Software provider Open ECX has created a raft of roles to meet growing demand as it expands into a host of new sectors.
The Manchester-based company has secured recent business wins in industries ranging from hospitality and food and beverage to engineering, property services, construction and healthcare.
It has also secured new partnerships with several organisations to help them enhance their customer offering, alongside contracts to provide additional services to existing clients.
The company has made a series of appointments in its commercial and operations teams to support its expansion and the onboarding of new customers.
Joseph Smith, Rachel Kirby and Lucy Murphy have joined the commercial team while Emma Garland, Angus Varndell, Dylan Meadows and Malak Farhat have been recruited to the operations team.
Further recruitment is planned over the coming months to fuel the company’s ability to continue its rapid growth.
Open ECX is an award-winning provider of SaaS-based software which automates business transactions.
The company specialises in order-to-cash and procure-to-pay technology designed to help businesses better manage their financial processes, covering aspects including invoicing, ordering and statement reconciliation.
Its software integrates with an array of leading ERP systems, such as SAP, Oracle and Microsoft.
The business, which has its headquarters in Blackfriars House in Manchester city centre, is backed by private equity firm MonacoSol.
Open ECX has marked its entry into the food and beverage sector with new customer Beckett’s Foods, a UK bacon and gammon manufacturer which supplies the foodservice and retail sectors.
In the healthcare sector, Open ECX has won medical equipment manufacturer Vernacare as a new client.
Other recent customer wins include Arco, a £300m-plus turnover supplier of workplace safety equipment and provider of advice, training and consultancy services, and Solenis, aglobal producer of specialty chemicals for water-intensive industries.
Property services and retrofit specialist Cardo Group, engineering company Portsmouth Aviation and paving and walling manufacturer Tobermore are also recent additions to Open ECX’s customer base.
Among the recent new strategic partnerships are ones with Kerridge Commercial Systems, a provider of ERP and business management software for the distribution, automotive and rental industries, along with Medius and the National Merchant Buying Society, a buying society in the UK for independent builders, plumbers, heating, roofing, hardware and timber merchants.
Open ECX chief executive Nathan Ollier said:
“Our drive into new sectors has formed a key part of our strategy for 2024, and we are pleased to see this bearing fruit with a series of significant business wins in areas such as food and beverage and healthcare.
“We continue to invest in great people to build on the dynamic and collaborative culture we have created to further drive innovation and excellence.
“We’re excited about the opportunities that lie ahead as we continue to deliver automation and efficiency to a rapidly-growing customer base through the development of new solutions, alongside expanding our partnerships with existing customers and organisations to help them improve their offering to their own clients and members.
“It’s an exciting period for Open ECX and attracting more great people to our team gives us scope for further continued growth as we increase our activities across a host of industries.”
For further information on the company, visit https://openecx.com/