IT Applications Manager

PLANET RECRUITMENT SERVICES LTDWitneyreedpublished 10/15/2026
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About the company

A growing and innovative manufacturing business based in Witney is looking to appoint a IT Applications Manager to play a key role in supporting and evolving its business-critical systems.

Your tasks

Working closely with business teams, the IT Applications Manager ensures applications effectively support business processes and that changes are delivered safely, securely, and in alignment with ITIL best practice.

  • Ensure the stability, performance, and availability of business-critical applications
  • Lead application support, configuration, and ongoing optimisation initiatives
  • Manage incidents, changes, and problem resolution in line with ITIL best practices
  • Work closely with internal teams and third-party providers to drive system improvements
  • Support data integrity, governance, and reporting requirements across the business
  • Manage and support integrations between applications, databases, and external systems.
  • Act as the technical owner for assigned business-critical applications.

Requirements

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced applications professional who enjoys combining technical expertise with continuous improvement and stakeholder engagement.

  • Strong experience supporting and configuring enterprise or business-critical applications.
  • Understanding of application architecture, databases, APIs, and integrations.
  • Knowledge of ITIL processes, especially change, incident, and problem management.
  • Familiarity with SQL, reporting tools, and data analysis techniques (desirable).
  • Understanding of data governance principles and best practices.

What we offer

This is a great opportunity for a candidate to working in a growing company with great responsibility.

How to apply

If this position is of interest, then please apply ASAP.

Other

Role: IT Applications Manager Location: Witney, Oxfordshire

INDIT Planet Recruitment acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Planet Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Only candidates with the relevant skills and experience will be contacted after application, if you do not hear back from us within 7 days you have unfortunately been unsuccessful in your application.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the position.