Alexander ash - Recruitment specialists for financial services, technology & consultancy.

Network Consultant

My client who are a global Tier 1 consultancy are urgently seeking a number of network consultants across a range of projects. You must have experience with one or more of the following;

Track record of scoping, defining and delivering large-scale or complex network solutions in wireline, wireless, cable or broadcast firms.

Experience of working with CTOs or senior network architects and engineers to shape programmes and drive successful delivery

Deep understanding of end-to-end solutions: from the end user/customer of the service through operations to the underlying network and service platforms (such as IPTV, VoIP, etc).

Recognised as a Subject Matter Expert in network and services in your current organisation with a record of conceiving and shaping innovative ideas and solutions.

A history of building relationships with key vendors, suppliers and customers

Involvement in the design and build of a scale network as part of a major service launch such as IPTV, VoIP or Broadband.

Some previous hands on experience and knowledge of configuring network equipment would be advantageous to ensure depth of knowledge of IP and key network concepts.

Ability to deliver and operate across different vendors in a vendor agnostic environment; our clients have all vendors

Network Consultant

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Network Con

Software Development Manager

Software Development Manager is required by my world leading eCommerce organisation, to lead the software development teams in a number of projects varying in size and length.

You will have experience in solving technical issues on performance, scalability and enterprise system architecture andbe capable of independent full systems design, including requirements gathering, specifications, and coding as well as technical leadership role for complete product cycles.

You will have a background as a software engineer with strong knowledge of multi-threaded programming, distributed systems and data structures. The Software Projects Lead will ideally have a strong knowledge of delivering large-scale projects & programmes based around software development, and ideally a track record in the E-commerce/online space and a technical understanding of Unix, C++ and Java is strongly preferred,

Software Development Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Dev Manager

Cloud Consultant- (IaaS) or (SaaS)

My client who are a Global Tier 1 Consultancy are looking for candidates with experience and expertise in private/public Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) or Software-as-a-Service solution(SaaS) definition and delivery. You will be working on major transformational change programmes and have the opportunity to work in an environment that offers fantastic career opportunities and the opportunity to work with most FTSE100 clients

Responsibilities include:
Driving cloud architecture strategy and design, and developing adoption roadmaps and implementation approaches Driving IaaS solution architecture and infrastructure detail design activities
Driving cloud solution build, test and implementation activities Identifying business opportunities for using virtualisation, private cloud and public cloud for technology-related improvements and using benchmark data and supporting high-level cost benefits analyses
Developing presentation material and delivering presentations to senior IT stakeholders Providing input into and contributing to business case development and TCO analysis Contributing to asset development and harvesting within the practice Working on projects across a variety of industry sectors

Cloud Consultant- (IaaS) or (SaaS)

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Cloud Consultant

Technical Project Manager

Technical Project Manageris required by my world leading eCommerce organisation, to lead the software development teams in a number of projects varying in size and length.

You will have a background as a software engineer with strong knowledge of multi-threaded programming, distributed systems and data structures. The Software Projects Lead will ideally have a strong knowledge of delivering large-scale projects & programmes based around software development, and ideally a track record in the E-commerce/online space and a technical understanding of Unix, C++ and Java is strongly preferred,

Technical Project Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS TPM-

Web/Digital Consultant

My client who are a global Tier 1 consultancy are urgently seeking a number of Web/Digital Consultants
Typical roles will involve working within a team to perform some or all of the following:

• Delivery of industry-leading web solutions that support millions of users, define new ways of consuming content and provide innovative or surprising customer experiences
• Contribute to different phases of the development lifecycle, from strategy and planning to design, build, test, deploy using a variety of Agile methodologies from Scrum to Kanban
• Design and implementation of eCommerce, social media, corporate collaboration and consumer portal architectures across an exciting range of cutting-edge devices and platforms
• Planning, designing and building the multi-platform web applications and Content Management products with other standard software products
• Project management, business development and requirements analysis

Web/Digital Consultant

London / Permanent / Ref: SS WEB-DIGITAL

Web Designer

My client is a leader in the world of digital delivery of entertainment and they require an experienced Web Designer to deliver artwork, banners, buttons and printed material for their website and print advertising campaigns.

Required Experience At least 3 years working in an e-Commerce environment, most of this in a retail, publishing, or direct sales company.

• A design ethos that is customer-centric.
• A good eye for detail and engaging web design.
• Experienced working closely with a Marketing / Commercial department to run campaigns with a clear ROI
• Practical experience of using Illustrator, Photoshop, Fireworks, or another major recognised design application - including experience of creating print-ready work.

• Practical experience of designing and building Flash movies.

Would be an advantage

• Some experience of working with AJAX implementations
• Knowledge and experience of Flash action scripting
• Some experience of Quark
• Familiar with both Mac and PC

Web Designer

London / Contract / Ref: SS Web Designer

SAP AII(Auto-ID Infrastructure) Consultant

My client who are an international consultancy are searching for a SAP AII (Auto-ID Infrastructure) Consultant who will be responsible for managing inventory and shipping of goods. You will have worked on at least 2 or 3 significant implentations with SAP with particular strength within the SAP AII(Auto-ID Infrastructure) module. Knowledge of Netweaver is also required.

Please apply now as this is an urgent position with an immediate start

SAP AII(Auto-ID Infrastructure) Consultant

London / Contract / Ref: SS SAP AII

SAP OER (SAP Object Event Repository)

My client who are an international consultancy are searching for a SAP OER (SAP Object Event Repository) Consultant to work at their end client food manufacturing site. You will have worked on at least 2 or 3 significant implentations with SAP with particular strength within the SAP OER (SAP Object Event Repository) ) module. Knowledge of Netweaver is also required.

Please apply now as this is an urgent position with an immediate start
SAP OER (SAP Object Event Repository)

London / Contract / Ref: SS SAP OER

NETWORK ARCHITECT-BID

My client who are an international managed services provider are searching for a Network Architect who will be responsible for creating and managing bid's for clients within the communications industry. You will have previous experience of working throughout the bid lifecycle including pre-sales and delivery and be able to provide solutions with a complete service wrap. Please apply now as this is an urgent requirement

NETWORK ARCHITECT-BID

South East / Contract / Ref: SS LEAD SOLUTION

Director of Recruitment

My client who are a leading recruitment company are searching for a CxO level individual with strong links throughout technlogy companies in the UK who can drive their recruitment division. The ideal candidate will have previously led a recruitment function for a major company and be able to create and nurture partnerships with CxO level contacts. You will have a proven track record of winning new business in major technology companies and be driven to build the business.

Director of Recruitment

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Dir_Rec

Solution Designer-Multi-Play

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Solution Designer who will be responsible for leading the design within their multi-play offering. The role will be working with integrating the multiple systems covering various different product offerings including voice, data, broadband etc.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution and knowledge of telco/communications and mutiple-play offerings is required.

Solution Designer-Multi-Play

South East / Contract / Ref: SS Multi- Solution

Alexander Ash are recruiting for Solutions Architects. My Client a global consultancty requires Solutions Architects due to increased pipeline of work. The successful individual will work in the cross-technology team, taking total solution ownership for complex, transformational, infrastructure solutions. You will also be responsible for both pre and post sales consultancy at senior levels within both our customers and out internal teams, as well as driving internal teams to successfully deliver all technology agnostic solutions. You will need to have demonstrable expertise in high level business critical concepts (e.g. Cloud Computing, Security, Sustainable IT), and will need to be highly passionate and commercial.

You will need to have experience as a Solutions Architect focussing on large scale, complex, transformational infrastructure solutions. You will need to have knowledge and experience of multiple technologies and their business application.
You will require a High level of technical training / experience and multi vendor product awareness (including multi-vendor knowledge) and have excellent negotiating skills and high commercial awareness.
The successful individual/s must have the ability to present to a large external audience, both business and technical, ability to present at board level. Experience in leading consultancy assignments within a wide variety organisations and with a wide range of technologies with the ability to produce conceptual designs for multi technology solutions.

If you feel that you are right for the opportunity please send your CV to norman.areh@alexanderash.com - 02076888435

Rest of Europe / Permanent / Ref: JSNA - SA - 0001

Lead SQL DBA - eCommerce - London

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead SQL DBA to join a fast-growing, innovative E-commerce organisation based in London. Acting as a Lead on SQL related projects and support work, and assisting in the ongoing development of more junior DBAs, The Lead SQL DBA will play a key role in the midst of substantial growth within the organisation.

The Lead SQL DBA will need experience working in a high OLTP environment and implementing and Transactional Replication. They will also have significant experience of using MS SQL 2005, SQL Server 2008 and strong T-SQL. The successful individual will have a background (ideally 7-8 years +) in development database administration and ideally have previous experience working in the ecommerce or online space.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a rapidly growing, and hugely successful organisation. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/LSQDBA

Solution Designer-Multi-Play

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Solution Designer who will be responsible for leading the design within their multi-play offering. The role will be working with integrating the multiple systems covering various different product offerings including voice, data, broadband etc.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution and knowledge of telco/communications and mutiple-play offerings is required.

Solution Designer-Multi-Play

South East / Contract / Ref: SS Multi- Solution

Director of Recruitment

My client who are a leading recruitment company are searching for a CxO level individual with strong links throughout technlogy companies in the UK who can drive their recruitment division. The ideal candidate will have previously led a recruitment function for a major company and be able to create and nurture partnerships with CxO level contacts. You will have a proven track record of winning new business in major technology companies and be driven to build the business.

Director of Recruitment

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Dir_Rec

NETWORK ARCHITECT-BID

My client who are an international managed services provider are searching for a Network Architect who will be responsible for creating and managing bid's for clients within the communications industry. You will have previous experience of working throughout the bid lifecycle including pre-sales and delivery and be able to provide solutions with a complete service wrap. Please apply now as this is an urgent requirement

NETWORK ARCHITECT-BID

South East / Contract / Ref: SS LEAD SOLUTION

Solution Designer-Cloud

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Solution Designer who will be responsible for leading the design within solutions to resell cloud offerings (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) with particular emphasis on the sales lifecyle, order management, provisionining/fulfilment and billing ... all of which need strong systems integration experience. As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution and knowledge of telco/communications is a bonus.

Solution Designer-Cloud

South East / Contract / Ref: SS Solution- Cloud

SAP OER (SAP Object Event Repository)

My client who are an international consultancy are searching for a SAP OER (SAP Object Event Repository) Consultant to work at their end client food manufacturing site. You will have worked on at least 2 or 3 significant implentations with SAP with particular strength within the SAP OER (SAP Object Event Repository) ) module. Knowledge of Netweaver is also required.

Please apply now as this is an urgent position with an immediate start
SAP OER (SAP Object Event Repository)

London / Contract / Ref: SS SAP OER

SAP AII(Auto-ID Infrastructure) Consultant

My client who are an international consultancy are searching for a SAP AII (Auto-ID Infrastructure) Consultant who will be responsible for managing inventory and shipping of goods. You will have worked on at least 2 or 3 significant implentations with SAP with particular strength within the SAP AII(Auto-ID Infrastructure) module. Knowledge of Netweaver is also required.

Please apply now as this is an urgent position with an immediate start

SAP AII(Auto-ID Infrastructure) Consultant

London / Contract / Ref: SS SAP AII

Technical Analyst- Aspect ACD

My client is looking for a technical analyst to design and deliver infrastructure solutions for the Voice and call centre technical services team.
You will be responsible for producing technical documentation and providing support and direction for team members as well as testing and implementing core infrastructure solutions. Must be fully trained on Aspect ACD including VoIP solutions.

Technical Analyst-Aspect ACD

London / Contract / Ref: SS ASPECT

DNS / DHCP Specialist, London

DNS / DHCP Specialist is required by our client who are a consulting firm. They are looking for an individual who can help to design and implement a single IP Mangement system for a customer. You will need to have strong technical skills with DNS/DHCP and ideally QIP. This is an urgent project to interview and start immediately. For more information please contact Ram Basra, (see below) and I will be in contact as soon as possible. Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/DHCP01

Network Architect, DNS / DHCP / QIP

Network Architect is required by our client who are a consulting firm. They are looking for an individual who can help to design and implement a single IP Mangement system for a customer.

You will need to have strong technical skills with DNS / DHCP and ideally QIP.

This is an urgent project to interview and start immediately.

For more information please contact Ram Basra, ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will be in contact as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/DNS01

Telecoms Engineer / Voice Engineer, London

Telecoms Engineer / Voice Engineers are required by our client a Consultancy who are working on a Voice Upgrade for one of their clients.

They are looking for individuals who can support legacy voice PBX systems and are happy working on client site carrying out support and implementation work.

For more information please send me through your CV to ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will give you a call as soon as possible.

This role is to interview and start immediately.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/VE001

Web Designer

My client is a leader in the world of digital delivery of entertainment and they require an experienced Web Designer to deliver artwork, banners, buttons and printed material for their website and print advertising campaigns.

Required Experience At least 3 years working in an e-Commerce environment, most of this in a retail, publishing, or direct sales company.

• A design ethos that is customer-centric.
• A good eye for detail and engaging web design.
• Experienced working closely with a Marketing / Commercial department to run campaigns with a clear ROI
• Practical experience of using Illustrator, Photoshop, Fireworks, or another major recognised design application - including experience of creating print-ready work.

• Practical experience of designing and building Flash movies.

Would be an advantage

• Some experience of working with AJAX implementations
• Knowledge and experience of Flash action scripting
• Some experience of Quark
• Familiar with both Mac and PC

Web Designer

London / Contract / Ref: SS Web Designer

Web/Digital Consultant

My client who are a global Tier 1 consultancy are urgently seeking a number of Web/Digital Consultants
Typical roles will involve working within a team to perform some or all of the following:

• Delivery of industry-leading web solutions that support millions of users, define new ways of consuming content and provide innovative or surprising customer experiences
• Contribute to different phases of the development lifecycle, from strategy and planning to design, build, test, deploy using a variety of Agile methodologies from Scrum to Kanban
• Design and implementation of eCommerce, social media, corporate collaboration and consumer portal architectures across an exciting range of cutting-edge devices and platforms
• Planning, designing and building the multi-platform web applications and Content Management products with other standard software products
• Project management, business development and requirements analysis

Web/Digital Consultant

London / Permanent / Ref: SS WEB-DIGITAL

Technical Project Manager

Technical Project Manageris required by my world leading eCommerce organisation, to lead the software development teams in a number of projects varying in size and length.

You will have a background as a software engineer with strong knowledge of multi-threaded programming, distributed systems and data structures. The Software Projects Lead will ideally have a strong knowledge of delivering large-scale projects & programmes based around software development, and ideally a track record in the E-commerce/online space and a technical understanding of Unix, C++ and Java is strongly preferred,

Technical Project Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS TPM-

Technical Project Manager

Technical Project Manageris required by my world leading eCommerce organisation, to lead the software development teams in a number of projects varying in size and length.

You will have a background as a software engineer with strong knowledge of multi-threaded programming, distributed systems and data structures. The Software Projects Lead will ideally have a strong knowledge of delivering large-scale projects & programmes based around software development, and ideally a track record in the E-commerce/online space and a technical understanding of Unix, C++ and Java is strongly preferred,

Technical Project Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS TPM-

Cloud Consultant- (IaaS) or (SaaS)

My client who are a Global Tier 1 Consultancy are looking for candidates with experience and expertise in private/public Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) or Software-as-a-Service solution(SaaS) definition and delivery. You will be working on major transformational change programmes and have the opportunity to work in an environment that offers fantastic career opportunities and the opportunity to work with most FTSE100 clients

Responsibilities include:
Driving cloud architecture strategy and design, and developing adoption roadmaps and implementation approaches Driving IaaS solution architecture and infrastructure detail design activities
Driving cloud solution build, test and implementation activities Identifying business opportunities for using virtualisation, private cloud and public cloud for technology-related improvements and using benchmark data and supporting high-level cost benefits analyses
Developing presentation material and delivering presentations to senior IT stakeholders Providing input into and contributing to business case development and TCO analysis Contributing to asset development and harvesting within the practice Working on projects across a variety of industry sectors

Cloud Consultant- (IaaS) or (SaaS)

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Cloud Consultant

Software Development Manager

Software Development Manager is required by my world leading eCommerce organisation, to lead the software development teams in a number of projects varying in size and length.

You will have experience in solving technical issues on performance, scalability and enterprise system architecture andbe capable of independent full systems design, including requirements gathering, specifications, and coding as well as technical leadership role for complete product cycles.

You will have a background as a software engineer with strong knowledge of multi-threaded programming, distributed systems and data structures. The Software Projects Lead will ideally have a strong knowledge of delivering large-scale projects & programmes based around software development, and ideally a track record in the E-commerce/online space and a technical understanding of Unix, C++ and Java is strongly preferred,

Software Development Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Dev Manager

Network Consultant

My client who are a global Tier 1 consultancy are urgently seeking a number of network consultants across a range of projects. You must have experience with one or more of the following;

Track record of scoping, defining and delivering large-scale or complex network solutions in wireline, wireless, cable or broadcast firms.

Experience of working with CTOs or senior network architects and engineers to shape programmes and drive successful delivery

Deep understanding of end-to-end solutions: from the end user/customer of the service through operations to the underlying network and service platforms (such as IPTV, VoIP, etc).

Recognised as a Subject Matter Expert in network and services in your current organisation with a record of conceiving and shaping innovative ideas and solutions.

A history of building relationships with key vendors, suppliers and customers

Involvement in the design and build of a scale network as part of a major service launch such as IPTV, VoIP or Broadband.

Some previous hands on experience and knowledge of configuring network equipment would be advantageous to ensure depth of knowledge of IP and key network concepts.

Ability to deliver and operate across different vendors in a vendor agnostic environment; our clients have all vendors

Network Consultant

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Network Con

Technical Design Authority

My client who are an international managed services provider are searching for a Technical Design Authority who will be responsible for working within the communications industry. You will have strong knowledge across communications technologies including WAN/LAN, Voice and Data and have experience of working throughout the software lifecycle. Previous experience of working within a managed services provider is a plus. Please apply now as this is an urgent requirement

Technical Design Authority

South East / Contract / Ref: SS TDA- Network

Our client, a large platform system vendor, is looking for a number of high calibre project managers to join their implementation teams both in New York. They specialise in front office trading and middle office risk implementation within investment banking. This company has offices located across the globe, with rapidly expanding networks all over the world.

The roles will involve implementing a variety of systems for numerous clients simultaneously. The candidates will be well versed in coordinating developers and business analysts alike to gain results in tight deadlines. Ideally, they will have investment banking system (front or back) knowledge, with an eagerness and hunger to deliver in a fast paced and challenging environment. The candidates will have experience from a client vendor perspective as well as investment bank.

Furthermore, the role will be entering at a VP level, with base salaries ranging from $120-160k, and with discretionary bonuses as standard.

US / Permanent / Ref: GM2033

CALLING ALL JAVA DEVELOPERS!

Our client, a large Financial Services provider, is seeking Java developers from a variety of levels. All candidates must have high level experience within the Java space. Financial Services experience is not a pre-requisite but is preferred. If you are coming from a Telecommunications provider, then that is also favourable.

Alexander Ash is acting as an agency. Please send CVs to 'gerard.munoz@alexanderash.com'.

South East / Permanent / Ref: GM223

Director of Recruitment

My client who are a leading recruitment company are searching for a CxO level individual with strong links throughout technlogy companies in the UK who can drive their recruitment division. The ideal candidate will have previously led a recruitment function for a major company and be able to create and nurture partnerships with CxO level contacts. You will have a proven track record of winning new business in major technology companies and be driven to build the business.

Director of Recruitment

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Dir_Rec

Solution Designer-Cloud

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Solution Designer who will be responsible for leading the design within solutions to resell cloud offerings (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) with particular emphasis on the sales lifecyle, order management, provisionining/fulfilment and billing ... all of which need strong systems integration experience. As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution and knowledge of telco/communications is a bonus.

Solution Designer-Cloud

South East / Contract / Ref: SS Solution- Cloud

NETWORK ARCHITECT-BID

My client who are an international managed services provider are searching for a Network Architect who will be responsible for creating and managing bid's for clients within the communications industry. You will have previous experience of working throughout the bid lifecycle including pre-sales and delivery and be able to provide solutions with a complete service wrap. Please apply now as this is an urgent requirement

NETWORK ARCHITECT-BID

South East / Contract / Ref: SS LEAD SOLUTION

SAP AII(Auto-ID Infrastructure) Consultant

My client who are an international consultancy are searching for a SAP AII (Auto-ID Infrastructure) Consultant who will be responsible for managing inventory and shipping of goods. You will have worked on at least 2 or 3 significant implentations with SAP with particular strength within the SAP AII(Auto-ID Infrastructure) module. Knowledge of Netweaver is also required.

Please apply now as this is an urgent position with an immediate start

SAP AII(Auto-ID Infrastructure) Consultant

London / Contract / Ref: SS SAP AII

SAP OER (SAP Object Event Repository)

My client who are an international consultancy are searching for a SAP OER (SAP Object Event Repository) Consultant to work at their end client food manufacturing site. You will have worked on at least 2 or 3 significant implentations with SAP with particular strength within the SAP OER (SAP Object Event Repository) ) module. Knowledge of Netweaver is also required.

Please apply now as this is an urgent position with an immediate start
SAP OER (SAP Object Event Repository)

London / Contract / Ref: SS SAP OER

SAP OER (SAP Object Event Repository)

My client who are an international consultancy are searching for a SAP OER (SAP Object Event Repository) Consultant to work at their end client food manufacturing site. You will have worked on at least 2 or 3 significant implentations with SAP with particular strength within the SAP OER (SAP Object Event Repository) ) module. Knowledge of Netweaver is also required.

Please apply now as this is an urgent position with an immediate start
SAP OER (SAP Object Event Repository)

London / Contract / Ref: SS SAP OER

Release Manager -

Release Manager is required urgently for our client, a leading telecoms organisation. You will be responsible for reviewing existing release management processes and leading change.

You will also be responsible for release management activities within a team performing high value software releases and this organisation requires an individual who can work to tight SLAs and timelines, with a structured, approach, and the ability to communicate effectively with technical teams. Experience within fast-paced environments is required, as is previous exposure to the telecoms industry.

You will be highly communicative, and have a broad knowledge of Release Management tools and processes. This is an excellent opportunity to join an organisation in a rapidly expanding business area.

Release Manager

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: SS RELEASE

Web Designer

My client is a leader in the world of digital delivery of entertainment and they require an experienced Web Designer to deliver artwork, banners, buttons and printed material for their website and print advertising campaigns.

Required Experience At least 3 years working in an e-Commerce environment, most of this in a retail, publishing, or direct sales company.

• A design ethos that is customer-centric.
• A good eye for detail and engaging web design.
• Experienced working closely with a Marketing / Commercial department to run campaigns with a clear ROI
• Practical experience of using Illustrator, Photoshop, Fireworks, or another major recognised design application - including experience of creating print-ready work.

• Practical experience of designing and building Flash movies.

Would be an advantage

• Some experience of working with AJAX implementations
• Knowledge and experience of Flash action scripting
• Some experience of Quark
• Familiar with both Mac and PC

Web Designer

London / Contract / Ref: SS Web Designer

Workplace Consultant, London or Manchester Based, Leading Technolog Organisation.

Workplace consultants are required by my client a who enjoy delivering transformational change within workplace environments with the hottest trends in IT.

These technologies could be based around Cloud Computing, Mobile Technologies, Social Networking, Collaboration, working on all the latest Tablets, with a client list that is made up of the majority of the FTSE 100.

Workplace consultants will need to be able to engage with clients / customers with excellent presentation and communication skills. You will need to be able to work autonumously as well as in a technical project environment, and have exposure to the full project lifecycle as well as structured project methodologies such as Prince 2 or PMP.

You will be able to get involved in developing high level designs which support technology solutions, drive technology architecture, workplace transformation build, test and implementation activities, work across industry and learn from some of the best consultants in the industry in the Workplace arena.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take your career to the next level with an organisation that invests heavily in its workforce, and if you have a passion about technology in the workplace, to be involved in some exciting and leading edge technology breakthroughs.

These opportunities will interview and start quickly. If you are interested and would like to have more of an indepth conversation please contact Ram Basra on ram.basra@alexanderash.com in the first instance, and I will be in contact straight away. Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/WC003

Web Design Consultant / Digital Consultant, London. Web design / Digital consultant is required by our client a large global consultancy. There clients are looking for solutions to complex business problems and opportunities related to technology. This is increasingly around rich media and social interaction. They aer looking for technologists who work at the leading edge, and are able to deliver cutting edge solutions. You will typically be involved in working on industry leading web solutions that support millions of users, define new ways of consuming content and provide innovative customer experiences. You will be involved at all phases of the development lifecycle from development to deploying, design and implementation of eCommerce, social media and consumer portal architectures. You will be involved in project management, business development and requirements analysis. The technologies that are used in this area include Programming with PHP, Java, J2EE, XML, JavaScript / HTML 5 / CSS / Flex and C# .NET. Experience in one or more of these technologies is a necessity, as well as experience with Jhoomla, Wordpress, Drupal or moveable type. This is a consultants role so there will be a need to travel. For more information please contact Ram Basra on ram.basra@alexanderash.com Alexander Ash is a staffing business and recruitment business.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/WC001

Infrastucture as a Service Consultants, Global Consultancy

Infrastructure as a Service Consultants are required by our client a Tier 1 Global Consultancy. They are looking for individuals who can help drive IaaS projects with clients, whether it be strategy and design, to architecture work. You will be involved in major client engagements developing and delivering infrastructure and Cloud Strategies.

This a great opportunity to join an organisation that provides great training in Technology. You will need to have delivered on at least one Iaas project and have worked with clients up to CxO level.

For more information please contact Ram Basra on ram.basra@alexanderash.com for further information.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/IAAS001

Network Consultant, Operations and Support Systems (OSS), London. Network Consultant from an Operations and Support Systems background is required by our client a large global outsourcer. They have a large volume of work with various clients currently with an ever growing pipeline. They are looking to supplement there existing teams with consultants who can bring a solid technical background in designing and building operations support systems for at least one IP service ( VOIP, IPTV, Broadband) and can demonstrate hands on experience of defining the operating model, processes and requirements for the operations introduction of a new service to a client. As a group the organisation plan, design, build, implement and operate network systems and service platform solutions for clients in the UK, Europe and around the globe. You will need to have knowledge of wireline, wireless, broadcast or online service platform vendor solutions and OSS architectures. Having knowledge of ITIL processes would be very useful, as well as experience with six-sigma and lean process design. This is a very good opportunity to join a global organisation who work at the leading edge of technology, and an opportunity to work on some very large programmes of work, with the top FTSE 100 organisations using the latest technologies. There are multiple vacancies and will interview and start immediately. For more information please send your CV to Ram Basra and I will be in contact with you as soon as possible. Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Permanent / Ref: R/RB00NC1321

Programme Manager, Telecomms, Billing, Working Overseas

Programme Manager is required for my client a Telecommunications organisation. They are looking for a Programme Manager who can oversea the Business Transformation after the installation of a new billing system.

The role will involved managing all suppliers, vendors, and client stakeholders. Their will be extensive travel abroad.

You will need to have specific experience managing suppliers at a high level.

You will receive living allowances whilst away from home also. Please get in touch for more information.
This is an urgent opportunity to start as soon as possible, and will be a long term role.

Please send your cv to ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will get in contact as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/PROGMAN05

Transformation / Programme Manager, Billing Systems, Overseas

Transformation / Programme Manager is required for my client a Telecommunications organisation. They are looking for a Programme Manager who can oversea the Business Transformation and Business Change, working at Board Level, to ensure the system is meets the business requirements, and has the functionality they require,

The role will involve regular presentations to the board, managing all suppliers, vendors, and client stakeholders. The role will be based abroad Monday - Friday.

You will need to be able to demonstrate experience of working at Board Level, recent experience of introducing Billing Systems in to a business, and performing the necessary Change / transformation, as well as managing suppliers and clients.

You will receive living allowances whilst away from home also. Please get in touch for more information.
This is an urgent opportunity to start as soon as possible, and will be a long term role.

Please send your cv to ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will get in contact as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/PROGMAN06

Technical Design Authority

My client who are an international managed services provider are searching for a Technical Design Authority who will be responsible for working within the communications industry. You will have strong knowledge across communications technologies including WAN/LAN, Voice and Data and have experience of working throughout the software lifecycle. Previous experience of working within a managed services provider is a plus. Please apply now as this is an urgent requirement

Technical Design Authority

South East / Contract / Ref: SS TDA

LEAD SOLUTION ARCHITECT

My client who are an international managed services provider are searching for a Lead Solutions Architect who will be responsible for creating and managing bid's for clients within the communications industry. You will have previous experience of working throughout the bid lifecycle including pre-sales and delivery and be able to provide solutions with a complete service wrap. Please apply now as this is an urgent requirement

LEAD SOLUTION ARCHITECT

South East / Contract / Ref: SS LEAD SOLUTION

Our client, a large platform system vendor, is looking for a number of high calibre project managers to join their implementation teams both in New York. They specialise in front office trading and middle office risk implementation within investment banking. This company has offices located across the globe, with rapidly expanding networks all over the world.

The roles will involve implementing a variety of systems for numerous clients simultaneously. The candidates will be well versed in coordinating developers and business analysts alike to gain results in tight deadlines. Ideally, they will have investment banking system (front or back) knowledge, with an eagerness and hunger to deliver in a fast paced and challenging environment. The candidates will have experience from a client vendor perspective as well as investment bank.

Furthermore, the role will be entering at a VP level, with base salaries ranging from $120-160k, and with discretionary bonuses as standard.

US / Permanent / Ref: GM2033

Head of Recruitment and Managed Services (Sales)

Ny client who are a global consultancy are searching for a CxO level individual with strong links throughout technlogy companies in the UK who can drive their recruitment, managed services and workforce management division. The ideal candidate will have previously led a recruitment/RPO function for a major company and be able to create and nurture partnerships with CxO level contacts. You will have a proven track record of winning new business in major technology companies and be driven to build the business.

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Head of R_MS

Web/Digital Consultant

My client who are a global Tier 1 consultancy are urgently seeking a number of Web/Digital Consultants
Typical roles will involve working within a team to perform some or all of the following:

• Delivery of industry-leading web solutions that support millions of users, define new ways of consuming content and provide innovative or surprising customer experiences
• Contribute to different phases of the development lifecycle, from strategy and planning to design, build, test, deploy using a variety of Agile methodologies from Scrum to Kanban
• Design and implementation of eCommerce, social media, corporate collaboration and consumer portal architectures across an exciting range of cutting-edge devices and platforms
• Planning, designing and building the multi-platform web applications and Content Management products with other standard software products
• Project management, business development and requirements analysis

Web/Digital Consultant

London / Permanent / Ref: SS WEB-DIGITAL

Software Development Manager

Software Development Manager is required by my world leading eCommerce organisation, to lead the software development teams in a number of projects varying in size and length.

You will have experience in solving technical issues on performance, scalability and enterprise system architecture andbe capable of independent full systems design, including requirements gathering, specifications, and coding as well as technical leadership role for complete product cycles.

You will have a background as a software engineer with strong knowledge of multi-threaded programming, distributed systems and data structures. The Software Projects Lead will ideally have a strong knowledge of delivering large-scale projects & programmes based around software development, and ideally a track record in the E-commerce/online space and a technical understanding of Unix, C++ and Java is strongly preferred,

Software Development Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Dev Manager

Technical Project Manager

Technical Project Manageris required by my world leading eCommerce organisation, to lead the software development teams in a number of projects varying in size and length.

You will have a background as a software engineer with strong knowledge of multi-threaded programming, distributed systems and data structures. The Software Projects Lead will ideally have a strong knowledge of delivering large-scale projects & programmes based around software development, and ideally a track record in the E-commerce/online space and a technical understanding of Unix, C++ and Java is strongly preferred,

Technical Project Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS TPM-

Cloud Consultant- (IaaS) or (SaaS)

My client who are a Global Tier 1 Consultancy are looking for candidates with experience and expertise in private/public Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) or Software-as-a-Service solution(SaaS) definition and delivery. You will be working on major transformational change programmes and have the opportunity to work in an environment that offers fantastic career opportunities and the opportunity to work with most FTSE100 clients

Responsibilities include:
Driving cloud architecture strategy and design, and developing adoption roadmaps and implementation approaches Driving IaaS solution architecture and infrastructure detail design activities
Driving cloud solution build, test and implementation activities Identifying business opportunities for using virtualisation, private cloud and public cloud for technology-related improvements and using benchmark data and supporting high-level cost benefits analyses
Developing presentation material and delivering presentations to senior IT stakeholders Providing input into and contributing to business case development and TCO analysis Contributing to asset development and harvesting within the practice Working on projects across a variety of industry sectors

Cloud Consultant- (IaaS) or (SaaS)

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Cloud Consultant

Network Consultant

My client who are a global Tier 1 consultancy are urgently seeking a number of network consultants across a range of projects. You must have experience with one or more of the following;

Track record of scoping, defining and delivering large-scale or complex network solutions in wireline, wireless, cable or broadcast firms.

Experience of working with CTOs or senior network architects and engineers to shape programmes and drive successful delivery

Deep understanding of end-to-end solutions: from the end user/customer of the service through operations to the underlying network and service platforms (such as IPTV, VoIP, etc).

Recognised as a Subject Matter Expert in network and services in your current organisation with a record of conceiving and shaping innovative ideas and solutions.

A history of building relationships with key vendors, suppliers and customers

Involvement in the design and build of a scale network as part of a major service launch such as IPTV, VoIP or Broadband.

Some previous hands on experience and knowledge of configuring network equipment would be advantageous to ensure depth of knowledge of IP and key network concepts.

Ability to deliver and operate across different vendors in a vendor agnostic environment; our clients have all vendors

Network Consultant

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Network Con

Transformation / Programme Manager, Billing Systems, Overseas

Transformation / Programme Manager is required for my client a Telecommunications organisation. They are looking for a Programme Manager who can oversea the Business Transformation and Business Change, working at Board Level, to ensure the system is meets the business requirements, and has the functionality they require,

The role will involve regular presentations to the board, managing all suppliers, vendors, and client stakeholders. The role will be based abroad Monday - Friday.

You will need to be able to demonstrate experience of working at Board Level, recent experience of introducing Billing Systems in to a business, and performing the necessary Change / transformation, as well as managing suppliers and clients.

You will receive living allowances whilst away from home also. Please get in touch for more information.
This is an urgent opportunity to start as soon as possible, and will be a long term role.

Please send your cv to ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will get in contact as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/PROGMAN06

Our client, a major Outsourcing & Managed Services provider, require a Commercial Contracts Manager to play a key role in ensuring the commercial integrity of contract schedules in both presales and existing customer initiatives.

The Contracts Manager will interface with Solution & Service Design teams and customers, to gather requirements and knowledge transfer on bids. You will document SOWs, and manage the development of contract changes and generic contract schedules.

The Commercial Contracts Manager will have strong experience of drafting contract schedules and SOWs, plus a strong commercial awareness/ability to understand P&L data and cost models. Previous experience in Managed Services/Outsourcing is key, and a proven exposure in bids and presales work.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AP/COMMGR

Senior Windows Administrator - London - eCommerce

Senior Windows/Wintel Administrator is required for our client, a London based eCommerce organisation. Playing a key technical role in the rapid growth of this company's infrastructure and with service offerings for customers expanding, the Senior Systems Administrator will assist across the UK Windows server estate, and provide third line support on a daily basis in the midst of a number of strategic projects.

Working in a flexible team that deals with incident resolutions and project implementations, the Senior Windows/Wintel Administrator will sit across a Windows 2000, 2003 and 2008 server environment. 4-5 years experience of Windows systems administration is required, ideally with previous experience with VMWare technologies, as well as AIX. Previous exposure to eCommerce, Online or client-facing business environments is also preferred.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a rapidly expanding organisation - Alexander Ash Consulting are acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AP/SWINL

Programme Manager, Telecomms, Billing, Working Overseas

Programme Manager is required for my client a Telecommunications organisation. They are looking for a Programme Manager who can oversea the Business Transformation after the installation of a new billing system.

The role will involved managing all suppliers, vendors, and client stakeholders. Their will be extensive travel abroad.

You will need to have specific experience managing suppliers at a high level.

You will receive living allowances whilst away from home also. Please get in touch for more information.
This is an urgent opportunity to start as soon as possible, and will be a long term role.

Please send your cv to ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will get in contact as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/PROGMAN05

Release Manager -

Release Manager is required urgently for our client, a leading telecoms organisation. You will be responsible for reviewing existing release management processes and leading change.

You will also be responsible for release management activities within a team performing high value software releases and this organisation requires an individual who can work to tight SLAs and timelines, with a structured, approach, and the ability to communicate effectively with technical teams. Experience within fast-paced environments is required, as is previous exposure to the telecoms industry.

You will be highly communicative, and have a broad knowledge of Release Management tools and processes. This is an excellent opportunity to join an organisation in a rapidly expanding business area.

Release Manager

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: SS RELEASE

Infrastucture as a Service Consultants, Global Consultancy

Infrastructure as a Service Consultants are required by our client a Tier 1 Global Consultancy. They are looking for individuals who can help drive IaaS projects with clients, whether it be strategy and design, to architecture work. You will be involved in major client engagements developing and delivering infrastructure and Cloud Strategies.

This a great opportunity to join an organisation that provides great training in Technology. You will need to have delivered on at least one Iaas project and have worked with clients up to CxO level.

For more information please contact Ram Basra on ram.basra@alexanderash.com for further information.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/IAAS001

CALLING ALL JAVA DEVELOPERS!

Our client, a large Financial Services provider, is seeking Java developers from a variety of levels. All candidates must have high level experience within the Java space. Financial Services experience is not a pre-requisite but is preferred. If you are coming from a Telecommunications provider, then that is also favourable.

Alexander Ash is acting as an agency. Please send CVs to 'gerard.munoz@alexanderash.com'.

South East / Permanent / Ref: GM223

SAP OER (SAP Object Event Repository)

My client who are an international consultancy are searching for a SAP OER (SAP Object Event Repository) Consultant to work at their end client food manufacturing site. You will have worked on at least 2 or 3 significant implentations with SAP with particular strength within the SAP OER (SAP Object Event Repository) ) module. Knowledge of Netweaver is also required.

Please apply now as this is an urgent position with an immediate start
SAP OER (SAP Object Event Repository)

London / Contract / Ref: SS SAP OER

SAP AII(Auto-ID Infrastructure) Consultant

My client who are an international consultancy are searching for a SAP AII (Auto-ID Infrastructure) Consultant who will be responsible for managing inventory and shipping of goods. You will have worked on at least 2 or 3 significant implentations with SAP with particular strength within the SAP AII(Auto-ID Infrastructure) module. Knowledge of Netweaver is also required.

Please apply now as this is an urgent position with an immediate start

SAP AII(Auto-ID Infrastructure) Consultant

London / Contract / Ref: SS SAP AII

Solution Designer-Agile

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Solution Designer who will be responsible for leading the design within their e-commerce activities. The role will be working within a mature Agile environment including the use of TDD, Pair Programming, XP and Scrum and knowledge of at least one of these is essential.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution and knowledge of telco/communications is a bonus.

Solution Designer-Agile

London / Contract / Ref: SS Agile Solution

Web Designer

My client is a leader in the world of digital delivery of entertainment and they require an experienced Web Designer to deliver artwork, banners, buttons and printed material for their website and print advertising campaigns.

Required Experience At least 3 years working in an e-Commerce environment, most of this in a retail, publishing, or direct sales company.

• A design ethos that is customer-centric.
• A good eye for detail and engaging web design.
• Experienced working closely with a Marketing / Commercial department to run campaigns with a clear ROI
• Practical experience of using Illustrator, Photoshop, Fireworks, or another major recognised design application - including experience of creating print-ready work.

• Practical experience of designing and building Flash movies.

Would be an advantage

• Some experience of working with AJAX implementations
• Knowledge and experience of Flash action scripting
• Some experience of Quark
• Familiar with both Mac and PC

Web Designer

London / Contract / Ref: SS Web Designer

Network Consultant, Operations and Support Systems (OSS), London. Network Consultant from an Operations and Support Systems background is required by our client a large global outsourcer. They have a large volume of work with various clients currently with an ever growing pipeline. They are looking to supplement there existing teams with consultants who can bring a solid technical background in designing and building operations support systems for at least one IP service ( VOIP, IPTV, Broadband) and can demonstrate hands on experience of defining the operating model, processes and requirements for the operations introduction of a new service to a client. As a group the organisation plan, design, build, implement and operate network systems and service platform solutions for clients in the UK, Europe and around the globe. You will need to have knowledge of wireline, wireless, broadcast or online service platform vendor solutions and OSS architectures. Having knowledge of ITIL processes would be very useful, as well as experience with six-sigma and lean process design. This is a very good opportunity to join a global organisation who work at the leading edge of technology, and an opportunity to work on some very large programmes of work, with the top FTSE 100 organisations using the latest technologies. There are multiple vacancies and will interview and start immediately. For more information please send your CV to Ram Basra and I will be in contact with you as soon as possible. Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Permanent / Ref: R/RB00NC1321

Workplace Consultant, London or Manchester Based, Leading Technolog Organisation.

Workplace consultants are required by my client a who enjoy delivering transformational change within workplace environments with the hottest trends in IT.

These technologies could be based around Cloud Computing, Mobile Technologies, Social Networking, Collaboration, working on all the latest Tablets, with a client list that is made up of the majority of the FTSE 100.

Workplace consultants will need to be able to engage with clients / customers with excellent presentation and communication skills. You will need to be able to work autonumously as well as in a technical project environment, and have exposure to the full project lifecycle as well as structured project methodologies such as Prince 2 or PMP.

You will be able to get involved in developing high level designs which support technology solutions, drive technology architecture, workplace transformation build, test and implementation activities, work across industry and learn from some of the best consultants in the industry in the Workplace arena.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take your career to the next level with an organisation that invests heavily in its workforce, and if you have a passion about technology in the workplace, to be involved in some exciting and leading edge technology breakthroughs.

These opportunities will interview and start quickly. If you are interested and would like to have more of an indepth conversation please contact Ram Basra on ram.basra@alexanderash.com in the first instance, and I will be in contact straight away. Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/WC003

Web Design Consultant / Digital Consultant, London. Web design / Digital consultant is required by our client a large global consultancy. There clients are looking for solutions to complex business problems and opportunities related to technology. This is increasingly around rich media and social interaction. They aer looking for technologists who work at the leading edge, and are able to deliver cutting edge solutions. You will typically be involved in working on industry leading web solutions that support millions of users, define new ways of consuming content and provide innovative customer experiences. You will be involved at all phases of the development lifecycle from development to deploying, design and implementation of eCommerce, social media and consumer portal architectures. You will be involved in project management, business development and requirements analysis. The technologies that are used in this area include Programming with PHP, Java, J2EE, XML, JavaScript / HTML 5 / CSS / Flex and C# .NET. Experience in one or more of these technologies is a necessity, as well as experience with Jhoomla, Wordpress, Drupal or moveable type. This is a consultants role so there will be a need to travel. For more information please contact Ram Basra on ram.basra@alexanderash.com Alexander Ash is a staffing business and recruitment business.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/WC001

Web/Digital Consultant

My client who are a global Tier 1 consultancy are urgently seeking a number of Web/Digital Consultants
Typical roles will involve working within a team to perform some or all of the following:

• Delivery of industry-leading web solutions that support millions of users, define new ways of consuming content and provide innovative or surprising customer experiences
• Contribute to different phases of the development lifecycle, from strategy and planning to design, build, test, deploy using a variety of Agile methodologies from Scrum to Kanban
• Design and implementation of eCommerce, social media, corporate collaboration and consumer portal architectures across an exciting range of cutting-edge devices and platforms
• Planning, designing and building the multi-platform web applications and Content Management products with other standard software products
• Project management, business development and requirements analysis

Web/Digital Consultant

London / Permanent / Ref: SS WEB-DIGITAL

Network Consultant

My client who are a global Tier 1 consultancy are urgently seeking a number of network consultants across a range of projects. You must have experience with one or more of the following;

Track record of scoping, defining and delivering large-scale or complex network solutions in wireline, wireless, cable or broadcast firms.

Experience of working with CTOs or senior network architects and engineers to shape programmes and drive successful delivery

Deep understanding of end-to-end solutions: from the end user/customer of the service through operations to the underlying network and service platforms (such as IPTV, VoIP, etc).

Recognised as a Subject Matter Expert in network and services in your current organisation with a record of conceiving and shaping innovative ideas and solutions.

A history of building relationships with key vendors, suppliers and customers

Involvement in the design and build of a scale network as part of a major service launch such as IPTV, VoIP or Broadband.

Some previous hands on experience and knowledge of configuring network equipment would be advantageous to ensure depth of knowledge of IP and key network concepts.

Ability to deliver and operate across different vendors in a vendor agnostic environment; our clients have all vendors

Network Consultant

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Network Con

Cloud Consultant- (IaaS) or (SaaS)

My client who are a Global Tier 1 Consultancy are looking for candidates with experience and expertise in private/public Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) or Software-as-a-Service solution(SaaS) definition and delivery. You will be working on major transformational change programmes and have the opportunity to work in an environment that offers fantastic career opportunities and the opportunity to work with most FTSE100 clients

Responsibilities include:
Driving cloud architecture strategy and design, and developing adoption roadmaps and implementation approaches Driving IaaS solution architecture and infrastructure detail design activities
Driving cloud solution build, test and implementation activities Identifying business opportunities for using virtualisation, private cloud and public cloud for technology-related improvements and using benchmark data and supporting high-level cost benefits analyses
Developing presentation material and delivering presentations to senior IT stakeholders Providing input into and contributing to business case development and TCO analysis Contributing to asset development and harvesting within the practice Working on projects across a variety of industry sectors

Cloud Consultant- (IaaS) or (SaaS)

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Cloud Consultant

Web and Digital Technology Consultant - JSNA - ACC - 0001

Alexander Ash is looking to recruit a Web & Digital Technology consultant.
Our clients a Tier 1 consultancy runs some of the most popular and widely used internet and digital services, including some of the top sites in the UK.

The explosion in the number of devices accessing these services and the increasing drive to monetise content are major disruptive factors. Increasingly our clients are turning to Accenture to help them address the complex business opportunities and solve the technical challenges created. Combined with the complexities of increasingly rich media and social interaction the solutions we are helping to define can only be designed and delivered by a pool of talented and imaginative technologists.

If you are an agile (in both senses of the word) hands-on internet technologist then we want you to join our growing community of like minded individuals. Passionate about technology you will favour a prototype over a document and be excited about delivering leading edge solutions for our clients.

