Job Title:
IT Downstream and Integration Manager
Contract Type:
Time Type:
Full time
Job Description:
IT Asset Management for Downstream Operations:
- Oversee the IT infrastructure, applications, and enterprise systems that support the company’s downstream activities and retail points of sale.
- Ensure the security, reliability, and efficiency of IT systems across downstream and retail operations.
- Standardize IT processes, policies, and governance models to optimize performance and cost-efficiency.
- Manage project documentation, including requirements, design specifications, and testing plans, ensuring all deliverables meet quality standards.
- Drive the adoption of best practices in enterprise architecture and IT governance.
- Identify and implement technology improvements that enhance operational efficiency and trading capabilities.
Project & Stakeholder Management:
- Lead and manage IT transition projects related to downstream asset integration, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with overall business and IT objectives.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including IT, operations, and business units, to define the project scope, goals, and deliverables, budgets, resource allocation, and risk management strategies, ensuring a seamless transition and integration into the Group's IT landscape.
- Monitor project progress, identify potential issues, and implement corrective actions as needed to keep the transition on track.
- Conduct regular project status meetings and provide updates to senior management, ensuring transparency and alignment with business objectives.
- Oversee the transition and integration of IT applications, systems and infrastructure within the Group's downstream assets portfolio, ensuring they are seamlessly incorporated into the Group's IT landscape.
- Provide leadership and guidance to project team members, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
- Lead post-implementation reviews to ensure the successful adoption of new systems and identify any areas for improvement in future transitions.
- Ensure compliance with IT governance, industry standards, regulations, and best practices throughout the transition process.
- Act as the primary point of contact for IT-related issues in downstream operations and M&A projects.
IT Due Diligence & M&A Integration:
- Lead IT due diligence for all downstream acquisitions, identifying risks, gaps, and opportunities in IT infrastructure, systems, and security.
- Prepare and present IT-related red-flag reports to M&A leadership, highlighting key risks and required mitigation plans.
- Define and oversee Transitional Service Agreements (TSA) to ensure smooth IT operations post-acquisition.
- Participate to Confirmatory Due Diligence process validating IT Infrastructure Risks, reviewing compliance and cybersecurity risks, assessing integration complexity and finalizing TSA.
- Develop IT integration roadmaps and manage the transition of newly acquired assets into the company’s IT environment.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Legal, Finance, HR, and Operations) to ensure seamless IT integration in M&A activities.
- Establish governance and compliance frameworks to ensure all IT aspects of acquired businesses align with regulatory and company standards.
If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!
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What We Do
Gunvor Group is one of the world’s largest independent commodities trading houses by turnover, creating logistics solutions that safely and efficiently move physical energy, metals and bulk materials from where they are sourced and stored to where they are demanded most. With strategic investments in industrial infrastructure—refineries, pipelines, storage, terminals, mining and upstream—Gunvor further generates sustainable value across the global supply chain for its customers. More information can be found at www.gunvorgroup.com or @Gunvor
