Open ECX Bolsters Team Amid Expansion Into New Sectors

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, a global producer of speciality chemicals for water-intensive industries.