Typical roles will involve working within a team to perform some or all of the following:
Delivery of industry-leading web solutions that support millions of users, define new ways of consuming content and provide innovative or surprising customer experiences
Contribute to different phases of the development lifecycle, from strategy and planning to design, build, test, deploy using a variety of Agile methodologies from Scrum to Kanban
Design and implementation of eCommerce, social media, corporate collaboration and consumer portal architectures across an exciting range of cutting-edge devices and platforms
Planning, designing and building the multi-platform web applications and Content Management products with other standard software products
Project management, business development and requirements analysis
Working with clients across a wide range of different industries to deliver internet services, including many of the world's biggest brand-names

Useful skills include:

Programming: Java / J2EE, XML / XSL-T, JavaScript / HTML 5 / CSS, Flex, C# .NET, PHP
Portal: Oracle Weblogic & Webcenter, IBM Websphere, Liferay, Joomla, Wordpress, Drupal, Movable Type
Content Management: Oracle UCM, Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server, Vignette, Day, Alfresco, Sitecore
Commerce: IBM Websphere Commerce, ATG, Microsoft Commerce Server, Hybris
Search: FAST, Autonomy, Lucene/Solr, Google Search Appliance, Search Engine Optimisation
Web Analytics: Omniture, Nedstat, Google Analytics
Devices: iPhone, iPad, Android, Android Tablet, WebOS, Blackberry, Symbian, PS3, OEM set-top boxes, Google TV

Professional Requirements
Proven ability to apply analytical and creative thought
Proven ability to deliver high profile activities to tight timescales
Proven success in contributing to a team-oriented environment
Excellent leadership, communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
Willingness to travel

If interested please contact Norman Areh - norman.areh@alexanderash.com - 0207 6888435

London / Permanent / Ref: JSNA - ACC - 0001

Junior Systems Administrator - Linux - Web/eCommerce

Junior Systems Administrator with a Linux background is required for our client, a London based eCommerce organisation. Playing a key technical role in the rapid growth of this company's infrastructure and with client demand growing, the Systems Administrator will work on support issues and projects across the UK Unix estate (Linux - Red Hat & CentOS), network, and be able to help ensure high availability for services such as Apache, DNS. This role also requires individuals with previous Scripting experience (Shell, Perl, Python or Ruby).

Working in a flexible team across incident resolution and implementation areas, System Administrators will focus on ensuring exemplary services are maintained for customers, and the organisations own infrastructure is robust. 6+ months experience in Linux administration is required (Linux/Redhat/CentOS preferred), as is experience in networks, and database administration.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a rapidly expanding organisation, who offer extensive training and development opportunities. Alexander Ash Consulting are acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/JSYSAD

SAP SD Consultant - Functional Consultant - Outsourcing

Our client, a major global Outsourcer, require an experienced SAP SD Consultant in a client facing role, as part of a large scale programme of work that has just begun. The SAP SD Consultant will work across the full project lifecycle, dealing with user requirements, systems/project support and so on, as part of a major SAP implementation engagement.

You will be highly communicative, and will be interacting with senior stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle. You must have in-depth knowledge of SAP SD (Sales & Distribution), ideally with commercial experience of 2-3 full lifecycle implementations. Any previous experience with MM is highly beneficial.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: AA/AP/SAPSD1

Programme Manager, Telecomms, Billing, Working Overseas

Programme Manager is required for my client a Telecommunications organisation. They are looking for a Programme Manager who can oversea the installation of a new billing system.

The role will involved managing all suppliers, vendors, and client stakeholders. Their will be extensive travel abroad.

You will need to have specific experience managing suppliers at a high level.

You will receive living allowances whilst away from home also. Please get in touch for more information.
This is an urgent opportunity to start as soon as possible, and will be a long term role.

Please send your cv to ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will get in contact as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/PROGMAN05

Social Media Account Director, London

Social Media Account Director is required by our client a leading London agency.

They are looking for an individual ideally from a digital background who understands Social Media, and how to use it for client campaigns. You will need to have strong online knowledge, marketing capability, and commercially facing opportunities.

You will need to work across accounts in both the advertising and PR agency and help support on all new business pitches.

This is a great opportunity to join a growing organisation in an exciting area of the market.

For more information please send your details to ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will call you as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/SMAD001

Core Java Developer, J2SE, London

Core Java Developer is required for our client a Foreign Exchange Trading Firm. Due to growth within the organisation they are now looking to bring on another Core Java Developer, with J2SE or J2ME experience, who can clearly demonstrate experience of developing of Low Latency, High Throughput systems and wokring on multithreading systems.

You will be required to work on a mixture of maintenance and support projects of existing systems, as well as working on new projects.

It would be ideal if you had some experience working with FIX messaging, or potentially JAVA API's.

This is an exciting project to join a high calibre team and get involved on project work from day 1.

If you would like more information please send your details to ram.basra@alexanderash.com for more information.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/JC001

Technical Product Manager, London, E-Commerce

Technical Product Manager is required by our client a leading global e-commerce organisation. Due to their popularity and ever increasing usage, they are experience growth.

They are looking to increase functionality on their website and improve performance, as well as introducing a lot of new functionality, bettering the user experience.

The Technical Product Manager role wil be involved in meeting with the business to understand their requirements, and to look at new improvements to the site, and spending a significant amout of time with Development Teams and Project Managers.You will be required to capture requirements, write business and functional specs, create user stories, and most importantly ensure all specifications match what the business is looking to do. You will need to have a strong agile development background.

You will need to have experience working in a Transactional environment, or a large scale web based internet product development environment.

This is a fabulous opportunity to join a growing organisation working at the leading edge of technology.

For more information please send your details to ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will get in contact with you as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/TPMAN001

Project Manager, Telecomms, Jersey

Project Manager is required by our client who are a successful telecommunications organisation.
They are looking for a Project Manager with a strong Telecomms background, they are currently upgrading their copper network to fibre for approxiamately 50,000 homes, so you will need to have been involved in the rollout and upgrade of Fibre networks, and ideally involved with the upgrade of Broadband products / services.

The role wil involve a lot of stakeholder management. This is internally within the client up to CxO level, and with the major suppliers and vendors. You will be liasing with the suppliers / vendors to agree on project deadlines, schedules for equipment delivery, rollout and implementation schedules, and ensuring of the project is delivered to time and budget.

They are looking for an individual who can help to drive this project forwards.

This is a fantastic opportunity to get involved in a large fibre upgrade with the latest broadband technologies and products. The role will be permanently based in Jersey.

For more information please send your details to ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will give you a call with further information.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/PRMAN001

Application Support Analyst - WMS/eCommerce, London

Application Support Analyst is required for my client, a highly successful eCommerce company, to ensure all live applications are fully supported to meet demanding SLAs. Working with bespoke Oracle/Java based applications, you will be supporting business Order/Stock/workflow critical applications, and working as part of a team facing into key stakeholders.

The Application Support Analyst will analyse and resolve system related operational issues, whilst ensuring key application functions and scheduled activities are completed on time. You will understand business requirements, deliver application support and make sure SLAs are implemented, managed and surpassed.

You will ideally have 2-3 years experience in an application support role previously, especially with technologies such as Oracle, Java, SQL. Ideally, you will have a strong understanding of ITIL principals, and have experience in high volume transactional and order environments.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a hugely exciting organisation with clear career progression plans on offer.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/SUPANWMS

Digital Senior Business Analyst - London

Senior Business Analyst with a strong digital and technology projects background is required for one of our clients, a globally recognized entertainment organisation in London.

The Business Analyst will work with the full portfolio of senior stakeholders internally to help deliver change to digital capabilities across the business, from client brief (business processes, functional and technical) to "Go Live" with adherence to quality, budget and timescales. The Business Analyst will be tasked with building functional specifications, and interfacing with technical teams to help shape requirements.

You will have a strong business analysis background, with prior experience in the digital space and a solid knowledge of web and digital technologies is also required. Experience in an Agile environment is preferred, as would a previous background in the entertainment/music industry beforehand.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a highly successful and ambitious organisation. Alexander Ash Consulting are acting as a recruitment agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/DIGSBA

Business Analyst, Business Intelligence, Jersey

Business Analyst is required by our client a Telecommunications Organisation based in the Jersey. They are looking for a strong Business Analyst who has experience working on Business Intelligence (BI) projects. You will be involved in analysing the clients current BI capability and working with all the stakeholders to ascertain what they need going forwards. The overall purpose of this project is for the client to be able to generate better reporting capability across the business.

You will be involved in accessing the current systems, and looking at new platforms, or an upgrade of the current platform.

You will be working with Architects to assess the capabilities of the current systems, and where necessary assist with design work of the system.

This role will be based in Jersey Monday - Friday. The role will be paid a day rate, plus accommodation allowance, plus a return flight every 2 weeks.

This is an urgent opportunity and will start immediately. Ideally before the 5th March 2012.

For more information please drop me an email with your CV and I will be in contact as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/BAINT001

Project Manager, Telecomms, Jersey

Project Manager is required by our client who are a successful telecommunications organisation.
They are looking for a Project Manager with a strong Telecomms background, they are currently upgrading their copper network to fibre for approxiamately 50,000 homes, so you will need to have been involved in the rollout and upgrade of Fibre networks, and ideally involved with the upgrade of Broadband products / services.

The role wil involve a lot of stakeholder management. This is internally within the client up to CxO level, and with the major suppliers and vendors. You will be liasing with the suppliers / vendors to agree on project deadlines, schedules for equipment delivery, rollout and implementation schedules, and ensuring of the project is delivered to time and budget.

They are looking for an individual who can help to drive this project forwards.

This is a fantastic opportunity to get involved in a large fibre upgrade with the latest broadband technologies and products. The role will be permanently based in Jersey.

For more information please send your details to ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will give you a call with further information.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/PRMAN001

Business Analyst, Business Intelligence, Jersey

Business Analyst is required by our client a Telecommunications Organisation based in the Jersey. They are looking for a strong Business Analyst who has experience working on Business Intelligence (BI) projects. You will be involved in analysing the clients current BI capability and working with all the stakeholders to ascertain what they need going forwards. The overall purpose of this project is for the client to be able to generate better reporting capability across the business.

You will be involved in accessing the current systems, and looking at new platforms, or an upgrade of the current platform.

You will be working with Architects to assess the capabilities of the current systems, and where necessary assist with design work of the system.

This role will be based in Jersey Monday - Friday. The role will be paid a day rate, plus accommodation allowance, plus a return flight every 2 weeks.

This is an urgent opportunity and will start immediately. Ideally before the 5th March 2012.

For more information please drop me an email with your CV and I will be in contact as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/BAINT001

Software Development Manager

Software Development Manager is required by my world leading eCommerce organisation, to lead the software development teams in a number of projects varying in size and length.

You will have experience in solving technical issues on performance, scalability and enterprise system architecture andbe capable of independent full systems design, including requirements gathering, specifications, and coding as well as technical leadership role for complete product cycles.

You will have a background as a software engineer with strong knowledge of multi-threaded programming, distributed systems and data structures. The Software Projects Lead will ideally have a strong knowledge of delivering large-scale projects & programmes based around software development, and ideally a track record in the E-commerce/online space and a technical understanding of Unix, C++ and Java is strongly preferred,

Software Development Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Dev Manager

Technical Project Manager

Technical Project Manageris required by my world leading eCommerce organisation, to lead the software development teams in a number of projects varying in size and length.

You will have a background as a software engineer with strong knowledge of multi-threaded programming, distributed systems and data structures. The Software Projects Lead will ideally have a strong knowledge of delivering large-scale projects & programmes based around software development, and ideally a track record in the E-commerce/online space and a technical understanding of Unix, C++ and Java is strongly preferred,

Technical Project Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS TPM-

Solution Design- Mobile MessagingAdvertising

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Solution Designer- within Mobile MessagingAdvertising- who will be responsible for designing and implementing products to gain new revenues from Mobile Advertising. You will have a strong understanding of the Customer Experience and of defining and assuring end to end solutions including the level Product and Service wrap. Other duties within the role include engaging IT Blocks in the process responsible for the development of the components and leading stakeholder collaboration - building and maintaining stakeholder partnerships.

Solution Design- Mobile MessagingAdvertising

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Sol Arch Mobile

QA Analyst - eCommerce

Our client, a major eCommerce consultancy, require an experienced QA Analyst to play a key role in the creation of test plans/cases from customer requirement specifications, based around high availability systems. The QA Analyst will be responsible for patch process management & delivery, providing test reports, manage issue tickets, workflows and be able to document processes.

This is an organisation with business critical systems that customers depend on - as such this is a highly challenging environment. You will have previous experience with testing web-based applications, plus a broad range of aptitude across QA methodologies and processes, and previous experience within the eCommerce trade. Experience with Unix (ideally Linux) is also required.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a rapidly expanding organisation. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/QAECM

PROJECT MANAGER- WEB PORTAL

My client who are an international communications and managed services company are searching for a talented project manager who has experience of delivering significant Cloud / SaaS projects. You will have an excellent knowledge of CRM tools, with experience in Salesforce.com a bonus and have proven capability in providing a high level of CRM functionality and integration. This is a role which requires advanced stakeholder management and business engagement skills so a backgroung in consulting is an advantage.

PROJECT MANAGER- WEB PORTAL

North West / Contract / Ref: SS PORTAL PM

Business Analyst, Business Intelligence, Jersey

Business Analyst is required by our client a Telecommunications Organisation based in the Jersey. They are looking for a strong Business Analyst who has experience working on Business Intelligence (BI) projects. You will be involved in analysing the clients current BI capability and working with all the stakeholders to ascertain what they need going forwards. The overall purpose of this project is for the client to be able to generate better reporting capability across the business.

You will be involved in accessing the current systems, and looking at new platforms, or an upgrade of the current platform.

You will be working with Architects to assess the capabilities of the current systems, and where necessary assist with design work of the system.

This role will be based in Jersey Monday - Friday. The role will be paid a day rate, plus accommodation allowance, plus a return flight every 2 weeks.

This is an urgent opportunity and will start immediately. Ideally before the 5th March 2012.

For more information please drop me an email with your CV and I will be in contact as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/BAINT001

Web Designer

My client is a leader in the world of digital delivery of entertainment and they require an experienced Web Designer to deliver artwork, banners, buttons and printed material for their website and print advertising campaigns.

Required Experience At least 3 years working in an e-Commerce environment, most of this in a retail, publishing, or direct sales company.

• A design ethos that is customer-centric.
• A good eye for detail and engaging web design.
• Experienced working closely with a Marketing / Commercial department to run campaigns with a clear ROI
• Practical experience of using Illustrator, Photoshop, Fireworks, or another major recognised design application - including experience of creating print-ready work.

• Practical experience of designing and building Flash movies.

Would be an advantage

• Some experience of working with AJAX implementations
• Knowledge and experience of Flash action scripting
• Some experience of Quark
• Familiar with both Mac and PC

Web Designer

London / Contract / Ref: SS Web Designer

PROJECT MANAGER- WEB PORTAL

My client who are an international communications and managed services company are searching for a talented project manager who has experience of delivering significant Cloud / SaaS projects. You will have an excellent knowledge of CRM tools, with experience in Salesforce.com a bonus and have proven capability in providing a high level of CRM functionality and integration. This is a role which requires advanced stakeholder management and business engagement skills so a backgroung in consulting is an advantage.

PROJECT MANAGER- WEB PORTAL

London / Contract / Ref: SS PORTAL PM

Business Analyst, Billing Systems, Jersey. Day rate + £90 per day living allowance plus flights paid for once every 2 weeks.

Business Analyst is required by our client a Telecommunications company. They are currently looking for a Business Analyst to carry out requirements gathering at the early stages of a new project which will be delivering Fixed Line Broadband Services to homes and businesses. You will be involved in multiple projects, mainly based around the implementation of a converged billing system. It would be highly beneficial to have experience of either Amdocs, Comverse or Oracle Biling Systems, as well as mobile, Fixed Line or Broadband experience.

You will be involved in projects which involve a lot of stakeholder management to CxO level. You will be involved in high level solution designs, and ideally have a background in the Telecommunications Industry.

This role will interview immediately i.e. week beginning 20th February 2012, and will start as soon as possible. You will be provided with a living allowance during the week and will also be reimbursed for one flight every two weeks. Please send your details to me as soon as possible and I will be in contact immediately.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/BAJ002

Project Manager - CRM/Single Sign-On - Cheshire

Our client, a global Technology and Telecoms organisation, are looking for an experienced Project Manager to work on a broad range of CRM, single sign-on and billing projects as part of a large internal change programme.

The Project Manager will interface with business users and stakeholders, as well as third party vendors & development teams, to deliver multiple workstreams within an overall programme looking to integrate a number of systems and applications as part of a major portal transformation.

The candidate must have 5 years+ project management background, particularly with a track record of CRM, Salesforce, and single sign-on. You will possess a Prince 2 or PMP/PMI/APM project management certification, and ideally have experience in major blue chip organisations.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as a recruitment consultancy.

North West / Contract / Ref: AA/C/PMCRMNW

Alexander Ash is looking to recruit a senior Perl developer. My client an e-commerce [provider based in London has a need for an experienced senior Perl Developer to come on board with regards to e-commerce developments.

The ideal candidate will need to be able to manage a multi-skilled technical team as well as developing my client's e-commerce platform. The ideal candidate will be working with developers that work with technologies such as Java / PHP / Python and Ruby on rails.

The ideal candidate will need to have these essential skills: which include LAMP development, Object oriented Perl (OOP), Test Driven Development (TDD) and commercial experience with SQL.
This is a permanent position based in London, with a salary circa of £60k.

If you feel that you are suitable for this opportunity, then please contact Norman Areh - norman.areh@alexanderash.com or email norman.areh@alexanderash.com.

London / Permanent / Ref: JSNA - PERL - 0001

Solution Design- Mobile MessagingAdvertising

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Solution Designer- within Mobile MessagingAdvertising- who will be responsible for designing and implementing products to gain new revenues from Mobile Advertising. You will have a strong understanding of the Customer Experience and of defining and assuring end to end solutions including the level Product and Service wrap. Other duties within the role include engaging IT Blocks in the process responsible for the development of the components and leading stakeholder collaboration - building and maintaining stakeholder partnerships.

Solution Design- Mobile MessagingAdvertising

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Sol Arch Mobile

Online Sales Manager

My client who are a market leading e-commerce company are seeking a manager to lead its Clothing & Fashion sales teams. The role is accountable for the growth of the business in the UK and you will develop and motivate two high-performing teams to achieve new business targets across multiple categories.

Required qualifications:

• Experience in B2B sales, account management, product management or management consulting
• High standard of education or compensating work experience
• Highly organised and results oriented
• Strong people management skills
• Experience in e-commerce preferred

Online Sales Manager

London / Permanent / Ref: Online Sales

IT Outsourcing Sales (Infrastructure)

My client who are an international IT Services company are looking for a number of high quality sales people to join their team. You will be responsible for gaining contracts to host IT services for third parties with a focus on their core technologies around infrastructure and data centre hosting.
The ideal candidate will have sold similar services previously within either a consultancy, systems integrator or managed services provider and have the ability to close multi million pound deals.
The consultant will receive a percentage of sales so it is feasible to multiply your basic salary several fold within this role.

WE HAVE INTERVIEWS SLOTS BOOKED FOR THE W/C 16th Jan.

IT Outsourcing Sales (Infrastructure)

London / Permanent / Ref: SS- IT Outsourcing

Social Media Account Director, London

Social Media Account Director is required by our client a leading London agency.

They are looking for an individual ideally from a digital background who understands Social Media, and how to use it for client campaigns. You will need to have strong online knowledge, marketing capability, and commercially facing opportunities.

You will need to work across accounts in both the advertising and PR agency and help support on all new business pitches.

This is a great opportunity to join a growing organisation in an exciting area of the market.

For more information please send your details to ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will call you as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/SMAD001

Technical Product Manager, London, E-Commerce

Technical Product Manager is required by our client a leading global e-commerce organisation. Due to their popularity and ever increasing usage, they are experience growth.

They are looking to increase functionality on their website and improve performance, as well as introducing a lot of new functionality, bettering the user experience.

The Technical Product Manager role wil be involved in meeting with the business to understand their requirements, and to look at new improvements to the site, and spending a significant amout of time with Development Teams and Project Managers.You will be required to capture requirements, write business and functional specs, create user stories, and most importantly ensure all specifications match what the business is looking to do. You will need to have a strong agile development background.

You will need to have experience working in a Transactional environment, or a large scale web based internet product development environment.

This is a fabulous opportunity to join a growing organisation working at the leading edge of technology.

For more information please send your details to ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will get in contact with you as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/TPMAN001

Alexander Ash is looking to recruit a Java / J2SE specialist. My client has a great presence within the Finance domain. The produce bespoke systems for organisation in the Finance Industry.

The ideal candidate will need to have had experience on developing trading systems based on distributed low latency systems involving complex multi-threading.

The systems work in real time and the successful individual will need to be an expert in in Java / J2SE and have knowledge of multithreading and heavy messaging.

Core skills requires are: Java, server side J2SE with strong object orientated applications design. You will need to have worked on Multithreading, concurrent systems with messaging experience.

The role is open to J2SE specialist from various backgrounds, therefore financial services experience isn't necessary.

If you feel that you are suitable for the role please send your CV to Norman Areh. norman.areh@alexanderash.com.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS- NA -J2SE-001

Core Java Developer, J2SE, London

Core Java Developer is required for our client a Foreign Exchange Trading Firm. Due to growth within the organisation they are now looking to bring on another Core Java Developer, with J2SE or J2ME experience, who can clearly demonstrate experience of developing of Low Latency, High Throughput systems and wokring on multithreading systems.

You will be required to work on a mixture of maintenance and support projects of existing systems, as well as working on new projects.

It would be ideal if you had some experience working with FIX messaging, or potentially JAVA API's.

This is an exciting project to join a high calibre team and get involved on project work from day 1.

If you would like more information please send your details to ram.basra@alexanderash.com for more information.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/JC001

Technical Product Manager, London, E-Commerce

Technical Product Manager is required by our client a leading global e-commerce organisation. Due to their popularity and ever increasing usage, they are experience growth.

They are looking to increase functionality on their website and improve performance, as well as introducing a lot of new functionality, bettering the user experience.

The Technical Product Manager role wil be involved in meeting with the business to understand their requirements, and to look at new improvements to the site, and spending a significant amout of time with Development Teams and Project Managers.You will be required to capture requirements, write business and functional specs, create user stories, and most importantly ensure all specifications match what the business is looking to do. You will need to have a strong agile development background.

You will need to have experience working in a Transactional environment, or a large scale web based internet product development environment.

This is a fabulous opportunity to join a growing organisation working at the leading edge of technology.

For more information please send your details to ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will get in contact with you as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/TPMAN001

Management Consultant - IT Effectiveness/Strategy - UK Consultancy

Our client, a global Consultancy and Outsourcing organisation, require a number of Management Consultants to lead projects of work and develop strong client relationships within a variety of IT Effectiveness, IT Strategy and Process Improvement engagements.

This organisation are building a new division within their Consultancy practice, and as part of this, Consultants will be responsible for facing into multiple customers, assisting in the improvement of IT organisations through the development of IT Strategy, IT Effectiveness, IS Methods & Standards etc. Consultants will cover presales stages through to successful delivery, and lead activities across requirements gathering & business case creations, design work and evaluation.

This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in a high profile initative within an already successful organisation globally.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/ITECON

Social Media Account Director, London

Social Media Account Director is required by our client a leading London agency.

They are looking for an individual ideally from a digital background who understands Social Media, and how to use it for client campaigns. You will need to have strong online knowledge, marketing capability, and commercially facing opportunities.

You will need to work across accounts in both the advertising and PR agency and help support on all new business pitches.

This is a great opportunity to join a growing organisation in an exciting area of the market.

For more information please send your details to ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will call you as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/SMAD001

Network Designer- PCI Compliance

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Network Designer who will be responsible for leading the end to end design to ensure PCI Compliance. You will work across the functions of design, testing, audit and certication and have previous experience of similar projects.

As the successful candidate you will be available within 2 weeks and as such will be rewarded with a long term contract.

Network Designers -PCI Compliance

South East / Contract / Ref: SS PCI Solution

IT Outsourcing Sales (Infrastructure)

My client who are an international IT Services company are looking for a number of high quality sales people to join their team. You will be responsible for gaining contracts to host IT services for third parties with a focus on their core technologies around infrastructure and data centre hosting.
The ideal candidate will have sold similar services previously within either a consultancy, systems integrator or managed services provider and have the ability to close multi million pound deals.
The consultant will receive a percentage of sales so it is feasible to multiply your basic salary several fold within this role.

WE HAVE INTERVIEWS SLOTS BOOKED FOR THE W/C 16th Jan.

IT Outsourcing Sales (Infrastructure)

London / Permanent / Ref: SS- IT Outsourcing

Software Development Manager

Software Development Manager is required by my world leading eCommerce organisation, to lead the software development teams in a number of projects varying in size and length.

You will have experience in solving technical issues on performance, scalability and enterprise system architecture andbe capable of independent full systems design, including requirements gathering, specifications, and coding as well as technical leadership role for complete product cycles.

You will have a background as a software engineer with strong knowledge of multi-threaded programming, distributed systems and data structures. The Software Projects Lead will ideally have a strong knowledge of delivering large-scale projects & programmes based around software development, and ideally a track record in the E-commerce/online space and a technical understanding of Unix, C++ and Java is strongly preferred,

Software Development Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Dev Manager

Online Sales Manager

My client who are a market leading e-commerce company are seeking a manager to lead its Clothing & Fashion sales teams. The role is accountable for the growth of the business in the UK and you will develop and motivate two high-performing teams to achieve new business targets across multiple categories.

Required qualifications:

• Experience in B2B sales, account management, product management or management consulting
• High standard of education or compensating work experience
• Highly organised and results oriented
• Strong people management skills
• Experience in e-commerce preferred

Online Sales Manager

London / Permanent / Ref: Online Sales

Technical Project Manager

Technical Project Manageris required by my world leading eCommerce organisation, to lead the software development teams in a number of projects varying in size and length.

You will have a background as a software engineer with strong knowledge of multi-threaded programming, distributed systems and data structures. The Software Projects Lead will ideally have a strong knowledge of delivering large-scale projects & programmes based around software development, and ideally a track record in the E-commerce/online space and a technical understanding of Unix, C++ and Java is strongly preferred,

Technical Project Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS TPM-

Solution Architect- Media

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Solution Architect- who will be responsible for designing and implementing a range of products within their media division and as such experience of working within the media sector is essential. You will have a strong understanding of the Customer Experience and of defining and assuring end to end solutions including the level Product and Service wrap. Other duties within the role include engaging IT Blocks in the process responsible for the development of the components and leading stakeholder collaboration - building and maintaining stakeholder partnerships.

Solution Architect- Media

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Sol Arch Media

Network Consultant

My client, a leading international telecoms company, is urgently seeking a Network Consultant to join it's commercial operation in order to deliver on a key third party supplier contract This role requires an experienced fixed voice & data network technical specialist who has a passion for service excellence, can inspire and develop virtual teams, who is capable of influencing at senior and middle management levels across the businesses

Network Consultant responsibilities;

*Capturing and dealing with requests from the client that cannot be processed by the Fixed Provisioning Specialists due to the technical complexity of the requests
*To propose and design robust and supportable solutions
*Manage small to medium projects in terms of the provisioning activities.
*Be responsible for obtaining quotes from suppliers and ensuring any proposed solution is delivered in line with the SLA's
*Manage the order processes from start to finish, using Sigma and Siebel.

Network Consultant skills;

Voice Access Lines (PSTN, ISDN2e/30e)
Data Access Lines (Broadband, Leased Line, Ethernet)
WAN, LAN, WLAN
MPLS Services (managed or wires-only)
Premises hardware (inc Cisco, Avaya & other vendors)
Unified Communications Infrastructures
PBX Systems (Legacy & IP) Other

(Preferred but not essential)
Managed Security Devices
Mobile (Convergence)

Network Consultant
Alexander Ash is acting as a recruitment consultancy for the client.

South East / Contract / Ref: NETWORK CON

Digital Business Analyst, London, E-Commerce

Digital Business Analyst is required by our client a leading global e-commerce organisation. Due to their popularity and ever increasing usage, they are experience growth.

They are looking to increase functionality on their website and improve performance, as well as introducing a lot of new functionality, bettering the user experience.

The Digital Business Analyst role wil be involved in meeting with the business to understand their requirements, and to look at new improvements to the site, and spending a significant amout of time with Development Teams and Project Managers.You will be required to capture requirements, write business and functional specs, create user stories, and most importantly ensure all specifications match what the business is looking to do. You will need to have a strong agile development background.

You will need to have experience working in a Transactional environment, or a large scale web based internet product development environment.

This is a fabulous opportunity to join a growing organisation working at the leading edge of technology.

For more information please send your details to ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will get in contact with you as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/TPMAN001

Alexander Ash is looking to recruit a Technical Project Manager. Our client a global e-commerce service provider is looking for an experienced Technical Project Manage to come on-board and manage a high volume of small projects on behalf of the organisation.

The Ideal candidate will have experience in delivering E-Commerce & Web development projects. You will need to be enthusiastic & versatile to successfully manage projects to enhance the clients SaaS platform and IT Infrastructure.

The technical Project manager will be working in a dynamic, fast paced environment and also will be working multiple, diverse projects at any one time.

The technical Project Manager will need to be a creative thinker and must not be afraid of challenges. The technical Project Manager will need to have a passion for technology and must have previous technical experience in Web / E-commerce domains.

This is a permanent opportunity based in London.

Salary: £40-45k.

If you feel that you are the right person for the role, please feel free to contact norman.areh@alexanderash.com - 0207 688 8435

London / Permanent / Ref: JSNA - TPM - 0001

Release Manager - ITIL - eCommerce

Release Manager is required urgently for our client, a leading eCommerce organisation. You will be responsible for reviewing existing release management processes, leading change, and also managing a team of developers and deployment groups internally.

You will also be responsible for release management activities within a team performing high volume software releases into a live environment. Therefore, this organisation requires an individual who can work to tight SLAs and timelines, with a structured, ITIL approach, and the ability to communicate effectively with technical teams. Experience within fast-paced, high availability systems environments is required, as is (ideally) previous exposure to eCommerce and Retail businesses.

You will be highly communicative, and will ideally have a strong knowledge of application development, as well as a broad knowledge of Release Management tools, processes. This is an excellent opportunity to join an organisation in a rapidly expanding business area.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as a recruitment agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/RELEASE12

Fixed Voice & Data Technical Consultant

My client, a leading international telecoms company, is urgently seeking a Network Consultant to join it's commercial operation in order to deliver on a key third party supplier contract This role requires an experienced fixed voice & data network technical specialist who has a passion for service excellence, can inspire and develop virtual teams, who is capable of influencing at senior and middle management levels across the businesses

Fixed Voice & Data Technical Consultant responsibilities;

*Capturing and dealing with requests from the client that cannot be processed by the Fixed Provisioning Specialists due to the technical complexity of the requests
*To propose and design robust and supportable solutions *Manage small to medium projects in terms of the provisioning activities.
*Be responsible for obtaining quotes from suppliers and ensuring any proposed solution is delivered in line with the SLA's
*Manage the order processes from start to finish, using Sigma and Siebel.

Fixed Voice & Data Technical Consultant skills;

Voice Access Lines (PSTN, ISDN2e/30e)
Data Access Lines (Broadband, Leased Line, Ethernet)
WAN, LAN, WLAN
MPLS Services (managed or wires-only)
Premises hardware (inc Cisco, Avaya & other vendors)
Unified Communications Infrastructures
PBX Systems (Legacy & IP) Other

(Preferred but not essential)
Managed Security Devices
Mobile (Convergence)

Fixed Voice & Data Technical Consultant
Alexander Ash is acting as a recruitment consultancy for the client.

South East / Contract / Ref: FIX VOICE/DATA

Network Consultant

My client, a leading international telecoms company, is urgently seeking a Network Consultant to join it's commercial operation in order to deliver on a key third party supplier contract This role requires an experienced fixed voice & data network technical specialist who has a passion for service excellence, can inspire and develop virtual teams, who is capable of influencing at senior and middle management levels across the businesses

Network Consultant responsibilities;
*Capturing and dealing with requests from the client that cannot be processed by the Fixed Provisioning Specialists due to the technical complexity of the requests
*To propose and design robust and supportable solutions *Manage small to medium projects in terms of the provisioning activities.
*Be responsible for obtaining quotes from suppliers and ensuring any proposed solution is delivered in line with the SLA's
*Manage the order processes from start to finish, using Sigma and Siebel.

Network Consultant skills;
Voice Access Lines (PSTN, ISDN2e/30e)
Data Access Lines (Broadband, Leased Line, Ethernet)
WAN, LAN, WLAN
MPLS Services (managed or wires-only)
Premises hardware (inc Cisco, Avaya & other vendors)
Unified Communications Infrastructures
PBX Systems (Legacy & IP) Other

(Preferred but not essential)
Managed Security Devices
Mobile (Convergence)

Network Consultant
Alexander Ash is acting as a recruitment consultancy for the client.

North West / Contract / Ref: SS- Network Co

Service Architect, Public Sector Project, Berkshire

Service Architect is required by our client a Managed Services organisation. They are looking for someone to help support on a Contract they are working on currently.

You will need to have a technology background, with experience having supported pre-sales, on bids, managed services projects, ideally from an outsourcing background.

As it is a Public Sector project, it would be highly beneficial if you have a public sector background.

For further information please get in contact with ram.basra@alexanderash.com

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

South East / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/SA001

Communications Manager - Digital - Portugese Language Skills essential

Communications Manager is required by our client, an globally recognised brand name. They require a Communications Manager to play an important role in delivering content to an audience spanning multiple countries (USA, Europe and South America).

This organisation have just set up a new Digital division, which is aiming to grow very rapidly in the first year, circa 2500 people. At present, they are looking for an experienced Communications Manager to help set up initial processes for the organisation, and be responsible for internal communications which could be from the board, HR, new products and promotions, and this will be utilizing various social media. You will be working closely with the Head of Internal Communications and joining at a key time in the company's development.

It is ESSENTIAL that you're fluent in Portugese for this opportunity, due to having to liase and deliver content to Portugese audiences.

Ideally you will have experience with a mixture of SharePoint, intranets, social media, events, internal marketing etc.

This is a fabulous opportunity to join a digital organisation with a lot of growth and innovation happening.

For more information please get in contact with ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will be in contact as soon possible.

Alexander Ash Consulting is a staffing agency and business.

London / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/CSP001

Core Java Developer, J2SE, London

Core Java Developer is required for our client a Foreign Exchange Trading Firm. Due to growth within the organisation they are now looking to bring on another Core Java Developer, with J2SE or J2ME experience, who can clearly demonstrate experience of developing of Low Latency, High Throughput systems and wokring on multithreading systems.

You will be required to work on a mixture of maintenance and support projects of existing systems, as well as working on new projects.

It would be ideal if you had some experience working with FIX messaging, or potentially JAVA API's.

This is an exciting project to join a high calibre team and get involved on project work from day 1.

If you would like more information please send your details to ram.basra@alexanderash.com for more information.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/JC001

Project Manager - Telecoms - Jersey

Our client, a Channel Islands based Telecoms organisation, are looking for an experienced Project Manager to work on a number of major change projects and programmes based around broadband, voice & data, billing platforms and so on. As such, the Project Manager will interface with business users and stakeholders, as well as third party vendors to ensure relevant changes are made to time and budget.

The Project Manager must have 5 years +project management background, specifically in the Telecoms and Networking space, and you will be expected to maintain strong budgetary responsibilities for the workstreams you manage.

Ideally, you will have a background in the delivery of end to end projects, and have a track record of utilizing Prince 2 project management methodologies. This is an exciting opportunity to join an organisation with a large pipeline of projects in 2012, and our client will interview and offer at short notice.

Alexander Ash is working as an agency.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: AA/AP/TCPMJ

Software Development Manager

Software Development Manager is required by my world leading eCommerce organisation, to lead the software development teams in a number of projects varying in size and length.

You will have experience in solving technical issues on performance, scalability and enterprise system architecture andbe capable of independent full systems design, including requirements gathering, specifications, and coding as well as technical leadership role for complete product cycles.

You will have a background as a software engineer with strong knowledge of multi-threaded programming, distributed systems and data structures. The Software Projects Lead will ideally have a strong knowledge of delivering large-scale projects & programmes based around software development, and ideally a track record in the E-commerce/online space and a technical understanding of Unix, C++ and Java is strongly preferred,

Software Development Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Dev Manager

Technical Project Manager

Technical Project Manageris required by my world leading eCommerce organisation, to lead the software development teams in a number of projects varying in size and length.

You will have a background as a software engineer with strong knowledge of multi-threaded programming, distributed systems and data structures. The Software Projects Lead will ideally have a strong knowledge of delivering large-scale projects & programmes based around software development, and ideally a track record in the E-commerce/online space and a technical understanding of Unix, C++ and Java is strongly preferred,

Technical Project Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS TPM-

Alexander Ash is looking to recruit a Java / J2SE specialist. My client has a great presence within the Finance domain. The produce bespoke systems for organisation in the Finance Industry.

The ideal candidate will need to have had experience on developing trading systems based on distributed low latency systems involving complex multi-threading.

The systems work in real time and the successful individual will need to be an expert in in Java / J2SE and have knowledge of multithreading and heavy messaging.

Core skills requires are: Java, server side J2SE with strong object orientated applications design. You will need to have worked on Multithreading, concurrent systems with messaging experience.

The role is open to J2SE specialist from various backgrounds, therefore financial services experience isn't necessary.

If you feel that you are suitable for the role please send your CV to Norman Areh. norman.areh@alexanderash.com.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS- NA -J2SE-001

Solution Designers- PCI Compliance

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Solution Designer who will be responsible for leading the end to end design to ensure PCI Compliance. You will work across the functions of design, testing, audit and certication and have previous experience of similar projects.

As the successful candidate you will be available within 2 weeks and as such will be rewarded with a long term contract.

Solution Designers -PCI Compliance

South East / Contract / Ref: SS PCI Solution

IT Outsourcing Sales (Infrastructure)

My client who are an international IT Services company are looking for a number of high quality sales people to join their team. You will be responsible for gaining contracts to host IT services for third parties with a focus on their core technologies around infrastructure and data centre hosting.
The ideal candidate will have sold similar services previously within either a consultancy, systems integrator or managed services provider and have the ability to close multi million pound deals.
The consultant will receive a percentage of sales so it is feasible to multiply your basic salary several fold within this role.

WE HAVE INTERVIEWS SLOTS BOOKED FOR THE W/C 16th Jan.

IT Outsourcing Sales (Infrastructure)

London / Permanent / Ref: SS- IT Outsourcing

Online Sales Manager

My client who are a market leading e-commerce company are seeking a manager to lead its Clothing & Fashion sales teams. The role is accountable for the growth of the business in the UK and you will develop and motivate two high-performing teams to achieve new business targets across multiple categories.

Required qualifications:

• Experience in B2B sales, account management, product management or management consulting
• High standard of education or compensating work experience
• Highly organised and results oriented
• Strong people management skills
• Experience in e-commerce preferred

Online Sales Manager

London / Permanent / Ref: Online Sales

Internal Communications Specialist - Digital - Spanish & Portugese Languages

Our client, an internationally recognised Technology organisation, require a multilingual Internal Communications Specialist to play a key role in a brand new initiative based from their London offices, and delivering content to an audience spanning multiple countries (USA, Europe and South America).

This organisation have just set up a new Digital division, which is aiming to grow to around 2,000 staff in the first year. At present, they are looking for an experienced Internal Communications Specialist to help set up initial processes, and be responsible for internal communications across the organisation moving forward, utilizing various different media. Working closely with the Head of Internal Communications, you will be joining at a key time in this company's development.

It is ESSENTIAL that you're fluent in Spanish and Portugese, as the audience for this organisation is Spain and Brazil, as well as the UK/USA.

You will be well versed in numerous different means of communicating to staff in a blue chip environment, with experience of SharePoint, intranets, social media, events, internal marketing etc.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as a recruitment agency.

London / Contract / Ref: AA/AP/INTCOMSP

Alexander Ash is currently looking for a Business Intelligence / Data analyst. My client a major player within the advertising space and is looking for the right individual to join their dynamic organisation.

The successful individual will need to be able to understand and be able to manipulate data extensively. This role would suit a senior data analyst who has the drive and ambition to develop themselves to becoming a Business Intelligence (BI) developer.

The company will provide additional training for the successful candidate and also offer a rewarding career within the advertising space.

The Data analyst / Business Intelligence analyst will need to have particular skills sets to be considered for this role, you will need to have a consultative approach with regards to gathering requirements from various areas of the business. Therefore the successful individual will need to possess excellent communication skills and be very presentable whist having a professional demeanour.

The individual will need to have excellent skills in Microsoft Excel with VBA, strong Cube development experience and have worked with MDX query language.

The individual will also have fantastic analysis skills and be able to write excellent using ETL, able to work with Macros and implement exercise packages.

This is a permanent position that is paying a circa of £40-£45k. If you feel that you are a suitable candidate for this opportunity, please get in touch by email marked for the attention of Norman Areh - norman.areh@alexanderash.com

South East / Permanent / Ref: 200244

Solution Architect- Media

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Solution Architect- who will be responsible for designing and implementing a range of products within their media division and as such experience of working within the media sector is essential. You will have a strong understanding of the Customer Experience and of defining and assuring end to end solutions including the level Product and Service wrap. Other duties within the role include engaging IT Blocks in the process responsible for the development of the components and leading stakeholder collaboration - building and maintaining stakeholder partnerships.

Solution Architect- Media

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Sol Arch Media

Technical Architect, Outsourcing, Berkshire

Technical Architect is required by our client a growing outsourcing organisation. Due to continued growth and huge investment in technology they are continuing to win bids, and have a solid and growing pipeline of work for 2012.

They are looking for architects who have experience of solutioning outsourcing deals for deals £10million+.

This will include Datacentre Services, VDI Solutions, Service Desk Solutions and Cloud Solutions. You will be working with various technology partners including CISCO, EMC, IBM and VMWare.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an organisation with excellent technology offerings, with a hunger to continue to grown. There are excellent packages available with bonuses etc for the right people.

For more information please send your details through to Ram Basra, ram.basra@alexanderash.com for further information.

Alexander Ash is a recruitment business and staffing agency.

South East / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/TAOB001

IT Outsourcing Sales (Infrastructure)

My client who are an international IT Services company are looking for a number of high quality sales people to join their team. You will be responsible for gaining contracts to host IT services for third parties with a focus on their core technologies around infrastructure and data centre hosting.
The ideal candidate will have sold similar services previously within either a consultancy, systems integrator or managed services provider and have the ability to close multi million pound deals.
The consultant will receive a percentage of sales so it is feasible to multiply your basic salary several fold within this role.

WE HAVE INTERVIEWS SLOTS BOOKED FOR THE W/C 16th Jan.

IT Outsourcing Sales (Infrastructure)

London / Permanent / Ref: SS- IT Outsourcing

Infrastructure Project Manager - Outsourcing/Managed Services

Our client, a global IT outsourcing organisation are looking for Infrastructure Project Manager to work on a broad range of infrastructure projects for a portfolio of UK clients.

The Project Manager will interface with the client, as well as third party vendors and have a strong interaction with the technical staff. The position includes extensive interfacing with project or programme clients, be those internal or external to the organisation. You will be delivering multiple workstreams at any given time across systems, data centre consolidation, and transformation.

The candidate must have 4 years+ Infrastructure project management background, particularly with an exceptional track record of server deployment (Unix, AIX, Storage, Wintel etc). You will possess a Prince 2 or PMP/PMI/APM certification. Former exposure to both Outsourcing/Managed Services environments and within an end-user organisation is highly desirable.

This organisation require Project Managers across numerous UK locations, so for more information please get in touch. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as a recruitment consultancy.

Rest of Europe / Permanent / Ref: AP/PMINF

Solution Designers- PCI Compliance

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Solution Designer who will be responsible for leading the end to end design to ensure PCI Compliance. You will work across the functions of design, testing, audit and certication and have previous experience of similar projects.

As the successful candidate you will be available within 2 weeks and as such will be rewarded with a long term contract.

Solution Designers -PCI Compliance

South East / Contract / Ref: SS PCI Solution

Sales - Online Advertising

My client seeks sales professionals to help develop and grow their new advertising sales channel. Specifically, candidates will be responsible for generating revenue by negotiating a broad range of advertising deals. A consultative selling style is desired, coupled with the structure and organizational skills needed to drive a long sales cycle. Candidates must feel comfortable prospecting, cold-calling, and negotiating in person and via phone on both transactional and high value/exposure deals. An ability to identify, develop and manage a valuable prospect list based on our standard product offerings is crucial. In addition to having excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail, and good follow-through, the ideal candidates will be self-motivated and highly goal-oriented in order to achieve ambitious targets.

Responsibilities:

Build and manage an active sales pipeline to ensure that revenue targets will be met
o Present and sell all advertising products including brand placements, targeting and direct response advertising.
o Grow and deepen the agency relationships and your understanding of the clients and industries they service.
o Collaborate with Account Managers to provide the highest level of customer service is provided to all clients
Qualifications:
* Substantial relevant online advertising sales experience familiarity and knowledge of the media agencies industry is essential. Knowledge of their clients a bonus
* Significant sales experience;
* Demonstrated ability to close sales and generate revenues
o Strong track record of high level negotiation and successful internal and external relationship management
o Strong analytical abilities
o Ability to interact with a broad set of businesses and presenting both over the phone and in person
o University degree required

Sales- Online Advertising

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Sales Online

Pre-Sales Consultant (Infrastructure)

My client who are an international IT Services company are looking for a number of high quality sales people to join their team. You will be responsible for gaining contracts to host IT services for third parties with a focus on their core technologies around infrastructure and data centre hosting.
The ideal candidate will have sold similar services previously within either a consultancy, systems integrator or managed services provider and have the ability to close multi million pound deals.
The consultant will receive a percentage of sales so it is feasible to multiply your basic salary several fold within this role.

WE HAVE INTERVIEWS SLOTS BOOKED FOR THE W/C 16th Jan.

Pre-Sales Consultant (Infrastructure)

London / Permanent / Ref: SS- Pre-Sales

ITO Technical Architect, Outsourcing, Berkshire

Technical Architect is required by our client a growing outsourcing organisation. Due to continued growth and huge investment in technology they are continuing to win bids, and have a solid and growing pipeline of work for 2012.

They are looking for architects who have experience of solutioning outsourcing deals for deals £10million+.

This will include Datacentre Services, VDI Solutions, Service Desk Solutions and Cloud Solutions. You will be working with various technology partners including CISCO, EMC, IBM and VMWare.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an organisation with excellent technology offerings, with a hunger to continue to grown. There are excellent packages available with bonuses etc for the right people.

For more information please send your details through to Ram Basra, ram.basra@alexanderash.com for further information.

Alexander Ash is a recruitment business and staffing agency.

South East / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/TA001

Service Architect - Service Consultant - ITIL - Managed Services

Service Architect/Consultant is required by our client, a major Managed Services and Telecoms organisation. Working within the middle of a large scale presales engagement with a blue-chip customer, the Service Architect will provide design and advisory services during the process.

The Service Architect will have experience of the design of service management, IT process and ITSM tool assessment and requirements definition activities and developing transition approaches.

The candidate will have strong ITIL v3 exposure, experience previously in the bid space, and ideally experience in a Telecoms/Network Services environment.

This is an urgent requirement, so if this sounds like yourself, please forward over your CV. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

South East / Contract / Ref: AA/C/SERVARC

Transition Manager - Outsourcing/Managed Services

Our client, a large Managed Services organisation, requires an experienced Transition Manager to join their growing business in the UK.

The Transition Manager will have the remit to plan and deliver transition activities and the transfer of services across multiple Outsourcing/Managed Services accounts across Europe, due to recent acquisitions and growth in this organisation. Following on, the Transition Manager will have responsibility for the successful transition of services in to customer operations. You will work closely with internal operations and technology groups, as well as build strong senior stakeholder relationships.

