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Infor SUN System Application Expert

Eingestellt von Next Ventures Ltd

Gesuchte Skills: Sun, Erp, Sales, Client

Projektbeschreibung

Next ventures is looking for anINFOR SUN SYSTEM APPLICATION EXPERT FOR AN EXCITING PROJECT IDEALLY BASED IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.

CONSULTANT POSITION DESCRIPTION

THE CONSULTANT WILL BE PART OF THE CLIENTS APPLICATION DEPARTMENT AND WILL REPORT TO THE SUN SYSTEM SERVICE MANAGER BASED IN SINGAPORE.

CONTEXT

The client is currently running a process reengineering project for its business units in Asia and Africa.

The targets of this project is:

-TO STANDARDIZE THE PROCESSES, ENSURING THEY ARE IN LINE WITH THE COMPANY'S GLOBAL WAY OF WORKING
-TO HIGHLY IMPROVE THE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION EFFICIENCY
-TO HIGHLY REDUCE THE BUSINESS RISK BY SECURING END TO END BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS FULL TRANSPARENCY, ONE SOURCE OF BUSINESS TRANSACTION DATA, ON LINE AND ON TIME BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS RECORDING AND ENABLING SOD/SAT RISK CONTROLS
-TO IMPLEMENT A FIT FOR PURPOSE, UNIFORMED AND INTEGRATED ERP AND REPORTING SOLUTION ANSWERING ALL BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS AND THE PROCESS REENGINEERING PROJECT CHALLENGES,
-TO ERADICATE ALL NON-STANDARD LOCAL APPLICATIONS CURRENTLY IN USE ON TOP OF THE EXISTING ERP BY INTEGRATING THEIR FUNCTIONALITIES WITHIN THE SELECTED ERP SOLUTION

THE BUSINESS UNITS IN SCOPE ARE SMALL SALES AND LOGISTICS COMPANIES CONSISTING OF 10 TO 50 PEOPLE. THEY ARE TODAY SUPPORTED BY THE VERSION 4.4.4 OF THE INFOR SUNSYSTEMS AND BY THE VERSION 10.1 OF THE INFOR PMQA REPORTING APPLICATION. THE TODAY SOLUTION SUPPORTS 175 USERS AND 20 SUN UNITS SPREAD IN AFRICA, ASIA AND OCEANIA.

THE CURRENT SUN SYSTEM IS MANAGED BY ONE INTERNAL IT RESOURCE BASED IN SINGAPORE, ACTING AS APPLICATION SERVICE MANAGER AND TECHNICAL LEAD OF THE SOLUTION. THE MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY INFOR CONSULTING FROM INDIA.

DUE TO LACK OF GOVERNANCE AND THAT THE CURRENT SUN SYSTEM IS NOT UNICODE ENABLED, THE CURRENT ERP SOLUTION USAGE IS NOT STANDARDIZED ACROSS THE DIFFERENT SUPPORTED UNITS AND IS DUPLICATED/COMPLETED BY A CERTAIN NUMBER OF LOCAL PRINTING, DATA COLLECTION/PROCESS APPLICATIONS.

THE PROCESS REENGINEERING PROJECT HAS CURRENTLY REACHED THE NEXT STATUS:

-STANDARDIZED BUSINESS PROCESS DESCRIPTION HAVE BEEN GENERATED
-THE RELATED IT SYSTEM AND FUNCTIONALITIES BUSINESS REQUIREMENT HAVE BEEN GENERATED,
-ERP SELECTION AND BUSINESS GAP ANALYSIS HAS BEEN MANAGED AND SUN SYSTEM VERSION 6.2 HAS BEEN SELECTED HAS THE FUTURE SUPPORTING ERP PLATFORM

THE PROCESS REENGINEERING PROJECT INTENDS NOW TO START THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STANDARDIZED PROCESSES AND WILL BE SUPPORTED BY AN IT STREAM, MANAGED BY AN IT PROJECT MANAGER. THE MISSION OF THE IT STREAM CONSISTS OF:

