• This is a full-time role, however flexibility in this will be considered
• We know that having a work-life balance is important, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role
• The base location for this role is Greggs House, Newcastle upon Tyne, however hybrid working will be considered.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Power Platform Lead to join our Power Platform team here at Greggs. We specialise in delivering cutting edge solutions to streamline business processes and empower our teams to achieve their goals efficiently. As Power Platform Lead you will play a pivotal role in solution design, development and deployment of our solutions in Greggs. You will lead a team of developers and collaborate closely with stakeholders to understand requirements, architect solutions and deliver high quality products that leverage the full capabilities of the Power Platform. 

The ideal candidate will have extensive hands-on experience with Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse and extending to third-party systems. As well as building and implementing Power Platform solutions you will drive our maturity model to continually improve our SDLC. You will have a strong understanding of configuring the Power Platform Admin Centre and have experience implementing environment strategy, ALM, DLP and licensing. You will work with Business Area leads to understand their needs and communicate the benefits of replacing manual systems, such as risk reduction and better visibility and integration of data. We offer a fantastic scope for growth, providing continuous training and development to team members via regular check ins and certifications support. 

We believe in growing together – as a united team and working towards the achievement of our vision which is to be a winning brand in the food-on-the-go market. Greggs is a much loved and trusted brand with a strong traditional bakery heritage.  Our people are what makes our business successful. 
  
We aim to provide our people with a great place to work, where they feel valued by listening, developing and rewarding them. 

We are looking for passionate people that love working as a part of a team to join us on our journey. 

We can offer you:

• 25 days (5 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service (in addition to bank holidays), plus 1 additional floating day

• Management Bonus Scheme which is worth up to 12.5% of your salary

• Profit share: We want everyone to share in the success of the business, so we distribute 10% of our profits to all our employees who have at least 6-month service, or more, each year

• Private Medical Insurance which is free for you and subsidised for your dependants

• Permanent Health Insurance which is a replacement income scheme

• You will automatically join our Greggs pension scheme which is a fantastic way to save for your retirement and allows you to benefit from employer contributions and tax advantages

• Defined contribution management pension scheme

• Death in service benefit which provides a lump-sum payment equal to 4 times your year’s salary

• Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products

• Share save schemes that let you buy discounted Greggs shares, by saving a set amount of money over a fixed time, to have an even bigger share of our profits

• Career progression and learning and development

• Employee Assistance Programme; A free, confidential helpline, offering advice and support with financial, relationship, work-related and wellbeing issues, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Including a mobile app providing a range of wellness content on physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing

• Perks and savings, such as digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers

• Cycle to Work scheme

• A company who cares about our communities; the environment and being a better business! Click here to read about The Greggs Pledge

• Colleague Networks – internal groups where colleagues and their allies can share their own experiences, offer feedback on the way we do things at Greggs, and provide support to one another

• Leading the Power Platform back-end admin centre activities and assigning security roles and privileges across each of our environments. 
• Extending our governance strategy and leveraging our Centre of Excellence and using the data provided to keep the platform efficient and clean. 
• Work closely with Business Area leads to deliver Power Platform-based solutions. 
• Architect scalable and maintainable solutions that align with our best practices and industry standards. 
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the developers in our team. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate Power Platform solutions with existing systems and technologies. 
• Perform code reviews and ensure adherence to development standards and quality guidelines. 
• Stay current with the latest updates and features of the Power Platform ecosystem and recommend best practices for implementation.  
• Building Power Apps (Canvas, Model-Driven using both SharePoint and Dataverse) and making use of the full Microsoft Power Platform to deliver a production ready business application. 
• Efficiently communicate to customers and colleagues the advantages of the Power Platform, specifically Power Apps. 
• Ensure correct documentation of delivered solution is provided where required. 

Skills Required 

• Strong communication skills both with customers and internal teams. 
• Great understanding of Microsoft's Power Platform, specifically Canvas Power Apps and Power Automate. 
• Strong understanding of SDLC and implementing ALM in the Power Platform. 
• Demonstrable experience with build pipelines. 
• Demonstrable ability to produce Power Apps projects that resolve specific business problems. 
• Demonstrable understanding of where Power Apps and Power Automate can be used to offer efficient solutions and drive productivity in the business applications produced. 
• Attention to detail and ability to break down complexities to manageable and actionable tasks. 
• Good experience working with customers from early requirements gathering through to deployment. 

You will have a proactive, can-do attitude and enjoy contributing towards an adaptive, fun and creative environment.  You will be capable of working cross-functionally and facilitating and collaborating with multiple stakeholder groups. 

You will be a lifelong learner and will enjoy joining us on a continuous journey of learning and improving as we strive to become a high-performing, self-organising team, applying adaptive planning techniques to deliver innovative solutions to business problems.   

You will care about delivering high-quality products that are robust, secure, scalable and maintainable, ensuring quality is baked-in, learning from and sharing your knowledge with others through paired and mob programming and code reviews.

Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes Greggs so special is our culture – the way we are, the way we behave and the way we support each other. We're hard-working, but above all else we're family; and it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from or what your favourite bake is, we’d love you to join us!   We want everyone to feel welcome at Greggs and our colleagues to be able to be themselves at work, whatever their background, preferences, or views.