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Application Consultant Salary up to £68,500 per annum plus strong benefits package and excellent career progression opportunities/support. PLUS: 15% Bonus & Private Healthcare Benefits include: Our double match pension – where we’ll double match your...

Application Consultant

Salary up to £68,500 per annum plus strong benefits package and excellent career progression opportunities/support.

PLUS: 15% Bonus & Private Healthcare

Benefits include: Our double match pension – where we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%, 36 days paid holidays, Share Schemes, Holiday purchase and much more (more details below)

Location: Glasgow or Prenton

Permanent / Full Time

Help us create a better future, quicker 

Role

The Application Consultant contributes to the development of the Digitalisation Strategy and is responsible for its implementation. Working as a senior member of a Centre of Excellence Value Stream, the Application Consultant will make Application design decisions that satisfy both local and Global requirements, ensuring that the Applications Analysts are familiar with the design decisions and that they have been ratified with the Transformation Architecture & Strategy team
Leading a small team of Application Analysts and Application Administrators to deliver and support solutions within their Value Stream is a core part of the role.
 
A key part of the role is to create and maintain the models, templates and frameworks that will be used by the rest of the team in the implementation of the business requirements. The post-holder will be responsible for working within the framework of IT applications which includes, Data Analysis solutions, Customer Service Digital solutions and other Emerging Digital technologies.
 
Working in the Work and Asset Management value stream, this role will undertake the following
responsibilities:

  • Capture and review business requirements and suggest technical solutions for ERP based solutions

  • Assess solutions proposed by external partners to determine views on suitability or any potential issues

  • Identify & evaluate solution options to provide justification for chosen solution

  • Work with external partner to identify costs for solutions with review of comparative  options / costs

  • Works with external partner to determine delivery time for solutions

What you’ll be doing 

IT Strategy 

Development of key elements of the SPEN Digitalisation Strategy. Ensuring that all projects are consistent with Strategy and adhere to the Iberdrola Global model and Architecture

direction.

Leadership

Providing clear application design direction to Delivery Teams. Improving the knowledge of Applications Analysts and Application Administrators within their Value Stream through mentoring, workshops and other skill transfer methods.

Project Engagement 

Early engagement on large projects and programmes; Taking strategic direction from the Transformation Architecture & Strategy team and defining detailed Application Solutions for the business.  Assisting business in early scope definition, feasibility analysis and business case development.

Requirements Capture 

Responsible for decomposition of large projects into discrete areas of application work packages.

Solutions Delivery 

Responsible for supporting IT Strategy implementation through Application Design Roadmaps, upgrades, etc. Accountable for ensuring the delivered solution meets business requirements.

Testing 

Development of testing strategy for larger projects where long end-to-end business threads need to be tested spanning multiple underlying integrated systems.

Environment Knowledge 

Knowledge and awareness of Iberdrola’s organisation, culture, people, strategy and operating models and implications for IT projects.

Experience in design, delivery and evaluation of IT requirements and development of appropriate Global and Local solutions working with the Transformation Architecture & Strategy Team and other UKIT Teams.

Proven ability to apply knowledge of businesses and sector to ensure IT development projects are fit for purpose and support business goals/strategy.

Applications and Technology Knowledge

Responsible for investigating new Application solutions and working with External vendors to identify application technologies that meet the business goals/strategy. Ensuring that application solution knowledge is kept up to date in selected areas of responsibility.

Financial Engagement

Validation of all financial cost assumptions regarding the application solution. Responsible at a project level for alignment of projects with core IT strategy.

People Management

Responsible for managing a small team of Application Analysts and Application Administrators to deliver and support solutions within their Value Stream.

What you’ll bring 

Significant experience of Application development in an organisation of similar scope and scale to ScottishPower, with previous Solutions Application Design experience in a global organisation preferred.

Significant SAP experience in a Project delivery and Support organisation

Significant experience in working with external vendors to define application solutions.

Experience in collaborating with various external providers, to complete proof of concept exercises and run innovation projects. 

Experience and understanding of Application challenges and solutions.

Highly developed problem solving and delivery skills with the ability to analyse complex issues, recommend appropriate solutions and manage projects to delivery these.

Excellent communication skills, with an ability to distil technical issues into a form that can be digested by non-technical managers.

Fluent written and spoken Spanish beneficial.

Ability to build effective relationships with key stakeholders locally and globally.

Previous experience of operating in a matrix management model and of managing a team

comprising a combination of internal and external resources.

Experience of design modelling and document management tools

Minimum Criteria  

  • 5+ years’ related work experience.

  • 5 years’ of progressive experience in software engineering/enterprise

  • architecture/technology leadership across multiple products, systems and/or platforms.

  • 5 years’ working in Application solutions design delivering IT solutions.

  • 5 years of experience in ERP applications,, database, distributed computing, virtualization

  • and/or application technology.

  • Experience in delivering industrial platforms or horizontal software middleware.

  • Knowledge of technologies and common Packaged Platform/Systems.

  • Bachelor’s Degree.  In lieu of Bachelor’s degree, equivalent industry experience may be

  • considered.

  • SAP PM expertise is essential, with demonstrable working knowledge of MM,CO,FI,AM &

  • PPM

  • SAP accreditations ie PLM200/300 would be preferrable, but not essential

What’s in it for you  

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.  

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow.

That’s why our benefits include: 

  • 36 days annual leave 

  • Holiday Purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave 

  • Share Schemes 

  • Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding

  • Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases 

  • Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving 

  • Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans 

  • Healthcare benefit options including: Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments 

  • Life Assurance (4x salary) 

  • Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support 

  • Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more 

 

 Why SP Energy Networks 

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously.

We’re investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in. 

We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to careers@scottishpower.com

Mobility

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.

IMPORTANT 

Advert will close at 23:59 GMT the day before Job Posting End Date below

January-31-2025

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