Transition management experience in large scale, complex programme environments is required, as is a strong commercial background and ideally ITIL v3 exposure. This is a superb opportunity to join an aggressively expanding organisation at a crucial time in their development.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as a recruitment agency.

South East / Permanent / Ref: AP/TRANSMGR

E-commerce Retail Sales Manager

My client who are a market leading e-commerce company are seeking a manager to lead its Clothing & Fashion sales teams. The role is accountable for the growth of the business in the UK and you will develop and motivate two high-performing teams to achieve new business targets across multiple categories.

Required qualifications:

• Experience in B2B sales, account management, product management or management consulting
• High standard of education or compensating work experience
• Highly organised and results oriented
• Strong people management skills
• Experience in e-commerce

E-commerce Retail Sales Manager

London / Permanent / Ref: E-Commerce Sales

Service Desk/Helpdesk Analyst - eCommerce - London

Our client, a highly successful eCommerce organisation, require a Service Desk/Helpdesk Analyst to join a growing team, to play a key role in providing first and second line to major customers.

The Service Desk/Helpdesk Analyst will support, validate and troubleshoot bugs & issues before assigning them to Engineering teams, and troubleshoot and resolve issues via ticketing systems.

Working across a range of eCommerce best practices and technologies (HTML, Unix, Javascript in particular), you will respond to support requests, build relationships with customers, and see problems through to completion.

You will have previous experience as a Help Desk Analyst or Service Desk Analyst, with experience in the Internet/Ecommerce sector highly desirable. A strong log reading and troubleshooting skillset is crucial, as is previous knowledge with Unix/Linux.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a rapidly growing organisation.

London / Permanent / Ref: AP/SERVDESK1

Senior PMO Consultant - eCommerce

Our client, a large eCommerce organisation, require an experienced Senior PMO Consultant to play a key role in the development of project & programme management processes within a global Programme Office.

Working closely with the Programme Office Manager, the Senior PMO will be responsible for defining and implementing project governance, and continuously looking to improve processes, performance etc. You will work closely with Project and Programme Managers in regards to project planning, tracking, budgets and status reports.

You will be degree educated with previous experience in complex programme offices, and eCommerce environments. The PMO Consultant will have a proven track record of working effectively in highly challenging PMOs and dealing with multiple projects at any given time.

This role will suit an entrepreneurial Project Management specialist who is looking to stamp their authority on a large scale business environment. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/PMOEC

Solution Designer- Mobile Applications

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a number of Solution Designers who will be responsible for leading the design of their Mobile Applications folder. The Folder will be a place for customers to access all their content and services, across all their connected devices. Initially this will be deployed on their mobile, but over time the proposition will extend to cover laptops, tablets, mobile broadband dongles and connected televisions.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap You will also have experience of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales. Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products and have experience of delivery in both waterfall an d agile environments.

Solution Designers- Mobile Applications

London / Contract / Ref: SS Mob APP Solution

Solution Designer- Mobile Applications

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a number of Solution Designers who will be responsible for leading the design of their Mobile Applications folder. The Folder will be a place for customers to access all their content and services, across all their connected devices. Initially this will be deployed on their mobile, but over time the proposition will extend to cover laptops, tablets, mobile broadband dongles and connected televisions.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap You will also have experience of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales. Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products and have experience of delivery in both waterfall an d agile environments.

Solution Designers- Mobile Applications

London / Contract / Ref: SS Mob APP Solution

Lead Product Manager

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Lead Product Manager who will be responsible for being the single point of focus for leadership within their financial service products.
You will have a strong understanding of the Customer Experience and of defining and assuring end to end solutions including the level Product and Service wrap. Other duties within the role include engaging IT Blocks in the process responsible for the development of the components and leading stakeholder collaboration - building and maintaining stakeholder partnerships.

Lead Product Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Prod Des

Bid Manager - Technology Consulting

Bid Manager is required for our client a global technology consulting organisation. They are looking for an experienced Bid Manager to join their team on a permanent basis. This role will aid customer Bid Requests, RFP and RFI by providing the appropriate information to that customer in conjunction with Sales and other internal departments. You would also ensure that approved opportunities are successfully managed, to time and quality, through to bid completion or other sub gateways with the aim of winning new business and increasing revenue.

This will be working on Infrastructure Solutions that will be of the value £10 million+.

This is a good opportunity to join a growing organisation with a solid existing pipeline.

For more information please send your cv to ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will be in contact as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

South East / Permanent / Ref: 200224

Solution Architect - Infrastructure

Solution Architect is required by our client, a Global Outsourcer. You will play a key role in existing client opportunities as well as activity within bid/pre sales environments. You will work on solutions upwards of £5 million per project, across a broad range of Infrastructure and Enterprise technologies.
The individual will be expected to interact at a senior level with senior managers, chief architects and directors locally and internationally within the organisation, customers and suppliers. The Solution Architect will have high technical focus and proven experience in driving business value from solutions including Unix, wintel, vmware, Citrix, SQL, SAN security, Oracle, and also across the enterprise including SAP and to ther applications.

The Solution Architect will act as a point of contact with the client for all things architectural when interfacing with stakeholders, delivering solutions and technical design documents.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a technically progressive and expanding organisation.

For more information please send your details through to Ram Basra at ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will be in contact as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash Consulting is a recruitment business and staffing agency.

South East / Permanent / Ref: 200222

Application Support Analyst - SQL, .NET - eCommerce, London

Application Support Analyst is required for my client, a highly successful eCommerce company, to ensure all live applications are fully supported to meet demanding SLAs. In a SQL and .NET focussed technical environment, you will be supporting business Order/Stock/workflow critical applications, and working as part of a team facing into key stakeholders.

The Application Support Analyst will analyse and resolve system related operational issues, whilst ensuring key application functions and scheduled activities are completed on time. You will understand business requirements, deliver application support and make sure SLAs are implemented, managed and surpassed.

You will ideally have 1-2 years experience in an application support role previously, especially with technologies such as MSSQL 2005/2008, VB.NET, C#.net, ADO.NET, Remedy, footprints, Service Desk Pro etc. Ideally, you will have a strong understanding of ITIL principals, and have prior retail/E-commerce experience.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a hugely exciting organisation with clear career progression plans on offer.

London / Permanent / Ref: AP/APSU1

Software Projects Lead

Software Projects Lead is required by my world leading eCommerce organisation, to lead the software development teams in a number of projects varying in size and length.

You will have a background as a software engineer with strong knowledge of multi-threaded programming, distributed systems and data structures. The Software Projects Lead will ideally have a strong knowledge of delivering large-scale projects & programmes based around software development, and ideally a track record in the E-commerce/online space and a technical understanding of Unix, C++ and Java is strongly preferred,

Software Projects Lead

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS TPM-

Sales - Online Advertising

My client seeks sales professionals to help develop and grow their new advertising sales channel. Specifically, candidates will be responsible for generating revenue by negotiating a broad range of advertising deals. A consultative selling style is desired, coupled with the structure and organizational skills needed to drive a long sales cycle. Candidates must feel comfortable prospecting, cold-calling, and negotiating in person and via phone on both transactional and high value/exposure deals. An ability to identify, develop and manage a valuable prospect list based on our standard product offerings is crucial. In addition to having excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail, and good follow-through, the ideal candidates will be self-motivated and highly goal-oriented in order to achieve ambitious targets.

Responsibilities:

Build and manage an active sales pipeline to ensure that revenue targets will be met
o Present and sell all advertising products including brand placements, targeting and direct response advertising.
o Grow and deepen the agency relationships and your understanding of the clients and industries they service.
o Collaborate with Account Managers to provide the highest level of customer service is provided to all clients
Qualifications:
* Substantial relevant online advertising sales experience familiarity and knowledge of the media agencies industry is essential. Knowledge of their clients a bonus
* Significant sales experience;
* Demonstrated ability to close sales and generate revenues
o Strong track record of high level negotiation and successful internal and external relationship management
o Strong analytical abilities
o Ability to interact with a broad set of businesses and presenting both over the phone and in person
o University degree required

Sales- Online Advertising

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Sales Online

Solution Designers- Virtual Fixed Number

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Solution Designerswho will be responsible for leading the design on a virtual fixed numver project. The role will involve number management, termination in another mobile network and VOIP skills and any knowledge of IPCENTREX will be beneficial.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap

You will also have experience of designing for carrier/enterprise grade billing and CRM solutions (relevant examples: Geneva, Portal Infranet/Oracle, Keenan, Siebel, Amdocs, Salesforce.com etc) and of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales.

Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products: fixed/VOIP/data networking/ICT/cloud and experience of delivery in both waterfall and agile environments.

Solution Designers- Virtual Fixed Number

South East / Contract / Ref: SS Virtual Fix Sol

Solution Designer- Mobile Applications

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a number of Solution Designers who will be responsible for leading the design of their Mobile Applications folder. The Folder will be a place for customers to access all their content and services, across all their connected devices. Initially this will be deployed on their mobile, but over time the proposition will extend to cover laptops, tablets, mobile broadband dongles and connected televisions.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap You will also have experience of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales. Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products and have experience of delivery in both waterfall an d agile environments.

Solution Designers- Mobile Applications

London / Contract / Ref: SS Mob APP Solution

Sharepoint- UAG- SQL Consultant

My client has a fantastic opportunity as a Sharepoint- UAG- SQL Consultant. The role will mainly involve working from home with occassional travel to Germany. The specifications are;

*Design and Implementation of Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) infrastructures.
*SQL / SharePoint designs in relation to complete SQL setup to support large scale SharePoint farms, capacity planning, multiple databases and multiple instances, failover and Disaster recovery, performance, sizing and scalability. Also assist with selection of an appropriate architecture
*Security concept for authorization on the SQL and SharePoint environment
*Conduct workshops and clarification meetings with all involved parties on above mentioned concepts
*Technical knowledge
*Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) 2010
*Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
*Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
*Installation, Configuration, Upgrade, Architecture, Reporting Services, Tuning, Maintenance, SQL specific monitoring characteristics in combination with SharePoint
*Important for the project is that the engineer is an expert in UAG but has also deep knowledge of SQL in relation to SharePoint
*Competences
*Engineer should have at least been a senior engineer with UAG (and SQL and SharePoint) working experience.
Engineer must have done UAG, large (global) SQL (and SharePoint) deployments in dispersed environments

Sharepoint- UAG- SQL Consultant

London / Contract / Ref: SS UAG

Lead Product Manager

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Lead Product Manager who will be responsible for being the single point of focus for leadership within their financial service products.
You will have a strong understanding of the Customer Experience and of defining and assuring end to end solutions including the level Product and Service wrap. Other duties within the role include engaging IT Blocks in the process responsible for the development of the components and leading stakeholder collaboration - building and maintaining stakeholder partnerships.

Lead Product Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Prod Des

Front End Web developer

My client who are an international telecoms company are looking for a front end web developer for a major update of their corporate websites. You will have advanced skills in hand coding HTML, CSS and Javascript from scratch following a supplied design and be able to resize and manipulate existing images using Photoshop skills

You will be using a lightweight framework offering you additional control of the page allowing for additional functional elements to be built as required. This is a fantastic opportunity to get a leading brand name on your CV and work on a widely recognised cutting edge website

Skill set: HTML, CSS and Javascript

Front End Web developer

South East / Contract / Ref: SS FRONT WEB DEV

EMC Storage Analyst - Outsourcing

Our client, a major Outsourcer and Consultancy, require an EMC Storage Analyst, to support and administer SAN/NAS environments for a large client.

The Storage Analyst will be involved in configuration, troubleshooting, testing and project support, involving technologies including EMC Symmetrix DMX, VMAX, CLARiiON and VNX. As a Senior Analyst in this team, you will take ownership of complex changes and implementations, and may be required to face into customers.

Proven experience on EMC Symmetrix DMX, VMAX, CLARiiON and VNX is required, as is experience with performing Storage & SAN firmware upgrades, thin provisioning, and Windows/ESX/Red Hat.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an organisation with a fantastic reputation, as part of a major programme of work. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

Midlands / Contract / Ref: AA/AP/STORAN1

Sales - Online Advertising

My client seeks sales professionals to help develop and grow their new advertising sales channel. Specifically, candidates will be responsible for generating revenue by negotiating a broad range of advertising deals. A consultative selling style is desired, coupled with the structure and organizational skills needed to drive a long sales cycle. Candidates must feel comfortable prospecting, cold-calling, and negotiating in person and via phone on both transactional and high value/exposure deals. An ability to identify, develop and manage a valuable prospect list based on our standard product offerings is crucial. In addition to having excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail, and good follow-through, the ideal candidates will be self-motivated and highly goal-oriented in order to achieve ambitious targets.

Responsibilities:

Build and manage an active sales pipeline to ensure that revenue targets will be met
o Present and sell all advertising products including brand placements, targeting and direct response advertising.
o Grow and deepen the agency relationships and your understanding of the clients and industries they service.
o Collaborate with Account Managers to provide the highest level of customer service is provided to all clients
Qualifications:
* Substantial relevant online advertising sales experience familiarity and knowledge of the media agencies industry is essential. Knowledge of their clients a bonus
* Significant sales experience;
* Demonstrated ability to close sales and generate revenues
o Strong track record of high level negotiation and successful internal and external relationship management
o Strong analytical abilities
o Ability to interact with a broad set of businesses and presenting both over the phone and in person
o University degree required

Sales- Online Advertising

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Sales Online

Front End Web developer

My client who are an international telecoms company are looking for a front end web developer for a major update of their corporate websites. You will have advanced skills in hand coding HTML, CSS and Javascript from scratch following a supplied design and be able to resize and manipulate existing images using Photoshop skills

You will be using a lightweight framework offering you additional control of the page allowing for additional functional elements to be built as required. This is a fantastic opportunity to get a leading brand name on your CV and work on a widely recognised cutting edge website

Skill set: HTML, CSS and Javascript

Front End Web developer

South East / Contract / Ref: SS FRONT WEB DEV

Solution Designer- Mobile Applications

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a number of Solution Designers who will be responsible for leading the design of their Mobile Applications folder. The Folder will be a place for customers to access all their content and services, across all their connected devices. Initially this will be deployed on their mobile, but over time the proposition will extend to cover laptops, tablets, mobile broadband dongles and connected televisions.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap You will also have experience of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales. Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products and have experience of delivery in both waterfall an d agile environments.

Solution Designers- Mobile Applications

London / Contract / Ref: SS Mob APP Solution

Solution Designers- Virtual Fixed Number

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Solution Designerswho will be responsible for leading the design on a virtual fixed numver project. The role will involve number management, termination in another mobile network and VOIP skills and any knowledge of IPCENTREX will be beneficial.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap

You will also have experience of designing for carrier/enterprise grade billing and CRM solutions (relevant examples: Geneva, Portal Infranet/Oracle, Keenan, Siebel, Amdocs, Salesforce.com etc) and of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales.

Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products: fixed/VOIP/data networking/ICT/cloud and experience of delivery in both waterfall and agile environments.

Solution Designers- Virtual Fixed Number

South East / Contract / Ref: SS Virtual Fix Sol

Lead Product Manager

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Lead Product Manager who will be responsible for being the single point of focus for leadership within their financial service products.
You will have a strong understanding of the Customer Experience and of defining and assuring end to end solutions including the level Product and Service wrap. Other duties within the role include engaging IT Blocks in the process responsible for the development of the components and leading stakeholder collaboration - building and maintaining stakeholder partnerships.

Lead Product Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Prod Des

Sharepoint- UAG- SQL Consultant

My client has a fantastic opportunity as a Sharepoint- UAG- SQL Consultant. The role will mainly involve working from home with occassional travel to Germany. The specifications are;

*Design and Implementation of Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) infrastructures.
*SQL / SharePoint designs in relation to complete SQL setup to support large scale SharePoint farms, capacity planning, multiple databases and multiple instances, failover and Disaster recovery, performance, sizing and scalability. Also assist with selection of an appropriate architecture
*Security concept for authorization on the SQL and SharePoint environment
*Conduct workshops and clarification meetings with all involved parties on above mentioned concepts
*Technical knowledge
*Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) 2010
*Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
*Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
*Installation, Configuration, Upgrade, Architecture, Reporting Services, Tuning, Maintenance, SQL specific monitoring characteristics in combination with SharePoint
*Important for the project is that the engineer is an expert in UAG but has also deep knowledge of SQL in relation to SharePoint
*Competences
*Engineer should have at least been a senior engineer with UAG (and SQL and SharePoint) working experience.
Engineer must have done UAG, large (global) SQL (and SharePoint) deployments in dispersed environments

Sharepoint- UAG- SQL Consultant

London / Contract / Ref: SS UAG

Senior PMO Consultant - eCommerce

Our client, a large eCommerce organisation, require an experienced Senior PMO Consultant to play a key role in the development of project & programme management processes within a global Programme Office.

Working closely with the Programme Office Manager, the Senior PMO will be responsible for defining and implementing project governance, and continuously looking to improve processes, performance etc. You will work closely with Project and Programme Managers in regards to project planning, tracking, budgets and status reports.

You will be degree educated with previous experience in complex programme offices, and eCommerce environments. The PMO Consultant will have a proven track record of working effectively in highly challenging PMOs and dealing with multiple projects at any given time.

This role will suit an entrepreneurial Project Management specialist who is looking to stamp their authority on a large scale business environment. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/PMOEC

Test Manager, Telecomms, Jersey. Day rate + £90 per day allowance + flights.

Our client, a leading Telecommunications organisation, is looking for an experienced Test Manager to join their team based in Jersey, Channel Islands. As a Test Manager your role is to take responsibility of production of High Level testing plans and Test strategies for various systems test projects. You must have proven ability to complete various scenarios of testing solutions which will cover but not limited to Hands on testing, System testing and UAT (user acceptance testing).

The Test Manager will ideally have experience in some of the following:- Broadband technologies, examples of which include: Fixed line, ADSL, DSL, Fibre optics & High speed broadband, Telecoms industry experience, testing Networks, financial systems and experience of delivery in both waterfall and agile environments.

This is an opportunity to join an exciting project based in Jersey. This role is to start in January, so will interview immediately in 2012. For more information please send me your details and I will get in contact immediately.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an Agency.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/TM001

Alexander Ash consulting is looking for a Senior Storage specialist. My client is a global consulting organisation.

The role is very client focused. The individual ideally should come from a consulting background and be able to liaise with external clients using a consultative approach. The successful storage specialist must be articulate and be able to understand technical aspects and relate this back to the client in a non-technical manner. The storage specialist will be liaising with technical / non-technical teams and also be involved in project implementation, conducting upgrades and also planning new technical developments for the Storage centre.

This role is a senior position within the Storage team and responsibilities include ownership of complex changes and implementations as well as coaching of less experienced technicians.
The successful individual must be flexible as this role involves traveling to various locations in the UK.

The successful individual will be experienced in the following:

Storage Area Network support & administration activities, including support, administration and configuration of Storage Area Networks and associated devices, Storage management, troubleshooting, tuning and testing. In addition, support will be provided for project implementation activities.

Requirements:

The successful individual will have advanced skills and proven experience in EMC Smmetrix DMX, VMAX, CLARiiON and VNX. If the individual also has Level 3 EMC storage skills, IBM XIV, Netapp and Netbackup skills you will have a distinc advantage. You will need to be experienced with performing storage and SAN firmware upgrades, Thin Provisioning, Windows 2k3 / 2k8, Red Hat & ESX Host connectivity.

Key Responsibilities:

Planning and performing daily tasks with understanding and operational knowledge of thick and thin devices. You will also be resolving hardware issues, management of Storage within project teams and adding and removing hosts to/from NAS/SANs
Part of your role involves reviewing configuration details of NAS/SANs, producing and maintaining Storage support documentation and knowledge transfer to less experienced members of the team.

Package:

£30 - £38K Salary
25 days holiday
On call allowance
If interested please feel free to contact Alexander Ash consulting FAO: Norman Areh - 0207 688 8435 or email - norman.areh@alexanderash.com - JSNA0011 - NA - EMC

Midlands / Permanent / Ref: JSNA0011 - NA - EMC

Solution Designers- Virtual Fixed Number

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Solution Designerswho will be responsible for leading the design on a virtual fixed numver project. The role will involve number management, termination in another mobile network and VOIP skills and any knowledge of IPCENTREX will be beneficial.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap

You will also have experience of designing for carrier/enterprise grade billing and CRM solutions (relevant examples: Geneva, Portal Infranet/Oracle, Keenan, Siebel, Amdocs, Salesforce.com etc) and of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales.

Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products: fixed/VOIP/data networking/ICT/cloud and experience of delivery in both waterfall and agile environments.

Solution Designers- Virtual Fixed Number

South East / Contract / Ref: SS Virtual Fix Sol

Sharepoint- UAG- SQL Consultant

My client has a fantastic opportunity as a Sharepoint- UAG- SQL Consultant. The role will mainly involve working from home with occassional travel to Germany. The specifications are;

*Design and Implementation of Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) infrastructures.
*SQL / SharePoint designs in relation to complete SQL setup to support large scale SharePoint farms, capacity planning, multiple databases and multiple instances, failover and Disaster recovery, performance, sizing and scalability. Also assist with selection of an appropriate architecture
*Security concept for authorization on the SQL and SharePoint environment
*Conduct workshops and clarification meetings with all involved parties on above mentioned concepts
*Technical knowledge
*Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) 2010
*Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
*Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
*Installation, Configuration, Upgrade, Architecture, Reporting Services, Tuning, Maintenance, SQL specific monitoring characteristics in combination with SharePoint
*Important for the project is that the engineer is an expert in UAG but has also deep knowledge of SQL in relation to SharePoint
*Competences
*Engineer should have at least been a senior engineer with UAG (and SQL and SharePoint) working experience.
Engineer must have done UAG, large (global) SQL (and SharePoint) deployments in dispersed environments

Sharepoint- UAG- SQL Consultant

London / Contract / Ref: SS UAG

Sales - Online Advertising

My client seeks sales professionals to help develop and grow their new advertising sales channel. Specifically, candidates will be responsible for generating revenue by negotiating a broad range of advertising deals. A consultative selling style is desired, coupled with the structure and organizational skills needed to drive a long sales cycle. Candidates must feel comfortable prospecting, cold-calling, and negotiating in person and via phone on both transactional and high value/exposure deals. An ability to identify, develop and manage a valuable prospect list based on our standard product offerings is crucial. In addition to having excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail, and good follow-through, the ideal candidates will be self-motivated and highly goal-oriented in order to achieve ambitious targets.

Responsibilities:

Build and manage an active sales pipeline to ensure that revenue targets will be met
o Present and sell all advertising products including brand placements, targeting and direct response advertising.
o Grow and deepen the agency relationships and your understanding of the clients and industries they service.
o Collaborate with Account Managers to provide the highest level of customer service is provided to all clients
Qualifications:
* Substantial relevant online advertising sales experience familiarity and knowledge of the media agencies industry is essential. Knowledge of their clients a bonus
* Significant sales experience;
* Demonstrated ability to close sales and generate revenues
o Strong track record of high level negotiation and successful internal and external relationship management
o Strong analytical abilities
o Ability to interact with a broad set of businesses and presenting both over the phone and in person
o University degree required

Sales- Online Advertising

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Sales Online

Lead Product Manager

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Lead Product Manager who will be responsible for being the single point of focus for leadership within their financial service products.
You will have a strong understanding of the Customer Experience and of defining and assuring end to end solutions including the level Product and Service wrap. Other duties within the role include engaging IT Blocks in the process responsible for the development of the components and leading stakeholder collaboration - building and maintaining stakeholder partnerships.

Lead Product Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Prod Des

Solution Designer- Mobile Applications

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a number of Solution Designers who will be responsible for leading the design of their Mobile Applications folder. The Folder will be a place for customers to access all their content and services, across all their connected devices. Initially this will be deployed on their mobile, but over time the proposition will extend to cover laptops, tablets, mobile broadband dongles and connected televisions.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap You will also have experience of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales. Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products and have experience of delivery in both waterfall an d agile environments.

Solution Designers- Mobile Applications

London / Contract / Ref: SS Mob APP Solution

Front End Web developer

My client who are an international telecoms company are looking for a front end web developer for a major update of their corporate websites. You will have advanced skills in hand coding HTML, CSS and Javascript from scratch following a supplied design and be able to resize and manipulate existing images using Photoshop skills

You will be using a lightweight framework offering you additional control of the page allowing for additional functional elements to be built as required. This is a fantastic opportunity to get a leading brand name on your CV and work on a widely recognised cutting edge website

Skill set: HTML, CSS and Javascript

Front End Web developer

South East / Contract / Ref: SS FRONT WEB DEV

Alexander Ash consulting is looking for a Senior Storage specialist. My client is a global consulting organisation.

The role is very client focused. The individual ideally should come from a consulting background and be able to liaise with external clients using a consultative approach. The successful storage specialist must be articulate and be able to understand technical aspects and relate this back to the client in a non-technical manner. The storage specialist will be liaising with technical / non-technical teams and also be involved in project implementation, conducting upgrades and also planning new technical developments for the Storage centre.

This role is a senior position within the Storage team and responsibilities include ownership of complex changes and implementations as well as coaching of less experienced technicians.
The successful individual must be flexible as this role involves traveling to various locations in the UK.

The successful individual will be experienced in the following:

Storage Area Network support & administration activities, including support, administration and configuration of Storage Area Networks and associated devices, Storage management, troubleshooting, tuning and testing. In addition, support will be provided for project implementation activities.

Requirements:

The successful individual will have advanced skills and proven experience in EMC Smmetrix DMX, VMAX, CLARiiON and VNX. If the individual also has Level 3 EMC storage skills, IBM XIV, Netapp and Netbackup skills you will have a distinc advantage. You will need to be experienced with performing storage and SAN firmware upgrades, Thin Provisioning, Windows 2k3 / 2k8, Red Hat & ESX Host connectivity.

Key Responsibilities:

Planning and performing daily tasks with understanding and operational knowledge of thick and thin devices. You will also be resolving hardware issues, management of Storage within project teams and adding and removing hosts to/from NAS/SANs
Part of your role involves reviewing configuration details of NAS/SANs, producing and maintaining Storage support documentation and knowledge transfer to less experienced members of the team.

Package:

£30 - £38K Salary
25 days holiday
On call allowance
If interested please feel free to contact Alexander Ash consulting FAO: Norman Areh - 0207 688 8435 or email - norman.areh@alexanderash.com - JSNA - 0011

Midlands / Permanent / Ref: JSNA - 0011 - NA

Business Analyst, Telecomms, Jersey. Day rate + £90 per day living allowance plus flights paid for once every 2 weeks.

Business Analyst is required by our client a Telecommunications company. They are currently looking for a Business Analyst to carry out requirements gathering at the early stages of a new project which will be delivering Fixed Line Broadband Services to homes and businesses. You will be involved in multiple projects, from a new CRM system to implementation of network services.

You will be involved in projects which involve a lot of stakeholder management to CxO level. You will be involved in high level solution designs, and ideally have a background in the Telecommunications Industry.

This role will interview early January 2012 and will start as soon as possible. You will be provided with a living allowance during the week and will also be reimbursed for one flight every two weeks. Please send your details to me as soon as possible and I will be in contact immediately.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/TBA001

Front End Developer (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is required for our client a large global blue chip organisation.

They are looking for someone who is comfortable hand coding HTML, CSS and Javascript from scratch following a supplied design. You will also need Photoshop to resize and manipulate existing images.

The project itself entails refreshing the clients current website in specific business areas.

This is an initial 3 month contract with the potential to role on. They will be looking for the contractor to be based on client site 5 days a week, and the site is in in Berkshire but within commuting distance of Paddington.

This will role is to start in early January 2012, so a good opportunity to get on a project immediately.

For more information then please contact ram.basra@alexanderash.com with a copy of your CV and I will be in contact as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

South East / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/FE001

Organisational Change Consultant - UK - Consultancy

Our client, a leading global consultancy, is looking for experienced Organisational Change Consultants to play a key role in a wide range of private and public sector Change & Transformation engagements.

Consultants will work closely with clients to deliver end-to-end consultancy work based around areas such as: Operating Model Design; Organisation Design; Business Process Design; Change Management Strategy Development; Education and Training Strategy Development and Delivery etc.

You will develop strong client relationships, and work across Bid/Presales environments, help scope out requirements and lead the delivery of change until completion. This organisation has an impressive portfolio of Blue Chip clients across the UK and as such require individuals who are flexible to travel, dynamic and highly customer-facing. You will have a strong consultancy background, be well educated, and have strong practical knowledge and/or passion for Business Change, Organisational change and process design.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an highly successful consultancy with plans for expansion in 2012. Alexander Ash is acting as an agency.

Rest of Europe / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/ORGCHC

Business Analyst, Telecommunications, Jersey. Day rate + £90 per day living allowance plus flights paid for once every 2 weeks.

Business Analyst is required by our client a Telecommunications company. They are currently looking for a Business Analyst to carry out requirements gathering at the early stages of a new project which will be delivering Fixed Line Broadband Services to homes and businesses. This will be working on multple projects across the business, which could include a Salesforce.com implementation, looking at MI / BI across the organisation, and getting involved in the technical projects as well.

You will need to work as Business Analysis, and be involved in projects which involve a lot of stakeholder management to CxO level. You will be involved in high level solution designs, and ideally have a background in the Telecommunications Industry.

This is an urgent requirement with interviews this week. They are looking for someone to start on the 9th January 2012. You will also be provided with a living allowance during the week. Please send your details to me as soon as possible and I will be in contact immediately.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/JTTT001

Lead Product Manager

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Lead Product Manager who will be responsible for being the single point of focus for leadership within their financial service products.
You will have a strong understanding of the Customer Experience and of defining and assuring end to end solutions including the level Product and Service wrap. Other duties within the role include engaging IT Blocks in the process responsible for the development of the components and leading stakeholder collaboration - building and maintaining stakeholder partnerships.

Lead Product Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Prod Des

Business Analyst, Broadband Services, Jersey. Day rate + £90 per day living allowance plus flights paid for once every 2 weeks.

Business Analyst is required by our client a Telecommunications company. They are currently looking for a Business Analyst to carry out requirements gathering at the early stages of a new project which will be delivering Fixed Line Broadband Services to homes and businesses.

You will need to work as Business Analysis, and be involved in projects which involve a lot of stakeholder management to CxO level. You will be involved in high level solution designs, and ideally have a background in the Telecommunications Industry.

This is an urgent requirement with interviews this week. You will also be provided with a living allowance during the week. Please send your details to me as soon as possible and I will be in contact immediately.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/TBA001

Front End Web developer

My client who are an international telecoms company are looking for a front end web developer for a major update of their corporate websites. You will have advanced skills in hand coding HTML, CSS and Javascript from scratch following a supplied design and be able to resize and manipulate existing images using Photoshop skills

You will be using a lightweight framework offering you additional control of the page allowing for additional functional elements to be built as required. This is a fantastic opportunity to get a leading brand name on your CV and work on a widely recognised cutting edge website

Skill set: HTML, CSS and Javascript

Front End Web developer

South East / Contract / Ref: SS FRONT WEB DEV

Sales - Online Advertising

My client seeks sales professionals to help develop and grow their new advertising sales channel. Specifically, candidates will be responsible for generating revenue by negotiating a broad range of advertising deals. A consultative selling style is desired, coupled with the structure and organizational skills needed to drive a long sales cycle. Candidates must feel comfortable prospecting, cold-calling, and negotiating in person and via phone on both transactional and high value/exposure deals. An ability to identify, develop and manage a valuable prospect list based on our standard product offerings is crucial. In addition to having excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail, and good follow-through, the ideal candidates will be self-motivated and highly goal-oriented in order to achieve ambitious targets.

Responsibilities:

Build and manage an active sales pipeline to ensure that revenue targets will be met
o Present and sell all advertising products including brand placements, targeting and direct response advertising.
o Grow and deepen the agency relationships and your understanding of the clients and industries they service.
o Collaborate with Account Managers to provide the highest level of customer service is provided to all clients
Qualifications:
* Substantial relevant online advertising sales experience familiarity and knowledge of the media agencies industry is essential. Knowledge of their clients a bonus
* Significant sales experience;
* Demonstrated ability to close sales and generate revenues
o Strong track record of high level negotiation and successful internal and external relationship management
o Strong analytical abilities
o Ability to interact with a broad set of businesses and presenting both over the phone and in person
o University degree required

Sales- Online Advertising

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Sales Online

Solution Designers- Retail

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a number of Solution Designers who will be responsible for leading the design across a number of new product services.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap

You will also have experience of designing for carrier/enterprise grade billing and CRM solutions (relevant examples: Geneva, Portal Infranet/Oracle, Keenan, Siebel, Amdocs, Salesforce.com etc) and of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales.

Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products: fixed/VOIP/data networking/ICT/cloud and experience of delivery in both waterfall and agile environments.

Solution Designers -Retail

South East / Contract / Ref: SS Retail Sol

Solution Designer- Mobile Applications

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a number of Solution Designers who will be responsible for leading the design of their Mobile Applications folder. The Folder will be a place for customers to access all their content and services, across all their connected devices. Initially this will be deployed on their mobile, but over time the proposition will extend to cover laptops, tablets, mobile broadband dongles and connected televisions.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap You will also have experience of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales. Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products and have experience of delivery in both waterfall an d agile environments.

Solution Designers- Mobile Applications

London / Contract / Ref: SS Mob APP Solution

Solution Designers- Billing

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a number of Solution Designers who will be responsible for leading the design across a number of new product services.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap

You will also have experience of designing for carrier/enterprise grade billing and CRM solutions (relevant examples: Geneva, Portal Infranet/Oracle, Keenan, Siebel, Amdocs, Salesforce.com etc) and of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales.

Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products: fixed/VOIP/data networking/ICT/cloud and experience of delivery in both waterfall and agile environments.

Solution Designers- Billing

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: SS Bill Solution Des

Project/Programme Manager - ERP - Consultancy/Outsourcing

Project/Programme Managers are required by our client, a major Consultancy & Outsourcing group, to lead the transformation and delivery of customer-driven ERP (SAP, Oracle, Siebel) packages.

The Project/Programme Managers will be required to drive forward relationships with key clients from bid/proposal stages, all the way through to the solutions being delivered into a BAU status. Project/Programme Managers will also be expected to lead and manage technology teams and multi-million pound budgets. As such, individuals are expted to have full end-to-end project lifecycle exposure previously.

A background in Outsourcing/Consultancy environments is preferred, although exposure to delivering large ERP transformation is the main requirement for these opportunities, in particular with experience around Oracle, SAP and Siebel packages). An Agile approach is also key, as is the flexibility to travel to client sites across the UK.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as a recruitment agency.

Rest of Europe / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/PROMERP

Front End Developer (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is required for our client a large global blue chip organisation.

They are looking for someone who is comfortable hand coding HTML, CSS and Javascript from scratch following a supplied design. You will also need Photoshop to resize and manipulate existing images.

The project itself entails refreshing the clients current website in specific business areas.

This is an initial 3 month contract with the potential to role on. They will be looking for the contractor to be based on client site 5 days a week, and the site is in in Berkshire but within commuting distance of Paddington.

For more information then please contact ram.basra@alexanderash.com with a copy of your CV and I will be in contact as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

South East / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/FE001

Senior PMO Consultant - eCommerce

Our client, a large eCommerce organisation, require an experienced Senior PMO Consultant to play a key role in the development of project & programme management processes within a global Programme Office.

Working closely with the Programme Office Manager, the Senior PMO will be responsible for defining and implementing project governance, and continuously looking to improve processes, performance etc. You will work closely with Project and Programme Managers in regards to project planning, tracking, budgets and status reports.

You will be degree educated with previous experience in complex programme offices, and eCommerce environments. The PMO Consultant will have a proven track record of working effectively in highly challenging PMOs and dealing with multiple projects at any given time.

This role will suit an entrepreneurial Project Management specialist who is looking to stamp their authority on a large scale business environment. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/PMOEC

Applications Integration Architect, London

Applications / Systems Integration Architect is required by my client a global consultancy organistion.

They are looking for an Architect who can provide support on a project which requires integration of a Web Front End to a back end payment system (Siebel/Oracle).

This role will predominantly be a London based role, but will require some travel to client sites.

This is an urgent role which will interview week beginning 19th December and start as soon as possible after that. There will be the opportunity of renewals after the intial 3 month period.

For more information please get in contact with Ram Basra (ram.basra@alexanderash.com) urgently and I will be in contact with you as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/APPSARCH001

Sharepoint- UAG- SQL Consultant

My client has a fantastic opportunity as a Sharepoint- UAG- SQL Consultant. The role will mainly involve working from home with occassional travel to Germany. The specifications are;

*Design and Implementation of Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) infrastructures.
*SQL / SharePoint designs in relation to complete SQL setup to support large scale SharePoint farms, capacity planning, multiple databases and multiple instances, failover and Disaster recovery, performance, sizing and scalability. Also assist with selection of an appropriate architecture
*Security concept for authorization on the SQL and SharePoint environment
*Conduct workshops and clarification meetings with all involved parties on above mentioned concepts
*Technical knowledge
*Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) 2010
*Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
*Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
*Installation, Configuration, Upgrade, Architecture, Reporting Services, Tuning, Maintenance, SQL specific monitoring characteristics in combination with SharePoint
*Important for the project is that the engineer is an expert in UAG but has also deep knowledge of SQL in relation to SharePoint
*Competences
*Engineer should have at least been a senior engineer with UAG (and SQL and SharePoint) working experience.
Engineer must have done UAG, large (global) SQL (and SharePoint) deployments in dispersed environments

Sharepoint- UAG- SQL Consultant

London / Contract / Ref: SS UAG

Front End Web developerdesigner

My client who are an international telecoms company are looking for a Hybrid designer/front end developer. The candidate must be able to produce visually stimulating designs and deliver this through cross browser code. Comfortable hand coding HTML, CSS and Javascript from scratch based on the designs they will create using Photoshop.

You will be using a lightweight framework offering you additional control of the page allowing for additional functional elements to be built as required. This is a fantastic opportunity to get a leading brand name on your CV and work on a widely recognised cutting edge website

Skill set: HTML, CSS, Photoshop and Javascript

Front End Web developer

South East / Contract / Ref: SS FRONT WEB DEV

Front End Web developer

My client who are an international telecoms company are looking for a front end web developer for a major update of their corporate websites. You will have advanced skills in hand coding HTML, CSS and Javascript from scratch following a supplied design and be able to resize and manipulate existing images using Photoshop skills

You will be using a lightweight framework offering you additional control of the page allowing for additional functional elements to be built as required. This is a fantastic opportunity to get a leading brand name on your CV and work on a widely recognised cutting edge website

Skill set: HTML, CSS and Javascript

Front End Web developer

South East / Contract / Ref: SS FRONT WEB DEV

Management Consultant - Unified Communications

Our client, a niche Management Consultancy, are looking for experienced client-focussed Consultants and Senior Consultants, to play a key role in the advisory and development of strategy around Unified Communications change & transformation.

The core remit of the Consultant will be to translate business and technology needs into effective and long-term strategies and roadmaps. You will advise on architectural strategy, creating transition roadmaps, and assessing current technical issues with client architectures. The Unified Communications Consultant will also identify new business within existing client accounts, and also identify opportunities to partner with technology firms.

You will have extensive experience of delivering Consultancy services (client acquisition, requirements gathering, advisory work) in the Unified Communications space, ideally with exposure to areas such as Collaboration technologies, VoIP, Telepresence and so on. This is not a technical role, although a sound appreciation in this area is preferred.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/MCUNCOM

Applications Integration Architect, London

Applications Integration Architect is required by my client a global consultancy organistion.

They are looking for an Architect who can provide support on a project which requires integration of a Web Front End to a back end payment system (Siebel/Oracle).

This role will predominantly be a London based role, but will require some travel to client sites.

This is an urgent role to start Monday 19th December 2011 and will initially be a 3 month contract with potential of renewals. THIS ROLE HAS TO INTERVIEW THIS WEEK.

For more information please get in contact with Ram Basra (ram.basra@alexanderash.com) urgently and I will be in contact with you as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/APPSARCH001

Sales - Online Advertising

My client seeks sales professionals to help develop and grow their new advertising sales channel. Specifically, candidates will be responsible for generating revenue by negotiating a broad range of advertising deals. A consultative selling style is desired, coupled with the structure and organizational skills needed to drive a long sales cycle. Candidates must feel comfortable prospecting, cold-calling, and negotiating in person and via phone on both transactional and high value/exposure deals. An ability to identify, develop and manage a valuable prospect list based on our standard product offerings is crucial. In addition to having excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail, and good follow-through, the ideal candidates will be self-motivated and highly goal-oriented in order to achieve ambitious targets.

Responsibilities:

Build and manage an active sales pipeline to ensure that revenue targets will be met
o Present and sell all advertising products including brand placements, targeting and direct response advertising.
o Grow and deepen the agency relationships and your understanding of the clients and industries they service.
o Collaborate with Account Managers to provide the highest level of customer service is provided to all clients
Qualifications:
* Substantial relevant online advertising sales experience familiarity and knowledge of the media agencies industry is essential. Knowledge of their clients a bonus
* Significant sales experience;
* Demonstrated ability to close sales and generate revenues
o Strong track record of high level negotiation and successful internal and external relationship management
o Strong analytical abilities
o Ability to interact with a broad set of businesses and presenting both over the phone and in person
o University degree required

Sales- Online Advertising

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Sales Online

Solution Designers- Retail

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a number of Solution Designers who will be responsible for leading the design across a number of new product services.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap

You will also have experience of designing for carrier/enterprise grade billing and CRM solutions (relevant examples: Geneva, Portal Infranet/Oracle, Keenan, Siebel, Amdocs, Salesforce.com etc) and of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales.

Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products: fixed/VOIP/data networking/ICT/cloud and experience of delivery in both waterfall and agile environments.

Solution Designers -Retail

South East / Contract / Ref: SS Retail Sol

Solution Designer- Mobile Applications

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a number of Solution Designers who will be responsible for leading the design of their Mobile Applications folder. The Folder will be a place for customers to access all their content and services, across all their connected devices. Initially this will be deployed on their mobile, but over time the proposition will extend to cover laptops, tablets, mobile broadband dongles and connected televisions.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap You will also have experience of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales. Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products and have experience of delivery in both waterfall an d agile environments.

Solution Designers- Mobile Applications

London / Contract / Ref: SS Mob APP Solution

Solution Designers- Billing

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a number of Solution Designers who will be responsible for leading the design across a number of new product services.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap

You will also have experience of designing for carrier/enterprise grade billing and CRM solutions (relevant examples: Geneva, Portal Infranet/Oracle, Keenan, Siebel, Amdocs, Salesforce.com etc) and of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales.

Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products: fixed/VOIP/data networking/ICT/cloud and experience of delivery in both waterfall and agile environments.

Solution Designers- Billing

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: SS Bill Solution Des

EMC Storage Analyst - Outsourcing

Our client, a major Outsourcer and Consultancy, require an EMC Storage Analyst, to support and administer SAN/NAS environments for a large client.

The Storage Analyst will be involved in configuration, troubleshooting, testing and project support, involving technologies including EMC Symmetrix DMX, VMAX, CLARiiON and VNX. As a Senior Analyst in this team, you will take ownership of complex changes and implementations, and may be required to face into customers.

Proven experience on EMC Symmetrix DMX, VMAX, CLARiiON and VNX is required, as is experience with performing Storage & SAN firmware upgrades, thin provisioning, and Windows/ESX/Red Hat.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an organisation with a fantastic reputation, as part of a major programme of work. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

Midlands / Contract / Ref: AA/AP/STORAN1

XP - Agile Department Lead

Berkshire

Permanent

My client are a Global Technology Organisation and are looking for an XP - Agile Department Lead with knowledge of the latest XP development practices. The successful candidate will be managing large teams of individuals to ensure that all internal business units will be supported with the latest technologies to meet their demand. You will need to ensure that the current XP Practices are maintained, as well as ensuring new developments are delivered using Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Automated testing. There will also be the opportunity to champion and introduce new technologies and methodologies to the organisation. You will be working very closely with the Online Delivery team to ensure the correct resources are available for various scrum teams being built, as well as ensuring that developers are equipped with the correct tools to perform the roles to the best of their capabilities. You will be required to work with various business units to understand their business requirements, and translate these back to the development teams, and ensure that they are delivered.

XP-Agile Department Lead

South East / Contract / Ref: SS XP Lead

Lead Product Manager

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Lead Product Manager who will be responsible for being the single point of focus for leadership within their financial service products.
You will have a strong understanding of the Customer Experience and of defining and assuring end to end solutions including the level Product and Service wrap. Other duties within the role include engaging IT Blocks in the process responsible for the development of the components and leading stakeholder collaboration - building and maintaining stakeholder partnerships.

Lead Product Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Prod Des

Senior SharePoint Engineer - SharePoint 2010 - Global Outsourcer

Highly experienced Senior SharePoint Engineer is required for a global Outsourcing organization, to play a key role in design and implementation stages of an international SharePoint 2010 programme.

You will be responsible for assisting with low-level SharePoint design work, as well as facing into the customer during international installation and configuration stages. SharePoint Service and claims based web applications will also be configured, and the SharePoint Engineer will also have to conduct workshops and meetings with the client.

You will have a strong technical knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and Foundation 2010, with exposure to Installation, Configuration, Architecture and Site Definition/Templates. The SharePoint Engineer must have played a role in large (global) SharePoint deployments in dispersed environments previously, and ideally be familiar with Power Shell.

This role requires the candidate to be home based, and expected to travel to a European site up to 50% of the time.

For the purpose of this advert, Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as a recruitment agency.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: AA/AP/C/SHRPNT2

Front End Developer (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is required for our client a large global blue chip organisation.

They are looking for someone who is comfortable hand coding HTML, CSS and Javascript from scratch following a supplied design. You will also need Photoshop to resize and manipulate existing images.

The project itself entails refreshing the clients current website in specific business areas.

This is an initial 3 month contract with the potential to role on. They will be looking for the contractor to be based on client site 5 days a week, and the site is in in Berkshire but within commuting distance of Paddington.

For more information then please contact ram.basra@alexanderash.com with a copy of your CV and I will be in contact as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

South East / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/FE001

Forefront UAG Expert, Home Based / Europe Travel

Forefront UAG expert is required by our client who are a large global outsourcer. This is a very exciting global project to be involved in. You will be required to carry out designs in relation to complete SQL setup to support large scale SharePoint farms, capacity planning, multiple databases and multiple instances, failover and Disaster recovery, performance, sizing and scalability. You will need assist with selection of an appropriate architecture Security concept for authorization on the SQL and SharePoint environment, conduct workshops and clarification meetings with all involved parties on above mentioned concepts and must possess excellent presentation and communications skills.

You will need to have good technical knowledge with Microsoft Forefront UAG, SQL server 2005, Microsoft SQL server 2008 and R2. Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007), Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS 3.0) architecture and operations knowledge.

You will need to have carried out large (global) SQL (and SharePoint) deployments in dispersed environments.

This is an urgent contract role to interview and start immediately.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Contract / Ref: 200054

Front End Web developerdesigner

My client who are an international telecoms company are looking for a Hybrid designer/front end developer. The candidate must be able to produce visually stimulating designs and deliver this through cross browser code. Comfortable hand coding HTML, CSS and Javascript from scratch based on the designs they will create using Photoshop.

