Group IT Manager

Generous discounts for you and your family across Brand Collective's brands
- Leadership role with a leading apparel and footwear company
- Join our high-achieving and tight knit team in our Richmond offices

**About Brand Collective**:
As a leading apparel and footwear company, Brand Collective have a portfolio of 26 brands, 15-character licences and 300 retail stores across Australia and New Zealand. Trading under the Brand Collective Banner, our portfolio of brands includes Reebok, Clarks, Hush Puppies, Shoes & Sox, Superdry, Replay, Review, Elka Collective, Black Pepper, Yarra Trail, Everlast, Lonsdale, Julius Marlow, Grosby, Mossimo, Marco Polo, Shoe Warehouse, Volley and many more

Our people ask questions. They think outside the box. They ask how we can continue to do things better. They make no apologies for cutting through red-tape and they believe in the greatness of the rewards that can be reaped from working together. These are the kinds of people that we look for when we bring new talent into our business.

**The opportunity**:
This is a rare opportunity to join a well-established Australian retail / wholesale business that is continuing to grow. It is an exciting time to be joining a business seeking the skills of an experienced Senior IT Manager to provide strong leadership for the wider IT team and play a hands-on role in supporting a diverse network of IT infrastructure.

This is an onsite, hands-on technical leadership role, owning and leading all things IT. You will drive strategic technology decisions while rolling your sleeves up to assist with more complex project support & deliverables.

**Key duties and responsibilities**:
In this role, you will develop short-term and long-term IT strategy, whilst utilising your superior people and project management skills to analyse business problems, design operational process, implement solutions, and be a key player in assisting the business to achieve short and long-term business goals.

As the Group IT Manager, you will be responsible for:

- Providing strategic and operational leadership and direction to the business in all areas relating to IT management, performance, resourcing, systems, and processes.
- Ensure the effective performance of all IT and digital business systems, manage all IT projects from end to end. You would also act as the main adviser on all issues relating to IT and digital support transformation and keep abreast of latest developments and technologies.
- Inspire, lead, and develop direct reports, and internal/external project teams, and provide guidance to others in maximising efficiency via digital technology-based systems.
- You will be responsible for both designing and deploying a clear IT strategy and roadmap for the organisation while collaborating with the Leadership Team and key stakeholders to drive the overall Brands Collective strategic plan.
- You will develop operational well-being by providing education and collaboration with the wider leadership team to improve efficiencies to maintain a competitive position and grow revenue.
- Ensure that the wider group complies with all legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements. Mitigate key elements of the organisation’s risk relating to, but not limited to, cyber security.
- Managing the technical support teams that support the wider business functions.
- Manage the maintenance and support of a network of 400 stores & 20 websites across 3 platforms.
- Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders, and ensuring technical feasibility.
- Checking security of our systems on a regular basis.
- Implementing training schedules for all members of the IT team and on occasion for other employees.
- Arranging for regular audits of the system, often in collaboration with an IT Auditor.
- Managing annual budgets for the department and reporting such information to senior management.
- Instigating and managing major IT projects in accordance according to business needs and budget restrictions, including system updates and migrations.
- Assessing opportunities for improvement via inspirational leadership and innovations in IT products and processes.

**The experience you offer us**:

- IT Management experience in a retail enterprise environment - essential.
- Understanding of retail ERP & POS (AP21 desirable), Network infrastructure management & vendor management.
- Strong experience mentoring the development and direction of IT team members.

**The kind of people we look for**:
We are a friendly, dynamic and fun organisation and we are after a particular type of person:

- You are results-focused and motivated by achieving and exceeding your set goals to deliver on tight deadlines.
- You revel and thrive in a people-focused role and enjoy building and maintain strong relationships at all levels of the business.
- You are meticulously organised and place a strong focus on attention to detail.
- You are enthusiastic are self-motivated and lov