Ian Pitman Email Address

Head of Information Technology Engagement and Demand Management

Premier Foods is a food & beverages company which provides Great British brands, Consumer Goods, Food, Local Suppliers, Grocery, Sweet Treats, International, and Sustainability.

I have a passion for developing stakeholder relationships across organisation to help find new and innovative ways to get the most from technology, collaborating with great people internally and using external influences and ides to solve those business challenges, both old and new. I achieve this by clearly defining the outcomes and measures of success, building empowered and high performing teams, built around a culture of continuous improvement and by being resilient, driven and engaging. I am experienced working at a senior level across multiple industry sectors including: IT Service Management, FMCG/CPG, Online/Digital Technology and Financial Services. I am an established IT leader and business partner with solid experience in Supply Chain Processes & Systems, Business Relationship Management, Programme Management, Transformation & Change Leadership, IT Service Delivery, IT Operations, Business Continuity, Application Development and Service Management disciplines. Additional things you should know about me: 1. I am people focused and have ran large successful teams / functions ranging from 10 to 50 in size. 2. I foster strategic partnerships throughout organizations and with external third parties to deliver successful outcomes. 3. I am passionate about transformation and have successfully delivered large scale projects and programmes, through difficult and challenging landscapes across many verticals and methodologies. 4. I can run large scale IT operations managing budgets up to 20M; I am hugely customer focused and have provided services to organizations with up to 65,000 colleagues. 5. I know how to design and implement modern IT Operating models and I consider myself an expert in leading successful development, delivery & product teams. 6. I am always learning and I’m not afraid of not knowing everything. I recognise that I can’t learn everything which is why having a great team around me and encouraging a constantly evolving growth culture is so important. Specialties Master Data Strategy & Management, ESG Strategy & Data, FMCG/CPG Business Architecture, ERP Solutions Design, Delivery & Operations, Stakeholder Engagement, Business Partnering, People Leadership (Coaching, Mentoring, Talent Management, Wellbeing), Change Management (Programme & Project Delivery), IT Strategy and Operating Models (Multi-Modal), Change Delivery Methodologies), Modern Infrastructure (Cloud Strategy, PaaS, SaaS, RaaS, Digital Workplace), IT Operations (ITSM, Automation, Self-Service) and Supplier Management