- IMPLEMENTING THE NEW BUSINESS PROCESSES WITHIN THE VERSION 6.2 OF THE INFOR SUNSYSTEMS FOLLOWING THE NEXT APPROACH -- DETAILED AND APPROVED BLUE PRINTING, CORE TEMPLATE IMPLEMENTATION AND APPLICATION INSTALLATION, WAVE ROLL OUTS TO THE DIFFERENT UNITS.
- SUPPORTING THE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION CHANGE MANAGEMENT THROUGH CONTINUOUS TRAINING AND ADVISES.

JOB DESCRIPTION

THE CLIENT APPLICATION TEAM IS LOOKING FOR A SENIOR CONSULTANT WHO OFFERS A STRONG BACKGROUND IN ERP IMPLEMENTATION FOR SMALL SALES AND LOGISTICS UNITS, WHO HAS EXPERIENCE IN IT APPLICATION SERVICES, WHO HAS FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUN SYSTEM ERP (VERSION 4.0 AND HIGHER) AND PMQA REPORTING TOOL, WHO HAS EXPERIENCE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND WHO HAS GOOD BUSINESS PROCESS EXPERIENCE IN SALES, LOGISTICS, PRODUCTION AND ACCOUNTING/CONTROLLING.

THE CANDIDATE WILL BE IDEALLY BASED IN JOHANNESBURG (SOUTH AFRICA) OR BE BASED IN EUROPE WITH FREQUENT AND LONG STAY IN AFRICA. THE JOB REQUIRES AS WELL FREQUENT TRAVEL AND STAY TO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN AFRICA (SOUTH AFRICA, CAMEROUN, TANZANIA, EGYPT, KENYA, IVORY COAST) AND SOME TRAVELS TO SINGAPORE.

THE CANDIDATE WILL WORK IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CURRENT SUN SYSTEM MANAGER AND WILL BE THE REPRESENT OF THE SUN SYSTEM SOLUTION IN AFRICA. THE CANDIDATE WILL ALSO WORK IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BUSINESS AFRICA CFO AND HIS TEAM, THE DIFFERENT AFRICAN COUNTRY MANAGERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES.

THE ROLE OF THE CANDIDATE WILL BE TO:

-ACT AS A SUN SYSTEM APPLICATION SERVICE MANAGER FOR AFRICA COLLECTING AND ADDRESSING ALL BUSINESS REQUIREMENT RELATED TO THE CURRENT AND FUTURE SUN SYSTEM SOLUTION WHILE USING THE IT SERVICES AND PROCESSES IN PLACE AND ENSURING SOLUTION AND BUSINESS STANDARDIZATION STANDARD
-MANAGE THE APPLICATION AND FUNCTIONALITIES LIFE CYCLE OF THE SUN SYSTEM FOR AFRICA
-MANAGE THE BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE AFRICAN SOLUTION SUPER USERS AND THEIR MANAGERS (VISIT, COMMUNICATION, ACHIEVEMENT REPORTING)
-MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE OF THE SOLUTION, USAGE BEST PRACTICES AND THE SERVICE MODEL IN PLACE
-SUPPORT THE AFRICAN CFO IN ENFORCING THE USAGE OF THE NEW TEMPLATE AND STANDARD BUSINESS PROCESSES
-ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE TO THE SUN VERSION 6.2 IMPLEMENTATION AND ROLL OUT FOR AFRICA (BLUE PRINTING, FUNCTIONAL DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION CONTROL, TESTING SUPPORT, TRAINING, 3 LEVEL SUPPORT, DOCUMENTATION)

Duration 9 months

Start: 1st of November

Projektdetails

  • Einsatzort:

    Gauteng, Südafrika

  • Projektbeginn:

    asap

  • Projektdauer:

    Keine Angabe

  • Vertragsart:

    Contract

  • Berufserfahrung:

    Keine Angabe

Geforderte Qualifikationen

Next Ventures Ltd