Senior Process Management Consultant

Computacenter (UK) Ltd • Hatfield, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Salford

Hatfield, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Salford

213483-en_GB

Life on the team

Senior Process Management Consultant

Responsible for defining and improving processes within Group IS through high-level consultancy and contribute to implement our IT Operating Model.

Lead and implement process improvement initiatives triggered notably by the CI function ensuring optimisation of IT processes and the elimination of inefficiences.

What you’ll do

The Senior Process Management Consultant will collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentoring staff, and providing strategic insights to enhance overall performance.

Transformation Programme

The purpose of the transformation programme is to establish a modern, high performing organisation that is a great place to work, ensuring that the main operating principles are organised, operated, and measured in a coordinated and common manner and globally. The principles link organisational design, processes, systems, authority, and governance, and P&L design into an integrated approach. Each individual function is fully accountable for how it works across its scope, typically many countries, but also how it delivers in conjunction with other functions through to our customers.

The role will lead the definition of the processes that designs and implements the IT Operating Model, driving the change from current to future ways of working.

  • Define and map processes using Lean6Sigma framework to ensure clarity, cohesion, and consistency in how work is performed across GIS.
  • Maintain awareness of IT department standards, measures, and processes, with beneficial knowledge of ITIL and IT4IT standards.
  • Support the development of the GIS Transformation programme and lead the ITOM deployment. This includes supporting the introduction of industry-leading practices such as ITIL, Agile, or DevOps to improve efficiency, decision making approach using RASCI/RAPID, coaching operational teams to embed their processes, ensure adoption of process definition and new ways of working through cascading process definitions and maps, and liaising with Continuous Improvement members of the ITOM and CI team.

IT Operating Model & Continuous Improvement:

Working with the Continuous Improvement function in the team, other functions in the OCIO and other GIS Divisions, embed a culture of continuous improvement that drives GIS to better, faster and more efficient.

  • Raising the process maturity and the ITOM adoption, optimise the processes through the definition and execution of roadmaps per GIS Divisions and functions.
  • Provide visibility of progress, recommend and encourage steer for decisions using RASCI/RAPID.
  • Express improvement opportunities in terms of the actual value they will generate, eliciting this value in terms of quality and efficiency gains.
  • Initiate, plan, and execute Lean Six Sigma projects simultaneously within budget and scope to enhance cross functional operational efficiency and reduce defects.
  • Provide consulting, guidance, and support to leaders and operational teams on embedding process improvement and quality assurance.
  • Lead others and act as an escalation point through process definition and improvement projects and programmes, including mentoring other Consultants in the team and liaise within peers’ communities within Computacenter.
  • Provide effective leadership to drive successful change.
  • Establish productive relationships up to the executive level.

What you’ll need

Essential:

  • A solid understanding of how people go through a change and the change process.
  • Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences.
  • Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships.
  • Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal.
  • Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations.
  • Resilient and tenacious with a propensity to persevere.
  • Forward looking with a holistic approach
  • Ability to stay up to date on industry trends and best practices
  • Organised with a natural inclination for planning strategy and tactics.
  • Problem solving and root cause identification skills.
  • Able to work effectively at all levels in an organisation.
  • Must be a collaborator and able to work collaboratively with and through others.
  • Acute business acumen and understanding of organisational issues and challenges.
  • Experience with large-scale organisational change efforts and demonstrate a strong track record in business change management or programme management to lead the change, ideally in a Lean6Sigma context.
  • Comprehensive data analysis and reporting skills.

Leadership requirements:

  • Accountable for the management of their capabilities either through functional or matrix management.
  • Take the technical knowledge, assessing, and translating into business language across a large, global, and interdisciplinary teams.
  • Accountable for driving effective communication within the stakeholders of the department and Computacenter peer functions.
  • Coaching and supporting a team of employees.
  • Accountable for driving urgency and commitment to high standards of ethics, regulatory compliance, customer service with business integrity. With an unyielding focus on customer service excellence.

Certifications in Relevant Frameworks:

  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Master Black Belt, or Lean Expert, SAFe, COBIT, IT4IT

Tooling:

  • Proficiency in the usage of MS Visio
  • Familiarity with SAP Lean IX is an added advantage

Project Management (ideal):

  • Certification in PMP, Prince2, Agile Project Management

Business and IT (knowledge):

  • ITIL 4
  • DevOps practices and tools
  • SAFe 6.0
  • Digital transformation

Why you should choose us

Open communication

Despite our size, we’re an open organisation that doesn’t hide behind hierarchy. We communicate regularly, openly and directly. For us, it’s about being straightforward, delivering and doing the right thing. Essentially, we’re people dealing with people.

Showing appreciation & having fun

Great performance is recognised, so too is the willingness to help others. Our Bravo! awards and Long Service Awards Scheme are just a taste of how we say thank you for a job well done. And when it comes to recognising success, we love to celebrate. Our company and team events are legendary!

Health & wellbeing

Our people are our greatest asset and we’re passionate about supporting you in feeling good and staying healthy. We offer a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Champions, Mental Health First Aiders, Access to Work scheme, and more.

Inclusive workplace

People work best when they bring their whole selves to work, that’s why we see and value you as the amazing individual you truly are. We take a genuine interest you that extends beyond skills, knowledge, and experience. Our Employee Impact Groups champion best practice, celebrate diversity and promote inclusion within our industry.

Pension and financial security

Thinking ahead, planning for life’s uncertainties, or simply saving for a rainy day? We offer auto-enrolment onto our pension scheme, a Sharesave/SAYE scheme and more besides.

Flexible benefits

Do you fancy a new bicycle? Want to work-out at the gym? Or do you prefer to get-away from it all? With our voluntary flexible benefits platform, ‘My Benefits’, you can. Achieve savings with our Cycle2Work, GymFlex, Travel Insurance benefits and loads more.

You belong

You belong

At Computacenter, we celebrate difference and it’s important to us that we have a working culture where you can be free to be yourself; in an environment where you feel valued, respected, and supported to reach your full potential and experience a sense of belonging. Because we know when you thrive, we thrive.

As a proud equal opportunities employer, we’re committed to ensuring that there is fair and equal access to opportunities for everyone. Your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law. All that matters to us is that you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a government scheme that helps employers attract, recruit, and retain disabled staff. We welcome applications from disabled people and accept applications in alternative formats – and guarantee to interview applicants who have a disability.

Winning Together

At Computacenter, we have been writing success stories for more than 40 years! Today, we’re driving digital transformation with over 20,000 employees worldwide. We develop IT strategies, implement new technologies and manage complex infrastructures.

As a proud, independent partner to some of the world’s leading technology providers, our portfolio covers workplace, applications & data, cloud & data center, security, and networking. What’s the secret of our success? Quite simply, it’s our people.

The people who bring their unique skills and perspectives to a diverse and inclusive environment that enables them to reach their full potential.

Winning Together

We are an award-winning employer!

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