You will be using a lightweight framework offering you additional control of the page allowing for additional functional elements to be built as required. This is a fantastic opportunity to get a leading brand name on your CV and work on a widely recognised cutting edge website

Skill set: HTML, CSS, Photoshop and Javascript

Front End Web developer

South East / Contract / Ref: SS FRONT WEB DEV

Front End Web developer

My client who are an international telecoms company are looking for a front end web developer for a major update of their corporate websites. You will have advanced skills in hand coding HTML, CSS and Javascript from scratch following a supplied design and be able to resize and manipulate existing images using Photoshop skills

You will be using a lightweight framework offering you additional control of the page allowing for additional functional elements to be built as required. This is a fantastic opportunity to get a leading brand name on your CV and work on a widely recognised cutting edge website

Skill set: HTML, CSS and Javascript

Front End Web developer

South East / Contract / Ref: SS FRONT WEB DEV

Sharepoint- UAG- SQL Consultant

My client has a fantastic opportunity as a Sharepoint- UAG- SQL Consultant. The role will mainly involve working from home with occassional travel to Germany. The specifications are;

*Design and Implementation of Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) infrastructures.
*SQL / SharePoint designs in relation to complete SQL setup to support large scale SharePoint farms, capacity planning, multiple databases and multiple instances, failover and Disaster recovery, performance, sizing and scalability. Also assist with selection of an appropriate architecture
*Security concept for authorization on the SQL and SharePoint environment
*Conduct workshops and clarification meetings with all involved parties on above mentioned concepts
*Technical knowledge
*Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) 2010
*Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
*Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
*Installation, Configuration, Upgrade, Architecture, Reporting Services, Tuning, Maintenance, SQL specific monitoring characteristics in combination with SharePoint
*Important for the project is that the engineer is an expert in UAG but has also deep knowledge of SQL in relation to SharePoint
*Competences
*Engineer should have at least been a senior engineer with UAG (and SQL and SharePoint) working experience.
Engineer must have done UAG, large (global) SQL (and SharePoint) deployments in dispersed environments

Sharepoint- UAG- SQL Consultant

London / Contract / Ref: SS UAG

Service Delivery Manager, ITIL, London.

Service Delivery Manager is required by my client a large global consultancy. This opportunity is to work on site with one of their clients for whom they provide bespoke applications too.

This role will involve a lot of internal stakeholder management, and also liasing with an offshore development team who will be building applications in Java.

You will need to have a strong background with ITIL processes, and ideally some exposure to oracle financials.

This is an urgent opportunity to interview before Christmas and to start in January.

For more information please send me your details to ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will be in contact as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/SDM003

QA Analyst - eCommerce

Our client, a major eCommerce consultancy, require an experienced QA Analyst to play a key role in the creation of test plans/cases from customer requirement specifications, based around high availability systems. The QA Analyst will be responsible for patch process management & delivery, providing test reports, manage issue tickets, workflows and be able to document processes.

This is an organisation with business critical systems that customers depend on - as such this is a highly challenging environment. You will have previous experience with testing web-based applications, plus a broad range of aptitude across QA methodologies and processes, and previous experience within the eCommerce trade. Experience with Unix (ideally Linux) is also required.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a rapidly expanding organisation. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/QAECM

Business Analyst, Broadband Services, Jersey. Day rate + £90 per day living allowance plus flights paid for once every 2 weeks.

Business Analyst is required by our client a Telecommunications company. They are currently looking for a Business Analyst to carry out requirements gathering at the early stages of a new project which will be delivering Fixed Line Broadband Services to homes and businesses.

You will need to work as Business Analysis, and be involved in projects which involve a lot of stakeholder management to CxO level. You will be involved in high level solution designs, and ideally have a background in the Telecommunications Industry.

This is an urgent requirement with interviews this week. You will also be provided with a living allowance during the week. Please send your details to me as soon as possible and I will be in contact immediately.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/TBA001

Test Manager - Broadband/Telecoms - Channel Islands

Our client, a Telecoms organisation based in the Channel Islands, require a Test Manager to play a key role in the testing of various systems in the midst of a large scale broadband programme of work.

The Test Manager will outline future test management strategies as well as leading an existing test team, and face off into key stakeholders for the business, as well as the programme staff. You will be responsible for conducting risk assessments/management, leading QA functions, test scheduling and budgeting.

Interfacing with a technical implementation team, you will come from a Telecoms background, and ideally will have experience in broadband upgrades and projects previously.

Due to the nature of this role, you will be required to spend Monday-Friday in the Channel Isles, although they are happy to pay for accommodation/living expenses during the week.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: AP/TESTMGB

Solution Designers- Billing

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a number of Solution Designers who will be responsible for leading the design across a number of new product services.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap

You will also have experience of designing for carrier/enterprise grade billing and CRM solutions (relevant examples: Geneva, Portal Infranet/Oracle, Keenan, Siebel, Amdocs, Salesforce.com etc) and of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales.

Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products: fixed/VOIP/data networking/ICT/cloud and experience of delivery in both waterfall and agile environments.

Solution Designers- Billing

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: SS Bill Solution Des

Solution Designer- Mobile Applications

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a number of Solution Designers who will be responsible for leading the design of their Mobile Applications folder. The Folder will be a place for customers to access all their content and services, across all their connected devices. Initially this will be deployed on their mobile, but over time the proposition will extend to cover laptops, tablets, mobile broadband dongles and connected televisions.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap You will also have experience of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales. Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products and have experience of delivery in both waterfall an d agile environments.

Solution Designers- Mobile Applications

London / Contract / Ref: SS Mob APP Solution

Solution Designers- Retail

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a number of Solution Designers who will be responsible for leading the design across a number of new product services.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap

You will also have experience of designing for carrier/enterprise grade billing and CRM solutions (relevant examples: Geneva, Portal Infranet/Oracle, Keenan, Siebel, Amdocs, Salesforce.com etc) and of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales.

Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products: fixed/VOIP/data networking/ICT/cloud and experience of delivery in both waterfall and agile environments.

Solution Designers -Retail

South East / Contract / Ref: SS Retail Sol

Ecommerce Business Analyst - Consultancy

Business Analyst with a strong ecommerce background is required for one of our clients, a rapidly expanding eCommerce Consultancy based in the West End.

The Business Analyst will work with the full portfolio of retailers and blue chip customers, from client brief (business processes, functional and technical) to "Go Live" with adherence to quality, budget and timescales. The Business Analyst will be tasked with building functional specifications, and interfacing with technical teams to help shape requirements, managing resources throughout the lifecycle and ensure strong relationships are maintained with key stakeholders.

You will have a strong business analysis background, with prior experience in the retail and eCommerce space and a solid knowledge of web and digital technologies is also required. Experience in an Agile environment is preferred.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a highly successful and ambitious organisation. Alexander Ash Consulting are acting as a recruitment agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/BA-ECOM

Senior PMO Consultant - eCommerce

Our client, a large eCommerce organisation, require an experienced Senior PMO Consultant to play a key role in the development of project & programme management processes within a global Programme Office.

Working closely with the Programme Office Manager, the Senior PMO will be responsible for defining and implementing project governance, and continuously looking to improve processes, performance etc. You will work closely with Project and Programme Managers in regards to project planning, tracking, budgets and status reports.

You will be degree educated with previous experience in complex programme offices, and eCommerce environments. The PMO Consultant will have a proven track record of working effectively in highly challenging PMOs and dealing with multiple projects at any given time.

This role will suit an entrepreneurial Project Management specialist who is looking to stamp their authority on a large scale business environment. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/PMOEC

SAP Solution Architect - Outsourcing/Consultancy

Our client, a globally recognised Outsourcing organisation, are looking for a highly experienced SAP Solution Architect, to play a key role in client facing architecture and delivery of large scale SAP-based transformation engagements. The SAP Solution Architect will translate business needs into effective and resilient technology solutions, and see them through to BAU status. You will act as a Lead SAP Architect in bids and proposals, and act as a SAP architecture generalist on projects.

With a broad range of knowledge across various SAP modules (HR, SD, MM, Netweaver, ERP, ABAP etc), and be able to compile solutions across the SAP space for customers, through interacting with stakeholders, technical SMEs and delivery teams to ensure solutions are designed to scope and scale.

You will have a strong background across a number of different SAP projects, modules and customer environments, and will have a broad experience rather than a concentrated exposure to just one module. A background in Outsourcers and Consultancies is also highly regarded. This organisation require candidates who are flexible to travel to client sites.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

Rest of Europe / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/SAPSOLA

Business Change Consultant - £40-70K

Our client, a leading global consultancy, is looking for experienced Business Change Consultants to play a key role in a wide range of private and public sector Change & Transformation engagements.

Business Change consultants will work closely with clients to deliver consultancy work based around areas such as: Operating Model Design; Organisation Design; Business Process Design; Change Management Strategy Development; Impact Analysis; Communications; Education and Training Strategy Development and Delivery.

You will develop strong client relationships, and work across Bid/ Presales environments, help scope out requirements and lead the delivery of change until completion. This organisation has an impressive portfolio of Blue Chip clients across the UK and as such require individuals who are flexible to travel, dynamic and highly customer-facing.

You will have a strong consultancy background, be well educated, and have strong practical knowledge and/or passion for Business Change, Organisational change and process design.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an highly successful consultancy with plans for expansion in 2012.

Alexander Ash is acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: 200179

Lead Product Manager

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Lead Product Manager who will be responsible for being the single point of focus for leadership within their financial service products.
You will have a strong understanding of the Customer Experience and of defining and assuring end to end solutions including the level Product and Service wrap. Other duties within the role include engaging IT Blocks in the process responsible for the development of the components and leading stakeholder collaboration - building and maintaining stakeholder partnerships.

Lead Product Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Prod Des

Test Coordinator - Web/Digital - London

Our client, a large web and ecommerce organisation, require a Test Coordinator to play a key role in ensuring quality testing within the software lifecycle for clients.

Reporting to the Release Manager, the Test Coordinator will support the organisation's software release process, and act as a point of contact for clients during release testing; coordinating testing resources, whilst reviewing and creating test plans.

The Test Coordinator will also perform specific testing, including exploratory and integration testing on client websites and end to end business processes.

You will have a technical aptitude with knowledge of testing techniques, plus experience of testing & troubleshooting web-based applications. ITIL certification is also preferred. This is an excellent opportunity to join an organisation who are hugely successful, and will continue to grow in 2012.

Alexander Ash Consulting are acting as a recruitment agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/TESTC

Development Manager is required by our client a Global Technology Organisation.

They are looking for an individual with a very strong online development background, and a very keen interest in technology. This is a great opportunity to work with the latest XP development practices, good technical experience in this area is a must, as well as working with the latest development technologies whether they be front end or back end.

The successful candidate will be managing large teams of individuals to ensure that all internal business units will be supported with the latest technologies to meet there demand.

You will need to ensure that the current XP Practices are maintained, as well as ensuring new developments are delivered using Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Automated testing. There will also be the opportunity to champion and introduce new technologies and methodologies to the organisation.

This is an exciting opportunity to work for a leading edge technology organisation, manage multiple Scrum Teams and work with the latest technologies on the market.

For more information please contact Ram Basra on ram.basra@alexanderash.com

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

South East / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/devmgr001

Development Manager is required by our client a Global Technology Organisation.

They are looking for an individual with a very strong online development background, and a very keen interest in technology. This is a great opportunity to work with the latest XP development practices, good technical experience in this area is a must, as well as working with the latest development technologies whether they be front end or back end.

The successful candidate will be managing large teams of individuals to ensure that all internal business units will be supported with the latest technologies to meet there demand.

You will need to ensure that the current XP Practices are maintained, as well as ensuring new developments are delivered using Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Automated testing. There will also be the opportunity to champion and introduce new technologies and methodologies to the organisation.

This is an exciting opportunity to work for a leading edge technology organisation, manage multiple Scrum Teams and work with the latest technologies on the market.

For more information please contact Ram Basra on ram.basra@alexanderash.com

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

South East / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/devmgr001

XP - Agile Department Lead

Berkshire

Permanent

My client are a Global Technology Organisation and are looking for an XP - Agile Department Lead with knowledge of the latest XP development practices. The successful candidate will be managing large teams of individuals to ensure that all internal business units will be supported with the latest technologies to meet their demand. You will need to ensure that the current XP Practices are maintained, as well as ensuring new developments are delivered using Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Automated testing. There will also be the opportunity to champion and introduce new technologies and methodologies to the organisation. You will be working very closely with the Online Delivery team to ensure the correct resources are available for various scrum teams being built, as well as ensuring that developers are equipped with the correct tools to perform the roles to the best of their capabilities. You will be required to work with various business units to understand their business requirements, and translate these back to the development teams, and ensure that they are delivered.

XP-Agile Department Lead

South East / Contract / Ref: SS XP Lead

Solution Designers- Retail

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a number of Solution Designers who will be responsible for leading the design across a number of new product services.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap

You will also have experience of designing for carrier/enterprise grade billing and CRM solutions (relevant examples: Geneva, Portal Infranet/Oracle, Keenan, Siebel, Amdocs, Salesforce.com etc) and of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales.

Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products: fixed/VOIP/data networking/ICT/cloud and experience of delivery in both waterfall and agile environments.

Solution Designers -Retail

South East / Contract / Ref: SS Retail Sol

Solution Designers- Billing

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a number of Solution Designers who will be responsible for leading the design across a number of new product services.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap

You will also have experience of designing for carrier/enterprise grade billing and CRM solutions (relevant examples: Geneva, Portal Infranet/Oracle, Keenan, Siebel, Amdocs, Salesforce.com etc) and of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales.

Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products: fixed/VOIP/data networking/ICT/cloud and experience of delivery in both waterfall and agile environments.

Solution Designers- Billing

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: SS Bill Solution Des

Solution Designer- Mobile Applications

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a number of Solution Designers who will be responsible for leading the design of their Mobile Applications folder. The Folder will be a place for customers to access all their content and services, across all their connected devices. Initially this will be deployed on their mobile, but over time the proposition will extend to cover laptops, tablets, mobile broadband dongles and connected televisions.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap You will also have experience of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales. Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products and have experience of delivery in both waterfall an d agile environments.

Solution Designers- Mobile Applications

London / Contract / Ref: SS Mob APP Solution

Service Delivery Manager - London - £35k

Our client is a Managed Services Provider that is looking for a Service Delivery Manager who has had at least 4 years experience in a customer-facing role within a consultancy. They will manage the performance of all the end-to-end services against the conyracted service levels to ensure customer satisfaction, account retention and maximisation of revenue opportunities.

You will be required to participate in the escalation process for all major incidents, ensure Service Delivery documentation is maintained during the contract term and actively ensure that root cause analysis is undertaken for ongoing issues.

As SDM you will need strong customer-facing and excellent interpersonal skills, be able to problem solve and make appropriate decisions.You will also need to hold ITIL Foundation and have a good understanding of service contractual requirements and obligations.

This is an urgent permanent opportunity based in London and is paying up to £35000 + benefits.

London / Permanent / Ref: FMSDM

Our client, a 'Big 4' consulting firm, is looking for an exceptional candidate to head up their EMEA practice in Germany. The candidate must have a strong investment banking or financial services background, and come from a high calibre consulting firm. This is a unique opportunity, offering an extremely competitive salary, for a change specialist.

Please contact Gerard on (0044) 2072 886 292, or email on 'gerard.munoz@alexanderash.com'.

Alexander Ash is acting as an agency.

Germany / Permanent / Ref: GM119

Social Media & Intranet Lead.

Social Media and Intranet Lead is required by our client a global digital organisation.

They are looking for an individual who can help develop their Internal Social Media Strategy as well as their Intranet Strategy.

The suitable candidate will be able to support content development and maintenance on the corporate intranet, as well as working with technical design teams to ensure it is working to its best potential.

You will be involved in the development of communications for the internal audience which covers many thousands of people, across multiple countries.

The ideal candidate will have experience of working with Youtube, Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, as well as other digital ways to market.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing organisation with aggressive expansion plans. You will get the opportunity to work with the latest technologies and implement strategies for an ever changing technology landscape.

For more information please send me through your details and I will get back in contact as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/SM001

Sales - Online Advertising

My client seeks sales professionals to help develop and grow their new advertising sales channel. Specifically, candidates will be responsible for generating revenue by negotiating a broad range of advertising deals. A consultative selling style is desired, coupled with the structure and organizational skills needed to drive a long sales cycle. Candidates must feel comfortable prospecting, cold-calling, and negotiating in person and via phone on both transactional and high value/exposure deals. An ability to identify, develop and manage a valuable prospect list based on our standard product offerings is crucial. In addition to having excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail, and good follow-through, the ideal candidates will be self-motivated and highly goal-oriented in order to achieve ambitious targets.

Responsibilities:

Build and manage an active sales pipeline to ensure that revenue targets will be met
o Present and sell all advertising products including brand placements, targeting and direct response advertising.
o Grow and deepen the agency relationships and your understanding of the clients and industries they service.
o Collaborate with Account Managers to provide the highest level of customer service is provided to all clients
Qualifications:
* Substantial relevant online advertising sales experience familiarity and knowledge of the media agencies industry is essential. Knowledge of their clients a bonus
* Significant sales experience;
* Demonstrated ability to close sales and generate revenues
o Strong track record of high level negotiation and successful internal and external relationship management
o Strong analytical abilities
o Ability to interact with a broad set of businesses and presenting both over the phone and in person
o University degree required

Sales- Online Advertising

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Sales Online

XP - Agile Department Lead

Berkshire

Permanent

£70k - £75k per annum + Bonus + Car Allowance

My client are a Global Technology Organisation and are looking for an XP - Agile Department Lead with knowledge of the latest XP development practices. The successful candidate will be managing large teams of individuals to ensure that all internal business units will be supported with the latest technologies to meet their demand. You will need to ensure that the current XP Practices are maintained, as well as ensuring new developments are delivered using Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Automated testing. There will also be the opportunity to champion and introduce new technologies and methodologies to the organisation. You will be working very closely with the Online Delivery team to ensure the correct resources are available for various scrum teams being built, as well as ensuring that developers are equipped with the correct tools to perform the roles to the best of their capabilities. You will be required to work with various business units to understand their business requirements, and translate these back to the development teams, and ensure that they are delivered.

XP-Agile Department Lead

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS XP Lead

Lead Product Manager

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Lead Product Manager who will be responsible for being the single point of focus for leadership within their financial service products.
You will have a strong understanding of the Customer Experience and of defining and assuring end to end solutions including the level Product and Service wrap. Other duties within the role include engaging IT Blocks in the process responsible for the development of the components and leading stakeholder collaboration - building and maintaining stakeholder partnerships.

Lead Product Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Prod Des

Solution Designer- Financial Services

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a number of Solution Designers who will be responsible for leading the design across a number of new product services and for bringing new products and experiences to their customers by selecting the very best range of handsets, finding useful applications for mobiles and developing new "connected" devices like laptops and pioneering completely new innovative products.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap You will also have experience of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales. Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products and have experience of delivery in both waterfall an d agile environments.

Solution Designers- Financial Services

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: SS FS Solution

Corporate Intranet & Social Media Lead - Digital - London

Our client, a major technology firm, require a Corporate Intranet & Social Media Lead, who will play a crucial role in the development of a new digital organisation.

Working closely with Internal Communications groups, you will be responsible for devising and ensuring an intranet and social media strategy for the organisation, having picked up requirements from the board.

The Intranet & Social Media Lead will manage the implementation of social media tools, influencing of content, and will also play a leading role in the development of an intranet for circa 3,000 employees. Initially this role will be internally facing, although it is expected that this individual will then take on leadership of customer-driven social media strategy and tasks.

You will have a strong social media background, and have experience of implementing communications strategy and influencing stakeholders in a corporate environment previously. This is an excellent opportunity to join an organisation with strong financial backing at a pivotal time in their development.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/COINSM

Senior PMO Consultant - eCommerce

Our client, a large eCommerce organisation, require an experienced Senior PMO Consultant to play a key role in the development of project & programme management processes within a global Programme Office.

Working closely with the Programme Office Manager, the Senior PMO will be responsible for defining and implementing project governance, and continuously looking to improve processes, performance etc. You will work closely with Project and Programme Managers in regards to project planning, tracking, budgets and status reports.

You will be degree educated with previous experience in complex programme offices, and eCommerce environments. The PMO Consultant will have a proven track record of working effectively in highly challenging PMOs and dealing with multiple projects at any given time.

This role will suit an entrepreneurial Project Management specialist who is looking to stamp their authority on a large scale business environment. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/PMOEC

Solution Designers

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a number of Solution Designers who will be responsible for leading the design across a number of new product services.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap

You will also have experience of designing for carrier/enterprise grade billing and CRM solutions (relevant examples: Geneva, Portal Infranet/Oracle, Keenan, Siebel, Amdocs, Salesforce.com etc) and of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales.

Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products: fixed/VOIP/data networking/ICT/cloud and experience of delivery in both waterfall and agile environments.

Solution Designers

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: SS Solution Design

Marketing / Communications Analyst, Executive, Consultant, London. A leading UK company requires Communication Anmalysts, Executives or Consultants who have worked in a marketing or communication department within a large organisation. You must have experience of one or more of the following: Event management & design, relationship management: one to ones, coffee and connect events, web communications including SharePoint, client delivery or creative or admin functions within a communications department, change management or change projects.

London / Contract / Ref: BenP:marketingAnlyst

Business Process Analyst. Jersey.

Business Process Analyst is required by a client of ours who are based in Jersey, currently doing some exciting Telecomms projects. They are looking for an individual who can work on a project team that will be helping to deliver Broadband services to Jersey.

You will need to be able to produce High Level Process Maps, Multi-Level Process Maps and Functional Process Maps. You will also need to have very good skills with MICROSOFT VISIO. This is an essential for the role. You will also need to support project teams to document and analyse as-is and to-be processes, design new processes or re-design existing processes.

This is an urgent opportunity and will interview and start quickly. For more information please send your email to ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will be in contact immediately.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/BPA001

Lead Product Manager

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Lead Product Manager who will be responsible for being the single point of focus for leadership within their financial service products.
You will have a strong understanding of the Customer Experience and of defining and assuring end to end solutions including the level Product and Service wrap. Other duties within the role include engaging IT Blocks in the process responsible for the development of the components and leading stakeholder collaboration - building and maintaining stakeholder partnerships.

Lead Product Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Prod Des

Sales - Online Advertising

My client seeks sales professionals to help develop and grow their new advertising sales channel. Specifically, candidates will be responsible for generating revenue by negotiating a broad range of advertising deals. A consultative selling style is desired, coupled with the structure and organizational skills needed to drive a long sales cycle. Candidates must feel comfortable prospecting, cold-calling, and negotiating in person and via phone on both transactional and high value/exposure deals. An ability to identify, develop and manage a valuable prospect list based on our standard product offerings is crucial. In addition to having excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail, and good follow-through, the ideal candidates will be self-motivated and highly goal-oriented in order to achieve ambitious targets.

Responsibilities:

Build and manage an active sales pipeline to ensure that revenue targets will be met
o Present and sell all advertising products including brand placements, targeting and direct response advertising.
o Grow and deepen the agency relationships and your understanding of the clients and industries they service.
o Collaborate with Account Managers to provide the highest level of customer service is provided to all clients
Qualifications:
* Substantial relevant online advertising sales experience familiarity and knowledge of the media agencies industry is essential. Knowledge of their clients a bonus
* Significant sales experience;
* Demonstrated ability to close sales and generate revenues
o Strong track record of high level negotiation and successful internal and external relationship management
o Strong analytical abilities
o Ability to interact with a broad set of businesses and presenting both over the phone and in person
o University degree required

Sales- Online Advertising

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Sales Online

XP - Agile Department Lead

Berkshire

Permanent

£70k - £75k per annum + Bonus + Car Allowance

My client are a Global Technology Organisation and are looking for an XP - Agile Department Lead with knowledge of the latest XP development practices. The successful candidate will be managing large teams of individuals to ensure that all internal business units will be supported with the latest technologies to meet their demand. You will need to ensure that the current XP Practices are maintained, as well as ensuring new developments are delivered using Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Automated testing. There will also be the opportunity to champion and introduce new technologies and methodologies to the organisation. You will be working very closely with the Online Delivery team to ensure the correct resources are available for various scrum teams being built, as well as ensuring that developers are equipped with the correct tools to perform the roles to the best of their capabilities. You will be required to work with various business units to understand their business requirements, and translate these back to the development teams, and ensure that they are delivered.

XP-Agile Department Lead

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS XP Lead

Head of Internal Communications - Digital/Online

Our client, a major Online & Digital organisation, require a Head of Internal Communications to manage an existing team of communications & intranet specialists, within an organisation which is currently expanding across the globe.

The Head of Internal Communications will make strategic decisions on company communications, and ensure board-level messages are communicated effectively, utilizing a mixture of products, services and events. You will be well versed in ensuring new forms of communicating with employees are innovative, effective and able to engage the organisation, and you will oversee the development of company-wide strategies related to intranet development, social media etc.

The ideal candidate will come from a strong Internal Communications background, ideally encompassing digital/online organisations. You will possess an entrepreneurial spirit, excellent leadership qualities, and the ability to influence stakeholders at a senior level.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/HOINTCOM

SAP Project Manager, Greater London

SAP Project Manager is required by our client a cutting edge technology organization.

The SAP Project Manager must be a business focused individual with a technical understanding of SAP, preferable on the HR module.

The SAP Project Manager will be implementing SAP systems, initially this will involve work with SAP HR, extensive knowledge with SAP HR specifically is a prerequisite.

Due to the nature of the project, The SAP project manager will need to have come from a consultancy / outsourcing background and have worked on HR transformation and change projects.

The SAP Project Manager will need to have global SAP deployment / delivery experience, third party vendor management and senior stake holder management experience.

The SAP Project manager will be responsible for delivering large-scale SAP HR systems, complex programs, which could include design, implementation, and deployment of SAP solutions.

The SAP project manager will be involved in shaping and leading large scale application design and architecture activities, build relationships throughout the organization to ensure the business gets what it wants, and take ownership of all costs.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a new part of an existing global player.

South East / Permanent / Ref: JSNA0010 - SAP HR PM

Solutions Designer - Telecoms - Berkshire

Solutions Designer is required to work for a global telecoms organisation. As a Solutions designer your role is to take responsibility of Solutions design and production of High Level Design documentation on various projects.

The successful solutions designer must have proven ability to design a full End to End solution which will cover potentially sales, order management and billing systems with a full service wrap. There are many other areas you will also be involved in.

You will require experience of designing for carrier grade billing and CRM solutions. Examples of this include: Siebel, Amdocs, Salesforce.com, Geneva, Portal Infranet/Oracle.

You will require experience of delivery in both waterfall and agile environments.

These are urgent contract opportunities based at their offices in Berkshire. For more information, please email me at norman.areh@alexanderash.com and I will be in contact ASAP.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

South East / Contract / Ref: JSNA0005

Development Manager is required by our client a Global Technology Organisation.

They are looking for an individual with a very strong online development background, and a very keen interest in technology. This is a great opportunity to work with the latest XP development practices, good technical experience in this area is a must, as well as working with the latest development technologies whether they be front end or back end.

The successful candidate will be managing large teams of individuals to ensure that all internal business units will be supported with the latest technologies to meet there demand.

You will need to ensure that the current XP Practices are maintained, as well as ensuring new developments are delivered using Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Automated testing. There will also be the opportunity to champion and introduce new technologies and methodologies to the organisation.

As well as being a managerial role, there will be a strong element of maintaining your hands on capabilities. You will be working very closely with the Online Delivery team to ensure the correct resources are available for various scrum teams being built, as well as ensuring that developers are equipped with the correct tools to perform the roles to the best of there capabilities.

You will be required to work with various business units to understand there business requirements, and translate these back to the development teams, and ensure that they are delivered.

This is a great opportunity to join a leading edge technology organisation. For more information please contact Ram Basra on ram.basra@alexanderash.com

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

South East / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/devmgr001

Business Analyst, Broadband Services, Jersey. Day rate + £90 per day living allowance plus flights paid for once every 2 weeks.

Business Analyst is required by our client a Telecommunications company. They provide broadband services to homes. They are currently looking for a Business Analyst to carry out requirements gathering at the early stages of a new project.

You will need to work as Business Analysis within a PMO function, and be involved in projects which involve a lot of stakeholder management to CxO level. You will be involved in high level solution designs, and must have a background in the Telecommunications Industry.

This is an urgent requirement with interviews next week. You will also be provided with a living allowance during the week. Please send your details to me as soon as possible and I will be in contact immediately.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/TBA001

Business Analyst, Broadband, Channel Isles.

Business Analyst is required by our client a Telecommunications company. They provide broadband services (FIXED LINE) to homes. They are currently looking for a Lead Business Analyst to carry out requirements gathering at the early stages of a new project.

You will need to set up Business Analysis function to work within a PMO, and be involved in projects which involve a lot of stakeholder management to CxO level. You will be involved in high level solution designs, and must have a good background in the Telecommunications Industry.

This role will be based in Jersey Monday - Friday, and needs to interview prior to 26th October with a view to start on the 31st October.

This is an urgent requirement with interviews THIS WEEK. You will also be provided with a living allowance during the week plus flights. Please send your details to me as soon as possible and I will be in contact immediately.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/BBA001

The Business Analyst is responsible for understanding complex business needs and the understanding of Business Intelligence, Market Intelligence and Financial systems. As a Business Analyst you will be developing the processes requirements to maximise early delivery of business value.

Key activities that this involves are:
1. Business engagement and stakeholder management
2. Shape the customer experience
3. Define business requirements
4. Define business processes
5. Understanding of Financial systems (Sage) & Business Intelligence

The successful BA resource will be expected to support the gathering of requirements, solution design, gap analysis and management of the business transformation activity associated with successful delivery of the following implementationa:

Sage Project Accounting module
New treasury platform
New management reporting and budgeting tool
Sage Multi-currency
Sage Consolidation
New Fixed Asset tool and restructure of FA register
Strategic Business Intelligence solution

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: fmbaf

Senior Project Manager, Retail/eCommerce Systems

Senior Project Manager is required by our client, a major eCommerce organisation, to lead the transformation of retail systems in a major global change programme.

Interacting heavily with software development teams, the Senior Project Manager will be responsible for driving platform strategies, including being accountable for requirements definition, technical specification/design, coding, QA and implementation of the agreed solutions.

The Senior Project Manager will ideally have a strong knowledge of retail systems previously, as well as an experience of delivering large-scale projects & programmes based around software development, and ideally a track record in the ecommerce/online space. A technical understanding of Unix, C++ and Java is preferred, although candidates must be certified in at least one Project Management methodology.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as a recruitment agency.

South East / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/PMRET

The Business Analyst is responsible for understanding complex business needs and the understanding of Business Intelligence, Market Intelligence and Financial systems. As a Business Analyst you will be developing the processes requirements to maximise early delivery of business value.

Key activities that this involves are:
1. Business engagement and stakeholder management
2. Shape the customer experience
3. Define business requirements
4. Define business processes
5. Understanding of Financial systems (Sage) & Business Intelligence

The successful BA resource will be expected to support the gathering of requirements, solution design, gap analysis and management of the business transformation activity associated with successful delivery of the following implementationa:

Sage Project Accounting module
New treasury platform
New management reporting and budgeting tool
Sage Multi-currency
Sage Consolidation
New Fixed Asset tool and restructure of FA register
Strategic Business Intelligence solution

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: fmjba

Sales - Online Advertising

My client seeks sales professionals to help develop and grow their new advertising sales channel. Specifically, candidates will be responsible for generating revenue by negotiating a broad range of advertising deals. A consultative selling style is desired, coupled with the structure and organizational skills needed to drive a long sales cycle. Candidates must feel comfortable prospecting, cold-calling, and negotiating in person and via phone on both transactional and high value/exposure deals. An ability to identify, develop and manage a valuable prospect list based on our standard product offerings is crucial. In addition to having excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail, and good follow-through, the ideal candidates will be self-motivated and highly goal-oriented in order to achieve ambitious targets.

Responsibilities:

Build and manage an active sales pipeline to ensure that revenue targets will be met
o Present and sell all advertising products including brand placements, targeting and direct response advertising.
o Grow and deepen the agency relationships and your understanding of the clients and industries they service.
o Collaborate with Account Managers to provide the highest level of customer service is provided to all clients
Qualifications:
* Substantial relevant online advertising sales experience familiarity and knowledge of the media agencies industry is essential. Knowledge of their clients a bonus
* Significant sales experience;
* Demonstrated ability to close sales and generate revenues
o Strong track record of high level negotiation and successful internal and external relationship management
o Strong analytical abilities
o Ability to interact with a broad set of businesses and presenting both over the phone and in person
o University degree required

Sales- Online Advertising

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Sales Online

Content Manager -Publishing

Content Manager is required for my client who are who are an international e-commerce company seek an experienced book industry professional to manage the relationships with content providers and rights owner, maintaining an understanding of their upcoming titles and working with them to identify new opportunities. They will also liaise directly with Merchandising to prioritise titles for promotion on the website and externally via emails and social media..

The primary responsibilities will be Account Management, Content Processing including ownership of workflow and production goals and responsibility for the publishing schedule and Internal Communications- manage the regular communication of all key titles newsworthy content and email communications. Respond to customer care queries on all content requests and issues. Liaise with Finance to verify the accuracy of quarterly and monthly provider reports. Work with Content Acquisition Managers to ensure seamless processing of all exclusive content.

Requirements / Qualifications

Significant experience in trade book or audiobook publishing
Experience in creating innovative products and promotions.
Strong negotiation and organisational skills.
Experienced in presentation and communication.
Fluency in Excel and MS Word
Ability to thrive in a high-energy entrepreneurial environment

Content Manager -Publishing

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Content

Lead Product Manager

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Lead Product Manager who will be responsible for being the single point of focus for leadership within their financial service products.
You will have a strong understanding of the Customer Experience and of defining and assuring end to end solutions including the level Product and Service wrap. Other duties within the role include engaging IT Blocks in the process responsible for the development of the components and leading stakeholder collaboration - building and maintaining stakeholder partnerships.

Lead Product Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Prod Des

Role: Online Delivery Manager XP-Agile
Salary: £75k + up to 35% Bonus + Car allowance

Online Delivery Manager XP-Agile is required by my client who is a Global Technology Organisation.
They are looking for an individual with a very strong online development background and a keen interest in technology. You will be a subject matter expert working with the latest XP development practices and have good technical experience in this area.

The successful candidate will be managing large teams of individuals to ensure that all internal business units will be supported with the latest technologies to meet their demand.

You will need to ensure that the current XP Practices are maintained, as well as ensuring new developments are delivered using Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Automated testing. There will also be the opportunity to champion and introduce new technologies and methodologies to the organisation.

You will be working very closely with the Online Delivery team to ensure the correct resources are available for various scrum teams being built, as well as ensuring that developers are equipped with the correct tools to perform the roles to the best of their capabilities.

You will be required to work with various business units to understand their business requirements, and translate these back to the development teams, and ensure that they are delivered.

Online Delivery Manager XP-Agile

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS XP-Agile

Senior Product Manager

Senior Product Manager is required for my client which is market leading e-commerce organization. They are looking for an exceptional candidate to invent and shape new products, initially working on a cutting edge advertising program. This is the perfect opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a creative, fast-paced Agile environment, has a strong bias for action and relishes owning projects from end-to-end. The ideal candidate will have a technical background (e.g. former software engineer) and have gained experience in product management and/or business analysis, financial modeling and leadership.

Senior Product Manager Responsibilities:

Think strategically, anticipate future trends, develop product roadmaps, and deliver on those plans.
Constantly invent and evaluate new product ideas.
Deliver financial modeling and sophisticated metrics analysis.
Manage resources and feature prioritization across multiple products and feel comfortable working with technical teams to make decisions about complex problems.
Work cross-functionally to manage bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make trade-offs, balance the business needs versus technical constraints, and maximize business benefit while building great customer experiences.
Able to confidently present to senior leadership as well as other large audiences.

The ability to work at all levels in the organization, with no job being considered too large or small.
* Strong track record of delivering initiatives from conception through completion on time, within budget and on or beyond scope.
* Strong track record of innovation and shaping a product roadmap.
* Strong track record of leading and developing teams.
* Sophisticated financial modeling skills.
* Sound business judgment as well as ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope technical requirements and prioritize.
* Ability to understand and articulate technical architecture to managers, architects and engineers.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills are crucial, proven ability to influence others internally and externally and experience partnering in a world-wide organization.
* Must be able and willing to think and act strategically and tactically.
Online advertising experience.
Previous experience as a software engineer or technical architect.
MBA or Finance qualification advantageous.
Advanced statistical analysis skills.

The ideal candidate will have a technical background (e.g. former software engineer) and have gained experience in product management and/or business analysis, financial modeling and leadership. Online advertising experience would also be a great advantage.

Senior Product Manager

Scotland / Permanent / Ref: SS Senior Prod Man

Business Analyst, Sage, Jersey

Business Analyst is required by our client a Telecommunications organization. They are looking for a Business Analyst who has experience of working on Financial Accounting Platforms, ideally working with SAGE. They are looking to make enhancements to their current systems and leverage its functionality.

You will be required to work with major stakeholders in the organization to understand what they require from the system, carry out the requirements gathering, provide help with the solution design, gap analysis and management of the business transformation activity.

The ideal candidate will require good knowledge of SAGE 1000 and how to get the best out of it, whether it be looking at the accounting modules, to the multi-currency functionality, as well as Strategic Business Intelligence Solutions.

This role will be based out of Jersey Monday - Friday, but will have the potential to be a long term contract.

For further information please email ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will be in contact as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/FIBA001

SAP Project Manager, Greater London

SAP Project Manager is required by our client a cutting edge technology organization.

The SAP Project Manager must be a business focused individual with a technical understanding of SAP, preferable on the HR module.

The SAP Project Manager will be implementing SAP systems, initially this will involve work with SAP HR, extensive knowledge with SAP HR specifically is a prerequisite.

Due to the nature of the project, The SAP project manager will need to have come from a consultancy / outsourcing background and have worked on HR transformation and change projects.

The SAP Project Manager will need to have global SAP deployment / delivery experience, third party vendor management and senior stake holder management experience.

The SAP Project manager will be responsible for delivering large-scale SAP HR systems, complex programs, which could include design, implementation, and deployment of SAP solutions.

The SAP project manager will be involved in shaping and leading large scale application design and architecture activities, build relationships throughout the organization to ensure the business gets what it wants, and take ownership of all costs.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a new part of an existing global player.

South East / Permanent / Ref: JSNA0010 - SAP HR PM

SAP Solutions Architect - UK - £60-100K

Our client is a leading Technology company that is looking for a SAP Solutions Architect to join their expanding UK team. This is working on packaged delivery of SAP and Oracle solutions.

You will be a senior architect who has full end to end experience on projects, from initial client meetings to go- live. You will need to have excellent knowledge of the full project life cycle.

The SAP Solution architect will need to have a good technical background and have experience leading teams around integration and end-to-end solutions. Any experience with Oracle will be a huge bonus.

The ideal candidate will have a consultancy background, and also be fully flexible to travel to client sites around the UK.

Rest of Europe / Permanent / Ref: FMSAP

SAP Solution Architect - Outsourcing/Consultancy

Our client, a globally recognised Outsourcing organisation, are looking for a highly experienced SAP Solution Architect, to play a key role in client facing architecture and delivery of large scale SAP-based transformation engagements. The SAP Solution Architect will translate business needs into effective and resilient technology solutions, and see them through to BAU status. You will act as a Lead SAP Architect in bids and proposals, and act as a SAP architecture generalist on projects.

With a broad range of knowledge across various SAP modules (HR, SD, MM, Netweaver, ERP, ABAP etc), and be able to compile solutions across the SAP space for customers, through interacting with stakeholders, technical SMEs and delivery teams to ensure solutions are designed to scope and scale.

You will have a strong background across a number of different SAP projects, modules and customer environments, and will have a broad experience rather than a concentrated exposure to just one module. A background in Outsourcers and Consultancies is also highly regarded. This organisation require candidates who are flexible to travel to client sites.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

Rest of Europe / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/SAPSOLA

Service Delivery Manager - IT/Outsourcing - ITIL

Service Delivery Manager required for our client, a European Outsourcing organisation, to play a key role in a portfolio of managed services contracts with blue chip clients, particularly in the Infrastructure & Networks space.

Ensuring strong relationships are maintained from contract inception onwards, the Service Delivery Manager will pick up new requirements from the business & senior stakeholders, and ensure that technical operations and services are efficient and effective. You will be responsible for the end-to-end coordination of changes, from bid/presales stages, ensuring appropriate SLAs are in maintained throughout the contract, and communicating effectively with internal technical teams as well as a range of senior client stakeholders.

You will possess a strong ITIL background, and have previous experience within a large Outsourcing and Managed Services space. This is an excellent opportunity to join a rapidly growing organisation.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

Rest of Europe / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/SDMYK

SAP Project Manager, Blue Chip Technology Organisation

SAP Project Manager is required by our client, a major telecoms and technology group, to lead the implementation of SAP systems in a Greenfield environment. Initially this will involve work with SAP HR, and as such extensive knowledge with SAP HR is a prerequisite.

Due to the nature of the project, The SAP Project Manager will need to have come from a consultancy/outsourcing background and have worked on HR transformation and change projects.

The SAP Project Manager will be responsible for delivering large-scale SAP HR systems, complex programs, which could include design, implementation, and deployment of SAP solutions.

The SAP Project Manager will be involved in shaping and leading design & architecture activities, build relationships throughout the organization to ensure the business gets what it wants, and take ownership of all costs.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as a recruitment agency.

South East / Contract / Ref: AA/AP/C/SAPPM

The Business Analyst is responsible for understanding complex business needs and the understanding of Business Intelligence, Market Intelligence and Financial systems. As a Business Analyst you will be developing the processes requirements to maximise early delivery of business value.

Key activities that this involves are:
1. Business engagement and stakeholder management
2. Shape the customer experience
3. Define business requirements
4. Define business processes
5. Understanding of Financial systems (Sage) & Business Intelligence

Autonomy and influence

Autonomy
* Work under general direction within a clear framework of accountability
* Substantial personal responsibility and autonomy
* Plans own work to meet given objectives and processes

Influence
* Influences peers, project team members and overall Business Analyst practice

Complexity
* Broad range of work, sometimes complex and non routine, in variety of environments
* Works on complex major projects

Business Skills
* Demonstrates analytical and systematic approach to problem solving.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JSNA0009

Project Manager - Broadband Rollout Experience required, Jersey

Project Manager is required for a Telecomms organisation who are upgrading to a Fibre Optic network.

You will need to have previous experience of working on a network upgrade to Fibre.

The project manager will need to have strong processes, and be able to drive forward this project.

You will need to be prepared to be away from home during the week on the Channel Isles.

This is an urgent role to interview this week

For more information please send me your CV in the first instance and I will contact you shortly.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: 200115

SAP Project Manager, Greater London

SAP Project Manager is required by our client a leading edge technology organization.

The SAP Project Manager will be implementing SAP systems, initially this will involve work with SAP HR, extensive knowledge with SAP HR specifically is a prerequisite.

Due to the nature of the project, The SAP project manager will need to have come from a consultancy / outsourcing background and have worked on HR transformation and change projects.

The SAP Project manager will be responsible for delivering large-scale SAP HR systems, complex programs, which could include design, implementation, and deployment of SAP solutions.

The SAP project manager will be involved in shaping and leading large scale application design and architecture activities, build relationships throughout the organization to ensure the business gets what it wants, and take ownership of all costs.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a new part of an existing global player.

South East / Permanent / Ref: JSNA0007

Business Analyst, Broadband, Channel Isles.

Business Analyst is required by our client a Telecommunications company. They provide broadband services (FIXED LINE) to homes. They are currently looking for a Lead Business Analyst to carry out requirements gathering at the early stages of a new project.

You will need to set up Business Analysis function to work within a PMO, and be involved in projects which involve a lot of stakeholder management to CxO level. You will be involved in high level solution designs, and must have a good background in the Telecommunications Industry.

This role will be based in Jersey Monday - Friday, and will interview and start asap.

This is an urgent requirement with interviews THIS WEEK. You will also be provided with a living allowance during the week plus flights. Please send your details to me as soon as possible and I will be in contact immediately.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/BBA001

HR Transformation Lead, Digital, Berkshire

HR Transformation Lead is required by our client a Large Telecomms organisation. They are now looking for an HR Transformation Lead who can help define new processes for all there HR systems, ideally with the latest digital technologies.

The HR Transformation lead will need to have a consultative approach to projects. This will involve being able to deliver projects fully end to end from requirements gathering to delivery.

You will need to be able to look at delivering best practice solutions for HR processes, and be able to investigate in to the latest digital technologies to utilise internally. This will also involve streamlining process, automating them, and looking at pushing the boundaries.

You will be involved in managing 3rd parties to carry out some of the work, as well as looking at ongoing process improvement.

It is essential you have very strong Process Design Skills, ideally working with Digital Clients looking at their HR processes.

This is an urgent oppportunity to join an exciting, growing part of an establised global player.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

South East / Permanent / Ref: 200114

Flash Designer, Advertising, London

Online Flash Designer is required for my client who are a world leading E-commerce site. They are seeking a talented and passionate interactive advertising designer to create innovative advertising experiences for global brands.

Your primary focus will be to design innovative rich media experiences for online advertising campaigns and to design cutting-edge rich media advertising products and experiences for the world's leading advertisers on a global basis. You will be a Flash Designer who is a customer-obsessed, detail-oriented, and enthusiastic team player.

You will ideally have experience working ain an interactive agency environment, and be able to back up your work with an online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating strong visual design skills and experience creating great rich media advertising experiences. You will require excellent knowledge of Flash, Photoshop and the Adobe Creative Suite Fluent, be fluent in Actionscript 2 and 3 and good working knowledge of HMTL, CSS and Javascript.

THIS IS AN IMMEDIATE INTERVIEW AND START THIS WEEK.

You will need to be able toi provide examples of Banners and Campaigns you have worked on.

Please get in contact urgently with Ram Basra, ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will be in contact asap.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Contract / Ref: 200139

Business Analyst, Broadband, Channel Isles.

Business Analyst is required by our client a Telecommunications company. They provide broadband services (FIXED LINE) to homes. They are currently looking for a Lead Business Analyst to carry out requirements gathering at the early stages of a new project.

You will need to set up Business Analysis function to work within a PMO, and be involved in projects which involve a lot of stakeholder management to CxO level. You will be involved in high level solution designs, and must have a good background in the Telecommunications Industry.

This role will be based in Jersey Monday - Friday, and needs to interview prior to 26th October with a view to start on the 31st October.

This is an urgent requirement with interviews THIS WEEK. You will also be provided with a living allowance during the week plus flights. Please send your details to me as soon as possible and I will be in contact immediately.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/BBA001

Our client, a leading 'Big 4' consultancy, are looking for consultants specialising in Business Development. The role will specialise in the Front Office space within Capital Markets. If the candidate is coming from another strong performing consultancy then that is preferred. However, this is not essential. If you have been involved in the creation of large amounts of revenue for your business area, then this firm will pay extrremely competitive rates for your services.

Alexander Ash is acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: GM557

SAP Solutions Architect - UK - £60-100K

Our client is a leading Technology company that is looking for a SAP Solutions Architect to join their expanding UK team. This is working on packaged delivery of SAP and Oracle solutions.

You will be a senior architect who has full end to end experience on projects, from initial client meetings to go- live. You will need to have excellent knowledge of the full project life cycle.

