IT Service Delivery Manager (1 year FTC)

Company: Retail Company Position: IT Service Delivery Manager Contract: 1-year fixed term contract Location: London or Amsterdam (Hybrid) Salary: 55,000 – 70,000 GBP + 10% Bonus Job responsibilities: 1. Service Desk & Incident Management * L1 triage & ownership: Act as regional L1 triage layer — validate severity/impact, capture data and route incidents to the correct resolver group, keeping knowledge and control within future autonomy. * Major incident management: Coordinate major incidents end-to-end (e.g. authentication/M365 outages, store-down events), driving service vendor and other resolvers to resolution and clear user communication. * Problem management: Turn recurring incidents into root-cause fixes and reduce avoidable demand. 2. Service Integration & Vendor SLA (SIAM) * Vendor service integration: Own the day-to-day relationship with vendor for L1/L2 service desk, lifecycle/depot, major incident management and consultancy; run monthly service reviews and hold partners to SLA. * Resolver-group coordination: Coordinate across Technology business (M365, identity, ServiceNow), our Business IT (transitional infra/EUC) and application/network/3PL vendors under a clear RACI. * ServiceNow continuity: Ensure our workflows, routing, ownership and reporting are built and maintained in ServiceNow (with Plat4mation) — a key Day 1 risk area. 3. End-User Computing & Workplace * Device lifecycle: Manage the end-to-end device lifecycle (Windows/Surface, mobile, iPad) to our Surface standard — procurement, build, deployment, refresh and secure disposal — coordinating with asset partners for the separation asset transfer. * Workplace services: Own M365 workplace support (Outlook, Teams, Intune-managed devices), onboarding/offboarding (JML), print, access and conferencing across offices and showrooms. * Asset management: Maintain an accurate asset register from ServiceNow/Intune covering user, device type, model, serial, status and location to support transfer and lifecycle management. 4. Retail & Store Support Experience * Store support model: Define and run the store-facing support experience for several hundred retail users, ensuring fast, empathetic resolution for POS, connectivity and peripheral issues without on-site presence in every location. 5. Service Governance & Reporting * SLA & experience reporting: Track SLA/KPI performance, aged tickets, repeat incidents, CSAT and readiness actions; produce clear management dashboards. * Continual improvement: Drive ITIL-aligned continual service improvement and readiness reviews through cutover and hypercare. Experience * Service Management: 8+ years in IT service delivery / service desk management with strong ITIL-based incident, problem and change practice. * ServiceNow: Hands-on ServiceNow experience — workflows, routing, reporting, and dashboards; able to help stand up/maintain our instance content. * Vendor/SIAM: Proven vendor and SLA management, ideally integrating a managed service desk partner in a multi-supplier (SIAM) model. * EUC&M365: Solid end-user computing and Microsoft 365 support (Entra ID, Intune, Teams/Outlook), JML and device lifecycle to a corporate hardware standard. * Retail Support: Experience supporting multi-site retail users and stores, including POS and store peripherals, across multiple European countries. We regret to inform applicants that only shortlisted candidates will be notified. Thank you for understanding