Your new company:

Hays Technology are working exclusively with AGCO to appoint an exciting new Global Head of Digital Customer Technology based in their Stoneleigh office in Warwickshire. This is a key role in a large global business where you will have the opportunity to make your mark and create a better business through process improvement and technology innovation. In this role you will be part of the senior leadership team and be the Digital Technology site leader for the UK business.

AGCO are a large global organisation specialising in the design, manufacturing and selling of large agricultural machinery. They have a bold digital vision to be the ‘leading AgriTech company in the world’. Digital technology isn’t just a support function - it’s the engine powering smarter farming, sustainable growth, and next-generation customer experiences. As the Global Head of Digital Customer Technology, you’ll be responsible for building the tools, platforms, and intelligent solutions that farmers worldwide rely on to sustainably feed a growing global population.

Your new role:

This is a key role, with a global remit, to build a unified experience platform across the multi-brand AGCO business.
With 8 direct reports and 150 indirect reports, you will be responsible for driving AGCO’s digital transformation and innovation agenda. Reporting to the Chief Digital & Information Officer, this exciting role leads the strategy, vision, and execution of digital customer technology initiatives, ensuring cohesive digital experiences for farmers, dealers, and employees globally.

The incumbent will foster cross-functional collaboration, champion digital innovation, and deliver measurable business outcomes aligned with AGCO’s strategic objectives.
Essential responsibilities: To be successful in this role, you will work across functions with the global C-Suite team and other senior leaders to create a global customer experience strategy and governance proposition using your established stakeholder management skills.

You will create omnichannel journey designs and implement AI and analytics-driven personalisation using telemetry and customer data.

You will provide frontline and dealer teams with digital tools to enable growth and create and launch a global customer experience training programs to support the new unified platform.

You will own all dealer and farmer-facing digital application solutions globally and form a strong partnership with the rest of the digital technology team and MSP’s to ensure full platform reliability, scalability and governance.

What you’ll need to succeed:

To be successful in the role, you will need a minimum of 15 years’ experience working within digital technology with at least 10 years in a leadership role, ideally at global level.

You will be able to demonstrate your ability to lead large-scale, cross-functional digital initiatives and have experience managing large teams and budgets.

The ideal candidate will need to demonstrate where they have created and led strategic customer experience visions and executed them, along with strong demonstrable experience influencing stakeholders and communicating at executive level.

Omnichannel orchestration and innovation experience is extremely important, as well as the ability to create AI-driven personalisation and analytics to drive experimentation within the team.

Experience in previous technology-driven B to B to C environments is ideal, as well as an extremely competent understanding of customer experience from a technology-driven focus.

And most of all, a passion for driving technology and customer experience within a global organisation.

Qualifications and Experience Levels:

A degree or M.Sc. in information technology, engineering or related field is highly advantageous.

What you get in return:

You will receive in return a highly attractive base salary and package commensurate with a global leadership role.

Holiday: 26 days

Pension: 5%employee, 10% AGCO contribution

Life: X9 salary

AIP (Bonus): 35% typically paid in April/MayStock Awards Scheme

AXA Healthcare

Car or car allowance

Holiday trading 5 days, retail discounts, vouchers, EAP and access to YuLife Wellbeing App (free and unlimited 24/7 UK-based GPs + free will service)

What you do now:

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Product Owner - 6 Months Contract - Hybrid / Milton Keynes - Outside IR35

VIQU has partnered with a leading SaaS provider who are seeking an experienced Product Owner to support a major implementation project for a high-profile US client.

The successful Product Owner will play a key role in translating requirements into clear, actionable user stories, shaping product direction, and ensuring successful delivery. This position requires someone confident, polished, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Due to the global nature of the project, flexibility to work outside standard UK hours will be required.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary liaison between the business, stakeholders, and the client
• Lead customer discovery sessions to gather and validate requirements
• Create and manage user stories, acceptance criteria, and the product backlog
• Ensure the product delivers value, balancing customer expectations with business needs
• Work closely with the Product Manager and delivery teams to ensure successful implementation
• Support the rollout for a major client and contribute to ongoing product enhancements
• Identify and drive process improvements in a busy, evolving environment

Key Skills & Experience Required

• Strong experience as a Product Owner within SaaS environments
• Background in client-facing product roles with exceptional stakeholder communication
• Proven ability to produce high-quality user stories and manage product backlogs
• Good understanding of Agile, Scrum, or hybrid delivery methodologies
• Excellent stakeholder management, ideally with experience working across international teams
• Proficiency with JIRA (core tool used across the team)
• Experience within EdTech or adjacent sectors is highly desirable
• Comfortable working in fast-moving teams with shifting priorities

Role details:

• Job role: Product Owner
• Job type: Contract
• Duration: 6 months
• Hours: Flexibility required to align with West Coast US working hours
• Rate: £500 - £550 per day
• IR35 status: Outside IR35
• Location: Hybrid – 1 day per week onsite in Milton Keynes

Apply now to speak with VIQU IT in confidence. Or reach out to Suzie Stone via the VIQU IT website.

Do you know someone great? We’ll thank you with up to £1,000 if your referral is successful (terms apply).

