Interim Director of IT in Hampshire, Portsmouth

• Interim IT Director | 6 Month Contract
• 🌍Location: Southampton
• 🏢4 days a week on site 1 day working from home

I’m working with a high-growth UK consumer brand with an established international presence that is entering an exciting phase of technology and operational transformation.

• They are looking for an experienced
• Interim IT Director to take ownership of the

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central , strengthen business systems and create the foundations needed to support continued growth.

This is a high-impact, hands-on leadership role reporting directly into the CFO, with the opportunity to make tangible improvements across ERP, inventory, data, IT service delivery, cyber-security and the wider technology operating model.

• 🔹 The Opportunity
• The business has invested significantly in its technology landscape, including

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central as its core ERP, alongside a broad application estate supporting its digital and international growth.

With a relatively lean internal technology function and a network of outsourced partners, they now need an experienced leader to bring greater structure, governance and effectiveness to the back-office technology environment. 🎯

You will be brought in to assess, challenge and improve the current setup, while also defining what the future technology function should look like.

• 🛠️ Key Priorities
• 💻 ERP & Business Central
• Review how Business Central is being used across the organisation and identify opportunities to improve processes and adoption.
• Lead a programme to reduce unnecessary customisation and move towards a more sustainable upgrade path.
• Reduce reliance on spreadsheets, manual uploads and offline workarounds.
• Review the performance, cost, capability and quality of the Business Central support partner.
• 📦 Inventory Systems
• Map the end-to-end inventory lifecycle and identify gaps between physical processes and system records
• Establish Business Central as the central source of truth for inventory.
• Work across Operations, Finance, Supply chain and technology partners to improve processes and ownership.
• Lead delivery of a new inventory planning and forecasting solution.
• 📊 Data & BI
• Review and strengthen the existing data governance framework.
• Establish clear ownership across key data domains.
• Develop data standards, particularly around product and SKU management.
• Review data models to ensure consistency, accuracy and reliability.
• 🔄 Technology Transformation
• Support the PMO and business owners across technology-led projects.
• Challenge proposed solutions and ensure business cases are robust, commercially sound and fit for the long term.
• 🛡️ IT Service Delivery & Cyber
• Provide specialist technology services focused on improving service reliability, resilience, and performance.
• Review the current service delivery model and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Assess the current cyber-security position and identify any required interventions.
• 🏗️ Future Technology Organisation

A key part of the assignment will be defining what the technology function should look like for the future

— including responsibilities, capabilities, roles, structure and the requirements of a permanent IT Director.

• 👤 What We're Looking For
• Proven technology leadership experience within a consumer, retail, FMCG or multi-channel environment .
• Strong experience optimising and governing ERP platforms in M365 Business Central
• A track record of delivering complex technology and business transformation programmes with a hands on approach.
• Experience developing and implementing data governance frameworks .
• Strong business process design and improvement capability.
• Commercial experience managing technology suppliers and outsourced partners.
• A solid understanding of cyber-security and technology risk.
• The ability to operate confidently across Finance, Operations, Commercial and supply chain.
• Strong influencing skills and the confidence to challenge existing ways of working .
• Experience leading, developing and designing effective technology teams and operating models.

🌟 Why This Role?

You'll be joining at a point where there is a genuine opportunity to reshape how technology supports the business , improve the effectiveness of core systems and establish the foundations for the next stage of growth. 📈🚀

If you're an interim technology leader who enjoys walking into complexity, creating clarity and delivering meaningful change , this could be a very interesting assignment. 🎯

Interested?

Please get in touch for a confidential conversation and further details.