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Manchester, Gb

Manchester, United Kingdom

Leading the IT function including responsibility for the development and delivery of business critical systems.Procure Plus puts together, manages and continuously improves commercial arrangements (procured in accordance with public procurement regulations) for social housing maintenance and repairs and uses these to ensure a positive impact on the communities where the work is done. This is achieved by working in partnership with contractors and local community groups in order to create meaningful, well paid employment and training opportunities. Our passion lies in innovating solutions to stay ahead of market demand, ensuring value, transparency and quality. With ever evolving systems to support innovation and keep pace with an ever-changing market. We are from and for housing, so understand the challenges social housing providers face and are here to support them, sharing best practice and information at every stage. With our dedication and expertise, we make a real difference to our communities, one project and individual at a time.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Performing requirements analysis with internal and external stakeholders and managing the developments with a third party software developer.- Key point of contact for the business into the IT team- Analyse changes to new and existing systems- Engineer requirements in to user stories- Plan development priorities with third party team- Mentor & manage IT team members

Manchester, United Kingdom

Performing the role of Team Leader with a multi-discipline team of Business Analysts, Developers and Test Analysts in an Iterative Development (“Agile”) environment developing a key accounting system for the company’s Finance department.- Stakeholder management including Head of Finance- Produce and maintain delivery or project plans for the team, working to agreed scope and estimates- Manage and plan each two week iteration / sprint using User Stories to segment work- Run daily stand ups to review progress- Line manage and appraise team members- Maintain department standards for documents and signoffs within the team- Report clearly to Senior Management on progress and issues

Manchester, United Kingdom

- Support and manage developments across multiple third party systems including ticketing & stadium access, telephony (including IVR), customer service, intranet, recruitment and payroll.- Gather and document Business Requirements from a range of stakeholders at various levels of the organisation- Manage multiple third party suppliers relationships- Project manage developments to existing applications and installation of new systems- Produce and execute Test Plans- Plan and implemented system rollouts and upgrades- Extensive data analysis (SQL Server Based)

Manchester, United Kingdom

- Full Project Lifecycle- Gather and Document Requirements- Produce Functional Specifications- Develop and execute Test Plans- Plan and co-ordinate project implementations- UML based documentation- Liaised with Third Party Suppliers and in house developers- Mentor Junior team members- Data Analysis (SQL Based)

Manchester, United Kingdom

- Produced functional and technical specifications- Completed assigned programming work (Assembler, COBOL, DB2)- Produced and executed unit and integration testing