For more exciting roles and opportunities like this, please follow us on LinkedIn @VIQU IT Recruitment.

About The Role
Engineered to Protect, thats our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world.This role will lead the product development and subsequent enhancement of our decoy launcher product. ensuring is continues to enhance its capabilities in a controlled way, addressing the addition of new features and managing obsolescence.
Product Development and Sustainment Programme Manager will be based out of our Barnstaple site. This role allows for flexible working.
The salary for this role is up to £75k, depending on experience.

Whatyoullbedoing

• Define and deliver product development programmes, which may come from customer-funded and PV initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic goals
• Own outcomes for scope, budget, quality, and timescales, monitoring progress and initiating corrective actions
• Act as the primary customer and stakeholder interface, maintaining constructive relationships with customers, suppliers, and internal teams
• Identify and control Key Interface Dependencies (KIDs) supporting Customer Project Delivery
• Provide strong leadership, fostering team engagement, collaboration, and focus on common goals
• Identify, manage, and resolve risks, issues, and opportunities, leading problem-solving and contingency planning
• Ensure compliance with defence standards, security protocols, and champion process improvement in line with best practice
• Coordinate the cross-functional Integrated Project Team (IPT) to achieve milestones and product releases

About our company
At SEA, we develop and deliver advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner and more efficient.
We provide state-of-the-art applications for naval ship and fleet protection, and undersea surveillance systems. In-service across the globe, our systems deliver a rapid response to threats and system effectiveness and interoperation. Our systems support an ever-growing number of navies across the world, and we continue to bolster our already specialist, on-the-ground knowledge of key overseas markets.

What we offer
At our core, we encourage innovation, flexibility and out-of-the-box thinking to solve problems, so were always looking for talented, flexible, and creative people to bring their best to SEA. In return we offer generous rewards, a fantastic work/life balance, and excellent career and training opportunities for everyone who joins. Havea look atthe benefits we offer:

Work life balance

• Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
• 25 days annual leave, plus buy and sell
• Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
• Half day Fridays
• Reservists in theArmedForces receive special paid leave

Family & wellbeing

• Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
• All Staff Bonus
• Group Pension Plan of up to 7% employer contribution
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing Centre
• Sports & Social activities
• Employee Discounts portal - online and in-store discounts, travel savings
• Life assurance policy
• Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
• Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learning

Facilities & resources

• Electric vehicle charging points at all sites
• Private seated lunch areas
• Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages
• Onsite showers and toiletries provision
• Free onsite parking

Theskills you need

• Hands-on experience with project management tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, risk registers) and professional qualifications such as APM, PMI, or PRINCE2
• Proven experience managing complex product or systems development through the full lifecycle in defence or similarly regulated environments
• Deep knowledge of all phases of project/programme delivery from inception and planning through execution, monitoring, and closure within an Engineering Delivery context
• Strong financial and commercial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting, Earned Value Management (EVM), and supplier/subcontractor management
• Expertise in risk and opportunity management, configuration management, and change control processes
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with demonstrated ability to manage stakeholders, resolve conflicts, and lead effective change

Join us and be part of something smaller - with500people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters.
If youd like to know more, please give Kelly Thomas from our Talent Acquisition Team a call on 03330 414300. Or reach out to us on

We believe in better. And we make it happen. Better content. Better products. And better careers.

Working in Tech, Product or Data at Sky is about building the next and the new. From broadband to broadcast, streaming to mobile, Sky Stream to Sky Glass, we never stand still. We optimise and innovate. We turn big ideas into the products, content and services millions of people love.

And we do it all right here at Sky.

What you’ll do ;

• Set a Product Vision & own the Product Backlog for Adobe Campaign & our owned comms stack, enabling the business to deliver on their requirements.
• Maintain a delivery roadmap of features, product releases, and integrations with the wider Sky technology & tooling ecosystem .
• Be the system admin for Adobe Campaign & the owned comms stack
• Govern the usage of Campaign Management within the business, defining the operating model and establishing appropriate controls and workflows for our tools.
• Enable business adoption & lead Ideation Workshops and User Story Creation, to drive product requirements and drive the effective usage of our tools in the business.
• Advise on Campaign best practice to ensure tooling is usilised effectively
• Join Quarterly Planning & support experimentation & development teams in sprint planning as required .
• Lead our campaign management vendor partnerships & ensure tooling remains best-in-class
• Ensure Technology Stack for campaign execution adheres to Compliance & Policy Requirement s
• Support Head of Martech at Sky UK in implementing martech strategy and specific initiatives

What you’ll bring ;

• Deep experience with Adobe Campaign, ideally with Adobe Campaign Certification.
• Demonstrated expertise in managing complex digital campaigns and platform migrations
• Deep Technical understanding of Adobe Campaign v7, and experience of AJO and Campaign v8 preferred.
• Experience with additional marketing technology capabilities preferred, as it will be beneficial in working with wider teams across the business. This could include web analytics, customer data management, consent management, personalisation, and digital marketing.
• A proven track record of product ownership in a complex & fast moving organisation.
• Proven track record influencing and working with decision makers to drive strategic decisions .

