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DEUTZ AG•Norcross, MN

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About The Position

As part of our Global IT team, the Manager, Business Applications is a key role in enabling the digitalization of our business processes, ensuring the uptime and efficient use of our business applications in collaboration with the local business and the global IT organization at our parent company DEUTZ AG. This position will have the local ownership of analyzing and translating local business requirements into finalized IT concepts and aligning local IT projects with high business impact with the Global IT team. This also includes supporting the implementation and productive use of business applications for our service network, engine production, engine and parts sales business, and regular administrative and back-office processes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or related field
5-7 years of experience in IT management with a focus on business applications and support.
Working knowledge of one or more major business application (SAP, MS Dynamics, etc)
Experiencing managing all stages of the application lifecycle
Ability and working experience to analyze business operations and translate into IT solutions concepts
Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work independently and lead a team involved in multiple projects simultaneously.
Process oriented.

Nice To Haves

Project management certifications
Experience working in consulting industry
Experience working in multinational collaborations

Responsibilities

Lead the local requirements analysis of business applications aligned with current and future business needs to improve efficiency and productivity
Partner with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to help define and build business cases for application selection
Ensure interoperability between customer-facing and backend applications
Enhance system integration by defining dataflows and designing interfaces between different systems
Enhance level of process automation and identify optimization potential of IT related processing times
Oversee the day-to-day operations by leading a team of Business Application Specialists
Oversee the local technical support of implemented business applications
Ensure data integrity and security across the business applications
Coordinate upgrades, patches, and system migrations
Create and maintain a framework for a standardized KPI reporting structure
Promote and enable the use of global and local reporting applications
Integrate reporting applications with our business applications
Collaborate with the global IT team to align local IT initiatives with the overall IT strategy.
Participate in global IT projects and initiatives, providing local expertise and support.
Manage relationships with external vendors, including application providers, consultants, and support services.
Stay up to date on the latest business application trends and technologies.
Identify opportunities to leverage technology to improve business processes.