The SAP Solution architect will need to have a good technical background and have experience leading teams around integration and end-to-end solutions. Any experience with Oracle will be a huge bonus.

The ideal candidate will have a consultancy background, and also be fully flexible to travel to client sites around the UK.

Rest of Europe / Permanent / Ref: fmsap

Our client, a leading 'Big 4' consultancy, are looking for consultants specialising in Business Development. The role will specialise in the Front Office space within Capital Markets. If the candidate is coming from another strong performing consultancy then that is preferred. However, this is not essential. If you have been involved in the creation of large amounts of revenue for your business area, then this firm will pay extrremely competitive rates for your services.

Alexander Ash is acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: GM557

Junior Business Analyst/Process Analyst - £300/day + accommodation - Telecoms - Channel Islands

Our client, a Telecoms organisation based in the Channel Islands, require a Junior Business Analyst with strong process mapping and documentation skills, to play a key role in a major programme of work that is about to begin.

You will work closely with a team of Senior Business Analysts to help map out business processes, as well as build strong relationships with senior stakeholders.

Having experience with the Telecommunications industry would be highly advantageous, although it's essential you will have an experience of process authoring, requirements gathering and working in projects environments.

The role is based in Jersey, and along with the day rate you will receive an allowance for travel and accommodation. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as a recruitment agency.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: AA/AP/C/JBA

Flash Designer, Advertising, London

Online Flash Designer is required for my client who are a world leading E-commerce site. They are seeking a talented and passionate interactive advertising designer to create innovative advertising experiences for global brands.

Your primary focus will be to design innovative rich media experiences for online advertising campaigns and to design cutting-edge rich media advertising products and experiences for the world's leading advertisers on a global basis. You will be a Flash Designer who is a customer-obsessed, detail-oriented, and enthusiastic team player.

You will ideally have experience working ain an interactive agency environment, and be able to back up your work with an online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating strong visual design skills and experience creating great rich media advertising experiences. You will require excellent knowledge of Flash, Photoshop and the Adobe Creative Suite Fluent, be fluent in Actionscript 2 and 3 and good working knowledge of HMTL, CSS and Javascript.

THIS IS AN IMMEDIATE INTERVIEW AND START THIS WEEK.

You will need to be able toi provide examples of Banners and Campaigns you have worked on.

Please get in contact urgently with Ram Basra, ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will be in contact asap.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Contract / Ref: 200139

Project Manager - Broadband Rollout Experience required, Jersey

Project Manager is required for a Telecomms organisation who are upgrading to a Fibre Optic network.

You will need to have previous experience of working on a network upgrade to Fibre.

The project manager will need to have strong processes, and be able to drive forward this project.

You will need to be prepared to be away from home during the week on the Channel Isles.

This is an urgent role to interview this week

For more information please send me your CV in the first instance and I will contact you shortly.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: 200115

Business Analyst, Broadband, Channel Isles.

Business Analyst is required by our client a Telecommunications company. They provide broadband services (FIXED LINE) to homes. They are currently looking for a Lead Business Analyst to carry out requirements gathering at the early stages of a new project.

You will need to set up Business Analysis function to work within a PMO, and be involved in projects which involve a lot of stakeholder management to CxO level. You will be involved in high level solution designs, and must have a good background in the Telecommunications Industry.

This role will be based in Jersey Monday - Friday, and will interview and start asap.

This is an urgent requirement with interviews THIS WEEK. You will also be provided with a living allowance during the week plus flights. Please send your details to me as soon as possible and I will be in contact immediately.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/BBA001

Process Analyst || £250 + £90 expenses || Jersey

Our client a Telecomms Organisation is looking for a Process Analyst who has had experience carrying out end to end business processes.

Having experience with the Telecommunications industry would be advantageous, as would experience of using sharepoint.

This is an urgent opportunity to interview and start immediately.

The role is based in Jersey, and along with the day rate you will receive an allowance for travel and accommodation.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: FMPRO

HR Transformation Lead, Digital, Berkshire

HR Transformation Lead is required by our client a Large Telecomms organisation. They are now looking for an HR Transformation Lead who can help define new processes for all there HR systems, ideally with the latest digital technologies.

The HR Transformation lead will need to have a consultative approach to projects. This will involve being able to deliver projects fully end to end from requirements gathering to delivery.

You will need to be able to look at delivering best practice solutions for HR processes, and be able to investigate in to the latest digital technologies to utilise internally. This will also involve streamlining process, automating them, and looking at pushing the boundaries.

You will be involved in managing 3rd parties to carry out some of the work, as well as looking at ongoing process improvement.

It is essential you have very strong Process Design Skills, ideally working with Digital Clients looking at their HR processes.

This is an urgent oppportunity to join an exciting, growing part of an establised global player.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

South East / Permanent / Ref: 200114

SAP Project Manager, Greater London

SAP Project Manager is required by our client a leading edge technology organization.

The SAP Project Manager will be implementing SAP systems, initially this will involve work with SAP HR, extensive knowledge with SAP HR specifically is a prerequisite.

Due to the nature of the project, The SAP project manager will need to have come from a consultancy / outsourcing background and have worked on HR transformation and change projects.

The SAP Project manager will be responsible for delivering large-scale SAP HR systems, complex programs, which could include design, implementation, and deployment of SAP solutions.

The SAP project manager will be involved in shaping and leading large scale application design and architecture activities, build relationships throughout the organization to ensure the business gets what it wants, and take ownership of all costs.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a new part of an existing global player.

South East / Permanent / Ref: JSNA0007

Senior Product Manager

Senior Product Manager is required for my client which is market leading e-commerce organization. They are looking for an exceptional candidate to invent and shape new products, initially working on a cutting edge advertising program. This is the perfect opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a creative, fast-paced Agile environment, has a strong bias for action and relishes owning projects from end-to-end. The ideal candidate will have a technical background (e.g. former software engineer) and have gained experience in product management and/or business analysis, financial modeling and leadership.

Senior Product Manager Responsibilities:

Think strategically, anticipate future trends, develop product roadmaps, and deliver on those plans.
Constantly invent and evaluate new product ideas.
Deliver financial modeling and sophisticated metrics analysis.
Manage resources and feature prioritization across multiple products and feel comfortable working with technical teams to make decisions about complex problems.
Work cross-functionally to manage bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make trade-offs, balance the business needs versus technical constraints, and maximize business benefit while building great customer experiences.
Able to confidently present to senior leadership as well as other large audiences.

The ability to work at all levels in the organization, with no job being considered too large or small.
* Strong track record of delivering initiatives from conception through completion on time, within budget and on or beyond scope.
* Strong track record of innovation and shaping a product roadmap.
* Strong track record of leading and developing teams.
* Sophisticated financial modeling skills.
* Sound business judgment as well as ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope technical requirements and prioritize.
* Ability to understand and articulate technical architecture to managers, architects and engineers.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills are crucial, proven ability to influence others internally and externally and experience partnering in a world-wide organization.
* Must be able and willing to think and act strategically and tactically.
Online advertising experience.
Previous experience as a software engineer or technical architect.
MBA or Finance qualification advantageous.
Advanced statistical analysis skills.

The ideal candidate will have a technical background (e.g. former software engineer) and have gained experience in product management and/or business analysis, financial modeling and leadership. Online advertising experience would also be a great advantage.

Senior Product Manager

Scotland / Permanent / Ref: SS Senior Prod Man

Corporate Intranet Manager - Digital/Web Organisation

Our client, a major technology and telecoms organisation, require a Corporate Intranet Manager, to play a key role in the development of a new area of the business.

This organisation have just set up a new Digital division, which is aiming to grow to around 2,000 staff in the first year. At present, they are looking for an experienced Intranet Manager to lead the intranet design, the roll out of a content management system, and the ongoing population of the UK & European Corporate Intranet (SharePoint based).

The Corporate Intranet Manager will also deliver and develop communication plans for internal stakeholders and employees, and will continuously look at ways to improve internal solutions.

You will ideally come from a background encompassing large scale digital or online organisations, and have experience of setting up company intranets from scratch.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an organisation with aggressive plans for growth over the next 18 months. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/CORINTRA

Content Manager -Publishing

Content Manager is required for my client who are who are an international e-commerce company seek an experienced book industry professional to manage the relationships with content providers and rights owner, maintaining an understanding of their upcoming titles and working with them to identify new opportunities. They will also liaise directly with Merchandising to prioritise titles for promotion on the website and externally via emails and social media..

The primary responsibilities will be Account Management, Content Processing including ownership of workflow and production goals and responsibility for the publishing schedule and Internal Communications- manage the regular communication of all key titles newsworthy content and email communications. Respond to customer care queries on all content requests and issues. Liaise with Finance to verify the accuracy of quarterly and monthly provider reports. Work with Content Acquisition Managers to ensure seamless processing of all exclusive content.

Requirements / Qualifications

Significant experience in trade book or audiobook publishing
Experience in creating innovative products and promotions.
Strong negotiation and organisational skills.
Experienced in presentation and communication.
Fluency in Excel and MS Word
Ability to thrive in a high-energy entrepreneurial environment

Content Manager -Publishing

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Content

Lead Product Designer- Financial Services

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Lead Product Designer who will be responsible for being the single point of focus for Technical Leadership within their financial service products.
You will have a strong understanding of the Customer Experience and of defining and assuring end to end solutions including the level Product and Service wrap. Other duties within the role include engaging IT Blocks in the process responsible for the development of the components and leading stakeholder collaboration - building and maintaining stakeholder partnerships.

Lead Product Designer- Financial Services

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Prod Des

Role: Department Lead-Agile
Salary: £75k + up to 35% Bonus + Car allowance

Department Lead-Agile is required by my client who is a Global Technology Organisation.
They are looking for an individual with a very strong online development background and a keen interest in technology. You will be a subject matter expert working with the latest XP development practices and good technical experience in this area is a must as you will be involved at all levels from hands-on to dealing with senior management.

The successful candidate will be managing large teams of individuals to ensure that all internal business units will be supported with the latest technologies to meet their demand.

You will need to ensure that the current XP Practices are maintained, as well as ensuring new developments are delivered using Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Automated testing. There will also be the opportunity to champion and introduce new technologies and methodologies to the organisation.

As well as being a managerial role, there will be a strong element of maintaining your hands on capabilities. You will be working very closely with the Online Delivery team to ensure the correct resources are available for various scrum teams being built, as well as ensuring that developers are equipped with the correct tools to perform the roles to the best of their capabilities.

You will be required to work with various business units to understand their business requirements, and translate these back to the development teams, and ensure that they are delivered.

Department Lead-Agile

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS XP-Agile

Solution Designers

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a number of Solution Designers who will be responsible for leading the design across a number of new product services.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap

You will also have experience of designing for carrier/enterprise grade billing and CRM solutions (relevant examples: Geneva, Portal Infranet/Oracle, Keenan, Siebel, Amdocs, Salesforce.com etc) and of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales.

Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products: fixed/VOIP/data networking/ICT/cloud and experience of delivery in both waterfall and agile environments.

Solution Designers

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: SS Solution Design

Our client, a large platform system vendor, is looking for a number of high calibre project managers to join their implementation teams in New York. They specialise in front office trading and middle office risk implementation within investment banking. This company has offices located across the globe, with rapidly expanding networks all over the world.

The roles will involve implementing a variety of systems for numerous clients simultaneously. The candidates will be well versed in coordinating developers and business analysts alike to gain results in tight deadlines. Ideally, they will have investment banking system (front or back) knowledge, with an eagerness and hunger to deliver in a fast paced and challenging environment. The candidates will have experience from a client vendor perspective as well as investment bank.

Furthermore, the role will be entering at a VP level, with base salaries ranging from $130-150k, and with discretionary bonuses as standard.

Alexander Ash is acting as an agency.

US / Permanent / Ref: GM1266

Internal Communications Specialist - Global Digital/Web Organisation

Our client, an internationally recognised Technology organisation, require an Internal Communications Specialist to play a key role in a brand new initiative based from their London offices.

This organisation have just set up a new Digital division, which is aiming to grow to around 2,000 staff in the first year. At present, they are looking for an experienced Internal Communications Specialist to help set up initial processes, and be responsible for internal communications across the organisation moving forward, utilizing various different media. Working closely with the Head of Internal Communications, you will be joining at a key time in this company's development.

You will be well versed in numerous different means of communicating to staff in a blue chip environment, with experience of SharePoint, intranets, social media, events, internal marketing etc. A background in a Digital/Web or New Media organisation is preferred.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as a recruitment agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/INTERNCOMMS

Process Analyst || £250 + £90 expenses || Jersey

Our client a Telecomms Organisation is looking for a Process Analyst who has had experience carrying out end to end business processes.

Having experience with the Telecommunications industry would be advantageous, as would experience of using sharepoint.

This is an urgent opportunity to interview and start immediately.

The role is based in Jersey, and along with the day rate you will receive an allowance for travel and accommodation.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: FMPRO

HR Transformation Lead, Digital, Berkshire

HR Transformation Lead is required by our client a Large Telecomms organisation. They are now looking for an HR Transformation Lead who can help define new processes for all there HR systems, ideally with the latest digital technologies.

The HR Transformation lead will need to have a consultative approach to projects. This will involve being able to deliver projects fully end to end from requirements gathering to delivery.

You will need to be able to look at delivering best practice solutions for HR processes, and be able to investigate in to the latest digital technologies to utilise internally. This will also involve streamlining process, automating them, and looking at pushing the boundaries.

You will be involved in managing 3rd parties to carry out some of the work, as well as looking at ongoing process improvement.

It is essential you have very strong Process Design Skills, ideally working with Digital Clients looking at their HR processes.

This is an urgent oppportunity to join an exciting, growing part of an establised global player.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

South East / Permanent / Ref: 200114

Head of SAP HR Programmes, Greater London

A Head of Programmes is required by our client a leading edge technology organization.

The Head of programmes will be responsible for leading all SAP HR transformation programme workstreams: Change, Communications and Training, Process, Technology, Reward, Resourcing, Learning and Development, Central PMO, Value & Effectiveness and Operating Model coordination.

The Head of Programmes will lead all HR transformation programme workstreams in an integrated and controlled fashion and ensure delivery against the business case benefits as well.

The Head of Programmes will acts as go between for the Programme Director and HR and directs the programme to deliver the objectives within the authorities governed by the HR directorates.

Functional knowledge of SAP HR is required, as is a strong consultative approach. Ideally developed through working at a large consultancy.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a new part of an existing global player.

South East / Permanent / Ref: JSNA0008

SAP Project Manager, Greater London

SAP Project Manager is required by our client a leading edge technology organization.

The SAP Project Manager will be implementing SAP systems, initially this will involve work with SAP HR, extensive knowledge with SAP HR specifically is a prerequisite.

Due to the nature of the project, The SAP project manager will need to have come from a consultancy / outsourcing background and have worked on HR transformation and change projects.

The SAP Project manager will be responsible for delivering large-scale SAP HR systems, complex programs, which could include design, implementation, and deployment of SAP solutions.

The SAP project manager will be involved in shaping and leading large scale application design and architecture activities, build relationships throughout the organization to ensure the business gets what it wants, and take ownership of all costs.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a new part of an existing global player.

South East / Permanent / Ref: JSNA0007

Business Analyst, Broadband, Channel Isles.

Business Analyst is required by our client a Telecommunications company. They provide broadband services (FIXED LINE) to homes. They are currently looking for a Lead Business Analyst to carry out requirements gathering at the early stages of a new project.

You will need to set up Business Analysis function to work within a PMO, and be involved in projects which involve a lot of stakeholder management to CxO level. You will be involved in high level solution designs, and must have a good background in the Telecommunications Industry.

This role will be based in Jersey Monday - Friday, and needs to interview prior to 26th October with a view to start on the 31st October.

This is an urgent requirement with interviews THIS WEEK. You will also be provided with a living allowance during the week plus flights. Please send your details to me as soon as possible and I will be in contact immediately.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/BBA001

Content Manager -Publishing

Content Manager is required for my client who are who are an international e-commerce company seek an experienced book industry professional to manage the relationships with content providers and rights owner, maintaining an understanding of their upcoming titles and working with them to identify new opportunities. They will also liaise directly with Merchandising to prioritise titles for promotion on the website and externally via emails and social media..

The primary responsibilities will be Account Management, Content Processing including ownership of workflow and production goals and responsibility for the publishing schedule and Internal Communications- manage the regular communication of all key titles newsworthy content and email communications. Respond to customer care queries on all content requests and issues. Liaise with Finance to verify the accuracy of quarterly and monthly provider reports. Work with Content Acquisition Managers to ensure seamless processing of all exclusive content.

Requirements / Qualifications

Significant experience in trade book or audiobook publishing
Experience in creating innovative products and promotions.
Strong negotiation and organisational skills.
Experienced in presentation and communication.
Fluency in Excel and MS Word
Ability to thrive in a high-energy entrepreneurial environment

Content Manager -Publishing

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Content

Senior Product Manager

Senior Product Manager is required for my client which is market leading e-commerce organization. They are looking for an exceptional candidate to invent and shape new products, initially working on a cutting edge advertising program. This is the perfect opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a creative, fast-paced Agile environment, has a strong bias for action and relishes owning projects from end-to-end. The ideal candidate will have a technical background (e.g. former software engineer) and have gained experience in product management and/or business analysis, financial modeling and leadership.

Senior Product Manager Responsibilities:

Think strategically, anticipate future trends, develop product roadmaps, and deliver on those plans.
Constantly invent and evaluate new product ideas.
Deliver financial modeling and sophisticated metrics analysis.
Manage resources and feature prioritization across multiple products and feel comfortable working with technical teams to make decisions about complex problems.
Work cross-functionally to manage bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make trade-offs, balance the business needs versus technical constraints, and maximize business benefit while building great customer experiences.
Able to confidently present to senior leadership as well as other large audiences.

The ability to work at all levels in the organization, with no job being considered too large or small.
* Strong track record of delivering initiatives from conception through completion on time, within budget and on or beyond scope.
* Strong track record of innovation and shaping a product roadmap.
* Strong track record of leading and developing teams.
* Sophisticated financial modeling skills.
* Sound business judgment as well as ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope technical requirements and prioritize.
* Ability to understand and articulate technical architecture to managers, architects and engineers.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills are crucial, proven ability to influence others internally and externally and experience partnering in a world-wide organization.
* Must be able and willing to think and act strategically and tactically.
Online advertising experience.
Previous experience as a software engineer or technical architect.
MBA or Finance qualification advantageous.
Advanced statistical analysis skills.

The ideal candidate will have a technical background (e.g. former software engineer) and have gained experience in product management and/or business analysis, financial modeling and leadership. Online advertising experience would also be a great advantage.

Senior Product Manager

Scotland / Permanent / Ref: SS Senior Prod Man

Lead Product Designer- Financial Services

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Lead Product Designer who will be responsible for being the single point of focus for Technical Leadership within their financial service products.
You will have a strong understanding of the Customer Experience and of defining and assuring end to end solutions including the level Product and Service wrap. Other duties within the role include engaging IT Blocks in the process responsible for the development of the components and leading stakeholder collaboration - building and maintaining stakeholder partnerships.

Lead Product Designer- Financial Services

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Prod Des

Role: Department Lead-Agile
Salary: £75k + up to 35% Bonus + Car allowance

Department Lead-Agile is required by my client who is a Global Technology Organisation.
They are looking for an individual with a very strong online development background and a keen interest in technology. You will be a subject matter expert working with the latest XP development practices and good technical experience in this area is a must as you will be involved at all levels from hands-on to dealing with senior management.

The successful candidate will be managing large teams of individuals to ensure that all internal business units will be supported with the latest technologies to meet their demand.

You will need to ensure that the current XP Practices are maintained, as well as ensuring new developments are delivered using Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Automated testing. There will also be the opportunity to champion and introduce new technologies and methodologies to the organisation.

As well as being a managerial role, there will be a strong element of maintaining your hands on capabilities. You will be working very closely with the Online Delivery team to ensure the correct resources are available for various scrum teams being built, as well as ensuring that developers are equipped with the correct tools to perform the roles to the best of their capabilities.

You will be required to work with various business units to understand their business requirements, and translate these back to the development teams, and ensure that they are delivered.

Department Lead-Agile

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS XP-Agile

Solution Designers

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a number of Solution Designers who will be responsible for leading the design across a number of new product services.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap

You will also have experience of designing for carrier/enterprise grade billing and CRM solutions (relevant examples: Geneva, Portal Infranet/Oracle, Keenan, Siebel, Amdocs, Salesforce.com etc) and of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales.

Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products: fixed/VOIP/data networking/ICT/cloud and experience of delivery in both waterfall and agile environments.

Solution Designers

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: SS Solution Design

Test Manager - Telecoms - Overseas

Test Manager is required to work for a telecoms organisation. As a Test Manger your role is to take responsibility of the Testing department and production of High Level testing plans, Test strategies and setting up a testing team.

The successful Test Manager must have proven ability to complete various scenarios of testing solutions which will cover but not limited to Hands on testing, System testing and UAT (user acceptance testing).

There are many other areas that the Test Manager will also be involved in. The Test Manager will be required to have recent / current experience of working with Broadband technologies. Examples of this include: Fixed line, ADSL, DSL, Fibre optics & High speed broadband.

The Test manager will require experience of delivery in both waterfall and agile environments. This is an urgent contract opportunity based at their offices overseas.

For more information, please email norman.areh and I will be in contact ASAP.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JSNA0006

Business Analyst, Broadband Services, Channel Isles.

Business Analyst is required by our client a Telecommunications company. They provide broadband services (FIXED LINE) to homes. They are currently looking for a Lead Business Analyst to carry out requirements gathering at the early stages of a new project.

You will need to set up Business Analysis function to work within a PMO, and be involved in projects which involve a lot of stakeholder management to CxO level. You will be involved in high level solution designs, and must have a good background in the Telecommunications Industry.

This role will be based in Jersey Monday - Friday, and needs to interview prior to 26th October with a view to start on the 31st October.

This is an urgent requirement with interviews next week. You will also be provided with a living allowance during the week. Please send your details to me as soon as possible and I will be in contact immediately.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/TBA001

Process Analyst || £250 + £90 expenses || Jersey

Our client a Telecomms Organisation is looking for a Process Analyst who has had experience carrying out end to end business processes.

Having experience with the Telecommunications industry would be advantageous, as would experience of using sharepoint.

This is an urgent opportunity to interview and start immediately.

The role is based in Jersey, and along with the day rate you will receive an allowance for travel and accommodation.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: FMPRO

Project Manager - Network / Telecoms - Channel Isles

Project Manager is required for a Telecomms organisation who are upgrading a copper network to Fibre.

This is very much a Transformation role, they require a Project Manager with good commercial skills, stakeholder management to CxO level, setting up processes for the project itself and governance. Some technical experience within the Telecommunications industry is required, and experience of working on Network related projects.

You will need to be able to drive forward this project and work with many project teams.

You will need to be prepared to be away from home during the week on the Channel Isles.
This is an urgent role to interview at the latest Wednesday 26th October 2011 and start asap.

For more information please send me your CV in the first instance and I will contact you shortly.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: 200115

Business Analyst, Broadband Services, Channel Isles.

Business Analyst is required by our client a Telecommunications company. They provide broadband services (FIXED LINE) to homes. They are currently looking for a Lead Business Analyst to carry out requirements gathering at the early stages of a new project. You will be involved in high level solution designs, and must have a good background in the Telecommunications Industry, as well as strong Business Analysis capability.

This role will be based in Jersey Monday - Friday, and needs to start on the 31st October.

This is an urgent requirement with interviews next week. You will also be provided with a living allowance during the week. Please send your details to me as soon as possible and I will be in contact immediately.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/TBA001

PMO Analyst- Jersey - £340 a day

Our client a Telecomms Organisation is looking for a Junior PMO Analyst who is familiar with implementing PMO Processes in to a new PMO environment. You will need to have experience working with business analysts, and supporting them with documentation and administration.

Having experience with the Telecommunications industry would be advantageous, as would experience of using sharepoint.

This is an urgent opportunity to interview and start immediately.

The role is based in Jersey, and along with the day rate you will receive an allowance for travel and accommodation.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: fmpmo

Project Manager - Telecommunications - Copper to Fibre upgrade, Channel Isles

Project Manager is required for a Telecomms organisation who are upgrading a copper network to Fibre.

You will need to have previous experience of working on a large network upgrade to Fibre.

The project manager will need to have strong processes, and be able to drive forward this project.

You will need to be prepared to be away from home during the week on the Channel Isles.
This is an urgent role to interview Friday 21st October and start immediately.
For more information please send me your CV in the first instance and I will contact you shortly.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: 200115

Business Process Lead, Digital, Berkshire

Business Process Lead is required by our client a Large Telecomms organisation. They are now looking for a Business Process Lead who can help define new processes for all there HR systems, ideally with the latest digital technologies.

The business process lead will need to have a consultative approach to projects. This will involve being able to deliver projects fully end to end from requirements gathering to delivery.

You will need to be able to look at delivering best practice solutions for HR processes, and be able to investigate in to the latest digital technologies to utilise internally. This will also involve streamlining process, automating them, and looking at pushing the boundaries.

You will be involved in managing 3rd parties to carry out some of the work, as well as looking at ongoing process improvement.

It is essential you have very strong Process Design Skills, ideally working with Digital Clients looking at their HR processes.

This is an urgent opportunity to join an exciting, growing part of an established global player.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

South East / Permanent / Ref: 200114

Solutions Designer - Telecoms - Berkshire

Solutions Designer is required to work for a global telecoms organisation. As a Solutions designer your role is to take responsibility of Solutions design and production of High Level Design documentation on various projects.

The successful solutions designer must have proven ability to design a full End to End solution which will cover potentially sales, order management and billing systems with a full service wrap. There are many other areas you will also be involved in.

You will require experience of designing for carrier grade billing and CRM solutions. Examples of this include: Siebel, Amdocs, Salesforce.com, Geneva, Portal Infranet/Oracle.

You will require experience of delivery in both waterfall and agile environments.

These are urgent contract opportunities based at their offices in Berkshire. For more information, please email me at norman.areh@alexanderash.com and I will be in contact ASAP.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

South East / Contract / Ref: JSNA0005

Solution Designers

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a number of Solution Designers who will be responsible for leading the design across a number of new product services.

As the successful candidate you will have the proven ability to design a full E2E solution covering sales, order management, billing, contact centre/self service, revenue assurance and fraud/security with a full service wrap

You will also have experience of designing for carrier/enterprise grade billing and CRM solutions (relevant examples: Geneva, Portal Infranet/Oracle, Keenan, Siebel, Amdocs, Salesforce.com etc) and of delivering into a multi channel environment: online, contact centre, retail, direct sales.

Further to this you will require knowledge of telco/communications with an emphasis on business products: fixed/VOIP/data networking/ICT/cloud and experience of delivery in both waterfall and agile environments.

Solution Designers

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: SS Solution Design

LEAD PRODUCT DESIGNER | Media | up to £65k

Our client is a global telecommunications organisation that is looking for an experienced Product Designer. You will be responsible for leading the design on large, complex projects and supervising other teams of product designers.

This will involve understanding the Customer Experience, shaping new ideas and supporting the writing of business cases. You will be involved in end to end solutions design including constructing the high level product and the Service wrap.

You will engage with all the relevant IT teams and are responsible for the development of components of the product as well as leading stakeholder collaboration and people management; this may involve running workshops, dealing with suppliers and building strong relationships within the organisation.

South East / Permanent / Ref: 200112

Lead Product Designer- Financial Services

My client who are an international telecommunications company are searching for a Lead Product Designer who will be responsible for being the single point of focus for Technical Leadership within their financial service products.
You will have a strong understanding of the Customer Experience and of defining and assuring end to end solutions including the level Product and Service wrap. Other duties within the role include engaging IT Blocks in the process responsible for the development of the components and leading stakeholder collaboration - building and maintaining stakeholder partnerships.

Lead Product Designer- Financial Services

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Prod Des

Business Analyst, Broadband Services, Channel Isles.

Business Analyst is required by our client a Telecommunications company. They provide broadband services (FIXED LINE) to homes. They are currently looking for a Lead Business Analyst to carry out requirements gathering at the early stages of a new project. You will be involved in high level solution designs, and must have a good background in the Telecommunications Industry, as well as strong Business Analysis capability.

This role will be based in Jersey Monday - Friday, and needs to start on the 31st October.

This is an urgent requirement with interviews next week. You will also be provided with a living allowance during the week. Please send your details to me as soon as possible and I will be in contact immediately.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/TBA001

Alexander Ash is looking for an experienced service desk analyst to join this world renowned consultancy.
They are looking for a number of individuals to join due to further growth of the organisation.

This team play a key rolewhich is to carry out standard Operations activities within the Shift Operations teams at the Delivery Centre in accordance with defined operating processes and procedures. A core part of the service delivered by the team is service desk based.

These roles will suit individual with 1-2 years Service / Helpdesk experience who are keen to grow their knowledge and experiences. The service desk analyst will need to have great attention to detail and be very customer focussed.

The right individual will need to have these attributes to be successful:- Clear communication skills both written and oral, be assertive, have the ability to effectively follow defined and documented processes and procedures, ability to work under pressure and to make informed decisions based on facts, effective at multi-tasking / time management and become strong team player.

This organisation delivery centre provides IT outsourcing services for multiple clients hosted globally. The monitoring and out of hours management of incidents for these services is an important part of the service and is the responsibility of the Operations Team.

Desired IT skill are:- MS Office suite, ITSM / Remedy, Tivoli Maestro, BMC PEM / BEM.

If you feel that you are suitable for this opportunity, please send your CV's to CV@alexanderash.com - Reference JSNA0004.

Midlands / Permanent / Ref: 200107

Senior Product Manager

Senior Product Manager is required for my client which is market leading e-commerce organization. They are looking for an exceptional candidate to invent and shape new products, initially working on a cutting edge advertising program. This is the perfect opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a creative, fast-paced Agile environment, has a strong bias for action and relishes owning projects from end-to-end. The ideal candidate will have a technical background (e.g. former software engineer) and have gained experience in product management and/or business analysis, financial modeling and leadership.

Senior Product Manager Responsibilities:

Think strategically, anticipate future trends, develop product roadmaps, and deliver on those plans.
Constantly invent and evaluate new product ideas.
Deliver financial modeling and sophisticated metrics analysis.
Manage resources and feature prioritization across multiple products and feel comfortable working with technical teams to make decisions about complex problems.
Work cross-functionally to manage bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make trade-offs, balance the business needs versus technical constraints, and maximize business benefit while building great customer experiences.
Able to confidently present to senior leadership as well as other large audiences.

The ability to work at all levels in the organization, with no job being considered too large or small.
* Strong track record of delivering initiatives from conception through completion on time, within budget and on or beyond scope.
* Strong track record of innovation and shaping a product roadmap.
* Strong track record of leading and developing teams.
* Sophisticated financial modeling skills.
* Sound business judgment as well as ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope technical requirements and prioritize.
* Ability to understand and articulate technical architecture to managers, architects and engineers.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills are crucial, proven ability to influence others internally and externally and experience partnering in a world-wide organization.
* Must be able and willing to think and act strategically and tactically.
Online advertising experience.
Previous experience as a software engineer or technical architect.
MBA or Finance qualification advantageous.
Advanced statistical analysis skills.

The ideal candidate will have a technical background (e.g. former software engineer) and have gained experience in product management and/or business analysis, financial modeling and leadership. Online advertising experience would also be a great advantage.

Senior Product Manager

Scotland / Permanent / Ref: SS Senior Prod Man

Role: Online Delivery Manager XP-Agile
Salary: £75k + up to 35% Bonus + Car allowance

Online Delivery Manager XP-Agile is required by my client who is a Global Technology Organisation.
They are looking for an individual with a very strong online development background and a keen interest in technology. You will be a subject matter expert working with the latest XP development practices and good technical experience in this area is a must as you will be involved at all levels from hands-on to dealing with senior management.

The successful candidate will be managing large teams of individuals to ensure that all internal business units will be supported with the latest technologies to meet their demand.

You will need to ensure that the current XP Practices are maintained, as well as ensuring new developments are delivered using Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Automated testing. There will also be the opportunity to champion and introduce new technologies and methodologies to the organisation.

As well as being a managerial role, there will be a strong element of maintaining your hands on capabilities. You will be working very closely with the Online Delivery team to ensure the correct resources are available for various scrum teams being built, as well as ensuring that developers are equipped with the correct tools to perform the roles to the best of their capabilities.

You will be required to work with various business units to understand their business requirements, and translate these back to the development teams, and ensure that they are delivered.

Online Delivery Manager XP-Agile

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS XP-Agile

Lead Delivery Manager

My client has a requirement for a lead delivery manager to work within the IT Systems domain. You will be responsible for delivering a 2-3 year roadmap and work closely with IT strategy creating a plan to deliver a model of excellence across Billing, Online and Wholesale-Services.

The position has arose as the previous delivery lead was very short term focused with little vision beyond a three month period and concentrated his efforts on the billing sector neglecting the rest of the IT systems. A background in Cloud computing is desired as this is an area that the company see significant opportunities within but this is not essential as long as you are a confident, innovative individual who can drive through a clear vision. The role will grow as the client increase their footprint and develop services within FS,Insurance Healthcare etc.

To be successful in this position you will need a strong understanding of service architecture and service strategy and understand the changes that must be implemented to achieve an excellent delivery models and how to manage the process to achieve this.

Lead Delivery Manager

North West / Permanent / Ref: SS Lead Delivery

Sales - Online Advertising

My client seeks sales professionals to help develop and grow their new advertising sales channel. Specifically, candidates will be responsible for generating revenue by negotiating a broad range of advertising deals. A consultative selling style is desired, coupled with the structure and organizational skills needed to drive a long sales cycle. Candidates must feel comfortable prospecting, cold-calling, and negotiating in person and via phone on both transactional and high value/exposure deals. An ability to identify, develop and manage a valuable prospect list based on our standard product offerings is crucial. In addition to having excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail, and good follow-through, the ideal candidates will be self-motivated and highly goal-oriented in order to achieve ambitious targets.

Responsibilities:

Build and manage an active sales pipeline to ensure that revenue targets will be met
o Present and sell all advertising products including brand placements, targeting and direct response advertising.
o Grow and deepen the agency relationships and your understanding of the clients and industries they service.
o Collaborate with Account Managers to provide the highest level of customer service is provided to all clients
Qualifications:
* Substantial relevant online advertising sales experience familiarity and knowledge of the media agencies industry is essential. Knowledge of their clients a bonus
* Significant sales experience;
* Demonstrated ability to close sales and generate revenues
o Strong track record of high level negotiation and successful internal and external relationship management
o Strong analytical abilities
o Ability to interact with a broad set of businesses and presenting both over the phone and in person
o University degree required

Sales- Online Advertising

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Sales Online

Head of Internal Communications

- Responsible for all internal comms for 3000 people across 5 major hubs (London, Sao Paolo, Madrid, Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv) and 31 countries.
- Responsible for team of 3 - Community and Events, Comms Specialist and Intranet Comms Specialist
-Requires individual to strategically communicate company communications across the business from Board level down includes new products, services, developments, and corporate events.
-Create initial strategy for effective communications across company from a Greenfield site
-As the organization is high end technology methods of communication need to be ahead of the curve - intranet, social media, mobile etc etc
-Intranet is likely to be sharepoint based although highly customized to a fast paced dynamic organization
-Ideal candidate - innovative, entrepreneurial, strategic, ex-online/web services org - apple, google, groupon, facebook etc etc

Head of Internal Communications

London / Contract / Ref: SS Internal Comms

Chief Infrastructure Architect - Outsourcing/Consultancy

Our client, a globally recognised Outsourcing organisation, are looking for a highly experienced Chief Infrastructure Solutions Consultant, to play a key role in client facing architecture and delivery of large scale infrastructure and data centre transformation engagements. The Chief Infrastructure Consultant will translate business needs into effective and resilient technology solutions, and see them through to BAU status. You will act as a Lead Solution Architect in bids and proposals, and act as an SME on multi-million pound architectural engagements, developing strong relationships and leading strategic & architectural change.

You will drive top level infrastructure consultancy services, architecture strategy and technical infrastructure solutions, etc. You will have a broad technical knowledge, with expertise around Infrastructure & Data Centre consolidation, transformation and consulting, including a breadth of experience around areas such as Infrastructure security, virtualisation, cloud computing, desktop & network transformation.

A strong knowledge of Zachman/IAF is preferred, and you will have a strong ITIL experience and understanding. Experience with Outsourcers/Consultancies, and large client engagements is highly beneficial to this opportunity of joining a market leader in the technology space.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AP/MGINGIFRA

Business Analyst - Platform Implementation - £80,000 p/a

My client, a major player in the platform vendor industry, is looking for a proven business analyst to join their implementation team based in London. This is a unique opportunity to join a rapidly expanding organisation with offices located across the globe, specialising in front office trading and middle office platform implementations within investment banking and play a pivotal role within an important implementation project.

To be successful, you will have experience within both banking and a vendor environment. You will also ideally have a background spanning equities, securities lending and have a solid knowledge of settlements. You will be able to demonstrate core business analysis skills including gathering requirements from stakeholders of all levels. You will have a solid understanding of investment banking systems / platforms (middle office or back office) with an eagerness and hunger to deliver in a fast paced and challenging environment.

If you are interested in joining this market leading firm, and gaining long term tenure - please apply.

Alexander ash consulting is acting as a search firm

London / Permanent / Ref: CA-1410-BAIMPLE

Business Analyst, Broadband Services, Channel Isles.

Business Analyst is required by our client a Telecommunications company. They provide broadband services to homes. They are currently looking for a Lead Business Analyst to carry out requirements gathering at the early stages of a new project. You will be involved in high level solution designs, and must have a good background in the Telecommunications Industry, as well as strong Business Analysis capability.

This role will be based in Jersey Monday - Friday, and needs to start on the 31st October.

This is an urgent requirement with interviews next week. You will also be provided with a living allowance during the week. Please send your details to me as soon as possible and I will be in contact immediately.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/TBA001

Our client, a large platform system vendor, is looking for a high calibre business analyst to join their implementation team in London. They specialise in front office trading and middle office risk implementation within investment banking. This company has offices located across the globe, with rapidly expanding networks all over the world. They are looking for an busienss analyst to aid in their Middle Office / Back Office team.

The ideal candidate will be from an equities background, and have a solid knowledge of settlements. The candidates will be well versed in gathering requirements from stakeholders of all levels, with the view to gain high quality results in tight deadlines. Ideally, they will have investment banking system (middle office or back office) knowledge, with an eagerness and hunger to deliver in a fast paced and challenging environment. The candidates will have experience from a client vendor perspective as well as investment bank.

Furthermore, the role will be entering at an AVP level, with base salaries ranging from £60-80k, and with discretionary bonuses as standard.

London / Permanent / Ref: GM222

Network Provisioning Specialist - Telecoms, Yorkshire

Our client, a major Telecoms company, require a Network Provisioning Specialist to play a key role in a newly formed Order Management, Provisioning and Vendor Management team.

The Provisioning Specialist will be responsible for order receipt and validation, facing into a number of large vendors, wholesalers and third parties. The Provisioning & Order Management team deal with IP, WAN and LAN solutions, and as such will require a technical knowledge of these areas.

You will ensure the submission of orders, providing PO's and handovers, monitor order accuracy, as well as communicating to customers, senior managers and ensuring new services are added to billing systems.

You will have previous experience in Network Provisioning in the Telecoms space, as well as strong communication skills. This is an excellent opportunity to join a rapidly growing group. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

Rest of Europe / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/NWPROV1

Content Manager -Publishing

Content Manager is required for my client who are who are an international e-commerce company seek an experienced book industry professional to manage the relationships with content providers and rights owner, maintaining an understanding of their upcoming titles and working with them to identify new opportunities. They will also liaise directly with Merchandising to prioritise titles for promotion on the website and externally via emails and social media..

The primary responsibilities will be Account Management, Content Processing including ownership of workflow and production goals and responsibility for the publishing schedule and Internal Communications- manage the regular communication of all key titles newsworthy content and email communications. Respond to customer care queries on all content requests and issues. Liaise with Finance to verify the accuracy of quarterly and monthly provider reports. Work with Content Acquisition Managers to ensure seamless processing of all exclusive content.

Requirements / Qualifications

Significant experience in trade book or audiobook publishing
Experience in creating innovative products and promotions.
Strong negotiation and organisational skills.
Experienced in presentation and communication.
Fluency in Excel and MS Word
Ability to thrive in a high-energy entrepreneurial environment

London / Permanent / Ref: 200079

Ecommerce Business Analyst - Consultancy

Business Analyst with a strong ecommerce background is required for one of our clients, a rapidly expanding eCommerce Consultancy based in the West End.

The Business Analyst will work with the full portfolio of retailers and blue chip customers, from client brief (business processes, functional and technical) to "Go Live" with adherence to quality, budget and timescales. The Business Analyst will be tasked with building functional specifications, and interfacing with technical teams to help shape requirements, managing resources throughout the lifecycle and ensure strong relationships are maintained with key stakeholders.

You will have a strong business analysis background, with prior experience in the retail and eCommerce space and a solid knowledge of web and digital technologies is also required. Experience in an Agile environment is preferred.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a highly successful and ambitious organisation. Alexander Ash Consulting are acting as a recruitment agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/BA-ECOM

Head of Internal Communications

- Responsible for all internal comms for 3000 people across 5 major hubs (London, Sao Paolo, Madrid, Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv) and 31 countries.
- Responsible for team of 3 - Community and Events, Comms Specialist and Intranet Comms Specialist
-Requires individual to strategically communicate company communications across the business from Board level down includes new products, services, developments, and corporate events.
-Create initial strategy for effective communications across company from a Greenfield site
-As the organization is high end technology methods of communication need to be ahead of the curve - intranet, social media, mobile etc etc
-Intranet is likely to be sharepoint based although highly customized to a fast paced dynamic organization
-Ideal candidate - innovative, entrepreneurial, strategic, ex-online/web services org - apple, google, groupon, facebook etc etc

Head of Internal Communications

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Internal Comms

Lead Delivery Manager

My client has a requirement for a lead delivery manager to work within the IT Systems domain. You will be responsible for delivering a 2-3 year roadmap and work closely with IT strategy creating a plan to deliver a model of excellence across Billing, Online and Wholesale-Services.

The position has arose as the previous delivery lead was very short term focused with little vision beyond a three month period and concentrated his efforts on the billing sector neglecting the rest of the IT systems. A background in Cloud computing is desired as this is an area that the company see significant opportunities within but this is not essential as long as you are a confident, innovative individual who can drive through a clear vision. The role will grow as the client increase their footprint and develop services within FS,Insurance Healthcare etc.

To be successful in this position you will need a strong understanding of service architecture and service strategy and understand the changes that must be implemented to achieve an excellent delivery models and how to manage the process to achieve this.

Lead Delivery Manager

North West / Permanent / Ref: SS Lead Delivery

Sales - Online Advertising

My client seeks sales professionals to help develop and grow their new advertising sales channel. Specifically, candidates will be responsible for generating revenue by negotiating a broad range of advertising deals. A consultative selling style is desired, coupled with the structure and organizational skills needed to drive a long sales cycle. Candidates must feel comfortable prospecting, cold-calling, and negotiating in person and via phone on both transactional and high value/exposure deals. An ability to identify, develop and manage a valuable prospect list based on our standard product offerings is crucial. In addition to having excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail, and good follow-through, the ideal candidates will be self-motivated and highly goal-oriented in order to achieve ambitious targets.

Responsibilities:

Build and manage an active sales pipeline to ensure that revenue targets will be met
o Present and sell all advertising products including brand placements, targeting and direct response advertising.
o Grow and deepen the agency relationships and your understanding of the clients and industries they service.
o Collaborate with Account Managers to provide the highest level of customer service is provided to all clients
Qualifications:
* Substantial relevant online advertising sales experience familiarity and knowledge of the media agencies industry is essential. Knowledge of their clients a bonus
* Significant sales experience;
* Demonstrated ability to close sales and generate revenues
o Strong track record of high level negotiation and successful internal and external relationship management
o Strong analytical abilities
o Ability to interact with a broad set of businesses and presenting both over the phone and in person
o University degree required

Sales- Online Advertising

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Sales Online

Senior Product Manager

Senior Product Manager is required for my client which is market leading e-commerce organization. They are looking for an exceptional candidate to invent and shape new products, initially working on a cutting edge advertising program. This is the perfect opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a creative, fast-paced Agile environment, has a strong bias for action and relishes owning projects from end-to-end. The ideal candidate will have a technical background (e.g. former software engineer) and have gained experience in product management and/or business analysis, financial modeling and leadership.

Senior Product Manager Responsibilities:

Think strategically, anticipate future trends, develop product roadmaps, and deliver on those plans.
Constantly invent and evaluate new product ideas.
Deliver financial modeling and sophisticated metrics analysis.
Manage resources and feature prioritization across multiple products and feel comfortable working with technical teams to make decisions about complex problems.
Work cross-functionally to manage bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make trade-offs, balance the business needs versus technical constraints, and maximize business benefit while building great customer experiences.
Able to confidently present to senior leadership as well as other large audiences.

The ability to work at all levels in the organization, with no job being considered too large or small.
* Strong track record of delivering initiatives from conception through completion on time, within budget and on or beyond scope.
* Strong track record of innovation and shaping a product roadmap.
* Strong track record of leading and developing teams.
* Sophisticated financial modeling skills.
* Sound business judgment as well as ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope technical requirements and prioritize.
* Ability to understand and articulate technical architecture to managers, architects and engineers.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills are crucial, proven ability to influence others internally and externally and experience partnering in a world-wide organization.
* Must be able and willing to think and act strategically and tactically.
Online advertising experience.
Previous experience as a software engineer or technical architect.
MBA or Finance qualification advantageous.
Advanced statistical analysis skills.

The ideal candidate will have a technical background (e.g. former software engineer) and have gained experience in product management and/or business analysis, financial modeling and leadership. Online advertising experience would also be a great advantage.

Senior Product Manager

Scotland / Permanent / Ref: SS Senior Prod Man

Business Process Consultant- Digital & Online

My client who is a global blue chip client is looking for a high calibre Business Process Consultant with extensive experience within the Digital & Online sector. You will be joining a new division of an established multinational company who will be competing against the likes of Google, Facebook and Twitter. As such you must have worked for a top level e-commerce company with cutting edge technologies and processes.

This is an urgent requirement and the suitable candidate will be given an immediate start so please apply now for immediate consideration

Business Process Consultant- Digital & Online

London / Contract / Ref: BPR- Digital

Content Manager -Publishing

Content Manager is required for my client who are who are an international e-commerce company seek an experienced book industry professional to manage the relationships with content providers and rights owner, maintaining an understanding of their upcoming titles and working with them to identify new opportunities. They will also liaise directly with Merchandising to prioritise titles for promotion on the website and externally via emails and social media..

The primary responsibilities will be Account Management, Content Processing including ownership of workflow and production goals and responsibility for the publishing schedule and Internal Communications- manage the regular communication of all key titles newsworthy content and email communications. Respond to customer care queries on all content requests and issues. Liaise with Finance to verify the accuracy of quarterly and monthly provider reports. Work with Content Acquisition Managers to ensure seamless processing of all exclusive content.