Team Overview

The Marketing Technology team deliver capability that allows us to attract, engage & retain customers and measure the effectiveness of our journeys and marketing spend, utilising best-in-class tech solutions. The team will focus on:

• Deepening of Martech specialisms and greater alignment and visibility across the group to drive additional value and economies of scale.
• Future-proofing Martech stack to drive media efficiencies and ensure campaign effectiveness through deployment of new capabilities.
• Embedding best practice technologies and championing their adoption to further consolidate technology choices.
• Ensuring stellar customer experience by helping select and deliver consistent, personalised, cross-channel journey orchestration and optimisation.
• Building internal Martech capabilities to enable & empower teams aoss Sky Residential & Group OTT and to drive operating efficiencies.

The Rewards:

There’s a reason people can’t stop talking about ! Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
• A generous pension package
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband
• Access a wide range of best-in-class Sky VIP rewards and experiences

How You’ll Work:

We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our outstanding office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home. We’ve adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You’ll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.

Your Office Base:

Osterley

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There’s also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

On campus, you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Inclusion:

At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more passionate about who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working. We are a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all, and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you. To find out more about working with us, search on social media. Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advertisement at any time once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Location: Bracknell Area (Hybrid working)

Are you an experienced iOS developer who enjoys building mobile applications that have a real impact on people’s health and wellbeing?

Were working with an innovative medical technology company developing connected mobile applications used by customers around the world.

Theyre looking for a Senior iOS Developer with strong Swift experience to help design and evolve a sophisticated mobile platform that integrates mobile apps, health data and cloud services.

This is an opportunity to work on a product that combines modern iOS engineering, health data integration and scalable mobile architecture, helping shape the future of a growing digital health ecosystem.

The Role

As a Senior iOS Developer you will lead the development and evolution of a modern mobile application used by customers globally.

Youll work closely with product managers, UX designers, QA engineers and data science teams, contributing to both feature delivery and long-term architecture decisions.

The role offers strong technical ownership and the opportunity to help shape the mobile platform strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain iOS applications using Swift and SwiftUI
• Build scalable mobile architectures using modern iOS design patterns
• Integrate Apple HealthKit and health-related data sources
• Implement robust REST API integrations
• Develop unit tests and automated UI testing frameworks (XCTest)
• Contribute to code reviews and architecture discussions
• Collaborate with product, UX and engineering teams in an Agile environment
• Support CI/CD pipelines and release processes

Required Experience

• Strong experience developing iOS applications using Swift
• Experience working with SwiftUI
• Experience integrating RESTful APIs
• Strong understanding of iOS architecture patterns
• Experience building modern mobile applications

Desirable Experience

• Experience integrating Apple HealthKit or health-related APIs
• Experience with automated testing frameworks (XCTest)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines
• Experience working within regulated or high-reliability software environments

Whats on Offer

• Opportunity to work on technology that improves people’s health and wellbeing
• Hybrid working 3 days per week in the office
• Collaborative engineering culture
• The chance to influence the architecture of a growing mobile platform

Salary: Up to £50,000

Closing date: 15th March

Interview Date: 25th March

This is a remote role, travel will be required across the South West and South East, the ideal candidate for this role will be Oxfordshire based.

Those huge small victories

Are you currently working as a DSL in school or have wider DSL/Safeguarding responsibilities within a Multi Academy Trust, if so, are you ready to take the next step and join a team of likeminded people who are passionate about safeguarding children or are you a Schools Safeguarding Officer or equivalent within a local authority and are already supporting DSLs in schools? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

We are the highest Ofsted-rated provider in the country for special education and care. Our teams are fulfilled by the idea of making even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.

For children with complex needs the level of care and education we provide must go above and beyond. That’s what drives us here at Witherslack Group. With our high staff-to-child ratio and in-house clinical teams, we’re proud to have won a reputation for excellence and market leading OFSTED ratings.

Get out what you put in

The Schools Safeguarding Officer will work closely with the Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL’s) and Head Teachers to ensure that practice is robust and defensible in relation to safeguarding within the school.

You will work with the Head of Safeguarding to support schools and ensure compliance in accordance with safeguarding and wider legislation and in the development and delivery of training for DSL’s and school-based staff. You will contribute to effective partnership working between different teams and departments within Witherslack Group.

You will undertake safeguarding audits in schools to ensure compliance within current frameworks and support schools in any actions plans resulting from findings within safeguarding audits. You will also support DSL’s in schools and give advice to ensure that safeguarding concerns are managed in line with Local Safeguarding Partnership procedures and thresholds. You will work with DSL’s in schools to ensure that safeguarding record keeping is robust and in line with best practice and will give advice and guidance in relation to safeguarding cases.

The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years experience as a DSL in a school and has worked in a variety of different agencies. If in addition to that you have wider agency experience of working within for example, early help or children’s social care, that would be even better. We are looking for someone who has experience of giving advice to and supporting DSLs/DDSL’s in their work, has experience of developing and delivering training and undertaking audits in relation to safeguarding.

Bring your whole-self to work

Here at Witherslack Group, we celebrate everyone’s differences as that’s what makes us the best at what we do. Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs - and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves.

