acceptance of the solution.
• Building effective relationship with the business operational owners and Act as a SME on the TMS solution and mentor systems users

WHAT DO WE NEED FROM YOU?

• Strong understanding of Transport supply chain operations with the ability to work across the regional operational business units.
• Proven ability to work with complex technical IT solutions within logistics
• Experience of the Oracle Transport Management (OTM) product is essential.
• Good Knowledge of complementary Transport Optimisation and execution products such as Paragon, Quintiq, Ortec and Microlise.
• Experience working in an Agile environment (Requirements capture, user story development, process mapping etc).
• In-depth experience in solution configuration and SQL

WHY JOIN US?

• Private Medical Insurance
• Discretionary bonus based on performance
• We're happy to talk about flexible working – just ask about alternative patterns at interview
• Join our generous pension scheme and benefit from an 8% employer contribution, alongside a 4% employee contribution
• Free confidential 24/7 GP consultations
• Hundreds of retail and lifestyle discounts
• Affordable loans, savings schemes and free mortgage advice
• Visit https://careers.dhl.com/global/en/working-at-dhl-supply-chain to learn more

WHO WE ARE

​We're the global leaders in supply chain management with 188,000 people in over 50 countries. Our expert teams work together to deliver for our customers across a range of industries including retail, automotive, healthcare and more.

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