IT Graduate

At Warburtons, family is at the heart of our business. Five generations'​ worth of expertise that goes into making our bakery products allows us to continue a tradition of baking inherited over the past 141 years.

Warburtons is the largest bakery brand in the UK, but that doesn't allow us to rest on our laurels. We are pioneers of the industry and ambitious market leaders, always seeking to challenge ourselves and convention. It is part of our philosophy to provide honest good sense on issues of health and well-being, helping the whole family to enjoy our products as part of a healthy, balanced diet, through a range of products to suit all meal occasions, lifestyles and tastes.

Job Title: SAP IT Graduate

Contact:  Permanent
Location: Bolton

Are you a graduate who is highly driven, with excellent people skills, a keen interest in IT, and a passion for business improvement through the utilisation of SAP solutions? 

The Recipe  

We are offering you the opportunity to work with an established long serving IT team who will support you on your learning journey and development over the next 2 to 3 years enabling you to become a Business Systems Manager and setting a platform for you to progress to Senior Leadership in IT. 

This is a Business facing role working within the IT Applications team from our head office in Bolton.  You’ll gain experience across many aspects of IT, drive value through technology across the business, work with well-known software companies like SAP and support on key business change projects. 

As ‘the UK’s No. 1 Bakery Brand’ we have been baking bread since 1876. Today, we are proudly a sixth-generation family, supplying over 18,000 retail customers from 11 bakeries and 16 depots, producing a range of over 70 products including gluten and wheat free.   

We are striving to be a net zero business by 2050 and believe that we must minimise our impact on the environment, whilst making a positive impact on the society we are a part of.   

The Role  

Business Analysis: Works with key stakeholders to gather business requirements, identifying opportunities for improvement and translating requirements into viable IT solutions. 
Business Partnering: Builds great relationships across the business and is able to communicate technical and complex scenarios/solutions in a simple and easy to understand way. 
IT Application Support: Provides support to end users for requests and incidents ensuring standard operating procedures are followed.  Strives to get to the root cause of problems and to improve solutions in order to prevent reoccurrence. 
End User Training: Ensures end users are equipped to use technology solutions in the most optimal way through adequate training and documentation. 
Continuous Improvement: Identify and deliver solutions for improvement in the use of and the business value derived through SAP application systems. This will include hands on SAP configuration.
Analytics: Builds knowledge of business data held in systems and engages with the business to drive insight through new and changes to Analytics solutions. 
Supplier Management: Works closely with IT Partners ensuring delivery of quality solutions and develops collaborative relationships that add value to the IT department and wider business.   

Essential Ingredients  

Degree Qualified (flexible on subject for example, Business, IT, Engineering, Mathematics etc), preferably a 1st or a 2:1.
You must have experience using SAP in your studies or a relevant SAP certification.
Keen interest in IT and project work. 
Willing to learn and to study towards various IT qualifications and people management skills.
Self-starter and confident working in teams. 
Excellent communication skills: influential; persuasive; articulate; gains and maintains attention when speaking to a group of people.  
Strong IT literacy and experience using MS Office suite. 
Self-organised, self-motivated, action oriented and efficient.  
Excellent relationship builder: establishing credibility with both internal and external contacts at all levels. 
Customer focus: always considers the impact that IT solutions have on internal customers, puts the customer first.    
Demonstrates strong analytical skills and is able to balance the need for analysis and rigour with speed of action when solving problems    

Extra Dough At last, and by no means least, you will want to know what your bread's worth:

A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
Family time is important to us, and we know it will be to you, so you have the opportunity to purchase up to an extra week's annual leave
Award-winning pension scheme
Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
Continued investment in your personal development
Cycle to work scheme
Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!
Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice, and a comprehensive occupational health service.  

So, if you're interested in gaining a career in IT and you would love to work within a fast-paced innovative family business that puts our people at the heart of it, then your journey starts here. 

To apply, please complete our online application including uploading a copy of your CV, make sure you fill in as much information as you can to give yourself the best chance of standing out from the crowd!

We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do