We’ll give you the chance to build an exciting career in a fast-growing organisation, where you’re free to achieve your potential. Here’s what we need from you;

• Extensive safeguarding expertise - significant experience (5+ years) managing safeguarding and child protection cases, ideally as a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) or in a similar senior role.
• Strong policy knowledge - up-to-date understanding of Keeping Children Safe in Education, national safeguarding policy, wider education legislation, and partnership arrangements.
• Proven advisory and training skills - ability to provide expert safeguarding advice to schools, support the resolution of safeguarding deficits, and design and deliver effective training.
• Ongoing professional development - a comprehensive portfolio of CPD in safeguarding and child protection, with evidence of applying learning from reviews and developments into practice.
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational abilities - strong communication, problem-solving, and report-writing skills, with the flexibility to manage competing priorities and support schools in high-pressure situations.

What we do for you

We know you’re going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the care sector. With us, you’ll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people - plus you’ll get:

• Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 dependent on experience
• Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts
• Holiday: You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with 7 weeks’ holiday (including bank holidays)
• Flexible benefits package: meaning you can increase/decrease your holiday allowance, pension and life insurance - check out our benefits here
• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
• Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities
• A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time

Join the UK’s best special education and care provider

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself .

For more information please contact Mary Aurens Head of Safeguarding on

For a full job description please click here

To view our ex-offenders policy please click here .

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost). We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

At Saint-Gobain, we’re looking for a Technical Specifications Consultant to drive specification and commercial growth across London and the South.

This is a high-impact, project-led role focused on influencing specifications early and converting them into secured outcomes. You’ll work closely with architects, consultants and main contractors, using technical credibility and strong stakeholder engagement to secure and protect system positions on priority projects.

If you enjoy operating in a fast-paced, competitive market and turning technical influence into commercial results, this is that kind of role.

What you’ll be doing:
Influencing specifications across priority London and South projects
Building strong relationships with architects, consultants and contractors
Managing a disciplined regional pipeline and driving conversion
Positioning fa ade, EWI, render and flooring systems competitively and compliantly
Collaborating cross-functionally to move from specification to order

We’re looking for someone who:
Has experience influencing specifications or project-based construction sales
Is confident engaging senior project stakeholders
Understands RIBA stages, procurement routes and specification risk
Can interpret drawings and technical requirements
Combines technical credibility with commercial drive

Are Saint-Gobain inclusive employers?

Saint-Gobain is a worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction, following our purpose of ‘Making the World a Better Home’. We play a part in improving daily life through high-performance solutions. From wherever you are, let your unique personality and our values guide you every day to invent a more sustainable world.

We understand that a diverse workplace is not only a more enjoyable place to be, but also facilitates better decision making and innovation. So, whoever you are, and whichever Saint-Gobain business you join, you can be sure of a warm welcome with us.

And what about flexibility?

At Saint-Gobain, we’re always open to new ways of working. Everyone has different needs and commitments. We’ll happily discuss any need you might have for this role. Whilst we can’t promise to meet every request when we’re recruiting, we do promise to listen.

If you match our criteria, we will be in touch to discuss your experience and more about you as a person. We look forward to hearing from you.

Job Title: Client Account Manager

Salary: £33,000 - £38,000

Contract: Full-time, Permanent

Location: Chichester

Liberty Recruitment Group are proud to be working with a fantastic family-founded business who are experiencing a very exciting growth period.

We are seeking a Business Relationship Manager to take ownership of their client portfolio and drive commercial growth. This is a key role in shaping client relationships and supporting ongoing product development.

Responsibilities include:

• Building long lasting relationships with new and existing clients.
• Acting as a Project Manager for a portfolio of accounts.
• Identifying and following up on leads to broaden the client base.
• Ensuring the CRM system is up to date with accurate information regarding client interactions, lead statuses and project milestones.
• Organising and scheduling meetings to facilitate new product development in line with sales enquiries.
• Ensuring quotations are produced accurately.
• Investigating customer complaints, responding accordingly and in a timely manner.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Strong knowledge of managing new and existing client projects, including product development
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels
• Confidence, credibility and the ability to build strong internal and external relationships
• Strong time management, organisation and deadline discipline
• Skilled verbal communicator with strong listening and advisory capability
• High competency in Microsoft Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a fast-paced environment
• Confidence in making critical decisions when necessary

If you are an experienced Account Manager looking for your next role and would love to work with industry-leading brands, then please reach out to the team at Liberty Recruitment Group.

Working as part of a small, friendly product development team, this role supports the buying function from initial product concept through to launch. It involves managing the critical path, maintaining strong communication with UK and Far East suppliers, analysing sales performance, and providing data-driven recommendations to optimise the range.

Key Responsibilities

1. Critical Path Management

• Develop and manage the critical path for all product launches across the company range and own-label collections, ensuring timelines are met from concept to delivery.
• Track progress across all supply chain stages, maintaining clear communication between suppliers and internal teams.
• Monitor key milestones including gold seal approvals, packing sign-off, and customer range review samples.
• Create and complete specification files for all products, ensuring accuracy before passing to the QC team and updating all information within the critical path.
• Manage photography samples and track progress in line with studio timelines.

2. Buying Strategy & Supplier Management

• Support the creation of costing sheets and customer quote packs, including product photography for the sales team.
• Assist the buyer with supplier communication, gathering pricing, lead times, and MOQs while ensuring quality and margin targets are met.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with suppliers through daily communication.

