Advisor, Application Development - Facilities Technical Lead

Cargill•Wayzata, MN

20h

About The Position

Cargill is committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. Sitting at the heart of the supply chain, we partner with farmers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. Our 155,000 team members innovate with purpose, providing customers with life’s essentials so businesses can grow, communities prosper, and consumers live well. With over 160 years of experience as a family company, we look ahead while remaining true to our values. We put people first. We reach higher. We do the right thing—today and for generations to come. Job Purpose and Impact The Facilities Technical Leader provides thought leadership for maintaining, integrating and implementing software applications within the organization. As a recognized subject matter expert in the field, this job performs highly complex software application testing, quality assurance, configuration, installation and support to ensure smooth, stable and timely implementation of new software and updates to installed applications.

Requirements

Minimum requirement of 6 years of relevant work experience.
Typically reflects 10 years or more of relevant experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience serving as a technical SME and consultant to executive-level stakeholders
Proven ability to deliver technical presentations and recommendations to executive leadership
Experience with IBM TRIRIGA or a comparable enterprise real estate or facilities management platform

Responsibilities

Recommends and implements highly complex strategies for application configuration to align with business goals.
Provides thought leadership and finds improvements for release management processes and the programming, configuration, testing and deployment of fixes or updates for application version releases.
Fosters an open channel of communication with users and provides advise on application support requests and needs.
Develops advanced and complex application support activities to deliver on business outcomes.
Cultivates engagement with key internal and external partners, understanding their needs and maintaining effective communication to ensure project alignment and success.
Leads efforts to review incoming incident tickets and user requests to ensure prioritization aligned with service level agreements.
Builds positive relationships with software vendors and negotiates relevant contracts.
Provides insights on the performance of configured applications and recommends adjustments to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
Identifies, recommends and implements improvements for moderate to advanced and highly complex application specific support processes and procedures.