Requirements / Qualifications

Significant experience in trade book or audiobook publishing
Experience in creating innovative products and promotions.
Strong negotiation and organisational skills.
Experienced in presentation and communication.
Fluency in Excel and MS Word
Ability to thrive in a high-energy entrepreneurial environment

Content Manager -Publishing

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Content

Role: Online Delivery Manager XP-Agile
Salary: £75k + up to 35% Bonus + Car allowance

Online Delivery Manager XP-Agile is required by my client who is a Global Technology Organisation.
They are looking for an individual with a very strong online development background and a keen interest in technology. You will be a subject matter expert working with the latest XP development practices and good technical experience in this area is a must as you will be involved at all levels from hands-on to dealing with senior management.

The successful candidate will be managing large teams of individuals to ensure that all internal business units will be supported with the latest technologies to meet their demand.

You will need to ensure that the current XP Practices are maintained, as well as ensuring new developments are delivered using Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Automated testing. There will also be the opportunity to champion and introduce new technologies and methodologies to the organisation.

As well as being a managerial role, there will be a strong element of maintaining your hands on capabilities. You will be working very closely with the Online Delivery team to ensure the correct resources are available for various scrum teams being built, as well as ensuring that developers are equipped with the correct tools to perform the roles to the best of their capabilities.

You will be required to work with various business units to understand their business requirements, and translate these back to the development teams, and ensure that they are delivered.

Online Delivery Manager XP-Agile

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS ECOMM DEV MAN

Citrix Architect/Consultant - Outsourcing - XenApp/XenDesktop

Our client, an international Outsourcing organisation, require a highly experienced Citrix Architect/Consultant to play a key role in a number of customer-driven programmes of work centred around VDI, Virtualisation and Citrix Xen solutions.

The Citrix Architect/Consultant will pick up functional & technical requirements from the customers, and be responsible for high and low level design work, as well as also interfacing with clients throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring successful delivery.

The Citrix Architect/Consultant will have core technical strengths around Citrix Xenapp, XenDesktop, Presentation Server and VMware, and will have prior experience of designing and delivering Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solutions. A strong customer focus is preferred, and experience in a large Consultancy or Outsourcer would be highly advantageous.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/CITARC1

Implementation Project Manager - Front Office Applications - £95,000 p/a

My client, a leading front, middle and back office platform vendor are currently undergoing a period of rapid growth. They are seeking strong project managers to drive forward large, bespoke client facing implementations within the top 20 finanancial institutions.

Each project is uniquely different and a high calibre project manager is required to own the full implementation process, including driving teams of developers and Business Analysts to ensure strict timelines are met and project milestones delivered within scope and budget. You will regularly be facing off to traders, heads of desks and senior stakeholders across each organisation and working within a rapiidly growing company who rewards its staff on meritocracy.

To be successful in this position, you will have experience of working for a systems vendor and driving forward implementation within a large financial institution. You will be a strong communicator with a consultative approach to project management.

To be considered for this position, please forward you details.

London / Permanent / Ref: CA-0710-IMPLPM

SAP Project Manager, London

SAP Project Manager is required by our client a leading edge technology organization.

The SAP Project Manager will be implementing SAP systems, initially this will involve work with SAP HR, although extensive knowledge with SAP HR specifically is not a prerequisite.

You will be responsible for delivering large-scale, complex programs, which could include design, implementation, and deployment of SAP solutions.

You will be involved in shaping and leading large scale application design and architecture activities, build relationships throughout the organization to ensure the business gets what it wants, and take ownership of all costs.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a new part of an existing global player.

For more information please send your details to Ram Basra, ram.basra@alexanderash.com and I will be in contact as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/SAP001

Communications Specialist, Berkshire

Communications Specialist is required by our client a leading blue chip organisation.

This role will involve writing content for Intranet sites, as well as all internal communications throughout the organisation. You will need to have previous experience working within the digital industry, and be able to write, edit, do layout and copywriting for Internet and Intranet communications.

This is an urgent requirement and will interview and start as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

South East / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/CS001

Head of Internal Communications, London

Head of Internal Communications is required by our client a large Blue Chip Organisation. They are looking for somebody who is capable of implenting an Internal Communications Strategy for a global organisation.

You will be leading the design, development and implementation of internal communications strategy to support all areas of the business.

You will get involved in all Social Media projects, collaboration, Intranet portals, content sent out to the organisation. This is an exciting opportunity to head up a new team, and to implement processes with the latest technologies for a start up type organisation. For more information please send me your CV and I will be in contact as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/HOIC001

Intranet Manager, Digital, London.

Intranet Manager is required by our client a large Blue Chip Organisation. They are looking for somebody who is capable of implenting an Intranet Strategy for a global organisation. You will get involved in Social Media projects, collaboration, intranet portals.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a new team, and to implement processes with the latest technologies for a start up type organisation.

For more information please send me your CV and I will be in contact as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/IM001

Content Manager -Publishing

Content Manager is required for my client who are who are an international e-commerce company seek an experienced book industry professional to manage the relationships with content providers and rights owner, maintaining an understanding of their upcoming titles and working with them to identify new opportunities. They will also liaise directly with Merchandising to prioritise titles for promotion on the website and externally via emails and social media..

The primary responsibilities will be Account Management, Content Processing including ownership of workflow and production goals and responsibility for the publishing schedule and Internal Communications- manage the regular communication of all key titles newsworthy content and email communications. Respond to customer care queries on all content requests and issues. Liaise with Finance to verify the accuracy of quarterly and monthly provider reports. Work with Content Acquisition Managers to ensure seamless processing of all exclusive content.

Requirements / Qualifications

Significant experience in trade book or audiobook publishing
Experience in creating innovative products and promotions.
Strong negotiation and organisational skills.
Experienced in presentation and communication.
Fluency in Excel and MS Word
Ability to thrive in a high-energy entrepreneurial environment

Content Manager -Publishing

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Content

HR Systems Consultant - Greenfield- up to £800 a day

A major Blue Chip organisation with substantial financial backing requires an experienced HR Systems and Transformation specialist who can play a key role in the set-up of HR systems, processes and the introduction of a long term strategy, in the midst of the set-up of a new Digital division within the UK.

The HR specialist will be responsible for implementing group-wide systems, processes and will be a member of the team building the UK Digital Group from scratch.

You will have a broad technical understanding of HR technologies as well as prior experience within the Digital or Online space and ideally have experience of managing and building your own team.

This is an excellent opportunity to play a pivotal role in a high profile organisation, with potentially an immediate start.

London / Permanent / Ref: FHR

Salesforce.com Consultant | Telecoms

An experienced salesforce.com consultant is needed for a leading telecoms company.

You will be working very closely with internal/external clients and third parties. You will be responsible for the overall architecture and technical solution design, assisting and guiding the team in the preparation of needed project artifact You will also be responsible for the effective and accurate use of salesforce CRM for solution architecture and solution implementation.

Alexander Ash is a recruitment agency and staffing business.

South East / Permanent / Ref: 200052

Virtualisation Specialist - Leading Consultancy - UK

An enthusiastic Engineer with solid experience in Virtualisation is required for one of our clients; a leading global consultancy.

The Virtualisation Specialist will work on site for major clients around the UK and will be providing virtualisation implementation services and support. You will be tasked to deliver and review virtualisation technology diagnosis, assist in the development of high-level designs and perform virtualisation technology build, test and implementation.

You will have experience in implementing large-scal physical-to-virtual and virtual-to-virtual migration projects and troubleshooting virtualisation installations.You must be VCP qualified and have used tools such as VMware, Platespin or Hyper-V.

This is an excellent opportunity to further your career within a world-class consultancy. This is a growing part of the business due to increase in demand from customers, and you will have the opportunity to work with the latest technologies.

These are urgent opportunities to interview and start immediately.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Midlands / Permanent / Ref: 1864

Networks Engineer | Leading Consultancy | UK

A leading Consultancy is looking for a Network Engineer who will be responsible for the design, implementation and support of large corporate network infrastructures covering both LANs and WANs, working at a detailed level on all major network device types (firewall, router, switch, load balancer).

Operating within a multi-client, multi-datacentre environment, the Network Engineer is expected to have and build skills as a generalist; flexible and capable of working on any aspect of network design and support.

The Networks Engineer will be expected to occasionally provide out of hours and on-call support, work unsociable hours and be flexible to work off-site for short periods.

The successful candidate will be at least CCNA or CCNP qualified and have solid experience in designing, implementing and supporting large corporate or datacenter networks. You must also have hands-on network support experience; preferably in a multi-client, service provider environment and possessc good all-round technical knowledge of LAN/WAN network equipment, technologies, protocols and communication standards. In depth knowledge and experience of Firewall systems is needed as well as experience of network design and IP addressing architectures. Experience of virtualisayion will be advantageous as well as knowledge of ITIL processes and Server and PC operating systems.

If you have the required skills and experience and would like to discuss this opportunity further, please call 02076888509

Midlands / Permanent / Ref: 1863

HR Systems Consultant - Greenfield- up to £800 a day

A major Blue Chip organisation with substantial financial backing requires an experienced HR Systems and Transformation specialist who can play a key role in the set-up of HR systems, processes and the introduction of a long term strategy, in the midst of the set-up of a new Digital division within the UK.

The HR specialist will be responsible for implementing group-wide systems, processes and will be a member of the team building the UK Digital Group from scratch.

You will have a broad technical understanding of HR technologies as well as prior experience within the Digital or Online space and ideally have experience of managing and building your own team.

This is an excellent opportunity to play a pivotal role in a high profile organisation, with potentially an immediate start.

London / Permanent / Ref: FHR

Business Process Consultant- Digital & Online

My client who is a global blue chip client is looking for a high calibre Business Process Consultant with extensive experience within the Digital & Online sector. You will be joining a new division of an established multinational company who will be competing against the likes of Google, Facebook and Twitter. As such you must have worked for a top level e-commerce company with cutting edge technologies and processes.

This is an urgent requirement and the suitable candidate will be given an immediate start so please apply now for immediate consideration

Business Process Consultant- Digital & Online

London / Contract / Ref: BPR- Digital

Digital Director - London - Interim

Our client, a major blue chip organisation, have a number of opportunities available for senior interim hires to play a key role in the development of a new Digital & Online division within their London offices. The products and services planned for this group span across web-TV, mobile applications, social media, and so on - with this, they are looking for Director-level candidates to provide guidance and leadership to these areas.

You will assist in developing and pushing forward roadmaps, strategies, processes (HR and technical) and programmes to assist this organisation to grow their digital capabilities over the coming months and years, interfacing with a number of third parties, internal stakeholders etc.

You will have a number of years experience in major digital, ecommerce & online organisations, acting as an advisor, implementer and leader in the set up of processes, procedures and building large teams from scratch.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an organisation at a key time in their development. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Contract / Ref: AA/AP/C/DIGDIREC

Senior Product Manager

Senior Product Manager is required for my client which is market leading e-commerce organization. They are looking for an exceptional candidate to invent and shape new products, initially working on a cutting edge advertising program. This is the perfect opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a creative, fast-paced Agile environment, has a strong bias for action and relishes owning projects from end-to-end. The ideal candidate will have a technical background (e.g. former software engineer) and have gained experience in product management and/or business analysis, financial modeling and leadership.

Senior Product Manager Responsibilities:

Think strategically, anticipate future trends, develop product roadmaps, and deliver on those plans.
Constantly invent and evaluate new product ideas.
Deliver financial modeling and sophisticated metrics analysis.
Manage resources and feature prioritization across multiple products and feel comfortable working with technical teams to make decisions about complex problems.
Work cross-functionally to manage bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make trade-offs, balance the business needs versus technical constraints, and maximize business benefit while building great customer experiences.
Able to confidently present to senior leadership as well as other large audiences.

The ability to work at all levels in the organization, with no job being considered too large or small.
* Strong track record of delivering initiatives from conception through completion on time, within budget and on or beyond scope.
* Strong track record of innovation and shaping a product roadmap.
* Strong track record of leading and developing teams.
* Sophisticated financial modeling skills.
* Sound business judgment as well as ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope technical requirements and prioritize.
* Ability to understand and articulate technical architecture to managers, architects and engineers.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills are crucial, proven ability to influence others internally and externally and experience partnering in a world-wide organization.
* Must be able and willing to think and act strategically and tactically.
Online advertising experience.
Previous experience as a software engineer or technical architect.
MBA or Finance qualification advantageous.
Advanced statistical analysis skills.

The ideal candidate will have a technical background (e.g. former software engineer) and have gained experience in product management and/or business analysis, financial modeling and leadership. Online advertising experience would also be a great advantage.

Senior Product Manager

Scotland / Permanent / Ref: SS Senior Prod Man

Role: Online Delivery Manager XP-Agile
Salary: £75k + up to 35% Bonus + Car allowance

Online Delivery Manager XP-Agile is required by my client who is a Global Technology Organisation.
They are looking for an individual with a very strong online development background and a keen interest in technology. You will be a subject matter expert working with the latest XP development practices and good technical experience in this area is a must as you will be involved at all levels from hands-on to dealing with senior management.

The successful candidate will be managing large teams of individuals to ensure that all internal business units will be supported with the latest technologies to meet their demand.

You will need to ensure that the current XP Practices are maintained, as well as ensuring new developments are delivered using Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Automated testing. There will also be the opportunity to champion and introduce new technologies and methodologies to the organisation.

As well as being a managerial role, there will be a strong element of maintaining your hands on capabilities. You will be working very closely with the Online Delivery team to ensure the correct resources are available for various scrum teams being built, as well as ensuring that developers are equipped with the correct tools to perform the roles to the best of their capabilities.

You will be required to work with various business units to understand their business requirements, and translate these back to the development teams, and ensure that they are delivered.

Online Delivery Manager XP-Agile

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS ECOMM DEV MAN

Lead Delivery Manager

My client has a requirement for a lead delivery manager to work within the IT Systems domain. You will be responsible for delivering a 2-3 year roadmap and work closely with IT strategy creating a plan to deliver a model of excellence across Billing, Online and Wholesale-Services.

The position has arose as the previous delivery lead was very short term focused with little vision beyond a three month period and concentrated his efforts on the billing sector neglecting the rest of the IT systems. A background in Cloud computing is desired as this is an area that the company see significant opportunities within but this is not essential as long as you are a confident, innovative individual who can drive through a clear vision. The role will grow as the client increase their footprint and develop services within FS,Insurance Healthcare etc.

To be successful in this position you will need a strong understanding of service architecture and service strategy and understand the changes that must be implemented to achieve an excellent delivery models and how to manage the process to achieve this.

Lead Delivery Manager

North West / Permanent / Ref: SS Lead Delivery

Sales - Online Advertising

My client seeks sales professionals to help develop and grow their new advertising sales channel. Specifically, candidates will be responsible for generating revenue by negotiating a broad range of advertising deals. A consultative selling style is desired, coupled with the structure and organizational skills needed to drive a long sales cycle. Candidates must feel comfortable prospecting, cold-calling, and negotiating in person and via phone on both transactional and high value/exposure deals. An ability to identify, develop and manage a valuable prospect list based on our standard product offerings is crucial. In addition to having excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail, and good follow-through, the ideal candidates will be self-motivated and highly goal-oriented in order to achieve ambitious targets.

Responsibilities:

Build and manage an active sales pipeline to ensure that revenue targets will be met
o Present and sell all advertising products including brand placements, targeting and direct response advertising.
o Grow and deepen the agency relationships and your understanding of the clients and industries they service.
o Collaborate with Account Managers to provide the highest level of customer service is provided to all clients
Qualifications:
* Substantial relevant online advertising sales experience familiarity and knowledge of the media agencies industry is essential. Knowledge of their clients a bonus
* Significant sales experience;
* Demonstrated ability to close sales and generate revenues
o Strong track record of high level negotiation and successful internal and external relationship management
o Strong analytical abilities
o Ability to interact with a broad set of businesses and presenting both over the phone and in person
o University degree required

Sales- Online Advertising

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Sales Online

Release Manager - ITIL - eCommerce

Release Manager is required urgently for our client, a leading eCommerce organisation. You will be responsible for reviewing existing release management processes, leading change, and also managing a team of developers and deployment groups internally.

You will also be responsible for release management activities within a team performing high volume software releases into a live environment. Therefore, this organisation requires an individual who can work to tight SLAs and timelines, with a structured, ITIL approach, and the ability to communicate effectively with technical teams. Experience within fast-paced, high availability systems environments is required, as is (ideally) previous exposure to eCommerce and Retail businesses.

You will be highly communicative, and will ideally have a strong knowledge of application development (SQL, Java, HTML, .NET experience in particular), as well as a broad knowledge of Release Management tools, processes.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as a recruitment agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/RELMGRP

Support Manager - Salesforce/SaaS/Cloud Services

Our client, a major blue chip organisation, require an experienced Support Manager with a strong background in SaaS, Salesforce or Cloud services, to build and manage a new technical support function for their UK operations.

You will be responsible for building a team of Salesforce, CRM and SaaS support analysts, who will be dealing with 1st and 2nd line support issues internally for this organisation across the UK, including the ongoing delivery of appropriate processes and recruitment of the team. The Support Manager will also be responsible for building key stakeholder relationships across the business, and acting as a conduit when it comes to projects or change in Salesforce, CRM systems or SaaS internally.

You will be an experienced Support Manager with a solid technical understanding across Software as a Service - Salesforce would be preferred. An ITIL background is preferred, and you will ideally come from a background of working in a large blue chip environment previously.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a rapidly expanding organisation at a pivotal time in their development. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

South East / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/SUPMGRSAAS

Principal Service Manager - IT Strategy

Our client, a global Telecoms & Technology organisation, require a Principal Service Delivery Manager to play a key role in this organisations development. You will be responsible for delivering a 2-3 year roadmap and work closely with IT strategy creating a plan to deliver a model of excellence across a large percentage of their systems.

As part of a major change & growth programme, this organisation require a Service Delivery expert to lead Service Strategy & Architecture transformation over the next few years, as well as manage/lead a team of Service Managers on a daily basis. This role will require strong relationship and consulting skills, as well as a previous experience of running application services (including Online, Billing, Wholesale etc).

You will have a strong Service Delivery, Service Architecture and leadership background, ideally with a strong ITIL v2/v3 knowledge, as well as an understanding of SaaS/Cloud services, and the ability to build strong relationships with CXO level stakeholders.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

Rest of Europe / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/PRISERVMGRL

Flash Designer - Global E-Commerce Brand

Online Flash Designer is required for my client who are a world leading E-commerce site. They are seeking a talented and passionate interactive advertising designer to create innovative advertising experiences for global brands.

Your primary focus will be to design innovative rich media experiences for online advertising campaigns and to design cutting-edge rich media advertising products and experiences for the world's leading advertisers on a global basis. You will be a Flash Designer who is a customer-obsessed, detail-oriented, and enthusiastic team player.

You will ideally have experience working ain an interactive agency environment, and be able to back up your work with an online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating strong visual design skills and experience creating great rich media advertising experiences. You will require excellent knowledge of Flash, Photoshop and the Adobe Creative Suite Fluent, be fluent in Actionscript 2 and 3 and good working knowledge of HMTL, CSS and Javascript.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Contract / Ref: 1885

Sales - Online Advertising

My client seeks sales professionals to help develop and grow their new advertising sales channel. Specifically, candidates will be responsible for generating revenue by negotiating a broad range of advertising deals. A consultative selling style is desired, coupled with the structure and organizational skills needed to drive a long sales cycle. Candidates must feel comfortable prospecting, cold-calling, and negotiating in person and via phone on both transactional and high value/exposure deals. An ability to identify, develop and manage a valuable prospect list based on our standard product offerings is crucial. In addition to having excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail, and good follow-through, the ideal candidates will be self-motivated and highly goal-oriented in order to achieve ambitious targets.

Responsibilities:

Build and manage an active sales pipeline to ensure that revenue targets will be met
o Present and sell all advertising products including brand placements, targeting and direct response advertising.
o Grow and deepen the agency relationships and your understanding of the clients and industries they service.
o Collaborate with Account Managers to provide the highest level of customer service is provided to all clients
Qualifications:
* Substantial relevant online advertising sales experience familiarity and knowledge of the media agencies industry is essential. Knowledge of their clients a bonus
* Significant sales experience;
* Demonstrated ability to close sales and generate revenues
o Strong track record of high level negotiation and successful internal and external relationship management
o Strong analytical abilities
o Ability to interact with a broad set of businesses and presenting both over the phone and in person
o University degree required

Sales- Online Advertising

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Sales Online

Account Manager - Advertising Sales

My client is looking for a creative, detail-oriented, and highly-motivated Sales Account Manager to work with the sales team to drive revenue by creating smart, effective campaigns for new and repeat advertisers in response to both RFPs and prospecting opportunities. To do this, the Sales Account Manager will have a deep understanding of display advertising products, technical/operational capabilities, and when/how we can create custom opportunities, as well as the ability to synthesize this into a concise and compelling presentation. In addition to working closely with the sales team, the Sales Account Manager will interact with the Display Advertising product development, operations, and technology teams; other business units; and advertising agencies/clients.

Account Manager - Advertising Sales responsibilities include:

Building solid relationships with advertising agencies and clients.
Responsible for overall client satisfaction; ensure their needs are met, communicate campaign progress, measure progress and proactively address issues and develop solutions.
Manage client experience post sales to ensure flawless execution and high renewal rate - this includes all aspects of advertiser campaign planning, launch execution, optimization, and campaign reporting.
Collaborating with the sales team to develop display advertising proposals that are aligned with the advertisers' objectives and budgets - this includes assessing the most appropriate product offerings/combinations; confirming product/inventory availability and pricing; coordinating with the appropriate internal stakeholders on any custom/sponsorship components; developing presentations; and upholding a high bar for presentation/proposal accuracy and quality
Serving as a source of market intelligence for other areas of the team (e.g., product development, product marketing, pricing) and helping to drive efficiencies through process improvements
Qualifications

Several years of online marketing, advertising, and/or sales experience
Creative and strategic vision to build value proposition for clients and property
Media planning capabilities (Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint; Nielsen @Plan, Ad Relevance and NetView; DART, Atlas) preferable
Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication (written and verbal) skills
Ability to work cross-functionally and with a wide range of employees with different skill sets
Bachelor's degree; emphasis in Marketing, Advertising, or Business preferred
Sound judgment and flexibility in balancing program requirements, tight deadlines, and keeping people and projects moving on schedule
Copywriting and design experience a plus

Account Manager- Advertising Sales

London / Permanent / Ref: 200063

Networks Engineer | Leading Consultancy | UK

A leading Consultancy is looking for a Network Engineer who will be responsible for the design, implementation and support of large corporate network infrastructures covering both LANs and WANs, working at a detailed level on all major network device types (firewall, router, switch, load balancer).

Operating within a multi-client, multi-datacentre environment, the Network Engineer is expected to have and build skills as a generalist; flexible and capable of working on any aspect of network design and support.

The Networks Engineer will be expected to occasionally provide out of hours and on-call support, work unsociable hours and be flexible to work off-site for short periods.

The successful candidate will be at least CCNA or CCNP qualified and have solid experience in designing, implementing and supporting large corporate or datacenter networks. You must also have hands-on network support experience; preferably in a multi-client, service provider environment and possessc good all-round technical knowledge of LAN/WAN network equipment, technologies, protocols and communication standards. In depth knowledge and experience of Firewall systems is needed as well as experience of network design and IP addressing architectures. Experience of virtualisayion will be advantageous as well as knowledge of ITIL processes and Server and PC operating systems.

If you have the required skills and experience and would like to discuss this opportunity further, please call 02076888509

Midlands / Permanent / Ref: 1863

Networks Engineer | Leading Consultancy | UK

A leading Consultancy is looking for a Network Engineer who will be responsible for the design, implementation and support of large corporate network infrastructures covering both LANs and WANs, working at a detailed level on all major network device types (firewall, router, switch, load balancer).

Operating within a multi-client, multi-datacentre environment, the Network Engineer is expected to have and build skills as a generalist; flexible and capable of working on any aspect of network design and support.

The Networks Engineer will be expected to occasionally provide out of hours and on-call support, work unsociable hours and be flexible to work off-site for short periods.

The successful candidate will be at least CCNA or CCNP qualified and have solid experience in designing, implementing and supporting large corporate or datacenter networks. You must also have hands-on network support experience; preferably in a multi-client, service provider environment and possessc good all-round technical knowledge of LAN/WAN network equipment, technologies, protocols and communication standards. In depth knowledge and experience of Firewall systems is needed as well as experience of network design and IP addressing architectures. Experience of virtualisayion will be advantageous as well as knowledge of ITIL processes and Server and PC operating systems.

If you have the required skills and experience and would like to discuss this opportunity further, please call 02076888509

Midlands / Permanent / Ref: 1863

Salesforce.com Consultant | Telecoms

An experienced salesforce.com consultant is needed for a leading telecoms company.

You will be working very closely with internal/external clients and third parties. You will be responsible for the overall architecture and technical solution design, assisting and guiding the team in the preparation of needed project artifact You will also be responsible for the effective and accurate use of salesforce CRM for solution architecture and solution implementation.

Alexander Ash is a recruitment agency and staffing business.

South East / Permanent / Ref: 200052

Lotus Notes Developer - Digital Agency

Our client, a digital agency, require an experienced Lotus Notes Developer to play a key role in a large project of work with a blue-chip client.

The Lotus Notes Developer will develop, maintain and document Lotus Notes client and web applications in the midst of this project/programme, and will also be called upon to administer Lotus Domino servers. You will also be required to act as an interface with customers, and liaise with their internal technical teams.

You will have worked in fast-paced environments previously, and you will have experience with Lotus Notes version 6.5 - 8.5. This is an urgent requirement due to the nature of this project of work.

Alexander Ash Consulting are acting as an agency.

London / Contract / Ref: AA/AP/LOTN1

Lead Delivery Manager

My client has a requirement for a lead delivery manager to work within the IT Systems domain. You will be responsible for delivering a 2-3 year roadmap and work closely with IT strategy creating a plan to deliver a model of excellence across Billing, Online and Wholesale-Services.

The position has arose as the previous delivery lead was very short term focused with little vision beyond a three month period and concentrated his efforts on the billing sector neglecting the rest of the IT systems. A background in Cloud computing is desired as this is an area that the company see significant opportunities within but this is not essential as long as you are a confident, innovative individual who can drive through a clear vision. The role will grow as the client increase their footprint and develop services within FS,Insurance Healthcare etc.

To be successful in this position you will need a strong understanding of service architecture and service strategy and understand the changes that must be implemented to achieve an excellent delivery models and how to manage the process to achieve this.

Lead Delivery Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Lead Delivery

Forefront UAG Expert, Home Based / Europe Travel

Forefront UAG expert is required by our client who are a large global outsourcer. This is a very exciting global project to be involved in. You will be required to carry out designs in relation to complete SQL setup to support large scale SharePoint farms, capacity planning, multiple databases and multiple instances, failover and Disaster recovery, performance, sizing and scalability. You will need assist with selection of an appropriate architecture Security concept for authorization on the SQL and SharePoint environment, conduct workshops and clarification meetings with all involved parties on above mentioned concepts and must possess excellent presentation and communications skills.

You will need to have good technical knowledge with Microsoft Forefront UAG, SQL server 2005, Microsoft SQL server 2008 and R2. Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007), Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS 3.0) architecture and operations knowledge.

You will need to have carried out large (global) SQL (and SharePoint) deployments in dispersed environments.

This is an urgent contract role to interview and start immediately.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: 200054

SQL Server Engineer, Sharepoint, Forefront UAG, Home Based / Europe Travel

SQL Server and Sharepoint Engineer is required by our client who are a large global outsourcer. You will be required to carry out designs in relation to complete SQL setup to support large scale SharePoint farms, capacity planning, multiple databases and multiple instances, failover and Disaster recovery, performance, sizing and scalability. You will need assist with selection of an appropriate architecture Security concept for authorization on the SQL and SharePoint environment, conduct workshops and clarification meetings with all involved parties on above mentioned concepts and must possess excellent presentation and communications skills.

You will need to have good technical knowledge with Microsoft SQL server 2005, Microsoft SQL server 2008 and R2. Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007), Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS 3.0) architecture and operations knowledge. You will need to be an expert in SQL but has also deep knowledge of SQL in relation to SharePoint.
You will need to have carried out large (global) SQL (and SharePoint) deployments in dispersed environments.

This is an urgent contract role to interview and start immediately.
Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Contract / Ref: 200054

Workplace Consultant, London or Manchester Based, Leading Technolog Organisation.

Workplace consultants are required by my client a who enjoy delivering transformational change within workplace environments with the hottest trends in IT.

These technologies could be based around Cloud Computing, Mobile Technologies, Social Networking, Collaboration, working on all the latest Tablets, with a client list that is made up of the majority of the FTSE 100.

Workplace consultants will need to be able to engage with clients / customers with excellent presentation and communication skills. You will need to be able to work autonumously as well as in a technical project environment, and have exposure to the full project lifecycle as well as structured project methodologies such as Prince 2 or PMP.

You will be able to get involved in developing high level designs which support technology solutions, drive technology architecture, workplace transformation build, test and implementation activities, work across industry and learn from some of the best consultants in the industry in the Workplace arena.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take your career to the next level with an organisation that invests heavily in its workforce, and if you have a passion about technology in the workplace, to be involved in some exciting and leading edge technology breakthroughs.

These opportunities will interview and start quickly. If you are interested and would like to have more of an indepth conversation please contact Ram Basra on ram.basra@alexanderash.com in the first instance, and I will be in contact straight away. Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/WC003

Salesforce.com Consultant | Telecoms

An experienced salesforce.com consultant is needed for a leading telecoms company.

You will be working very closely with internal/external clients and third parties. You will be responsible for the overall architecture and technical solution design, assisting and guiding the team in the preparation of needed project artifact You will also be responsible for the effective and accurate use of salesforce CRM for solution architecture and solution implementation.

Alexander Ash is a recruitment agency and staffing business.

South East / Permanent / Ref: 200052

Principal Service Architect/ Management Consultant - Global Telecoms Company

Principal Service Architect/Service Management Consultant is required by our client, a global Telecommunications organisation, to engage with senior stakeholders and business users and drive through a major 2-3 year transformation programme based around Service Management processes. In a "customer" focussed role, the Service Management Consultant/Service Architect will play a key role in ITIL process design, ITSM tool assessment and requirements definition activities & developing transition approaches.

You will highly customer facing, and be involved in gathering requirements as well as having the gravitas to push IT Strategy and Service Management projects through to completion. You will come from an Outsourcing and Consultancy background. ITIL v3 experience will be preferred, and candidates must have 8+ years experience in the UK, and ideally previous experience in the Telecoms space.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

South East / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/PRISERVMGR

Networks Engineer | Leading Consultancy | UK

A leading Consultancy is looking for a Network Engineer who will be responsible for the design, implementation and support of large corporate network infrastructures covering both LANs and WANs, working at a detailed level on all major network device types (firewall, router, switch, load balancer).

Operating within a multi-client, multi-datacentre environment, the Network Engineer is expected to have and build skills as a generalist; flexible and capable of working on any aspect of network design and support.

The Networks Engineer will be expected to occasionally provide out of hours and on-call support, work unsociable hours and be flexible to work off-site for short periods.

The successful candidate will be at least CCNA or CCNP qualified and have solid experience in designing, implementing and supporting large corporate or datacenter networks. You must also have hands-on network support experience; preferably in a multi-client, service provider environment and possessc good all-round technical knowledge of LAN/WAN network equipment, technologies, protocols and communication standards. In depth knowledge and experience of Firewall systems is needed as well as experience of network design and IP addressing architectures. Experience of virtualisayion will be advantageous as well as knowledge of ITIL processes and Server and PC operating systems.

If you have the required skills and experience and would like to discuss this opportunity further, please call 02076888509

Midlands / Permanent / Ref: 1863

Information Security Consultant, London based.

Information Security Consultants are required by my client a large global consultancy. They are looking for individuals to come and join an established practice that is growing due to a continual increase in demand from there clients.

They are looking for consultants with an understanding of Information Security gained through relevant work experience in one or more of the following areas:

Design and implementation of enterprise security architectures; Implementing security solutions (infrastructure and/or application) including the design, configuration, development, testing and deployment of security-related technologies such as IDS/IPS, Data Loss Prevention, Digital Rights Management, Network Access Control; Completion of risk assessments, ISO27001 assessments, PCI DSS assessments, SAS70 audits or accreditation, and execution of security roadmap and remediation planning; Definition and development of security control designs including those required to support external regulations and Design and implementation of security processes.

It would be highly desirable if you have a consulting background, but not essential. This is a great opportunity to further your career by working on some exciting projects.

You must be able to offer full mobility to work on projects which could be based anywhere in the UK.

Alexander Ash is a staffing company and business.

London / Permanent / Ref: 1693

Virtualisation Specialist - Leading Consultancy - UK

An enthusiastic Engineer with solid experience in Virtualisation is required for one of our clients; a leading global consultancy.

The Virtualisation Specialist will work on site for major clients around the UK and will be providing virtualisation implementation services and support. You will be tasked to deliver and review virtualisation technology diagnosis, assist in the development of high-level designs and perform virtualisation technology build, test and implementation.

You will have experience in implementing large-scal physical-to-virtual and virtual-to-virtual migration projects and troubleshooting virtualisation installations.You must be VCP qualified and have used tools such as VMware, Platespin or Hyper-V.

This is an excellent opportunity to further your career within a world-class consultancy. This is a growing part of the business due to increase in demand from customers, and you will have the opportunity to work with the latest technologies.

These are urgent opportunities to interview and start immediately.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Midlands / Permanent / Ref: 1864

Development Manager is required by our client a Global Technology Organisation.

They are looking for an individual with a very strong online development background, and a very keen interest in technology. This is a great opportunity to work with the latest XP development practices, good technical experience in this area is a must, as well as working with the latest development technologies whether they be front end or back end.

The successful candidate will be managing large teams of individuals to ensure that all internal business units will be supported with the latest technologies to meet there demand.

You will need to ensure that the current XP Practices are maintained, as well as ensuring new developments are delivered using Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Automated testing. There will also be the opportunity to champion and introduce new technologies and methodologies to the organisation.

As well as being a managerial role, there will be a strong element of maintaining your hands on capabilities. You will be working very closely with the Online Delivery team to ensure the correct resources are available for various scrum teams being built, as well as ensuring that developers are equipped with the correct tools to perform the roles to the best of there capabilities.

You will be required to work with various business units to understand there business requirements, and translate these back to the development teams, and ensure that they are delivered.

This is a great opportunity to join a leading edge technology organisation. For more information please contact Ram Basra on ram.basra@alexanderash.com

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

South East / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/devmgr001

Role: E-Commerce Development / Delivery Manager

Salary: £75k + up to 35% Bonus + Car allowance

E-Commerce Development Manager is required by my client who is a Global Technology Organisation.
They are looking for an individual with a very strong online development background and a keen interest in technology. You will be a subject matter expert working with the latest XP development practices and good technical experience in this area is a must as you will be involved at all levels from hands-on to dealing with senior management.

The successful candidate will be managing large teams of individuals to ensure that all internal business units will be supported with the latest technologies to meet their demand.

You will need to ensure that the current XP Practices are maintained, as well as ensuring new developments are delivered using Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Automated testing. There will also be the opportunity to champion and introduce new technologies and methodologies to the organisation.

As well as being a managerial role, there will be a strong element of maintaining your hands on capabilities. You will be working very closely with the Online Delivery team to ensure the correct resources are available for various scrum teams being built, as well as ensuring that developers are equipped with the correct tools to perform the roles to the best of their capabilities.

You will be required to work with various business units to understand their business requirements, and translate these back to the development teams, and ensure that they are delivered.

E-Commerce Development / Delivery Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS ECOMM DEV MAN

Change Manager/Consultant -

Our client, a global telecoms organisation require Change Managers/Consultants to play a key role in their HR transformation programmes.

Acting as a key client interface throughout the end-to-end delivery phases you will lead teams of staff to ensure leading practices in IS methods/standards and technology based around ERP & SAP systems are appropriately implemented and changed to specific requirements.

You will have a track record of Change Managing a range of technology projects & programmes and will have prior experience of building strong relationships with C-level stakeholders. A background in a Consultancy capacity is beneficial, although regardless, you will be highly communicative with technical and non-technical audiences.

Change Manager/Consultant

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Change Man

Senior Product Manager

Senior Product Manager is required for my client which is market leading e-commerce organization. They are looking for an exceptional candidate to invent and shape new products, initially working on a cutting edge advertising program. This is the perfect opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a creative, fast-paced Agile environment, has a strong bias for action and relishes owning projects from end-to-end. The ideal candidate will have a technical background (e.g. former software engineer) and have gained experience in product management and/or business analysis, financial modeling and leadership.

Senior Product Manager Responsibilities:

Think strategically, anticipate future trends, develop product roadmaps, and deliver on those plans.
Constantly invent and evaluate new product ideas.
Deliver financial modeling and sophisticated metrics analysis.
Manage resources and feature prioritization across multiple products and feel comfortable working with technical teams to make decisions about complex problems.
Work cross-functionally to manage bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make trade-offs, balance the business needs versus technical constraints, and maximize business benefit while building great customer experiences.
Able to confidently present to senior leadership as well as other large audiences.

The ability to work at all levels in the organization, with no job being considered too large or small.
* Strong track record of delivering initiatives from conception through completion on time, within budget and on or beyond scope.
* Strong track record of innovation and shaping a product roadmap.
* Strong track record of leading and developing teams.
* Sophisticated financial modeling skills.
* Sound business judgment as well as ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope technical requirements and prioritize.
* Ability to understand and articulate technical architecture to managers, architects and engineers.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills are crucial, proven ability to influence others internally and externally and experience partnering in a world-wide organization.
* Must be able and willing to think and act strategically and tactically.
Online advertising experience.
Previous experience as a software engineer or technical architect.
MBA or Finance qualification advantageous.
Advanced statistical analysis skills.

The ideal candidate will have a technical background (e.g. former software engineer) and have gained experience in product management and/or business analysis, financial modeling and leadership. Online advertising experience would also be a great advantage.

Senior Product Manager

Scotland / Permanent / Ref: SS Senior Prod Man

Development Manager is required by our client a Global Technology Organisation.

They are looking for an individual with a very strong online development background, and a very keen interest in technology. This is a great opportunity to work with the latest XP development practices, good technical experience in this area is a must, as well as working with the latest development technologies whether they be front end or back end.

The successful candidate will be managing large teams of individuals to ensure that all internal business units will be supported with the latest technologies to meet there demand.

You will need to ensure that the current XP Practices are maintained, as well as ensuring new developments are delivered using Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Automated testing. There will also be the opportunity to champion and introduce new technologies and methodologies to the organisation.

As well as being a managerial role, there will be a strong element of maintaining your hands on capabilities. You will be working very closely with the Online Delivery team to ensure the correct resources are available for various scrum teams being built, as well as ensuring that developers are equipped with the correct tools to perform the roles to the best of there capabilities.

You will be required to work with various business units to understand there business requirements, and translate these back to the development teams, and ensure that they are delivered.

This is a great opportunity to join a leading edge technology organisation. For more information please contact Ram Basra on ram.basra@alexanderash.com

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

South East / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/devmgr001

Virtualisation Specialist - Leading Consultancy - UK

An enthusiastic Engineer with solid experience in Virtualisation is required for one of our clients; a leading global consultancy.

The Virtualisation Specialist will work on site for major clients around the UK and will be providing virtualisation implementation services and support. You will be tasked to deliver and review virtualisation technology diagnosis, assist in the development of high-level designs and perform virtualisation technology build, test and implementation.

You will have experience in implementing large-scal physical-to-virtual and virtual-to-virtual migration projects and troubleshooting virtualisation installations.You must be VCP qualified and have used tools such as VMware, Platespin or Hyper-V.

This is an excellent opportunity to further your career within a world-class consultancy. This is a growing part of the business due to increase in demand from customers, and you will have the opportunity to work with the latest technologies.

These are urgent opportunities to interview and start immediately.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Midlands / Permanent / Ref: 1864

Information Security Consultant, London based.

Information Security Consultants are required by my client a large global consultancy. They are looking for individuals to come and join an established practice that is growing due to a continual increase in demand from there clients.

They are looking for consultants with an understanding of Information Security gained through relevant work experience in one or more of the following areas:

Design and implementation of enterprise security architectures; Implementing security solutions (infrastructure and/or application) including the design, configuration, development, testing and deployment of security-related technologies such as IDS/IPS, Data Loss Prevention, Digital Rights Management, Network Access Control; Completion of risk assessments, ISO27001 assessments, PCI DSS assessments, SAS70 audits or accreditation, and execution of security roadmap and remediation planning; Definition and development of security control designs including those required to support external regulations and Design and implementation of security processes.

It would be highly desirable if you have a consulting background, but not essential. This is a great opportunity to further your career by working on some exciting projects.

You must be able to offer full mobility to work on projects which could be based anywhere in the UK.

Alexander Ash is a staffing company and business.

London / Permanent / Ref: 1693

Change Manager/Consultant -

Our client, a global telecoms organisation require Change Managers/Consultants to play a key role in their HR transformation programmes.

Acting as a key client interface throughout the end-to-end delivery phases you will lead teams of staff to ensure leading practices in IS methods/standards and technology based around ERP & SAP systems are appropriately implemented and changed to specific requirements.

You will have a track record of Change Managing a range of technology projects & programmes and will have prior experience of building strong relationships with C-level stakeholders. A background in a Consultancy capacity is beneficial, although regardless, you will be highly communicative with technical and non-technical audiences.

Change Manager/Consultant

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Change Man

Helpdesk Lead - eCommerce/SaaS - London

Helpdesk Lead is required by our client, an international eCommerce consultancy, to play a key role in the leadership of 2nd line support for customers.

Working with Account and technical support teams, the Helpdesk Lead will troubleshoot issues and provide regular updates and feedback on all open customer issues, and will act as a single point of contact with senior stakeholders. Leading second level support teams, you will act as an escalation point for large issues, before assigning them to Unix, SQL, SaaS and eCommerce teams. The Helpdesk Lead will be also mentor helpdesk and service desk staff both technically and operationally.

The Helpdesk Lead will be prepared to work in customer-focussed, ITIL environments with strict SLAs. You will have a strong eCommerce background, and understand technologies such as SQL, Javascript, HTML and Unix, as well as industry best practices and systems infrastructure.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a rapidly growing organisation - Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as a recruitment consultancy.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/HLPDSKLED

Role: E-Commerce Development / Delivery Manager

Salary: £75k + up to 35% Bonus + Car allowance

E-Commerce Development Manager is required by my client who is a Global Technology Organisation.
They are looking for an individual with a very strong online development background and a keen interest in technology. You will be a subject matter expert working with the latest XP development practices and good technical experience in this area is a must as you will be involved at all levels from hands-on to dealing with senior management.

The successful candidate will be managing large teams of individuals to ensure that all internal business units will be supported with the latest technologies to meet their demand.

You will need to ensure that the current XP Practices are maintained, as well as ensuring new developments are delivered using Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Automated testing. There will also be the opportunity to champion and introduce new technologies and methodologies to the organisation.

As well as being a managerial role, there will be a strong element of maintaining your hands on capabilities. You will be working very closely with the Online Delivery team to ensure the correct resources are available for various scrum teams being built, as well as ensuring that developers are equipped with the correct tools to perform the roles to the best of their capabilities.

You will be required to work with various business units to understand their business requirements, and translate these back to the development teams, and ensure that they are delivered.

E-Commerce Development / Delivery Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS ECOMM DEV MAN

Development Manager is required by our client a Global Technology Organisation.

They are looking for an individual with a very strong online development background, and a very keen interest in technology. This is a great opportunity to work with the latest XP development practices, good technical experience in this area is a must, as well as working with the latest development technologies whether they be front end or back end.

The successful candidate will be managing large teams of individuals to ensure that all internal business units will be supported with the latest technologies to meet there demand.

You will need to ensure that the current XP Practices are maintained, as well as ensuring new developments are delivered using Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Automated testing. There will also be the opportunity to champion and introduce new technologies and methodologies to the organisation.

As well as being a managerial role, there will be a strong element of maintaining your hands on capabilities. You will be working very closely with the Online Delivery team to ensure the correct resources are available for various scrum teams being built, as well as ensuring that developers are equipped with the correct tools to perform the roles to the best of there capabilities.

You will be required to work with various business units to understand there business requirements, and translate these back to the development teams, and ensure that they are delivered.

This is a great opportunity to join a leading edge technology organisation. For more information please contact Ram Basra on ram.basra@alexanderash.com

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

South East / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/devmgr001

Release Manager - ITIL - eCommerce

Release Manager is required urgently for our client, a leading eCommerce organisation. You will be responsible for reviewing existing release management processes, leading change, and also managing a team of developers and deployment groups internally.

You will also be responsible for release management activities within a team performing high volume software releases into a live environment. Therefore, this organisation requires an individual who can work to tight SLAs and timelines, with a structured, ITIL approach, and the ability to communicate effectively with technical teams. Experience within fast-paced, high availability systems environments is required, as is (ideally) previous exposure to eCommerce and Retail businesses.

You will be highly communicative, and will ideally have a strong knowledge of application development (SQL, Java, HTML, .NET experience in particular), as well as a broad knowledge of Release Management tools, processes.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as a recruitment agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/RELMGRP

Virtualisation Specialist - Leading Consultancy - UK

An enthusiastic Engineer with solid experience in Virtualisation is required for one of our clients; a leading global consultancy.

The Virtualisation Specialist will work on site for major clients around the UK and will be providing virtualisation implementation services and support. You will be tasked to deliver and review virtualisation technology diagnosis, assist in the development of high-level designs and perform virtualisation technology build, test and implementation.

You will have experience in implementing large-scal physical-to-virtual and virtual-to-virtual migration projects and troubleshooting virtualisation installations.You must be VCP qualified and have used tools such as VMware, Platespin or Hyper-V.

This is an excellent opportunity to further your career within a world-class consultancy. This is a growing part of the business due to increase in demand from customers, and you will have the opportunity to work with the latest technologies.

These are urgent opportunities to interview and start immediately.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

Midlands / Permanent / Ref: 1864

Networks Engineer | Leading Consultancy | UK

A leading Consultancy is looking for a Network Engineer who will be responsible for the design, implementation and support of large corporate network infrastructures covering both LANs and WANs, working at a detailed level on all major network device types (firewall, router, switch, load balancer).

Operating within a multi-client, multi-datacentre environment, the Network Engineer is expected to have and build skills as a generalist; flexible and capable of working on any aspect of network design and support.

The Networks Engineer will be expected to occasionally provide out of hours and on-call support, work unsociable hours and be flexible to work off-site for short periods.

The successful candidate will be at least CCNA or CCNP qualified and have solid experience in designing, implementing and supporting large corporate or datacenter networks. You must also have hands-on network support experience; preferably in a multi-client, service provider environment and possessc good all-round technical knowledge of LAN/WAN network equipment, technologies, protocols and communication standards. In depth knowledge and experience of Firewall systems is needed as well as experience of network design and IP addressing architectures. Experience of virtualisayion will be advantageous as well as knowledge of ITIL processes and Server and PC operating systems.

If you have the required skills and experience and would like to discuss this opportunity further, please call 02076888509

Midlands / Permanent / Ref: 1863

Senior Business Intelligence Manager

My client, who are a large international telecommunications businesses in the world. Are looking for a Senior Business Intelligence Manager who will play a pivotal role in their vision to drive value from analytics.

You will lead a team of internal and external analysts who will concentrate on projects aimed at exploiting commercial opportunities from customer data.