3. Range Analysis & Sales Management

• Analyse sales data to produce meaningful reports covering sell-through, profitability, category mix, and SKU counts.
• Identify opportunities to optimise the range and prevent overstock or understock
• Work closely with the merchandising team to support accurate forecasting and replenishment planning.
• Manage clearance and discontinued lines, preparing costings and photography for the sales team.

4. General Duties

• Prepare detailed PowerPoint presentations covering market trends, promotional lines, and trade fair insights.
• Support trade fair preparation, including sample organisation, ticketing, and pricing
• Prepare samples and presentations for customer meetings, both on-site and externally.
• Collate competitive shop reports and monitor wider market trends.

Key Skills & Experience

• Experience in merchandising or buying
• Strong understanding of critical path management tools and processes.
• Analytical mindset with a passion for market research and trend analysis.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with proven supplier management experience.
• Proficiency in Excel, PLM systems, and project management tools.
• High attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
• Passion for product and enthusiasm for working in a fast-paced, hands-on buying and merchandising environment.

Job Title: Senior Manager, Talent and Development

Location: Dudley Council

Duration: 6 months

Rates: 292 per day (Umbrella)

Job Purpose

• Reporting to the Assistant Director of People and Inclusion and as part of the senior management team:

• Ensure that Dudley Council attracts, recognizes, develops, and retains talent to deliver excellent services for residents.

• Provide strategic direction on reward, talent, learning, career and leadership development across the Coun

• Identify need and deliver OD interventions to meet that need, including leadership development that creates inspirational leaders, supports transformation and embeds a culture of inclusiveness across Dudley Council.

• Providing strategic advice, guidance and support to the EDI agenda for the workforce, customers and the community.

• Lead on the Council’s wellbeing and EDI strategy and define and continually enhance the council’s employee health and wellbeing offer

• Lead the development of the EDI strategy and develop and implement policies, practices and action plans

• Lead on Talent and Organisational Development projects, both directorate and Council wide, including identification of need through to design, development, implementation and evaluation.

• Ensure the creation and delivery of interventions that demonstrate and encourage a culture of engagement and inclusiveness, helping our people to be the best they can be andensure accessibility for all colleagues.

Connect2Dudleyis a trading style of Dudley & Kent Commercial Services LTD - A joint venture between Dudley Metropolitan Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Dudley is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

Are you keen to join a B Corp certified financial services organisation who put their employees at the heart of everything they do? Are you a Product Owner with strong experience working with wider stakeholders and technical development teams to produce cutting edge financial services products? If so we'd love to hear from you. You'll define product vision with senior stakeholders and translate requirements into reality with technical development teams. A fantastic chance to Help build, grow, mould & shape the Product Roadmap & direction of products Role: Product Owner Salary: Up to £70k base salary Benefits: 25 Days Holiday, Birthday off, Healthcare cash plan, 5% matched pension, Cycle to work, Life assurance etc Location: Manchester - Hybrid working in place (3 days a week in the office) What you will bring to the table: You will be an experienced Product Owner certified would be great and preferably with experience working within the financial services industry NOT ESSENTIAL. We are looking for someone who has previous experience managing the implementation of a customer application portal, preferably within financial services. You will have worked with Agile development teams and will have led daily stand ups and scrum sessions you may even be a qualified Scrum Master. You will be a strong character who can work with all levels of the business, with the ability to influence and make key decisions across multiple teams. If you have experience working in an organisation who provide mortgages and loans this would be highly advantageous. If this sounds like you, click apply and send in a copy of your CV today.

Office Based West Midlands

Are you a strategic and creative B2B Marketing Manager looking to make a real impact in a growing organisation?

We are a leading UK manufacturer and supplier within the workwear and personal protective equipment sector, entering an exciting phase of product and market development. Marketing will play a pivotal role in driving brand growth, market awareness and commercial success.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced marketing professional to lead a dynamic team, shape strategy, and influence all areas of the business within a supportive and fast-paced environment where initiative is encouraged.

The Role

As Marketing Manager, you will lead the marketing function as part of the commercial team, developing and delivering an integrated marketing strategy aligned to business objectives.

You will be responsible for elevating brand presence, driving demand generation and ensuring consistency across all marketing channels.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the marketing department, ensuring delivery of high-quality output
• Develop and execute a comprehensive marketing strategy aligned with company goals
• Drive brand awareness, perception and engagement, monitoring key performance indicators
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure consistent brand messaging
• Oversee content creation across website, social media and trade publications
• Plan and manage product photoshoots with internal teams and external suppliers
• Work closely with digital specialists to maximise SEO performance and online visibility
• Optimise CRM usage to track integrated campaigns and measure effectiveness
• Develop demand generation programmes targeting key industry sectors
• Create and manage point-of-sale initiatives to strengthen distributor presence
• Maintain up-to-date marketing materials aligned to sector requirements
• Plan and oversee trade exhibitions and industry events
• Manage the marketing budget, reporting on ROI and campaign performance

