a) Company profile

See http://www.bunzloutsourcing.com/

b) IT strategy: overview

· One enterprise system in all of our businesses, to include any future European expansion

Our key objectives:

Maintaining the existing relatively low cost of IT in Bunzl;
The realisation of business efficiencies and gains through centralisation and standardisation of IT systems and resources;
Standardisation of management information;
A common Pan European solution, offering the flexibility to support several business models;
Fast & structured systems implementation when integrating new businesses

c) Key systems & IT support environment with Sage Line 500 businesses

a) Sage Line 500

· 2x IBM RS/6000 S80 production servers running AIX and HACMP (in mutual failover mode), hosted by Atos Origin; first line AIX and HACMP support provided by Atos Origin

· 2x IBM RS/6000 demo/test servers (F50 & J40) running AIX hosting by Bunzl

· Sage Line 500 (formerly Sage CS/3) v3.1; upgrade to v4 planned for this year. Over 600 concurrent users supported, 7 different businesses/business models. First line support provided by Bunzl, second line support provided by Datel, third line support provided by Sage

· Informix IDS v9.2.1

b) MIS

· 1x NT server supporting Informix IDS database; Business Objects used as reporting tool. Database run as offline data mart

c) WAN

· Cable & Wireless managed frame relay network service (primary) – 85 sites

· Implementing Cable & Wireless IP/VPN QoS as pilot in one business

d) IT team

· 1x IT manager

· 2x MIS developers

· 3x PC/LAN server support

· 1x DBA/systems administrator

· 4x Sage Line 500 support (+ 1 vacancy)

ROLE

Responsibilities

· Integration of new businesses onto Sage Line 500 & Bunzl business “blueprints”

· Problem resolution on Sage Line 500 systems

· Implementation of new Sage Line 500 functionality (new modules, new Line 500 projects, 3^rd party add-ons)

· Business systems analysis to support existing businesses and the development of new functionality

b) Experience & skills

· minimum 3 years Sage Line 500 support & implementation experience in a commercial environment essential, ideally gained in a high volume transaction processing, supply chain management environment

· in depth working knowledge of ledgers, stock, purchasing, order processing, telesales, warehouse management & EDI

· project management in a system implementation environment

· AIX (IBM UNIX), a distinct advantage

· Relational database, a distinct advantage (in particular, Informix IDS)

· Preparedness to work on a rota basis to provide support for month end and out-of-hours

c) Personal skills & background

· graduate calibre

· preparedness to undertake UK and mainland European~~ropean~~ travel

· Adaptable, resilient, highly motivated, enthusiastic, team-player, customer-focused, credible with commercial management

· Ability to work under pressure, to deadlines

· Ability to tackle simultaneous tasks effectively

· Able to add value from “day 1”

· European languages, an advantage

d) Location

· Epsom, Surrey

e) Reporting line

· Reporting to Sage Line 500 support & development team manager

f) Package

· Competitive base salary, commensurate with experience

· performance related bonus

· company car

· private health scheme

· 4 weeks annual leave, rising to 5 weeks from year 2

· contributory pension scheme

· SAYE, after eligibility period

g) Start date

· As soon as possible