Senior Business Intelligence Manager
Responsibilities

• Managing and developing a team of 4 senior analysts - internal and external resources.
• Project identification, scoping, development and delivery
• Data analysis, consultancy and enhancing strategy.
• Resource management and project planning
• Contributing to the development of a suitable analytical environment for profitability analysis
• Making recommendations on the technical development of profitability models
• Agreeing the model development plan and appropriate reference data sources and owners

Senior Business Intelligence Manager
Technical

• Degree in a relevant Science Discipline such as Maths, Statistics or Operational Research or significant work experience in teams producing statistical analysis and statistical models.
• Statistical expert able to provide consultative expertise for the business and technical development skills for team
• Extensive working knowledge and experience in :
• Understanding of relational data models with an ability to apply analytical solutions to exploit
• Proficient in the use of SQL in Teradata and modelling and segmentation software such as SAS Enterprise Miner.
• Awareness of techniques used in CLV modelling and yield management would be advantageous
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office suite

• Customer value modelling
• Data manipulation, aggregation and development
• Exploitation of other data sources such as geo-demographics, lifestyle and credit data

Senior Business Intelligence Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS BI Manager

E-Commerce Operations Manager

My client who are a world leading e-commerce firm are searching for an E-Commerce Operations Manager to support the existing onsite account team in their operational activities as well as driving more tactical opportunities to improve their conversion and sales targets. This requires close collaboration with the Technical Account Management and the Development team.

E-Commerce Operations Manager responsibilities:

• Responsible for the weekly operations metrics around fulfillment operational goals
• Provide strategic advice around fulfillment improvement options whilst reviewing key project requests
• Responsible for the production of the weekly reporting metrics
• Responsible for key data and commentary for the to summarise the status of the account
• Identify improvements in ways of working to help improve satisfaction
• Experience in Account management, ecommerce/multi-channel, and retail in an operational/commercial/marketing capacity would be an advantage.
• Experience in data analysis for troubleshooting purposes.

E-Commerce Operations Manager

London / Permanent / Ref: SS EComm Manager

Ecommerce Architect
Our client, a market leading eCommerce organisation, require an Ecommerce Architect to manage it's current ongoing business requirements and to plan a major online platform migration. You will provide a mix of architecture, project management and client advisory services.

Facing into a key UK client, you will provide technical advisory for new website functionality, platform migrations and technology innovation. The Consultant will add value to change projects/programmes, and communicate ideas to senior stakeholders and customers.

The eCommerce Consultant will collaborate with internal teams to deliver projects and ensure operational excellence, whilst recommending functional/technical changes to the client.

A broad technical understanding across areas such as XML and Java are ideal, with experience with technologies such as ATG, Hybris and Websphere a bonus. Prior experience across the programme lifecycle from requirements gathering, solution architecture and project leadership is also required.

This is an exceptional opportunity to join a rapidly growing organisation with substantial plans for the future. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

Ecommerce Architect

London / Permanent / Ref: SS ECOMM-

Business Intelligence Consultant

My client, who are an international telecommunication businesses in the world are searching for a Business Intelligence consultant responsible for identifying, articulating and communicating Information Management and Business Intelligence requirements across Marketing and the wider business.

Business Intelligence Consultant Responsibilities

• Consult with Business Owners, User Groups, Information Consumers, and Project Teams to identify, shape and document Business Intelligence requirements.
• Document requirements to given standards, and work with both the Demand Team, and the BI Delivery team to manage those requirements into the Delivery Process.
• Support the BI Delivery Process by 'owning' those requirements and being in a position to manage any clarifications that arise through the design and development process with the business.
• Produce 'Compliance Matrices' outlining how the proposed solution will meet the requirements, and managing any gaps, issues, or decisions with the business owner and the delivery team.
• Support the Implementation process by consolidating delivery material and generating 'Business Readiness' material which explains what is being delivered in business terms.
• Support the uptake and full exploitation of the information being delivered. Ensure existing capability is understood by those who may gain value from it. Report back value generated to the Strategy Manager for ongoing tracking.
• Understand and apply Information Policies, and Architectural Principles as part of the requirements capture.
• Leadership of the Business Analysis function to ensure work loads are managed, standards are upheld, and individual projects and user groups get the support they require in line with priorities.

Business Intelligence Consultant

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS BI Consultant

Information Security Consultant, London based.

Information Security Consultants are required by my client a large global consultancy. They are looking for individuals to come and join an established practice that is growing due to a continual increase in demand from there clients.

They are looking for consultants with an understanding of Information Security gained through relevant work experience in one or more of the following areas:

Design and implementation of enterprise security architectures; Implementing security solutions (infrastructure and/or application) including the design, configuration, development, testing and deployment of security-related technologies such as IDS/IPS, Data Loss Prevention, Digital Rights Management, Network Access Control; Completion of risk assessments, ISO27001 assessments, PCI DSS assessments, SAS70 audits or accreditation, and execution of security roadmap and remediation planning; Definition and development of security control designs including those required to support external regulations and Design and implementation of security processes.

It would be highly desirable if you have a consulting background, but not essential. This is a great opportunity to further your career by working on some exciting projects.

You must be able to offer full mobility to work on projects which could be based anywhere in the UK.

For more information please contact Fiona Masangcay on fiona.masangcay@alexanderash.com.

Alexander Ash is a staffing company and business.

London / Permanent / Ref: 1693

Ecommerce Business Analyst - Consultancy

Business Analyst with a strong ecommerce background is required for one of our clients, a rapidly expanding eCommerce Consultancy based in the West End.

The Business Analyst will work with the full portfolio of retailers and blue chip customers, from client brief (business processes, functional and technical) to "Go Live" with adherence to quality, budget and timescales. The Business Analyst will be tasked with building functional specifications, and interfacing with technical teams to help shape requirements, managing resources throughout the lifecycle and ensure strong relationships are maintained with key stakeholders.

You will have a strong business analysis background, with prior experience in the retail and eCommerce space and a solid knowledge of web and digital technologies is also required. Experience in an Agile environment is preferred.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a highly successful and ambitious organisation. Alexander Ash Consulting are acting as a recruitment agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/BA-ECOM

Release Manager - ITIL - eCommerce

Release Manager is required urgently for our client, a leading eCommerce organisation. You will be responsible for reviewing existing release management processes, leading change, and also managing a team of developers and deployment groups internally.

You will also be responsible for release management activities within a team performing high volume software releases into a live environment. Therefore, this organisation requires an individual who can work to tight SLAs and timelines, with a structured, ITIL approach, and the ability to communicate effectively with technical teams. Experience within fast-paced, high availability systems environments is required, as is (ideally) previous exposure to eCommerce and Retail businesses.

You will be highly communicative, and will ideally have a strong knowledge of application development (SQL, Java, HTML, .NET experience in particular), as well as a broad knowledge of Release Management tools, processes.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as a recruitment agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/RELMGRP

E-Commerce Site Merchandiser

World leading online retailer is looking for E-Commerce Site Merchandiser to manage product selections on site and e-mails, develop merchandising campaigns, and to leverage customer segmentation and targeted experience. The role will involve campaign administration including but not limited to creation and scheduling of content campaigns and the analysis of data to drive and inform all merchandising decisions.

Tou will need the following skills

• MS office skills, including Excel and PowerPoint.
• Team player with entrepreneurial spirit.
• Proficient in HTML

E-Commerce Site Merchandiser

London / Contract / Ref: SS ECOMM SITE

Programme Delivery Manager/Consultant - Systems Integration - Consultancy

Our client, a global Consulting organisation require Programme Delivery Managers/Consultants to play a key role in customer-specific transformation programmes, geared around systems integration and business processes.

Acting as a key client interface throughout both the end-to-end delivery phases, as well as initial bid/presales stages, you will lead teams of staff to ensure leading practices in IS methods/standards and technology based around ERP & SAP systems are appropriate implemented and changed to specific requirements.

You will have a track record of Programme Managing a range of technology projects & programmes - ideally in the systems integration and business process disciplines, and will have prior experience of building strong relationships with C-level stakeholders previously. A background in a Consultancy capacity is highly beneficial, although regardless, you will be highly communicative with technical and non-technical audiences.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as a recruitment consultancy.

South East / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/PROGMGRITD

Senior Systems Administrator - Linux - Web/eCommerce

Senior Systems Administrator with a strong Linux background is required for our client, a London based eCommerce organisation. Playing a key technical role in the rapid growth of this company's infrastructure and with client demand growing, the Senior Systems Administrator will act as a project lead across the UK Unix estate (Linux and Solaris primarily), network, and be able to ensure high availability for services such as Apache, DNS, mail, SCM. This role also requires individuals with strong Scripting experience (Shell, Perl, Python or Ruby).

Working in a flexible team across incident resolution and implementation areas, Senior System Administrators will focus on ensuring exemplary services are maintained for customers, and the organisations own infrastructure is robust. 6+ years experience in Linux administration is required (Linux/Redhat/CentOS preferred), as is experience in networks, and database administration. Exposure to virtual server environments is essential, as well as experience working in companies heavily reliant on their technology.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a rapidly expanding organisation. Alexander Ash Consulting are acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/SSADLIN

Service/Account Manager - IT/Outsourcing

Service/Account Manager required for our client, a European Outsourcing organisation, to play a key role in ongoing development of business and enterprise services for a major blue chip client.

Ensuring strong relationships are maintained, the Service/Account Manager will pick up new requirements from the business & senior stakeholders, and ensure that new services outside the day-to-day operation are implemented successfully. You will be responsible for the end-to-end coordination of changes, from bid/presales stages, ensuring appropriate SLAs are in place, and communicating effectively with internal technical teams as well as the client.

You will possess a strong ITIL background, and have previous experience within a large Outsourcing organization. A background of working in Account Management, Bid/Presales and Service Management disciplines is key to being successful in this role.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

South East / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/SRVACCMGR

Ecommerce Architect
Our client, a market leading eCommerce organisation, require an Ecommerce Architect to manage it's current ongoing business requirements and to plan a major online platform migration. You will provide a mix of architecture, project management and client advisory services.

Facing into a key UK client, you will provide technical advisory for new website functionality, platform migrations and technology innovation. The Consultant will add value to change projects/programmes, and communicate ideas to senior stakeholders and customers.

The eCommerce Consultant will collaborate with internal teams to deliver projects and ensure operational excellence, whilst recommending functional/technical changes to the client.

A broad technical understanding across areas such as XML and Java are ideal, with experience with technologies such as ATG, Hybris and Websphere a bonus. Prior experience across the programme lifecycle from requirements gathering, solution architecture and project leadership is also required.

This is an exceptional opportunity to join a rapidly growing organisation with substantial plans for the future. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

Ecommerce Architect

London / Permanent / Ref: SS ECOMM-

Senior Business Intelligence Manager

My client, who are a large international telecommunications businesses in the world. Are looking for a Senior Business Intelligence Manager who will play a pivotal role in their vision to drive value from analytics.

You will lead a team of internal and external analysts who will concentrate on projects aimed at exploiting commercial opportunities from customer data.

Senior Business Intelligence Manager
Responsibilities

• Managing and developing a team of 4 senior analysts - internal and external resources.
• Project identification, scoping, development and delivery
• Data analysis, consultancy and enhancing strategy.
• Resource management and project planning
• Contributing to the development of a suitable analytical environment for profitability analysis
• Making recommendations on the technical development of profitability models
• Agreeing the model development plan and appropriate reference data sources and owners

Senior Business Intelligence Manager
Technical

• Degree in a relevant Science Discipline such as Maths, Statistics or Operational Research or significant work experience in teams producing statistical analysis and statistical models.
• Statistical expert able to provide consultative expertise for the business and technical development skills for team
• Extensive working knowledge and experience in :
• Understanding of relational data models with an ability to apply analytical solutions to exploit
• Proficient in the use of SQL in Teradata and modelling and segmentation software such as SAS Enterprise Miner.
• Awareness of techniques used in CLV modelling and yield management would be advantageous
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office suite

• Customer value modelling
• Data manipulation, aggregation and development
• Exploitation of other data sources such as geo-demographics, lifestyle and credit data

Senior Business Intelligence Manager

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS BI Manager

E-Commerce Operations Manager

My client who are a world leading e-commerce firm are searching for an E-Commerce Operations Manager to support the existing onsite account team in their operational activities as well as driving more tactical opportunities to improve their conversion and sales targets. This requires close collaboration with the Technical Account Management and the Development team.

E-Commerce Operations Manager responsibilities:

• Responsible for the weekly operations metrics around fulfillment operational goals
• Provide strategic advice around fulfillment improvement options whilst reviewing key project requests
• Responsible for the production of the weekly reporting metrics
• Responsible for key data and commentary for the to summarise the status of the account
• Identify improvements in ways of working to help improve satisfaction
• Experience in Account management, ecommerce/multi-channel, and retail in an operational/commercial/marketing capacity would be an advantage.
• Experience in data analysis for troubleshooting purposes.

E-Commerce Operations Manager

London / Permanent / Ref: SS EComm Manager

Business Intelligence Consultant

My client, who are an international telecommunication businesses in the world are searching for a Business Intelligence consultant responsible for identifying, articulating and communicating Information Management and Business Intelligence requirements across Marketing and the wider business.

Business Intelligence Consultant Responsibilities

• Consult with Business Owners, User Groups, Information Consumers, and Project Teams to identify, shape and document Business Intelligence requirements.
• Document requirements to given standards, and work with both the Demand Team, and the BI Delivery team to manage those requirements into the Delivery Process.
• Support the BI Delivery Process by 'owning' those requirements and being in a position to manage any clarifications that arise through the design and development process with the business.
• Produce 'Compliance Matrices' outlining how the proposed solution will meet the requirements, and managing any gaps, issues, or decisions with the business owner and the delivery team.
• Support the Implementation process by consolidating delivery material and generating 'Business Readiness' material which explains what is being delivered in business terms.
• Support the uptake and full exploitation of the information being delivered. Ensure existing capability is understood by those who may gain value from it. Report back value generated to the Strategy Manager for ongoing tracking.
• Understand and apply Information Policies, and Architectural Principles as part of the requirements capture.
• Leadership of the Business Analysis function to ensure work loads are managed, standards are upheld, and individual projects and user groups get the support they require in line with priorities.

Business Intelligence Consultant

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS BI Consultant

Business Intelligence Consultant

My client, who are an international telecommunication businesses in the world are searching for a Business Intelligence consultant responsible for identifying, articulating and communicating Information Management and Business Intelligence requirements across Marketing and the wider business.

Business Intelligence Consultant Responsibilities

• Consult with Business Owners, User Groups, Information Consumers, and Project Teams to identify, shape and document Business Intelligence requirements.
• Document requirements to given standards, and work with both the Demand Team, and the BI Delivery team to manage those requirements into the Delivery Process.
• Support the BI Delivery Process by 'owning' those requirements and being in a position to manage any clarifications that arise through the design and development process with the business.
• Produce 'Compliance Matrices' outlining how the proposed solution will meet the requirements, and managing any gaps, issues, or decisions with the business owner and the delivery team.
• Support the Implementation process by consolidating delivery material and generating 'Business Readiness' material which explains what is being delivered in business terms.
• Support the uptake and full exploitation of the information being delivered. Ensure existing capability is understood by those who may gain value from it. Report back value generated to the Strategy Manager for ongoing tracking.
• Understand and apply Information Policies, and Architectural Principles as part of the requirements capture.
• Leadership of the Business Analysis function to ensure work loads are managed, standards are upheld, and individual projects and user groups get the support they require in line with priorities.

Business Intelligence Consultant

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS BI Consultant

Senior ATG Developer - eCommerce Consulting/Outsourcing

Senior ATG Developer is required for our client, a highly ambitious and successful Outsourcer and Consulting firm, to act as the lead technical point of contact for client projects. In an early stage of this organisations development in the UK, the Senior ATG Developer will help grow the Development team, as well as providing consultancy services to their portfolio of large customers.

You will set the technical direction of projects, and highlight major technical issues.
This organisation are growing their practice around eCommerce platforms such as ATG and Hybris, and as such require individuals with commercial experience in these areas. You will have 7+ years of analysis/design/development and implementation of critical business systems, and proven experience around leadership and team management. Proven background within ATG eCommerce systems and solutions is required, as is familiarity with CMS/search solutions.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Lead Developer/Development Technical Lead to play a key role in a major multinational organisation, at a pivotal time of growth in their eCommerce team.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Contract / Ref: FM/ATG

Web Design Consultant / Digital Consultant, London.

Web design / Digital consultant is required by our client a large global consultancy. There clients are looking for solutions to complex business problems and opportunities related to technology. This is increasingly around rich media and social interaction.

They are looking for technologists who work at the leading edge, and are able to deliver cutting edge solutions. You will typically be involved in working on industry leading web solutions that support millions of users, define new ways of consuming content and provide innovative customer experiences. You will be involved at all phases of the development lifecycle from development to deploying, design and implementation of eCommerce, social media and consumer portal architectures. You will be involved in project management, business development and requirements analysis.

The technologies that are used in this area include Programming with PHP, Java, J2EE, XML, JavaScript / HTML 5 / CSS / Flex and C# .NET. Experience in one or more of these technologies is a necessity, as well as experience with Jhoomla, Wordpress, Drupal or moveable type.

This is a consultants role so there will be a need to travel. For more information please contact Ram Basra on ram.basra@alexanderash.com Alexander Ash is a staffing business and recruitment business.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/WCON001

Workplace Consultant, London or Manchester Based, Leading Technolog Organisation.

Workplace consultants are required by my client a who enjoy delivering transformational change within workplace environments with the hottest trends in IT.

These technologies could be based around Cloud Computing, Mobile Technologies, Social Networking, Collaboration, working on all the latest Tablets, with a client list that is made up of the majority of the FTSE 100.

Workplace consultants will need to be able to engage with clients / customers with excellent presentation and communication skills. You will need to be able to work autonumously as well as in a technical project environment, and have exposure to the full project lifecycle as well as structured project methodologies such as Prince 2 or PMP.

You will be able to get involved in developing high level designs which support technology solutions, drive technology architecture, workplace transformation build, test and implementation activities, work across industry and learn from some of the best consultants in the industry in the Workplace arena.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take your career to the next level with an organisation that invests heavily in its workforce, and if you have a passion about technology in the workplace, to be involved in some exciting and leading edge technology breakthroughs.

These opportunities will interview and start quickly. If you are interested and would like to have more of an indepth conversation please contact Ram Basra on ram.basra@alexanderash.com in the first instance, and I will be in contact straight away. Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/WC003

Provisioning Engineer

My client who are an international telecoms company are currently searching for provisioning engineers responsible for managing complex fixed provisions / orders. Such orders require a high level of management and coordination and the successful Provisioning Engineers are required to complete these tasks as follows:

• Order receipt and validation
• Ensuring the order is ROCO (Receipt of Clean Order)
• Rejection if unclean
• Submission into Wholesale
• Raising of any required purchase orders into the Financial Settlement Team
• Handover of order to Order Tracking Management
• Confirmation of submission and reference provided to requestor with CRD
• Customer / Service Manager communications
• Management of customer surveys
• Communication of excess charges and the seeking of approval from Service Manager or the customer
• Close management of orders attendance on daily calls etc
• Hosting of customer update calls
• Proactive chasing, expediting and escalations
• Weekly progress reporting
• Ensuring equipment has been delivered to site and to whom
• Arranging site access for engineers
• Coordination of installations and ensuring the service is fit and proper
• Ensuring the new services are added to the applicable billing systems
• Ensuring the new services are added to the applicable assure systems
• Handover of the new services into live services

Provisioning Engineer

Rest of Europe / Permanent / Ref: SS PROVISION

QA ANALYST - LONDON - £40K

QA Analyst is required for our client, a major fashion retailer, to raise and track defect and test reports, contribute to the development of scalable and maintainable automated test frameworks.

You must come from a strong background in Testing and QA and will be responsible for writing and executing of manual and automated tests for functional and release/regression testing.

Essential skills:

• Selenium RC
• .Net 2.0 or later
• Visual Studio 2005/2008
• VB
• SQL
• Planning tools
• Automation testing
• Web and ERP systems
• Agile and V model approach
• Test Planning form inception, Test Build environments

London / Permanent / Ref: FM/QA

Voice Consultant - Either CCVP, CCNA, CCIE

My client, a global Tier 1 consultancy is urgently seeking several Voice Consultants to work onsite with their FTSE 100 clients.
You will have expertise in voice and and good skills in data and networks and a typical project will take the client through the full journey as a trusted partner. From helping with the initial concept, developing the functional and detailed design, through to the build, integration and test phases.
The company offer a fantastic training and career progression plan for the dedicated and ambitious so plaese apply now for further details.

Voice Consultant CCVP, CCNA, CCIE

London / Permanent / Ref: SS VOICE

Flash Developr/Designer - Online

Flash Developer/Designer is required for my client who are a world, leading e-commerce site. They are seeking a talented and passionate interactive advertising designer to create innovative advertising experiences for global brands. Your primary focus will be to design innovative rich media experiences for online advertising campaigns and to design cutting-edge rich media advertising products and experiences for the world's leading advertisers on a global basis. You will be a Flash Designer with:

Self-starter who is a customer-obsessed, detail-oriented, and enthusiastic team player
Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
Minimum of 7 years experience as flash designer, preferably with 3+ years in an interactive agency environment
An online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating strong visual design skills and experience creating great rich media advertising experiences is a requirement for application
Team-oriented with the ability to multi-task and meet tight deadlines
Exceptional attention to detail
Ability to work with highly technical teams and handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
Excellent working knowledge of Flash, Photoshop and the Adobe Creative Suite
Fluent in Actionscript 2 and 3 and good working knowledge of HMTL, CSS and Javascript
Bachelor's or Master's degree in design or equivalent professional experience.

Flash Developer/Designer

London / Contract / Ref: SS FLASH

Ecommerce Consultant

Our client, a market leading eCommerce organisation, require an Ecommerce Consultant to manage it's current ongoing business requirements and to plan a major online platform migration. You will provide a mix of architecture, project management and client advisory services.

Facing into a key UK client, you will provide technical advisory for new website functionality, platform migrations and technology innovation. The Consultant will add value to change projects/programmes, and communicate ideas to senior stakeholders and customers.

The eCommerce Consultant will collaborate with internal teams to deliver projects and ensure operational excellence, whilst recommending functional/technical changes to the client.

A broad technical understanding across areas such as XML and Java are ideal, with experience with technologies such as ATG, Hybris and Websphere a bonus. Prior experience across the programme lifecycle from requirements gathering, solution architecture and project leadership is also required.

This is an exceptional opportunity to join a rapidly growing organisation with substantial plans for the future. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

Ecommerce Consultant

London / Permanent / Ref: SS ECOMM-

E-Commerce Manager

My client who are a world leading e-commerce firm are searching for an E-Commerce Manager to support the existing onsite account team in their operational activities as well as driving more tactical opportunities to improve their conversion and sales targets. This requires close collaboration with the Technical Account Management and the Development team.

E-Commerce Manager responsibilities:

• Responsible for the weekly operations metrics around fulfillment operational goals
• Provide strategic advice around fulfillment improvement options whilst reviewing key project requests
• Responsible for the production of the weekly reporting metrics
• Responsible for key data and commentary for the to summarise the status of the account
• Identify improvements in ways of working to help improve satisfaction
• Experience in Account management, ecommerce/multi-channel, and retail in an operational/commercial/marketing capacity would be an advantage.
• Experience in data analysis for troubleshooting purposes.

E-Commerce Manager

London / Permanent / Ref: SS EComm Manager

Release Manager - ITIL - eCommerce

Release Manager is required urgently for our client, a leading eCommerce organisation. You will be responsible for reviewing existing release management processes, leading change, and also managing a team of developers and deployment groups internally.

You will also be responsible for release management activities within a team performing high volume software releases into a live environment. Therefore, this organisation requires an individual who can work to tight SLAs and timelines, with a structured, ITIL approach, and the ability to communicate effectively with technical teams. Experience within fast-paced, high availability systems environments is required, as is (ideally) previous exposure to eCommerce and Retail businesses.

You will be highly communicative, and will ideally have a strong knowledge of application development (SQL, Java, HTML, .NET experience in particular), as well as a broad knowledge of Release Management tools, processes.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as a recruitment agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/RELMGRP

Ecommerce Consultant

Our client, a market leading eCommerce organisation, require an Ecommerce Consultant to manage it's current ongoing business requirements and to plan a major online platform migration. You will provide a mix of architecture, project management and client advisory services.

Facing into a key UK client, you will provide technical advisory for new website functionality, platform migrations and technology innovation. The Consultant will add value to change projects/programmes, and communicate ideas to senior stakeholders and customers.

The eCommerce Consultant will collaborate with internal teams to deliver projects and ensure operational excellence, whilst recommending functional/technical changes to the client.

A broad technical understanding across areas such as XML and Java are ideal, with experience with technologies such as ATG, Hybris and Websphere a bonus. Prior experience across the programme lifecycle from requirements gathering, solution architecture and project leadership is also required.

This is an exceptional opportunity to join a rapidly growing organisation with substantial plans for the future. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

Ecommerce Consultant

London / Permanent / Ref: SS ECOMM-

Voice Consultant CCVP, CCNA, CCIE

My client, a global Tier 1 consultancy is urgently seeking several Voice Consultants to work onsite with their FTSE 100 clients.
You will have expertise in voice and and good skills in data and networks and a typical project will take the client through the full journey as a trusted partner. From helping with the initial concept, developing the functional and detailed design, through to the build, integration and test phases.
The company offer a fantastic training and career progression plan for the dedicated and ambitious so plaese apply now for further details.

Voice Consultant CCVP, CCNA, CCIE

London / Permanent / Ref: SS VOICE

Graphic Designer

My client, an international telecommunications compnay are currently looking for a talented Graphic Designer to work on a combination of Lo-fi design and Hi-fi design.

You will be taking wireframes from IA and producing strong, visually stimulating and creative designs working to brand guidelines. Agile experience is preferable for the role which will involve a refresh of the corporate portal site including interactive features (eg blogs, videos etc) as well as redesigning the layout and content of the existing site.

Skill set:
Graphic Design
Lo-Fi
Hi-Fi

Graphic Designer

South East / Contract / Ref: SS GRAPHIC

Front End Web developer

My client who are an international telecoms company are looking for a front end web developer for a major update of their corporate websites. You will have advanced skills in hand coding HTML, CSS and Javascript from scratch following a supplied design and be able to resize and manipulate existing images using Photoshop skills

You will be using a lightweight framework offering you additional control of the page allowing for additional functional elements to be built as required. This is a fantastic opportunity to get a leading brand name on your CV and work on a widely recognised cutting edge website

Skill set: HTML, CSS and Javascript

Front End Web developer

South East / Contract / Ref: SS FRONT WEB DEV

Flash Developr/Designer - Online

Flash Developer/Designer is required for my client who are a world, leading e-commerce site. They are seeking a talented and passionate interactive advertising designer to create innovative advertising experiences for global brands. Your primary focus will be to design innovative rich media experiences for online advertising campaigns and to design cutting-edge rich media advertising products and experiences for the world's leading advertisers on a global basis. You will be a Flash Designer with:

Self-starter who is a customer-obsessed, detail-oriented, and enthusiastic team player
Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
Minimum of 7 years experience as flash designer, preferably with 3+ years in an interactive agency environment
An online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating strong visual design skills and experience creating great rich media advertising experiences is a requirement for application
Team-oriented with the ability to multi-task and meet tight deadlines
Exceptional attention to detail
Ability to work with highly technical teams and handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
Excellent working knowledge of Flash, Photoshop and the Adobe Creative Suite
Fluent in Actionscript 2 and 3 and good working knowledge of HMTL, CSS and Javascript
Bachelor's or Master's degree in design or equivalent professional experience.

Flash Developer/Designer

London / Contract / Ref: SS FLASH

Senior ATG Developer - eCommerce Consultancy

Senior ATG Developer is required for our client, a highly ambitious and successful Outsourcer and Consulting firm, to act as the lead technical point of contact for client projects. In an early stage of this organisations development in the UK, the Senior Developer will help grow the Development team, as well as providing consultancy services to their portfolio of large customers.

You will set the technical direction of projects, and highlight major technical issues. This organisation are growing their practice around eCommerce platforms such as ATG and Hybris, and as such require individuals with commercial experience in these areas. You will have 7+ years of analysis/design/development and implementation of critical business systems, and proven experience around leadership and team management. Proven background within ATG eCommerce systems and solutions is required, as is familiarity with CMS/search solutions.

This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in a major multinational organisation, at a pivotal time of growth in their eCommerce team. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

South East / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP-ATG

SQL Server Engineer, Sharepoint, Home Based / Europe Travel

SQL Server Engineer with SharePoint experience is required by my client a large global outsourcer. You will be required to carry out designs in relation to complete SQL setup to support large scale SharePoint farms, capacity planning, multiple databases and multiple instances, failover and Disaster recovery, performance, sizing and scalability. You will need assist with selection of an appropriate architecture Security concept for authorization on the SQL and SharePoint environment, conduct workshops and clarification meetings with all involved parties on above mentioned concepts and must possess excellent presentation and communications skills.

You will need to have deep technical knowledge of the following products: Microsoft SQL server 2005, Microsoft SQL server 2008 and R2. Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007), Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS 3.0) architecture and operations knowledge. You will need to be an expert in SQL but has also deep knowledge of SQL in relation to SharePoint.

You will need to have carried out large (global) SQL (and SharePoint) deployments in dispersed environments.

This is an urgent contract role to interview and start immediately.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

London / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/SA001

Senior SharePoint Engineer - SharePoint 2010 - Global Outsourcer

Highly experienced Senior SharePoint Engineer is required for a global Outsourcing organization, to play a key role in design and implementation stages of an international SharePoint 2010 programme.

You will be responsible for assisting with low-level SharePoint design work, as well as facing into the customer during international installation and configuration stages. SharePoint Service and claims based web applications will also be configured, and the SharePoint Engineer will also have to conduct workshops and meetings with the client.

You will have a strong technical knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and Foundation 2010, with exposure to Installation, Configuration, Architecture and Site Definition/Templates. The SharePoint Engineer must have played a role in large (global) SharePoint deployments in dispersed environments previously, and ideally be familiar with Power Shell.

This role requires the candidate to be home based, and expected to travel to a European site up to 50% of the time.

For the purpose of this advert, Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as a recruitment agency.

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: AA/AP/C/SHRPNT2

Our client a 'big 4' consultancy, is looking for a number of risk and compliance focused consultants, from all levels of management, to join a global technology team in EMEIA.

The aim of of the Risk & Compliance Technology team is to develop and implement, in conjunction with leaders from their existing teams in London, NY and their global Financial Services (Risk Advisory) team. They will be looking to serve and existing clients and develop new business across the financial services sector, such as:

• Banking and Capital Market (including energy trading)
• Asset Management
• Insurance
• Retail Banking
• Government

Spanning all areas of risk, such as:

• Credit Risk
• Market Risk
• Operational Risk
• Treasury
• Liquidity Management
• Compliance
• Regulatory Finance

The candidates must have techincal expertise and therefore client credibility in the field of risk and regulatory technology, evidenced by a track record of leading the delivery of major risk / regulatory transformation programmes either as a consultant or whilst working for a major financial services organisation. Prior consulting experience at a Big 4, major system integrator or top tier consulting firm, investment and or retail bank, insurance or asset management firm or financial services regulator.

London / Permanent / Ref: GM335

German speaking CTI Tester
Location: Germany
Duration: 12 months+

My client who is an international telecommunications company urgently require a german speaking CTI tester. The project is urgent and there will be an immediate start for the right candidate.

German speaking CTI Tester
Required Skills:

Well versed with Telco Business Processes on Contact Center Agent side
Knowledge of Genesys, Skill-based routing
Extensive experience with Business Process & Functional Testing, preparation of Test Cases, Test Data preparation, Test Execution
Strong Analytical skills
Fluent German Speaker

German speaking CTI Tester

Germany / Contract / Ref: CTI Tester

Flash Developr/Designer - Online

Flash Developer/Designer is required for my client who are a world, leading e-commerce site. They are seeking a talented and passionate interactive advertising designer to create innovative advertising experiences for global brands. Your primary focus will be to design innovative rich media experiences for online advertising campaigns and to design cutting-edge rich media advertising products and experiences for the world's leading advertisers on a global basis. You will be a Flash Designer with:

Self-starter who is a customer-obsessed, detail-oriented, and enthusiastic team player
Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
Minimum of 7 years experience as flash designer, preferably with 3+ years in an interactive agency environment
An online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating strong visual design skills and experience creating great rich media advertising experiences is a requirement for application
Team-oriented with the ability to multi-task and meet tight deadlines
Exceptional attention to detail
Ability to work with highly technical teams and handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
Excellent working knowledge of Flash, Photoshop and the Adobe Creative Suite
Fluent in Actionscript 2 and 3 and good working knowledge of HMTL, CSS and Javascript
Bachelor's or Master's degree in design or equivalent professional experience.

Flash Developer/Designer

London / Contract / Ref: SS FLASH

Technical Client Relationship Manager - eCommerce - Projects/Programmes

Our client, a leading global eCommerce organisation, require a Technical Client Relationship Manager to onboard new clients onto their online retail platform. You will build relationships with customers, whilst ensuring customers are fully integrated into the organisations product offerings.

You will provide technical guidance, manage implementation progress, resolve technical issues and ensure the successful delivery of multiple implementation projects/workstreams at a time. You will also identify operational improvements for sellers/customers, communicate ideas to stakeholders and customers/sellers.

A technical background is required, with particular knowledge around areas such as XML, SOAP, REST, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SQL queries. A background in project management is also required, and you will require a strong understanding of the eCommerce industry, and be able to implement best practices in this field.

Technical Client Relationship Manager - eCommerce

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Tech Int

Voice Consultant CCVP, CCNA, CCIE

My client, a global Tier 1 consultancy is urgently seeking several Voice Consultants to work onsite with their FTSE 100 clients.
You will have expertise in voice and and good skills in data and networks and a typical project will take the client through the full journey as a trusted partner. From helping with the initial concept, developing the functional and detailed design, through to the build, integration and test phases.
The company offer a fantastic training and career progression plan for the dedicated and ambitious so plaese apply now for further details.

Voice Consultant CCVP, CCNA, CCIE

London / Permanent / Ref: SS VOICE

Front End Web developer

My client who are an international telecoms company are looking for a front end web developer for a major update of their corporate websites. You will have advanced skills in hand coding HTML, CSS and Javascript from scratch following a supplied design and be able to resize and manipulate existing images using Photoshop skills

You will be using a lightweight framework offering you additional control of the page allowing for additional functional elements to be built as required. This is a fantastic opportunity to get a leading brand name on your CV and work on a widely recognised cutting edge website

Skill set: HTML, CSS and Javascript

Front End Web developer

South East / Contract / Ref: SS FRONT WEB DEV

Graphic Designer

My client, an international telecommunications compnay are currently looking for a talented Graphic Designer to work on a combination of Lo-fi design and Hi-fi design.

You will be taking wireframes from IA and producing strong, visually stimulating and creative designs working to brand guidelines. Agile experience is preferable for the role which will involve a refresh of the corporate portal site including interactive features (eg blogs, videos etc) as well as redesigning the layout and content of the existing site.

Skill set:
Graphic Design
Lo-Fi
Hi-Fi

Graphic Designer

South East / Contract / Ref: SS GRAPHIC

Front End Developer (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is required for our client a large global blue chip organisation.

They are looking for someone who is comfortable hand coding HTML, CSS and Javascript from scratch following a supplied design. You will also need Photoshop to resize and manipulate existing images.

The project itself entails refreshing the clients current website in specific business areas.

This is an initial 3 month contract with the potential to role on. They will be looking for the contractor to be based on client site 5 days a week, and the site is in in Berkshire but within commuting distance of Paddington.

For more information then please contact ram.basra@alexanderash.com with a copy of your CV and I will be in contact as soon as possible.

Alexander Ash is a staffing agency and business.

South East / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/FE001

Graphic Designer

My client, an international telecommunications compnay are currently looking for a talented Graphic Designer to work on a combination of Lo-fi design and Hi-fi design.

You will be taking wireframes from IA and producing strong, visually stimulating and creative designs working to brand guidelines. Agile experience is preferable for the role which will involve a refresh of the corporate portal site including interactive features (eg blogs, videos etc) as well as redesigning the layout and content of the existing site.

Skill set:
Graphic Design
Lo-Fi
Hi-Fi

Graphic Designer

South East / Contract / Ref: SS GRAPHIC

Front End Web developer

My client who are an international telecoms company are looking for a front end web developer for a major update of their corporate websites. You will have advanced skills in hand coding HTML, CSS and Javascript from scratch following a supplied design and be able to resize and manipulate existing images using Photoshop skills

You will be using a lightweight framework offering you additional control of the page allowing for additional functional elements to be built as required. This is a fantastic opportunity to get a leading brand name on your CV and work on a widely recognised cutting edge website

Skill set: HTML, CSS and Javascript

Front End Web developer

South East / Contract / Ref: SS FRONT WEB DEV

Voice Consultant CCVP, CCNA, CCIE

My client, a global Tier 1 consultancy is urgently seeking several Voice Consultants to work onsite with their FTSE 100 clients.
You will have expertise in voice and and good skills in data and networks and a typical project will take the client through the full journey as a trusted partner. From helping with the initial concept, defining and agreeing the business case, collating business requirements, developing the functional and detailed design, through to the build, integration and test phases.
The company offer a fantastic training and career progression plan for the dedicated and ambitious so plaese apply now for further details.

Voice Consultant CCVP, CCNA, CCIE

London / Permanent / Ref: SS VOICE

Technical Client Relationship Manager - eCommerce - Projects/Programmes

Our client, a leading global eCommerce organisation, require a Technical Client Relationship Manager to onboard new clients onto their online retail platform. You will build relationships with customers, whilst ensuring customers are fully integrated into the organisations product offerings.

You will provide technical guidance, manage implementation progress, resolve technical issues and ensure the successful delivery of multiple implementation projects/workstreams at a time. You will also identify operational improvements for sellers/customers, communicate ideas to stakeholders and customers/sellers.

A technical background is required, with particular knowledge around areas such as XML, SOAP, REST, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SQL queries. A background in project management is also required, and you will require a strong understanding of the eCommerce industry, and be able to implement best practices in this field.

Technical Client Relationship Manager - eCommerce

South East / Permanent / Ref: SS Tech Int

Technical Product Manager

My client, who is a renowned global website brand, is looking for an outstanding product manager to increase sales volumes by ensuring sellers fully utilise their expedited shipping services and customer service.
You will have a background in consulting or product management with an interest in e-commerce and the ideal candidate will also have worked within logistics.

Technical Product Manager

Responsibilities:

• Champion the merchant and buyer experience and create business cases and technical requirements to project manage and deliver improvements.
• Develop a strong relationship with our largest sellers in order to help them grow by removing any technical blockers, identifying business development areas and understanding their needs.
• Use data analysis, using advanced Excel skills and intermediate SQL skills, to create detailed KPI reporting and conduct deep dive analysis into particular areas of problem or opportunity.
• Gather feedback from multiple stakeholders to combine with his/her own judgment to define local requirements for global technology projects.
• Use one-to-one communication with seller executives and one-to-many communication with thousands of professional sellers.
• Help high volume sellers and third party solution providers create automated integrations within the marketplace using APIs and file transfer applications and will help refine the tools that we provide sellers for such integrations.
  

Technical Product Manager

London / Permanent / Ref: SS PROD-MAN

FAST SHAREPOINT CONSULTANT 2010

My client who are an international managed services provider are searching for a consultant who has strong experience with Fast Search Server and Sharepoint. preferaby in 2010. You will be employed as a consultant to one of the world's leading energy companies and the contract offers an opportunity to work with the latest cutting edge technologies. As the successfull applicant you will be able to install configure and design Sharepoint 2010 to a high standard.

Technologies:
FAST Search Server
Sharepoint 2010
Enterprise Search

Please apply now as this is an urgent requirement and we have interview slots for the end of this week.

FAST SHAREPOINT CONSULTANT 2010

London / Contract / Ref: SS MS FAST SP 2010

Flash Developr/Designer - Online

Flash Developer/Designer is required for my client who are a world, leading e-commerce site. They are seeking a talented and passionate interactive advertising designer to create innovative advertising experiences for global brands. Your primary focus will be to design innovative rich media experiences for online advertising campaigns and to design cutting-edge rich media advertising products and experiences for the world's leading advertisers on a global basis. You will bea Flash Designer with:

Self-starter who is a customer-obsessed, detail-oriented, and enthusiastic team player
Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
Minimum of 7 years experience as flash designer, preferably with 3+ years in an interactive agency environment
An online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating strong visual design skills and experience creating great rich media advertising experiences is a requirement for application
Team-oriented with the ability to multi-task and meet tight deadlines
Exceptional attention to detail
Ability to work with highly technical teams and handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
Excellent working knowledge of Flash, Photoshop and the Adobe Creative Suite
Fluent in Actionscript 2 and 3 and good working knowledge of HMTL, CSS and Javascript
Bachelor's or Master's degree in design or equivalent professional experience.

Flash Developer/Designer

London / Contract / Ref: SS FLASH

Account Director - eCommerce Consultancy

Our client, an international eCommerce consultancy, require an Account Director for a major UK client, to deliver high level e-commerce and web-based strategies.

Utilising exceptional client relationship, ecommerce and analytics skills, you will address customer issues with C-level stakeholders, and represent the consultancy during changes/projects. The Account Director will also be responsible for continually improving marketing strategies, with a focus on ROI and optimisation.

You will have an extensive experience in a senior Account Management or client-facing role, plus a full knowledge of retail and eCommerce/Web 2.0 space. Experience in back end/warehouse management systems would be useful, although candidates must possess a passion for the eCommerce industry.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an organization experiencing substantial growth internationally. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/ACCDIR1

Helpdesk Lead - eCommerce/SaaS - London

Helpdesk Lead is required by our client, an international eCommerce consultancy, to play a key role in the leadership of 2nd line support for customers.

Working with Account and technical support teams, the Helpdesk Lead will troubleshoot issues and provide regular updates and feedback on all open customer issues, and will act as a single point of contact with senior stakeholders. Leading second level support teams, you will act as an escalation point for large issues, before assigning them to Unix, SQL, SaaS and eCommerce teams. The Helpdesk Lead will be also mentor helpdesk and service desk staff both technically and operationally.

The Helpdesk Lead will be prepared to work in customer-focussed, ITIL environments with strict SLAs. You will have a strong eCommerce background, and understand technologies such as SQL, Javascript, HTML and Unix, as well as industry best practices and systems infrastructure.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a rapidly growing organisation - Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as a recruitment consultancy.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/HLPDSKLED

Release Manager - ITIL - eCommerce

Release Manager is required urgently for our client, an international eCommerce company. The Release Manager will be responsible for reviewing existing release management processes, leading change, and also managing a team of developers and deployment groups internally. You will be responsible for release management activities within a team performing high volume software releases into a live environment. Therefore, this organisation requires an individual who can work to tight SLAs and timelines, with a structured, ITIL approach, and the ability to communicate effectively with technical teams.

Experience within fast-paced, high availability systems environments is required, as is (ideally) previous exposure to eCommerce and Retail businesses. You will be highly communicative, and will ideally have a strong knowledge of application development (SQL, Java, HTML, .Net experience in particular), as well as a broad knowledge of Release Management tools, processes

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as a recruitment agency.

London / Contract / Ref: AA/AP/C/RELEASE1

Network Engineer - Consultancy Outsourcing

Network Engineer is required for a Global Technology Consultancy to assist in client led project work for blue chip organisations. Working in an expanding Network Solutions group, you will provide 3rd line project support across a broad Cisco, WAN LAN, voice and data technologies comprising of IP VPN, MPLS, VOIP services.

Network Engineers in this group will traditionally join customer projects at design stages, and assist lead technical implementations and interface with SMEs or stakeholders throughout the life cycle. You will have a broad experience across LAN, WAN, Voice and Data, etc, with product knowledge across Cisco, Alcatel and so on.

Ideally you will be CISCO qualified to CCNA CCNP level, with this company offering training in new technology areas. This is an excellent opportunity to join an aggressively expanding organisation, with clear career progression plans on offer. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: FM/NET

Senior ATG Developer - eCommerce Consulting/Outsourcing

Senior ATG Developer is required for our client, a highly ambitious and successful Outsourcer and Consulting firm, to act as the lead technical point of contact for client projects. In an early stage of this organisations development in the UK, the Senior ATG Developer will help grow the Development team, as well as providing consultancy services to their portfolio of large customers.

You will set the technical direction of projects, and highlight major technical issues.
This organisation are growing their practice around eCommerce platforms such as ATG and Hybris, and as such require individuals with commercial experience in these areas. You will have 7+ years of analysis/design/development and implementation of critical business systems, and proven experience around leadership and team management. Proven background within ATG eCommerce systems and solutions is required, as is familiarity with CMS/search solutions.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Lead Developer/Development Technical Lead to play a key role in a major multinational organisation, at a pivotal time of growth in their eCommerce team.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Contract / Ref: FM/ATG

QA ANALYST - LONDON - £40K

QA Analyst is required for our client, a major fashion retailer, to raise and track defect and test reports, contribute to the development of scalable and maintainable automated test frameworks.

You must come from a strong background in Testing and QA and will be responsible for writing and executing of manual and automated tests for functional and release/regression testing.

Essential skills:

• Selenium RC
• .Net 2.0 or later
• Visual Studio 2005/2008
• VB
• SQL
• Planning tools
• Automation testing
• Web and ERP systems
• Agile and V model approach
• Test Planning form inception, Test Build environments

London / Permanent / Ref: FM/QA

Project Manager - Managed Services/Consultancy - London

Our client, an international telecommunications and managed services organization, require a number of experienced Project Managers to work across a number of innovative, cutting edge projects at the forefront of the e-commerce and financial services industries.
Working in conjunction with a number of senior stakeholders and third parties, the Project Manager will be responsible for delivering high quality work to a number of blue chip clients within a fast paced consultative environment.
You will have previous experience working as a Project Manager within an eCommerce organisation or for a leading consultancy and have experience of delivering a number of projects concurrently. A broad technical understanding is desired as is the ability to manage projects within Prince 2 or PMP guidelines.

This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in a rapidly growing organization. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Contract / Ref: SS PM ECOM CON

Infrastructure Project Manager - eCommerce/Retail - London

Our client, a leading eCommerce organization, require an experienced Infrastructure Project Manager to play a key role in a year long transformation project.

Working in conjunction with a number of senior stakeholders and third parties, the Project Manager will manage a number of concurrent infrastructure related projects including storage, desktop refreshes, Exchange migrations as well as a WAN/LAN workstream.

You will have previous experience working as a Project Manager in a retail or eCommerce organisation previously, with experience of delivering a number of infrastructure projects concurrently. A broad technical understanding around data centres, networks and desktop solutions is ideal, as is the ability to manage projects within Prince 2 or PMP guidelines.