About You

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• A Degree or Master’s qualification in Marketing (or equivalent professional qualification)
• Proven experience leading and developing a marketing team
• Strong B2B marketing experience with expertise in integrated campaign delivery
• Excellent creative thinking and communication skills
• Solid knowledge of SEO and digital marketing strategy
• Experience writing compelling content for a B2B audience
• A proactive, collaborative approach with the ability to work independently

Big Four Treasury Advisory Opportunity

Hays are delighted to be partnering with a member of the Big Four in their search for a Manager to join their rapidly expanding Accounting Advisory Services (AAS), Treasury team. The team is scaling and focused on serving the world’s leading Corporate Treasuries with their most complex business challenges. The team offer deep treasury expertise in financial products and markets, risk management, systems, governance, valuation, and accounting.
As a Manager, you will liaise directly with your clients responding to a range of technical queries, drawing both on your own expertise and identifying when additional input is required from more senior colleagues. Your role will also include business development activities, contributing to the team’s growth and success. You will lead teams and supervise the work of junior staff. You will also have performance management responsibilities for a small number of employees.
We are firmly committed to supporting your career development and will provide you with the breadth and depth of experience to facilitate this and support you in identifying areas of specialism.
What will you be doing?

• Undertaking reviews and implementations of Treasury strategies, policies, target operating models, cash management processes, and technology and systems.
• Conducting risk management assessments including foreign exchange, interest rate, credit and commodities.
• Conducting internal audits on treasury functions ranging from FTSE100 to Housing Associations and Charities, including benchmarking.
• Providing technical support on accounting and regulatory change projects such as IFRS 9, new UK GAAP, EMIR and Basel III.
• Assisting with delivering Treasury advisory projects, ranging from strategy reviews, target operating models, and audit support, including providing input to larger, multidisciplinary teams.
• Supporting the business development of IFRS 9 client proposition/offering, including responses to IFRS 9 client proposals, with a primary focus on Corporates, Listed and Regulatory.

What you’ll need to succeed

• Experience working within an accounting advisory function of a professional services firm/corporate business sector
• Experience working in a Corporate Treasury function with good technical knowledge of financial instruments, risk management, treasury strategies, systems, governance and controls
• Sound technical knowledge of IAS 39 and IFRS 9 standards, and their practical application
• Business development experience with new and existing clients
• Professional qualification from a recognised accountancy body

If you’re interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

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Development Manager (Marketing and Communications)

Who We Are

Leicestershire is made up of vibrant, ambitious and resilient communities. Leicester City in the Community support these groups, and the people within them, through exciting programmes with a passionate and dedicated team at its core. We aim to Engage, Inspire and Empower through Togetherness, Respect and Pride, changing lives and transforming communities.

Leicester City in the Community has a fantastic opportunity for a Development Manager (Marketing and Communications) to join our dynamic team on a fixed term basis.

About The Role

Key Duties;

• Lead and implement LCitC s strategic communications plan, ensuring high-quality, multi-channel communications that reflect our values and enhance our reach and reputation.
• Produce engaging and impactful stories, demonstrating the difference our work makes and supporting organisational growth and funding success.
• Amplify participant voice, ensuring all communications are meaningful, inclusive, inspiring, and reflective of the communities we work with.
• Oversee key media, marketing, and communications relationships, including partners across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
• Ensure all grant-related media and communications requirements are met and use data to highlight project and programme impact.
• Lead all LCitC player engagement activity, working in partnership with LCFC and LCWFC to design and deliver high-quality engagement opportunities.
• Support safeguarding, compliance, and risk management considerations within all communications content and processes.

Who We re Looking For

Skills required for success:

• Have a working knowledge of Children and Young People (KCSiE), and safeguarding Vulnerable Adults (including Preventing Extremism)
• Have a working knowledge of LCitC partners and the roles that they play in impactful delivery.
• Have an awareness and working knowledge of Service Level Agreements across each theme.

Essential requirements:

• Level 5 qualification or equivalent
• Safeguarding (including Prevent) certificate.
• Mental Health First Aid

Contract Type Fixed-Term (12-months)
Hours Per Week 37.5

You may be required to work outside of normal office hours, at evenings and weekends.

Location LCitC is based at King Power Stadium, Leicester. The delivery of sessions with take place at partner schools/Local Community centres etc and some aspects of the role will require homeworking, therefore you will need the ability to travel across multiple sites across Leicester and Charnwood.

Leicester City in the Community is an equal opportunities employer and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

Leicester City in the Community is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. As such, you may be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure & Barring Service and prior to taking up any role.

A shortlist of suitable applicants will be compiled shortly after the closing date and successful candidates will be contacted about the interview process.

Applicants must provide a separate supporting document clearly detailing how they meet the full person specification. Applications submitted without supporting information will not be shortlisted.

Are you a commercially savvy Category Manager ready to shape the strategy behind some of the most recognised wine brands in the market?

