Application Services Manager

Could you manage our Application Services Team?

As a Application Services Manager, you will manage the team responsible for full stack development across various technologies and who are at the heart of delivering first class IT products and solutions to our business. This role is key to overseeing product delivery through our Scrum teams, working closely with stakeholders and product owners to ensure effective on-boarding of work into sprints. Along with playing a vital role in driving forward our culture of collaboration, agile thinking and empiricism.

Here is what we are looking for:

• Are you experienced in people management, with a passion for driving personal development, could you lead and inspire a team, fostering a collaborative and innovative working environment?

• Do you have excellent organisational skills, with experience in coordinating delivery of projects and initiatives across teams.

• Do you have strong facilitation, coaching, and mentoring skills, with the ability to inspire and influence teams.

• Do you have superb communication skills with a can-do proactive attitude. Being able to communicate effectively with stakeholders, with a critical eye to business continuity and quality of service.

Also, did we mention? In addition to the competitive salary, there are also benefits on tap - including annual leave (increasing with length of service), a generous pension scheme (matched up to 9%), potential to earn bonuses, and access to a great range of online and high street discounts.

We also promote positive health and wellbeing by offering free access to healthcare, our popular YuLife app, our Cycle to Work scheme and more!

About us

The Wolseley Group is a leading plumbing, heating, cooling and infrastructure trade specialist merchant, which employs over c.5,500 people across the UK and Ireland, spanning 10 brands.

Through our offices in Warwick and Ripon, our three distribution centres and our network of over 550 branches, our people work together to provide exceptional service to our customers every day.

We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, communities and industries, and are committed to having an organisation that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities, where everyone is treated with Fairness & Respect.

Closing date: 10th April 2024