This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in a rapidly growing organization. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Contract / Ref: AP/C/PROJMGR

Flash Designer - Online

Flash designer is required for my client who are a world, leading e-commerce site. They are seeking a talented and passionate interactive advertising designer to create innovative advertising experiences for global brands. Your primary focus will be to design innovative rich media experiences for online advertising campaigns and to design cutting-edge rich media advertising products and experiences for the world's leading advertisers on a global basis. You will bea Flash Designer with:

Self-starter who is a customer-obsessed, detail-oriented, and enthusiastic team player
Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
Minimum of 7 years experience as flash designer, preferably with 3+ years in an interactive agency environment
An online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating strong visual design skills and experience creating great rich media advertising experiences is a requirement for application
Team-oriented with the ability to multi-task and meet tight deadlines
Exceptional attention to detail
Ability to work with highly technical teams and handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
Excellent working knowledge of Flash, Photoshop and the Adobe Creative Suite
Fluent in Actionscript 2 and 3 and good working knowledge of HMTL, CSS and Javascript
Bachelor's or Master's degree in design or equivalent professional experience.

Flash Designer

London / Contract / Ref: SS FLASH

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a top consulting firm in an expanding and cutting edge practice. If you are looking for a challenge, were merit is rewarded financially and with rapid promotion please read on

Our client is one of the top names in the market for consultancy and advisory services in to top tier banks and financial services firms. We are looking for consultants that are hungry, hard working and have the ability and drive to progress quickly in their careers.

We are being tasked with sourcing individuals from other consultancies who have experience in a number of areas. If you have experience in the following areas within Financial Services please apply -

Market Risk, Credit Risk, Stress testing, VaR, Real Time Risk Management, Modellingm, Simulation, Liquidity reporting, Solvency II, Basel II & III, Transaction reporting, AML / KYC transformation, P&L explain, P&L attribution, Derivatives reform, G20 initiatives, Living wills, Regulatory reporting / change, Compliance, ERM.

This organisation have a top client list within banking and have a large book of work to deliver on. However, they are always looking to expand and welcome individuals that wish to expand with the practice.

It would be beneficial if you are comfortable with technology as a number of the solutions implemented with have an IT / technical element but there are no specific systems that would be beneficial to have knowledge of.

If you are interested in joining this expanding and progressive practice and joining an absolutely top tier consulting firm within the financial service practice please send in your CV.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Permanent / Ref: efTLSnrMgrR&C***

FAST SHAREPOINT CONSULTANT 2010

My client who are an international managed services provider are searching for a consultant who has strong experience with Fast Search Server and Sharepoint. preferaby in 2010. You will be employed as a consultant to one of the world's leading energy companies and the contract offers an opportunity to work with the latest cutting edge technologies. As the successfull applicant you will be able to install configure and design Sharepoint 2010 to a high standard.

Technologies:
FAST Search Server
Sharepoint 2010
Enterprise Search

Please apply now as this is an urgent requirement and we have interview slots for the end of this week.

FAST SHAREPOINT CONSULTANT 2010

London / Contract / Ref: SS MS FAST SP 2010

Web Designer - eCommerce

Our client, a large eCommerce organization, require a Web Designer to deliver artwork, banners and printed material for the website, partner sites, and offline advertising campaigns.

The Web Designer will create banners, micro-sites and e-mail communications through planning, design and code, to support online/offline advertising and new promotions, whilst adhering to international brand standards. You will be customer-centric, and be able to complete design work having picked requirements up from Marketing & Commercial teams.

The Web Designer will have at least 3 years in an eCommerce environment (retail, publishing or direct sales), and strong experience across Illustrator, Photoshop and Fireworks, as well as practical experience of designing/building Flash movies. Experience around AJAX implementations and Flash action scripting would be highly advantageous.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as a recruitment agency.

London / Contract / Ref: AA/AP/WEBDESC

Voice Consultant CCVP, CCNA, CCIE

My client, a global Tier 1 consultancy is urgently seeking several Voice Consultants to work onsite with their FTSE 100 clients.
You will have expertise in voice and and good skills in data and networks and a typical project will take the client through the full journey as a trusted partner. From helping with the initial concept, defining and agreeing the business case, collating business requirements, developing the functional and detailed design, through to the build, integration and test phases.
The company offer a fantastic training and career progression plan for the dedicated and ambitious so plaese apply now for further details.

Voice Consultant CCVP, CCNA, CCIE

Rest of Europe / Permanent / Ref: SS VOICE

German speaking CTI Tester
Location: Germany
Duration: 12 months+

My client who is an international telecommunications company urgently require a german speaking CTI tester. The project is urgent and there will be an immediate start for the right candidate.

German speaking CTI Tester
Required Skills:

Well versed with Telco Business Processes on Contact Center Agent side
Knowledge of Genesys, Skill-based routing
Extensive experience with Business Process & Functional Testing, preparation of Test Cases, Test Data preparation, Test Execution
Strong Analytical skills
Fluent German Speaker

German speaking CTI Tester

Germany / Contract / Ref: CTI Tester

Technology Strategy Consultant

My client who are a Global Tier 1 Consultancy are looking for Technology Strategy Consultants to focus on identifying and implementing high performance business value creation and transformation opportunities by delivering independent consulting services focused on the C-suite.

In return you will have the opportunity to work in an environment that offers a fantastic career path and the opportunity to work with most FTSE100 clients

There are currently opportunities for Technology Strategy Consultant with one or more of the following competencies;

*Value Creation - IT Cost Reduction; Benchmarking; IT Value Identification (Mergers and Acquisitions); IT-enabled innovation *Direction Setting - IT Strategy; IT Due diligence and post-merger integration; Enterprise Architecture (Business Capability, Applications, Data and Infrastructure); Outsourcing strategy; Investment Portfolio Analysis and Management (utilising PPM tools such as Mercury ITG, Clarity); IT for IT Toolset planning *Capability Planning - Enterprise Architecture; IT Process Maturity Assessment; IT Workforce Capability Assessment/Transformation; Application Development Transformation; Service Management Transformation; Demand/Supply Balancing; Business/IT Relationship Transformation; IT-enabled Innovation Capability *Structure - IT Organisational design; IT Operating Model *Control - IT Cost Transparency, IT Governance, IT Process Tool Implementation, IT Funding and Charging. Candidates should be able to demonstrate a knowledge of Strategy offerings, as well as deep skills in C-level communications (at senior levels), Advanced Value Analysis and Insight Development, Industry/Business Assessment and Insight Development, Strategy Development, High Performance Business Architecture & Journey Planning.

Technology Strategy Consultant

London / Permanent / Ref: SSS IT Strategy

FAST SHAREPOINT CONSULTANT 2010

My client who are an international managed services provider are searching for a consultant who has strong experience with Fast Search Server and Sharepoint. preferaby in 2010. You will be employed as a consultant to one of the world's leading energy companies and the contract offers an opportunity to work with the latest cutting edge technologies. As the successfull applicant you will be able to install configure and design Sharepoint 2010 to a high standard.

Technologies:
FAST Search Server
Sharepoint 2010
Enterprise Search

Please apply now as this is an urgent requirement and we have interview slots for the end of this week.

FAST SHAREPOINT CONSULTANT 2010

London / Contract / Ref: SS MS FAST SP 2010

Technical Product Manager

My client, who is a renowned global website brand, is looking for an outstanding product manager to increase sales volumes by ensuring sellers fully utilise their expedited shipping services and customer service.
You will have a background in consulting or product management with an interest in e-commerce and the ideal candidate will also have worked within logistics.

Technical Product Manager

Responsibilities:

• Champion the merchant and buyer experience and create business cases and technical requirements to project manage and deliver improvements.
• Develop a strong relationship with our largest sellers in order to help them grow by removing any technical blockers, identifying business development areas and understanding their needs.
• Use data analysis, using advanced Excel skills and intermediate SQL skills, to create detailed KPI reporting and conduct deep dive analysis into particular areas of problem or opportunity.
• Gather feedback from multiple stakeholders to combine with his/her own judgment to define local requirements for global technology projects.
• Use one-to-one communication with seller executives and one-to-many communication with thousands of professional sellers.
• Help high volume sellers and third party solution providers create automated integrations within the marketplace using APIs and file transfer applications and will help refine the tools that we provide sellers for such integrations.
  

Technical Product Manager

London / Permanent / Ref: SS PROD-MAN

FAST/AUTONOMY ENTERPRISE SEARCH CONSULTANT

My client who are an international managed services provider are searching for a enterprise search consultant who has strong experience with Fast Search Server or a similar tol and Sharepoint. preferaby in 2010. You will be employed as a consultant to one of the world's leading energy companies and the contract offers an opportunity to work with the latest cutting edge technologies. As the successfull applicant you will be able to install configure and design Sharepoint 2010 to a high standard.

Technologies:
FAST Search Server
Sharepoint 2010
Enterprise Search

Please apply now as this is an urgent requirement and we have interview slots for the end of this week.

FAST/AUTONOMY ENTERPRISE SEARCH CONSULTANT

London / Contract / Ref: SS MS FAST SP 2010

Senior ATG Developer - eCommerce Consulting/Outsourcing

Senior ATG Developer is required for our client, a highly ambitious and successful Outsourcer and Consulting firm, to act as the lead technical point of contact for client projects. In an early stage of this organisations development in the UK, the Senior ATG Developer will help grow the Development team, as well as providing consultancy services to their portfolio of large customers.

You will set the technical direction of projects, and highlight major technical issues.
This organisation are growing their practice around eCommerce platforms such as ATG and Hybris, and as such require individuals with commercial experience in these areas. You will have 7+ years of analysis/design/development and implementation of critical business systems, and proven experience around leadership and team management. Proven background within ATG eCommerce systems and solutions is required, as is familiarity with CMS/search solutions.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Lead Developer/Development Technical Lead to play a key role in a major multinational organisation, at a pivotal time of growth in their eCommerce team.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

London / Contract / Ref: FM/ATG

Risk Consultants needed for Big 4 Consultancy! Very Competitive Salary!

Our client, a major player in the consultancy arena, is seeking a number of risk consultants to join their EMEIA team.

The candidate will have full end to end experience in projects. From requirements gathering right down to SLA performance testing. However, they may be specialised in one certain aspect of the process, such as implementation.

The candidate must come from a management consultancy background previously, and having experience insurance based financial services. They will have knowledge on Basel 2 or 3, or Insolvency 2. They must also be relatively comfortable with technology.

Previous specific experience with AML / KYC would be preferred.

Please apply now to avoid disappointment!

London / Permanent / Ref: GM98

Helpdesk Lead - eCommerce/SaaS - London

Helpdesk Lead is required by our client, an international eCommerce consultancy, to play a key role in the leadership of 2nd line support for customers.

Working with Account and technical support teams, the Helpdesk Lead will troubleshoot issues and provide regular updates and feedback on all open customer issues, and will act as a single point of contact with senior stakeholders. Leading second level support teams, you will act as an escalation point for large issues, before assigning them to Unix, SQL, SaaS and eCommerce teams. The Helpdesk Lead will be also mentor helpdesk and service desk staff both technically and operationally.

The Helpdesk Lead will be prepared to work in customer-focussed, ITIL environments with strict SLAs. You will have a strong eCommerce background, and understand technologies such as SQL, Javascript, HTML and Unix, as well as industry best practices and systems infrastructure.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a rapidly growing organisation - Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as a recruitment consultancy.

London / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP/HLPDSKLED

Risk Consultants needed for Big 4 Consultancy! Very Competitive Salary!

Our client, a major player in the consultancy arena, is seeking a number of risk consultants to join their EMEIA team.

The candidate will have full end to end experience in projects. From requirements gathering right down to SLA performance testing. However, they may be specialised in one certain aspect of the process, such as implementation.

The candidate must come from a management consultancy background previously, and having experience insurance based financial services. They will have knowledge on Basel 2 or 3, or Insolvency 2. They must also be relatively comfortable with technology.

Previous specific experience with AML / KYC would be preferred.

Please apply now to avoid disappointment!

London / Permanent / Ref: GM98

Risk Consultants needed for Big 4 Consultancy! Very Competitive Salary!

Our client, a major player in the consultancy arena, is seeking a number of risk consultants to join their EMEIA team.

The candidate will have full end to end experience in projects. From requirements gathering right down to SLA performance testing. However, they may be specialised in one certain aspect of the process, such as implementation.

The candidate must come from a management consultancy background previously, and having experience insurance based financial services. They will have knowledge on Basel 2 or 3, or Insolvency 2. They must also be relatively comfortable with technology.

Previous specific experience with AML / KYC would be preferred.

Please apply now to avoid disappointment!

London / Permanent / Ref: GM98

German speaking CTI Tester
Location: Germany
Duration: 12 months+

My client who is an international telecommunications company urgently require a german speaking CTI tester. The project is urgent and there will be an immediate start for the right candidate.

German speaking CTI Tester
Required Skills:

Well versed with Telco Business Processes on Contact Center Agent side
Knowledge of Genesys, Skill-based routing
Extensive experience with Business Process & Functional Testing, preparation of Test Cases, Test Data preparation, Test Execution
Strong Analytical skills
Fluent German Speaker

German speaking CTI Tester

Germany / Contract / Ref: CTI Tester

Technical Product Manager

My client, who is a renowned global website brand, is looking for an outstanding product manager to increase sales volumes by ensuring sellers fully utilise their expedited shipping services and customer service.
You will have a background in consulting or product management with an interest in e-commerce and the ideal candidate will also have worked within logistics.

Technical Product Manager

Responsibilities:

• Champion the merchant and buyer experience and create business cases and technical requirements to project manage and deliver improvements.
• Develop a strong relationship with our largest sellers in order to help them grow by removing any technical blockers, identifying business development areas and understanding their needs.
• Use data analysis, using advanced Excel skills and intermediate SQL skills, to create detailed KPI reporting and conduct deep dive analysis into particular areas of problem or opportunity.
• Gather feedback from multiple stakeholders to combine with his/her own judgment to define local requirements for global technology projects.
• Use one-to-one communication with seller executives and one-to-many communication with thousands of professional sellers.
• Help high volume sellers and third party solution providers create automated integrations within the marketplace using APIs and file transfer applications and will help refine the tools that we provide sellers for such integrations.
  

Technical Product Manager

London / Permanent / Ref: SS PROD-MAN

Technology Strategy Consultant

My client who are a Global Tier 1 Consultancy are looking for Technology Strategy Consultants to focus on identifying and implementing high performance business value creation and transformation opportunities by delivering independent consulting services focused on the C-suite.

In return you will have the opportunity to work in an environment that offers a fantastic career path and the opportunity to work with most FTSE100 clients

There are currently opportunities for Technology Strategy Consultant with one or more of the following competencies;

*Value Creation - IT Cost Reduction; Benchmarking; IT Value Identification (Mergers and Acquisitions); IT-enabled innovation *Direction Setting - IT Strategy; IT Due diligence and post-merger integration; Enterprise Architecture (Business Capability, Applications, Data and Infrastructure); Outsourcing strategy; Investment Portfolio Analysis and Management (utilising PPM tools such as Mercury ITG, Clarity); IT for IT Toolset planning *Capability Planning - Enterprise Architecture; IT Process Maturity Assessment; IT Workforce Capability Assessment/Transformation; Application Development Transformation; Service Management Transformation; Demand/Supply Balancing; Business/IT Relationship Transformation; IT-enabled Innovation Capability *Structure - IT Organisational design; IT Operating Model *Control - IT Cost Transparency, IT Governance, IT Process Tool Implementation, IT Funding and Charging. Candidates should be able to demonstrate a knowledge of Strategy offerings, as well as deep skills in C-level communications (at senior levels), Advanced Value Analysis and Insight Development, Industry/Business Assessment and Insight Development, Strategy Development, High Performance Business Architecture & Journey Planning.

Technology Strategy Consultant

London / Permanent / Ref: SSS IT Strategy

Ecommerce Consultant

Our client, a market leading eCommerce organisation, require an Ecommerce Consultant to manage it's current ongoing business requirements and to plan a major online platform migration. You will provide a mix of architecture, project management and client advisory services.

Facing into a key UK client, you will provide technical advisory for new website functionality, platform migrations and technology innovation. The Consultant will add value to change projects/programmes, and communicate ideas to senior stakeholders and customers.

The eCommerce Consultant will collaborate with internal teams to deliver projects and ensure operational excellence, whilst recommending functional/technical changes to the client.

A broad technical understanding across areas such as XML and Java are ideal, with experience with technologies such as ATG, Hybris and Websphere a bonus. Prior experience across the programme lifecycle from requirements gathering, solution architecture and project leadership is also required.

This is an exceptional opportunity to join a rapidly growing organisation with substantial plans for the future. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

Ecommerce Consultant

London / Permanent / Ref: SS ECOMM-

FAST SHAREPOINT CONSULTANT 2010

My client who are an international managed services provider are searching for a consultant who has strong experience with Fast Search Server and Sharepoint. preferaby in 2010. You will be employed as a consultant to one of the world's leading energy companies and the contract offers an opportunity to work with the latest cutting edge technologies. As the successfull applicant you will be able to install configure and design Sharepoint 2010 to a high standard.

Technologies:
FAST Search Server
Sharepoint 2010
Enterprise Search

Please apply now as this is an urgent requirement and we have interview slots for the end of this week.

FAST SHAREPOINT CONSULTANT 2010

London / Contract / Ref: SS MS FAST SP 2010

One of the UK's Top 4 Consultancies is looking for bright, highly motivated, talented and ambitious junior consultants to join their UK business. They are looking for individuals who can operate at the intersection of business and technology, solving business problems through cutting edge technology recommendations that will enable our clients to operate as high-performance businesses.

Required skills

The successful candidates will have a strong academic profile (1st or 2:1 in degree and A's-B's for A Levels & GCSE's) and will have demonstrated rapid career progression in your roles to date. Whether you've previously been working in a consultancy firm, or have already completed a graduate scheme in another industry, you will have had experience of project work and will be confident in a client facing role. You will also have an understanding and appreciation of the application of technology to enhance business performance and enable change. Whatever your background, you'll be keen to build on this experience within a rewarding fast-paced, client facing environment.

What's in it for you?

This could be a defining moment in your career…and an excellent platform to progress further. You'll get to work with the brightest people in business and technology to identify new opportunities and solve the toughest IT challenges faced by our FORTUNE® Global 500 clients. Leveraging our unmatched experience and ground-breaking research you'll help our clients become high-performance businesses, while expanding your IT expertise. All this will mean you'll progress your career fast. If this is your idea of a typical working day.

London / Permanent / Ref: DB/Consultantcies

Network Voice Specialist, CCVP/CCNP VOICE/cVoice, European Travel

Network Voice Specialist, CCVP/CCNP VOICE/cVoice, European Travel. Network Voice Specialist is required by our client a large global outsourcer. They have a need to bring on a Voice Specialist to help with Design and Architecture work on a programme of work across client sites in the UK and Europe. This will involve migrating current voice and data equipment to Cisco equipment. You will need to be able to carry out project work on client sites, which will involve managing specific customers, and providing high level design, architecture, and low level design work. When neccassary you may have to carry out configuration work, and potentially even provide some support. It would be highly beneficial if you have voice/data certifications. You will need to be flexible on location of work.

This is an urgent contract to start immediately.

For more information please contact Ram Basra. Alexander Ash is a staffing agency an business.

London / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/NA001

Service Architect / Service Management Consultant - ITIL/Consultancy - London/Manchester

Service Architect / Service Consultants are required by our client a large global consultancy. They are looking ideally for individuals with ITIL experience to assist in the continued growth of a number of major blue chip clients.

In a design-led role, the Service Management Consultant / Service Architect will play a key role in service management, ITIL process and ITSM tool assessment and requirements definition activities & developing transition approaches.

You will need to have worked in a customer facing role, and be involved in gathering requirements, bid / pre sales responses, and engaging with clients to develop Service eCatalogues, toolset improvements (Openview, BMC etc).

You will need to have a background having delivered on at least one Service Management project, and ideally come from an Outsourcing or Consultancy background, although in-house role candidates will also be considered. You will be facing off in to major blue chip clients. ITIL v3 experience will be preferred, and candidates must have 2-5 years experience in the UK.

Service Architects / Service Management Consultants will have to be flexible for travel to client sites. These are urgent opportunities and will interview and hire very quickly.

For more information please send your details to Ram Basra and I will be in contact as soon as possible. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

North West / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/SA001

Web Design Consultant / Digital Consultant, London.

Web design / Digital consultant is required by our client a large global consultancy. There clients are looking for solutions to complex business problems and opportunities related to technology. This is increasingly around rich media and social interaction.

They are looking for technologists who work at the leading edge, and are able to deliver cutting edge solutions. You will typically be involved in working on industry leading web solutions that support millions of users, define new ways of consuming content and provide innovative customer experiences. You will be involved at all phases of the development lifecycle from development to deploying, design and implementation of eCommerce, social media and consumer portal architectures.

You will be involved in project management, business development and requirements analysis. The technologies that are used in this area include Programming with PHP, Java, J2EE, XML, JavaScript / HTML 5 / CSS / Flex and C# .NET. Experience in one or more of these technologies is a necessity, as well as experience with Jhoomla, Wordpress, Drupal or moveable type.

This is a consultants role so there will be a need to travel. For more information please contact Ram Basra on ram.basra@alexanderash.com Alexander Ash is a staffing business and recruitment business.

London / Permanent / Ref: JS/RB/WC002

Ecommerce Consultant

Our client, a market leading eCommerce organisation, require an Ecommerce Consultant to manage it's current ongoing business requirements and to plan a major online platform migration. You will provide a mix of architecture, project management and client advisory services.

Facing into a key UK client, you will provide technical advisory for new website functionality, platform migrations and technology innovation. The Consultant will add value to change projects/programmes, and communicate ideas to senior stakeholders and customers.

The eCommerce Consultant will collaborate with internal teams to deliver projects and ensure operational excellence, whilst recommending functional/technical changes to the client.

A broad technical understanding across areas such as XML and Java are ideal, with experience with technologies such as ATG, Hybris and Websphere a bonus. Prior experience across the programme lifecycle from requirements gathering, solution architecture and project leadership is also required.

This is an exceptional opportunity to join a rapidly growing organisation with substantial plans for the future. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

Ecommerce Consultant

London / Permanent / Ref: SS ECOMM-

Web DeveloperDesigner

My client who is an international retail company are searching for a talented Web Developer to join their growing and dynamic e-commerce team This is a hybrid role of development and design and you will be responsible for:

• Developing and maintaining the UI interface
• Integrating new e-commerce platform features
• Analysing and researching e-commerce platform advancements
• Developing and implementing a variety of HTML e-mail creatives in accordance with best practice design and coding
  * Developing micro sites including graphic content, site navigation, and layout of content with a good understanding of user experience and usability
  
  Ideally you will already have at least three years experience in a similar online role with;
• Strong development skills in XHTML, CSS, and JQuery
• Excellent knowledge of coding best practice for email and website creation is mandatory
• An understanding of and ability in animation, illustration, presentation, and publishing applications (DreamWeaver, Photoshop, Fireworks, ImageReady, Illustrator, Acrobat, InDesign, etc.)
• Strong understanding of e-commerce user experience best practices
• Good understanding of the importance of SEO
• To be a keen team player able to take briefs and develop compelling customer content working collaboratively with colleagues
• A good understand of design fundamentals, such as type, colour, layout and imagery creation/optimisation
• Eager to learn and apply latest advancements in e-commerce practices and social media

Web DeveloperDesigner

Home counties / Permanent / Ref: SS UI DEV

German speaking CTI Tester
Location: Germany
Duration: 12 months+

My client who is an international telecommunications company urgently require a german speaking CTI tester. The project is urgent and there will be an immediate start for the right candidate.

German speaking CTI Tester
Required Skills:

Well versed with Telco Business Processes on Contact Center Agent side
Expertise in Genesys, Skill-based routing
Extensive experience with Business Process & Functional Testing, preparation of Test Cases, Test Data preparation, Test Execution
Strong Analytical skills
Fluent German Speaker

German speaking CTI Tester

Germany / Contract / Ref: CTI Tester

E-Commerce CRM / Marketing Director -
Hammersmith, West London

The E-Commerce CRM / Marketing Directoris responsible for a small team managing CRM and website merchandising; leading promotional activities and associated marketing communications to drive revenue, increase lifetime value, reduce churn; and grow customer engagement and member loyalty.
The ideal candidate will blend marketing skills, e-commerce knowledge and editorial ability with analytical insight, database marketing and customer segmentation experience.

They will be able to use their knowledge and experience to develop the company's strategic plans and lead a small team of professionals, whilst at the same time be comfortable getting hands-on with a variety of applications and technologies themselves where necessary.

The role would suit either a CRM or merchandising professional who has the management expertise necessary to take on a broader range of responsibilities.

E-Commerce CRM / Marketing Director

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Ecomm CRM Mar

Technology Strategy Consultant

My client who are a Global Tier 1 Consultancy are looking for Technology Strategy Consultants to focus on identifying and implementing high performance business value creation and transformation opportunities by delivering independent consulting services focused on the C-suite.

In return you will have the opportunity to work in an environment that offers a fantastic career path and the opportunity to work with most FTSE100 clients

There are currently opportunities for Technology Strategy Consultant with one or more of the following competencies;

*Value Creation - IT Cost Reduction; Benchmarking; IT Value Identification (Mergers and Acquisitions); IT-enabled innovation *Direction Setting - IT Strategy; IT Due diligence and post-merger integration; Enterprise Architecture (Business Capability, Applications, Data and Infrastructure); Outsourcing strategy; Investment Portfolio Analysis and Management (utilising PPM tools such as Mercury ITG, Clarity); IT for IT Toolset planning *Capability Planning - Enterprise Architecture; IT Process Maturity Assessment; IT Workforce Capability Assessment/Transformation; Application Development Transformation; Service Management Transformation; Demand/Supply Balancing; Business/IT Relationship Transformation; IT-enabled Innovation Capability *Structure - IT Organisational design; IT Operating Model *Control - IT Cost Transparency, IT Governance, IT Process Tool Implementation, IT Funding and Charging. Candidates should be able to demonstrate a knowledge of Strategy offerings, as well as deep skills in C-level communications (at senior levels), Advanced Value Analysis and Insight Development, Industry/Business Assessment and Insight Development, Strategy Development, High Performance Business Architecture & Journey Planning.

Technology Strategy Consultant

London / Permanent / Ref: SSS IT Strategy

Call Centre Manager

Call Centre Manager is required for a leading e-commerce company for the for the delivery of high-class customer care, supporting internal and external teams as well as developing new channels and techniques to handle customer contacts.

As the successful Call Centre Manager you will be required to;
Manage across multiple locations managing the relationship with outsourced teams andmonitor performance activity using KPI/metrics,
Planning and development of short and long term capacity utilisation.
Managing the CRM, phone system, knowledge centre and any other tools used by Customer Care
Seting organisation performance expectations to improve quality of service.
Developing process improvements to help streamline business practices.
Introducing new channels and techniques to support the company's growth objectives, such as chat-based customer interaction for Customer Care, retention and to meet sales objectives.
Responsibility for the collection and reporting of call centre data.

Call Centre Manager task and responsibilities as assigned

• Several years working in a call centre environment
• Several years in a management /leadership role
• Previous experience of managing outsourced customer support
• Strong statistical and analytical skills with the ability to quickly identify and categorise problems
• Thorough knowledge of call centre metrics and scheduling
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong presentation skills
• Strong data management skills
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Bachelors Degree

Call Centre Manager

London / Permanent / Ref: SS CALL AU

Release Manager - ITIL

Release Manager is required urgently for our client, an international blue chip organisation. The Release Manager will be responsible for reviewing existing release management processes, leading change, and also managing a team of developers and deployment groups internally.

You will be responsible for release management activities within a team performing high volume software releases into a live environment. Therefore, this organisation requires an individual who can work to tight SLAs and timelines, with a structured, ITIL approach, and the ability to communicate effectively with technical teams.

This is an urgent contract for a well known media client of ours.

Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as a recruitment agency.

London / Contract / Ref: JS/RB/RM001

Call Centre Manager

Call Centre Manager is required for a leading e-commerce company for the for the delivery of high-class customer care, supporting internal and external teams as well as developing new channels and techniques to handle customer contacts.

As the successful Call Centre Manager you will be required to;
Manage across multiple locations managing the relationship with outsourced teams andmonitor performance activity using KPI/metrics,
Planning and development of short and long term capacity utilisation.
Managing the CRM, phone system, knowledge centre and any other tools used by Customer Care
Seting organisation performance expectations to improve quality of service.
Developing process improvements to help streamline business practices.
Introducing new channels and techniques to support the company's growth objectives, such as chat-based customer interaction for Customer Care, retention and to meet sales objectives.
Responsibility for the collection and reporting of call centre data.

Call Centre Manager task and responsibilities as assigned

• Several years working in a call centre environment
• Several years in a management /leadership role
• Previous experience of managing outsourced customer support
• Strong statistical and analytical skills with the ability to quickly identify and categorise problems
• Thorough knowledge of call centre metrics and scheduling
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong presentation skills
• Strong data management skills
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Bachelors Degree

Call Centre Manager

London / Permanent / Ref: SS CALL AU

Senior ATG Developer - eCommerce Consultancy

Senior ATG Developer is required for our client, a highly ambitious and successful Outsourcer and Consulting firm, to act as the lead technical point of contact for client projects. In an early stage of this organisations development in the UK, the Senior Developer will help grow the Development team, as well as providing consultancy services to their portfolio of large customers.

You will set the technical direction of projects, and highlight major technical issues. This organisation are growing their practice around eCommerce platforms such as ATG and Hybris, and as such require individuals with commercial experience in these areas. You will have 7+ years of analysis/design/development and implementation of critical business systems, and proven experience around leadership and team management. Proven background within ATG eCommerce systems and solutions is required, as is familiarity with CMS/search solutions.

This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in a major multinational organisation, at a pivotal time of growth in their eCommerce team. Alexander Ash Consulting is acting as an agency.

South East / Permanent / Ref: AA/AP-ATG

Voice Consultant

My client, a global Tier 1 consultancy is urgently seeking a Voice Consultant to work onsite for an Investment Bank, throughout Europe on a number of legacy system upgrade projects.

You will have expertise in voice and data network design and upgrades on the Cisco platform with a background in legacy solutions. The contract will be for a minimum of 6 months and will involve extensive travel to sites across Europe. Any certifications in Cisco are beneficial to your application and there will be immediate starts for the right candidates subject to vetting.

Voice Consultant

Rest of Europe / Contract / Ref: SS VOICE

Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Implementation Specialist

Global Tier 1 consultancy have urgent requirements for Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Implementation Specialists with experience in the areas of Portfolio, Programme and Project management process and tool configurations and implementations to help plan, design, build and implement PPM solutions for their clients. Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Implementation Specialists skills: *Project experience working with *Portfolio Management, Programme Management and Project Management processes and tooling support *Portfolio, Programme and Project Financial Management processes and tooling support *Portfolio, Programme and Project Resource Management processes and tooling support *Experience of packaged software deployment particularly involving a PPM tool e.g. CA Clarity, HP PPM, Planview , SAP RPM, Microsoft Project Server or any other relevant tool *Experience of configuring integrations to other related applications e.g. General Ledger, HR master data, Peoplesoft, Microsoft Project, Purchase Order Info *Previous experience working in a customer facing role providing PPM process and tooling advise and support consultancy at a client environment *Ability to analyse client environments including business problems, existing processes and technology and translate these into PPM process and solution requirements *You will possess a good technical degree from a leading university

Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Implementation Specialists

London / Permanent / Ref: SS- PPM Specialist

IT Project Consultant - Legacy Applications

IT Project Consultant is urgently required for my client who is a tier 1 global consultancy to assist clients in architecting solutions and delivering projects in the field of Legacy Application Renewal. You will be covering the full range of renewal and transformation technologies relating to legacy applications. This includes mainframe, midrange and client/server technologies

As the successful IT Project Consultant you will have experience of working within a consultancy or in dealing with external clients and;

• You will possess a good quantitative or numerical degree from a leading university or have equivalent experience
• Previous relevant experience working in a design and/or architecture function within a large development programme
• All candidates must be willing to be London or Manchester based, but offer full mobility (i.e. prepared to work away from home Monday to Friday as required)

Technical Skill Requirements

• Experience in application and architecture development in a variety of technical platforms such as Mainframe, J2EE and Microsoft .NET environment technologies with deep experience in at least one of these platforms.
• Experience in using Middleware/Messaging/Web Services architectures to integrate Legacy applications
• Experience in application migration, particularly cross-platform migration
• Experience in replatforming applications onto up-to-date infrastructure would be advantageous
• Hands-on delivery or involvement in large, major IT change programmes

IT Project Consultant

Rest of Europe / Permanent / Ref: SS IT PROJECT

Data Centre Migration Consultant- Data Centre UK WIDE OPPORTUNITIES

My client, which is a Global Tier 1 consultancy, is currently searching for Data Centre Consolidation & Application Migration Consultants who will strive to deliver transformational change within their clients' data centres. Through a holistic approach, you will be expected to optimise data centres, the underlying infrastructure technologies and the supporting operational processes and tools in use.

You will be a Data Centre Consolidation & Application Migration Consultant with experience in technical platforms, storage management and/ or database technologies to support the development and delivery of cost effective and flexible IT Infrastructures for clients.

Technical Skill Requirements

Candidates have experience grounded in implementing and transforming data centre environments and will have some of the following skills:

• Strong skills in shaping and/ or supporting the delivery of data centre consolidation and/ or application migration projects from initial assessment and high-level design through to effective delivery
• Proven experience in server/ storage consolidation and rationalisation/ replatforming
• Experience in developing and delivering data centre consolidation strategies/ application migration approaches, implementation roadmaps and business cases focused on business priorities and benefits
• Experience in designing and delivering orchestrated and manageable data centre operations solutions using innovative Next Generation Data Centre infrastructure tools, techniques and technologies
• Knowledge of database technologies and/ or SAN/ NAS technologies considered as an advantage
• Additional experience of infrastructure virtualisation or management in virtualised environments also seen as an advantage

Data Centre Consolidation & Application Migration Consultant

London / Permanent / Ref: SS APP MIGRATE

IT Strategy Consultant

My client who are a Global Tier 1 Consultancy are looking for IT Strategy Consultant to focus on identifying and implementing high performance business value creation and transformation opportunities by delivering independent consulting services focused on the C-suite.

In return you will have the opportunity to work in an environment that offers a fantastic career path and the opportunity to work with most FTSE100 clients

There are currently opportunities for IT Strategy Consultant with one or more of the following competencies;

*Value Creation - IT Cost Reduction; Benchmarking; IT Value Identification (Mergers and Acquisitions); IT-enabled innovation *Direction Setting - IT Strategy; IT Due diligence and post-merger integration; Enterprise Architecture (Business Capability, Applications, Data and Infrastructure); Outsourcing strategy; Investment Portfolio Analysis and Management (utilising PPM tools such as Mercury ITG, Clarity); IT for IT Toolset planning *Capability Planning - Enterprise Architecture; IT Process Maturity Assessment; IT Workforce Capability Assessment/Transformation; Application Development Transformation; Service Management Transformation; Demand/Supply Balancing; Business/IT Relationship Transformation; IT-enabled Innovation Capability *Structure - IT Organisational design; IT Operating Model *Control - IT Cost Transparency, IT Governance, IT Process Tool Implementation, IT Funding and Charging. Candidates should be able to demonstrate a knowledge of Strategy offerings, as well as deep skills in C-level communications (at senior levels), Advanced Value Analysis and Insight Development, Industry/Business Assessment and Insight Development, Strategy Development, High Performance Business Architecture & Journey Planning.

IT Strategy Consultant

London / Permanent / Ref: SSS IT Strategy

IT Strategy Consultant

My client who are a Global Tier 1 Consultancy are looking for IT Strategy Consultant to focus on identifying and implementing high performance business value creation and transformation opportunities by delivering independent consulting services focused on the C-suite.

In return you will have the opportunity to work in an environment that offers a fantastic career path and the opportunity to work with most FTSE100 clients

There are currently opportunities for IT Strategy Consultant with one or more of the following competencies;

*Value Creation - IT Cost Reduction; Benchmarking; IT Value Identification (Mergers and Acquisitions); IT-enabled innovation *Direction Setting - IT Strategy; IT Due diligence and post-merger integration; Enterprise Architecture (Business Capability, Applications, Data and Infrastructure); Outsourcing strategy; Investment Portfolio Analysis and Management (utilising PPM tools such as Mercury ITG, Clarity); IT for IT Toolset planning *Capability Planning - Enterprise Architecture; IT Process Maturity Assessment; IT Workforce Capability Assessment/Transformation; Application Development Transformation; Service Management Transformation; Demand/Supply Balancing; Business/IT Relationship Transformation; IT-enabled Innovation Capability *Structure - IT Organisational design; IT Operating Model *Control - IT Cost Transparency, IT Governance, IT Process Tool Implementation, IT Funding and Charging. Candidates should be able to demonstrate a knowledge of Strategy offerings, as well as deep skills in C-level communications (at senior levels), Advanced Value Analysis and Insight Development, Industry/Business Assessment and Insight Development, Strategy Development, High Performance Business Architecture & Journey Planning.

IT Strategy Consultant

London / Permanent / Ref: SSS IT Strategy

Performance Tester

Performance Testers are urgently required for my client who are a global Tier1 consultancy. You will use testing, modelling and diagnostic tools to help prevent and diagnose application performance issues across the development lifecycle.

You will also be responsible for working with existing application development teams to identify, diagnose, and report on performance issues within the application landscape and if successful will be assigned to client facing roles, and will therefore need good people management skills, to complement your technical and delivery experience

Performance Tester

Key Responsibilities include:

o Application of a rigorous and structured approach across areas of; performance diagnostics, performance testing, capacity planning, performance architecture design, performance monitoring, or code profiling
o Planning and managing one of the following teams (dependent on grade) performance diagnostic, performance testing, performance monitoring or application development team
o Working within a structured environment, including the use of structured methods and approaches (e.g. PRINCE2, CMM) and modern development tools
o Your experiences will include IT system deliveries for a broad range of client

Qualifications:
o Previous relevant experience working within a consulting environment
o Experience with Capacity estimating, modelling, or planning
o Experience with application and architecture code profiling
o Experience with infrastructure and application performance tuning
o Experience with Web-architectures design and development (Java/J2EE, .NET, SOA, web-services)
o Experience with any of the following diagnostics tools: Wily/Computer Associates Introscope, Mercury Diagnostics, Compuware or Quest Performasure.
o Candidates will possess a good quantitative or numerical degree from a leading university of have equivalent experience

Performance Tester

North West / Permanent / Ref: SS PERFORMANCE

E-Commerce CRM / Marketing Director -
Hammersmith, West London

The E-Commerce CRM / Marketing Directoris responsible for a small team managing CRM and website merchandising; leading promotional activities and associated marketing communications to drive revenue, increase lifetime value, reduce churn; and grow customer engagement and member loyalty.
The ideal candidate will blend marketing skills, e-commerce knowledge and editorial ability with analytical insight, database marketing and customer segmentation experience.

They will be able to use their knowledge and experience to develop the company's strategic plans and lead a small team of professionals, whilst at the same time be comfortable getting hands-on with a variety of applications and technologies themselves where necessary.

The role would suit either a CRM or merchandising professional who has the management expertise necessary to take on a broader range of responsibilities.

E-Commerce CRM / Marketing Director

London / Permanent / Ref: SS Ecomm CRM Mar

Information Security Specialist Global Tier 1 consultancy are urgently seeking talented Information Security specialists with deep skills and experience in the implementation of information security technologies to support the design, build and implementation of cost effective, robust and flexible Information Security solutions for our clients. Information Security specialists key responsibilities: *Assisting with the security assessments and development of high-level security architecture designs to support the implementation of security solutions (infrastructure and/ or application) *Performing and/ or leading security architecture detail design and implementation activities (infrastructure and/ or application) *Performing and/ or leading the design and implementation of security processes *Performing and/ or leading the design and implementation of security controls *Contributing to asset development and harvesting *Working as part of projects across a variety of industry sectors and providing deep technical skills and expertise in implementing information security solutions Information Security Specialist

London / Permanent / Ref: SS INFO SECURITY

German speaking CTI Tester
Location: Germany
Duration: 12 months+

My client who is an international telecommunications company urgently require a german speaking CTI tester. The project is urgent and there will be an immediate start for the right candidate.

German speaking CTI Tester
Required Skills:

Well versed with Telco Business Processes on Contact Center Agent side
Expertise in Genesys, Skill-based routing
Extensive experience with Business Process & Functional Testing, preparation of Test Cases, Test Data preparation, Test Execution
Strong Analytical skills
Fluent German Speaker

German speaking CTI Tester

Germany / Contract / Ref: CTI Tester

Technical Product Manager

My client, who is a renowned global website brand, is looking for an outstanding product manager to increase sales volumes by ensuring sellers fully utilise their expedited shipping services and customer service.
You will have a background in consulting or product management with an interest in e-commerce and the ideal candidate will also have worked within logistics.

Technical Product Manager

Responsibilities:

• Champion the merchant and buyer experience and create business cases and technical requirements to project manage and deliver improvements.
• Develop a strong relationship with our largest sellers in order to help them grow by removing any technical blockers, identifying business development areas and understanding their needs.
• Use data analysis, using advanced Excel skills and intermediate SQL skills, to create detailed KPI reporting and conduct deep dive analysis into particular areas of problem or opportunity.
• Gather feedback from multiple stakeholders to combine with his/her own judgment to define local requirements for global technology projects.
• Use one-to-one communication with seller executives and one-to-many communication with thousands of professional sellers.
• Help high volume sellers and third party solution providers create automated integrations within the marketplace using APIs and file transfer applications and will help refine the tools that we provide sellers for such integrations.
  

Technical Product Manager

London / Permanent / Ref: SS PROD-MAN

Flash Designer

Flash designer is required for my client who are a world, leading e-commerce site. They are seeking a talented and passionate interactive designer to create innovative advertising experiences for global brands. Your primary focus will be to design innovative rich media experiences for online advertising campaigns and to design cutting-edge rich media advertising products and experiences for the world's leading advertisers on a global basis. You will be:

Self-starter who is a customer-obsessed, detail-oriented, and enthusiastic team player
Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
Fluency in German is desired
Minimum of 7 years experience as flash designer, preferably with 3+ years in an interactive agency environment
An online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating strong visual design skills and experience creating great rich media advertising experiences is a requirement for application
Strong project management skills and team-oriented with the ability to multi-task and meet tight deadlines
Exceptional attention to detail
Ability to work with highly technical teams and handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
Excellent working knowledge of Flash, Photoshop and the Adobe Creative Suite
Fluent in Actionscript 2 and 3 and good working knowledge of HMTL, CSS and Javascript
Bachelor's or Master's degree in design or equivalent professional experience.

Flash Designer

London / Contract / Ref: SS FLASH

Web DeveloperDesigner

My client who is an international retail company are searching for a talented Web Developer to join their growing and dynamic e-commerce team This is a hybrid role of development and design and you will be responsible for:

• Developing and maintaining the UI interface
• Integrating new e-commerce platform features
• Analysing and researching e-commerce platform advancements
• Developing and implementing a variety of HTML e-mail creatives in accordance with best practice design and coding
  * Developing micro sites including graphic content, site navigation, and layout of content with a good understanding of user experience and usability
  
  Ideally you will already have at least three years experience in a similar online role with;
• Strong development skills in XHTML, CSS, and JQuery
• Excellent knowledge of coding best practice for email and website creation is mandatory
• An understanding of and ability in animation, illustration, presentation, and publishing applications (DreamWeaver, Photoshop, Fireworks, ImageReady, Illustrator, Acrobat, InDesign, etc.)
• Strong understanding of e-commerce user experience best practices
• Good understanding of the importance of SEO
• To be a keen team player able to take briefs and develop compelling customer content working collaboratively with colleagues
• A good understand of design fundamentals, such as type, colour, layout and imagery creation/optimisation
• Eager to learn and apply latest advancements in e-commerce practices and social media

Web DeveloperDesigner

Home counties / Permanent / Ref: SS UI DEV

UI DeveloperDesigner

My client who is an international retail company are searching for a talented UI Developer to join their growing and dynamic e-commerce team This is a hybrid role of development and design and you will be responsible for:

• Developing and maintaining the UI interface
• Integrating new e-commerce platform features
• Analysing and researching e-commerce platform advancements
• Developing and implementing a variety of HTML e-mail creatives in accordance with best practice design and coding
  * Developing micro sites including graphic content, site navigation, and layout of content with a good understanding of user experience and usability
  
  Ideally you will already have at least three years experience in a similar online role with;
• Strong development skills in XHTML, CSS, and JQuery
• Excellent knowledge of coding best practice for email and website creation is mandatory
• An understanding of and ability in animation, illustration, presentation, and publishing applications (DreamWeaver, Photoshop, Fireworks, ImageReady, Illustrator, Acrobat, InDesign, etc.)
• Strong understanding of e-commerce user experience best practices
• Good understanding of the importance of SEO
• To be a keen team player able to take briefs and develop compelling customer content working collaboratively with colleagues
• A good understand of design fundamentals, such as type, colour, layout and imagery creation/optimisation
• Eager to learn and apply latest advancements in e-commerce practices and social media

UI DeveloperDesigner

Home counties / Permanent / Ref: SS UI DEV

Flash Designer German speaking

Flash designer is required for my client who are a world, leading e-commerce site. They are seeking a talented and passionate interactive designer to create innovative advertising experiences for global brands. Your primary focus will be to design innovative rich media experiences for online advertising campaigns and to design cutting-edge rich media advertising products and experiences for the world's leading advertisers on a global basis. You will be:

Self-starter who is a customer-obsessed, detail-oriented, and enthusiastic team player
Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
Fluency in German is desired
Minimum of 7 years experience as flash designer, preferably with 3+ years in an interactive agency environment
An online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating strong visual design skills and experience creating great rich media advertising experiences is a requirement for application
Strong project management skills and team-oriented with the ability to multi-task and meet tight deadlines
Exceptional attention to detail
Ability to work with highly technical teams and handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
Excellent working knowledge of Flash, Photoshop and the Adobe Creative Suite
Fluent in Actionscript 2 and 3 and good working knowledge of HMTL, CSS and Javascript
Bachelor's or Master's degree in design or equivalent professional experience.

Flash Designer

London / Contract / Ref: SS FLASH

E-Commerce Product Manager

My client, who is a renowned global website brand, is looking for an outstanding E-commerce product manager to increase sales volumes by ensuring sellers fully utilise their expedited shipping services and customer service.
You will have a background in consulting or product management with demonstrable experience in e-commerce and the ideal candidate will also have worked within logistics.

E-Commerce Product Manager

Responsibilities:

• Champion the merchant and buyer experience and create business cases and technical requirements to project manage and deliver improvements.
• Develop a strong relationship with our largest sellers in order to help them grow by removing any technical blockers, identifying business development areas and understanding their needs.
• Use data analysis, using advanced Excel skills and intermediate SQL skills, to create detailed KPI reporting and conduct deep dive analysis into particular areas of problem or opportunity.
• Gather feedback from multiple stakeholders to combine with his/her own judgment to define local requirements for global technology projects.
• Use one-to-one communication with seller executives and one-to-many communication with thousands of professional sellers.
• Help high volume sellers and third party solution providers create automated integrations within the marketplace using APIs and file transfer applications and will help refine the tools that we provide sellers for such integrations.
  

E-Commerce Product Manager

London / Permanent / Ref: SS PROD-MAN

Technology Consultant, Global Consultancy, London.

Technology Consultants are required by my client a BIG 4 consultancy. Due to demand from clients with Technology Projects they are hiring across multiple technology workstreams.

These include but are not limited too:-

Virtualistion

Cloud Computing

Applications Optimisation Managers

IT Strategy

PMO

Information Security