The Advocate Group is proud to be partnering with one of the world s largest and most respected wine businesses, a global powerhouse with South American heritage and a portfolio of category-leading, consumer-loved brands. They re now looking for a Category Manager to take the reins across key growth channels and drive real, incremental impact.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and grow independent category relationships with key Convenience, Wholesale and On-Trade customers, working closely with buying and category teams.
• Lead range reviews end-to-end, using insight and data to deliver wins for the retailer, shopper and brand teams.
• Use platforms such as Nielsen, IRI and Kantar to build compelling, insight-led recommendations around range, merchandising and promotions.
• Partner closely with Sales to create compelling trade sell-in stories linked to business priorities and channel Must Wins.
• Act as the internal champion for these channels, sharing performance updates, competitive insight, listings and watch-outs to ensure the wider business stays aligned.

About You:

• Proven Category Management experience, ideally within drinks or FMCG.
• Experience leading range reviews and delivering measurable impact across Wholesale and/or Convenience.
• Resilient, relationship-focused, and able to influence key stakeholders.
• Insight-driven, confident using data to shape recommendations and business decisions.
• Strong communicator, able to turn complex insights into clear, actionable stories.

If the role and responsibilities sound like a good fit for you, then I d love to speak to you!

Find out more about our available opportunities or how we can help you further your career contact us today.

Please get in touch with Emma or click Apply Now to be considered for this vacancy.

The Advocate Group is a leading recruitment partner, based in the UK, to the FMCG and consumer product sectors. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. By applying for this role, you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy, which can be found on our website. Please note that The Advocate Group is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy

Corporate Strategy Director - Agency - £120,000 to £150,000

Your new companyA leading global group is seeking a Director of Corporate Strategy to shape and drive its long-term vision. This is a senior role for a strategic thinker who thrives on innovation, growth, and collaboration.
Your new role

• Define and refine corporate strategy using data-driven insights.
• Align brand and digital plans with strategic goals.
• Lead growth initiatives, acquisitions, and partnerships.
• Manage risk and sustainability in strategic projects.
• Oversee capital allocation and M&A execution.
• Mentor strategy teams and embed best practices

What you’ll need to succeed

• Proven experience in corporate strategy and M&A.
• Strong analytical and leadership skills.
• Ability to influence at the highest level.
• Experience in Agency and Listed Businesses

What you need to do nowIf you’re interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn’t quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. #

Step Into a Leadership Role in Private Client Advisory Empower entrepreneurs, guide high-net-worth individuals

Your new company
This is your opportunity to join a forward-thinking accountancy and advisory firm that partners with the UK’s most dynamic and fast-growing businesses. With a strong reputation for supporting entrepreneurial ventures and private clients, the firm offers a collaborative culture, global reach, and a commitment to helping clients-and colleagues-thrive in a changing world.

R&D Tax Manager/Associate Director required by Top 4 Birmingham Accountancy Firm

Your new company
Continued market success has created a new opportunity for a Manager or Associate Director with an engineering or scientific background to join a Top 4 Accountancy Firm in Birmingham. This Firm offers global integrated professional services in an approach that combines intellectual leadership, industrial expertise, insight, consulting and problem-solving to help and support their clients. The UK Government provides tax incentives to businesses performing R&D and this is an opportunity to join a market leader in helping clients secure these incentives. This Firm can offer coaching and support for returners to refresh knowledge and skills to help transition back into the workplace.

Your new role

If you’re an ambitious OMB/Mixed Tax Manager or Senior Manager looking for the next step i

Your new companyA modern, people-first accountancy firm with strong growth across Surrey and the South East. Their Guildford office offers a collaborative environment where corporate tax, private client, general practice, legal and financial planning teams work closely together to deliver joined-up solutions for clients. You’ll be joining a genuinely supportive culture that encourages new ideas and career development.

Your new role
As Associate Director in Advisory Tax, you’ll focus on delivering bespoke, commercial tax advice to OMBs, groups and family-owned businesses. Your work will include:

Leading advisory projects from initial meeting through to delivery
Working closely with partners on reorganisations, valuations and HMRC clearance work
Advising on corporation tax, income tax, CGT, IHT and (ideally) VAT/SDLT
Supporting incentives work including EMI and growth shares
Providing guidance on EIS/SEIS and preparing advance assurance applications
Overseeing compliance delivery for the local portfolio (supported by the central tax team)
Reviewing and managing higher level CT returns, including groups and complex clients
Supporting general practice teams with technical queries
Helping partners with business development and pitching for new work

This role is heavily advisory led with just enough compliance to keep your knowledge sharp and ensure full oversight of your clients’ tax position.

What you’ll need to succeed
You’ll already operate at a strong Manager or Senior Manager level within OMB/Mixed Tax and bring:

CTA (essential) + ACA/ACCA/ATT preferred
Extensive post qualification experience in corporate/OMB tax
Strong technical grounding across a broad range of advisory areas
Experience reviewing and developing junior staff
Confident communication skills and the ability to build strong client relationships
A proactive, commercial mindset with the ability to spot opportunities
Excellent organisational skills and the ability to deliver on budgets/timelines

What you’ll get in return

Salary £75,000-£95,000 DOE
Excellent benefits package
Hybrid working
A clear path to Director level
Exposure to high-quality advisory projects
A supportive and genuinely friendly firm culture
The chance to make a real impact in a growing office

What you need to do now
If you’re an ambitious OMB/Mixed Tax Manager or Senior Manager looking for the next step into Associate Director, I’d love to speak with you.
Send me a message or email for a confidential chat.

