IT Business Applications (ERP) Manager

INEOS Inovyn is Europe's leading producer of vinyls and in the top three worldwide.

INEOS Inovyn’s portfolio consists of an extensive range of class-leading products arranged across General Purpose (GP) Vinyls; Specialty Vinyls; Organic Chlorine Derivatives; Chlor Alkali; Hydrogen; INEOS Inovyn’s annual commercial production volume is circa 9 million tonnes.

Main role purpose:

To maintain and develop the INEOS Inovyn business systems portfolio as an enabler for business strategies in a timely and cost-effective manner, within the budget and resource constraints. 

Key responsibilities & accountabilities:

• Manage and develop the global applications team to deliver the agreed level of support for the current, and future portfolio of INEOS Inovyn’s ERP systems and associated applications


• Develop and deliver the global ERP (and associated applications) strategy and roadmap, ensuring that the portfolio is secure, stable and future focused to meet the needs of the business


• Negotiate and manage third party contracts and services aligned to ERP and associated applications


• Develop, implement, and maintain consistent standards, policies and change management processes across INEOS Inovyn’s ERP systems and associated applications


• Establish and maintain a robust data management strategy ensuring ownership and consistency of key master data across INEOS Inovyn’s ERP systems and associated applications

Key skills & experience:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent with at least 10 years’ experience in SAP application service delivery and project management


• Extensive experience in the management, support, and development of ERP Systems with detailed all-round knowledge of SAP and its functional modules


• Experienced in change management in multi-national organisation with proven ability to identify, manage and mitigate risks when delivering change to business-critical systems


• Broad understanding of the needs of all operational parts of a business and its corporate/fiscal requirements e.g. finance, supply chain, commercial, logistics, manufacturing, and procurement


• Good understanding and experience of Financial/IT external Audit requirements and the setting and adherence to data and ecurity standards


• Experience in translating business requirements into technical solutions and identifying opportunities for standardisation


• Experienced at building teams and partnerships with wide range of internal and external parties, with good negotiation and commercial skills (for both internal customers’ relationship and vendor management)


• Result orientated with strong interpersonal, communication and people management skills


• Ability to work independently with, and manage, teams dispersed geographically with different cultural backgrounds