Enterprise Systems Lead - Ports, Transport & Logistics Technology

Location: Flexible UK – Cardiff / Southampton / Hull or surrounding areas

Travel: Regular travel between UK operational sites required (expensed beyond base location)

We are seeking an Enterprise Systems Lead to drive the strategy, delivery and ongoing development of technology systems that support complex, high-volume operational environments across multiple UK sites.

This is a senior leadership role responsible for ensuring core operational, logistics and terminal systems are stable, scalable and aligned to business growth. You will lead a multidisciplinary team spanning applications, systems analysis and development while partnering closely with operations, engineering and senior IT leadership.

The role offers significant scope to shape and modernise systems, improve automation and drive data‑led performance across a large‑scale operational environment.

Location is flexible across the UK with regular travel to operational sites including South Wales, the South Coast and the Humber region
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You will take ownership of the systems and applications that enable day‑to‑day operational performance across logistics, terminals and engineering functions.

• Leading the support, maintenance and development of operational and logistics systems across multiple sites
• Managing and developing a team of solution managers, analysts and technical specialists
• Overseeing delivery of system enhancements, integrations and new capabilities aligned to business priorities
• Acting as the senior point of contact between IT and operational stakeholders
• Driving continuous improvement, automation and performance optimisation through technology
• Managing vendors, system integrators and third‑party technology partners
• Ensuring strong service performance across incident, problem and change management
• Delivering and supporting BI, reporting and data solutions for operational performance
• Managing budgets, roadmaps and resource planning across the function
• Leading large‑scale systems and transformation programmes
• Supporting long‑term technology strategy for operational and logistics platforms

This role combines hands‑on technical understanding with strategic leadership and will suit someone comfortable operating at both operational and executive levels.

We are deliberately open on sector background and welcome candidates from:

• Logistics & supply chain
• Transport & distribution
• Ports & terminals
• Manufacturing or industrial environments
• Engineering or asset‑heavy businesses
• Large‑scale operational environments

• Leadership of enterprise or operational systems within complex organisations
• Strong knowledge of logistics, supply chain or operational technology platforms
• Experience leading technical or applications teams
• Delivery of large‑scale systems or transformation programmes
• Vendor and systems integrator management
• Budget ownership and strategic planning
• Experience improving processes through technology and automation
• Strong stakeholder engagement across technical and operational teams

• Experience with ERP, supply chain or terminal systems
• Data, reporting and BI platform delivery
• Integration and automation initiatives
• Agile and structured delivery methodologies

The role can be based flexibly across the UK, particularly around:

• Southampton / South Coast
• Hull / Humber region

Regular travel between operational sites is required.