TJX Europe

At TJX Europe, every day brings new opportunities for growth, exploration, and achievement. You’ll be part of our vibrant team that embraces diversity, fosters collaboration, and prioritises your development. Whether you’re working in our Distribution Centers, Corporate Offices, or Retail Stores-TK Maxx & Homesense, you’ll find abundant opportunities to learn, thrive, and make an impact. Come join our TJX team-a Fortune 100 company and the world’s leading off-price retailer.

Job Description:

The Digital Product Manager is responsible for defining the requirements and scope of digital epics and features (customer and business facing), as well as ensuring final delivered products meet the needs of the customer and the business.

Through collaboration with business and IT partners, t he Digital Product Manager prioritise s the TJX Europe Digital roadmap and requirements backlog.

What you’ll do:

• Partners with business stakeholders to prioritise the development roadmap and backlog
• Responsible for d efin ing requirements and scope of individual Epics (customer and business facing) , in collaboration with business stakeholders and IT Product manager
• Responsible for creating well rounded, data driven business cases for Epics/features
• Collaborates with the UX team on Epics to deliver a great customer experience across all devices
• Responsible for e ngag ing business stakeholders on the Digital R oadmap and backlog , ensuring customer needs and business requirements are captured and understood.
• Builds and maintains excellent relationships across all business stakeholders
• Partners with Change Management to ensure business readiness for new features and epics
• Supports site-readiness activities of enhanced or new digital products
• Focus es on innovation through competitor benchmarking, vendor & technology evaluation and market research
• Responsible for partnering with the Site Optimisation team to capture and share the results of delivered features, allowing the business to learn, improve and innovate
• Develops and improves robust processes and ways of working to ensure efficiency across the team
• Build s off-price awareness in self and others by seeking out opportunities to learn from peers and partners in other functions
• Contribute s to an open and honest team environment that fosters initiative, curiosity and innovation

What you’ll bring:

• Product Management experience ( Ideally w orking closely with UX and IT Development on F ront E nd enhancements)
• Excellent organisational and coordination skills
• Engaging stakeholders through partnering and collaboration
• Effective communication and influencing skills
• Commercially aware, customer obsessed with the ability to use initiative and intuition
• Analytical and strategic thinking
• Customer First mind set
• Understanding of Agile methodology
• A strong understanding of the digital market and emerging technologies
• Positive attitude, self-motivated, proactive, results oriented
• Flexible, agile and open to change

You must have the legal right to work in the country you are applying to.

As proud as we are of our past success, it’s our future that excites us most. We strive to provide opportunities for growth, recognition and a competitive salary and benefits package. Share our determination to think bolder and bigger, and be part of our future. We consider all applicants for employment without regard to age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and/or sexual orientation.

Address:
73 Clarendon Road

Location:
EUR Home Office Watford GB

I am currently partnering with an international leading transportation organisation who are looking for a: Training Designer and Facilitator to join their team on a permanent basis.

Job Title: Training Designer and Facilitator.

Department: Learning and Development

Salary and Benefits: Up to £55,000 PA with health cover and 10% discretionary bonus.

Reporting: Head of Learning and Development.

No direct reports.

Location: flexible working but ideally being located in either London, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Oxford, Poole, Brighton, Southampton, or Bolton would be beneficial.

Role Purpose:

Lead designer and facilitator, covering Technical to Interpersonal skills training, design and reporting on metric and other evaluations to the senior stakeholders. Create improved capability, quality and consistency through training and coaching across Group, OpCo s and Training Leads to maximise operating metrics like improve retention, improved safety metrics and customer service.

Anticipate needs of the business as a L&D partner with targeted and measurable training solutions and act as a key contributor towards the L&D element within the People Plan.

Key Responsibilities:

Business Partnering

• Working closely with the Operating Company Teams ie/ OD and ED and People Leads to understand business requirements, deliver Training Needs Analysis and establish what good looks like.
• Working intrinsically with the Group People Team especially L&D Manager.
• Work within the framework of company principles.
• Effective, ongoing communication to business on training schedule.

Planning & Scheduling of Training

• Provide a clear schedule for the Training curriculum to meet business needs across all business areas
• Capacity and project planning.
• Coordination of external and internal delivery resource.
• Reporting of Training delivery and evaluation, highlighting risks and mitigations.
• Design and monitor ongoing compliance training in line with regulation requirements.

Effective use of Training Systems and Processes

• Ensure the processes are automated where possible and drive digitalisation to track and measure training delivered.
• Inspire innovation in learning by integrating modern training design techniques and technology.
• Maximise AI and Digital opportunities to delight user experience.
• Working alongside the L&D team to ensure a fit for purpose system, platform to ensure accessible and engaging content for all.

Content Design & Delivery

• Ensure discovery stage for all new training requirements, to identify what training we have across the business, what is deemed best in class and what is required.
• Develop blended, practical solutions to ensure Subject Matter expertise input, alongside business considerations such as scalability, timeline, complexity, frequency, cost.
• Facilitate Train the Trainer sessions when required.
• Facilitate evaluation of training.
• All training content and materials remain up to date, relevant and easy to navigate for end users.

Please send your CV s over to Imogen Parr: (url removed)