IT Specialist - HR

About Us 
Tate and Lyle is a successful organisation with a clear purpose, ambition, strategy, and strong expert talent, solely focused on achieving its’ ambition as a world class ingredients solutions provider. We have expanded our plant-based footprint beyond corn into tapioca, stevia leaf, chickpea protein and soluble fibre to explore wider platforms for achieving our ambition. Achieving this ambition will require; development of new capabilities, reallocation of resources and investment to become a leaner, more agile company, leveraging latest technology, process insight and ways of working.

Tate & Lyle Global Shared Services Centre in Łódź is the principal location for handling the business support activities and processes for Tate & Lyle, both transactional as well as value-added business partnering support. Starting operations in 2011 with less than 50 people, we now have over 350 employees supporting operations globally. We have 30 teams operating in Łódź to provide service in the areas of Finance, Customer Service, Procurement, HR/People Services, and IS/IT.

About this role:

IT Specialist is an important role embedded within the IT “Towers Functional” team and serves as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Corporate Functions – HR. Support the Senior IT Managers and leadership in the E2E delivery of IT initiatives, (strategy to project delivery to operational excellence). This role brings specialist knowledge to complex challenges, will collaborate on cross functional initiatives and guides teams on best practises and innovation.   

• Ownership for understanding, analysing business needs and drive requirement definition and validation, driving insights through data, and ensuring that technology design & solutions align with business objectives.

• Ownership for selected project delivery through partners and accountable operational management of IT services and solutions within Corporate Functions – HR driving efficiency, simplification value, growth and compliance.

• Contributing and shaping functional technology strategy and roadmap to Corporate Functions – HR strategies and goals, working closely with key leaders and stakeholders.

• Operate as the go to expert SME providing technology & solution functional know how to underpin strategic decisions within Corporate Functions – HR

• Develop, understand and address the technology needs of Corporate Functions – HR, translating these into actionable and sustainable strategies to meet target IT TCO,

• Collaborate across ISIT teams (Other Functional SMEs, ERP and Innovation CoE, D&A, Service Operations) on initiatives and projects to deliver a “best-in-class” IT experience as a single team to ensure integrated and compliant solutions.

• Work with strategic partners and third parties to implement systems and tools aligned with Enterprise Architecture and the wider IT Strategy and Operating Model.

Accountabilities:

Subject Matter Expertise & Partnership

• Leverage functional solution / technology capabilities with key Corporate Functions – HR stakeholders & leads to explore new ideas, requirements, address challenges and identify potential solutions.

  • Maintain a deep understanding of the function’s goals, processes, and technology needs, aligning technology solutions with their objectives.

  • Conduct gap analysis, analyse and model business processes and solutions to identify areas for improvement.

  • Proposed and recommend solutions to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

• Elicit and co-document business requirements through stakeholder interviews, workshops, and analysis.

  • Collaborate with stakeholders to gather, analyse, and document business and technical requirements

  • Translate business needs into functional specifications and collaborate with ERP CoE and other IT teams to ensure the solution design meets intended outcomes.

• Collaborate with functional leads to drive the adoption of IT solutions and innovations.

  • Perform data analysis to support decision-making and strategic planning.

  • Co-create and technology strategies and application roadmaps, aligned with global and regional business goals.

• Collaborate with functional leads to drive the adoption of IT solutions and innovations.

  • Co-create and technology strategies and application roadmaps, aligned with global and regional business goals.

People

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by actively seeking feedback from stakeholders

• Develop knowledge and embed relevant industry best practic