Application Specialist

IT Application Specialist

About AAK
Everything we do is about Making Better Happen™.
AAK specializes in plant-based oils that are the value-adding ingredients in many of the products people love to consume. We make these products better tasting, healthier, and more sustainable. We enhance their sensory experience – by giving the silkier mouthfeel in premium chocolate, the juicier texture in a plant-based burger, and the puffier appearance in a lower-fat pastry. We can also optimize their production by substituting existing ingredients with plant-based equivalents that give better efficiency. AAK’s value-adding solutions enable our customers to be successful in a better way.

At the heart of AAK’s offer is Customer Co-Development, combining our desire to understand what better means for each customer, with the unique flexibility of our production assets, and a deep knowledge of many products and industries, including Chocolate & Confectionery, Bakery, Dairy, Plant-based Foods, Special Nutrition, Foodservice and Personal Care. Our 4,000 employees support our close collaboration with customers through 25 regional sales offices, 15 dedicated Customer Innovation Centers, and with the support of more than 20 production facilities. Listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and with our headquarters in Malmö, Sweden,

AAK has been Making Better Happen™ for more than 150 years.

About the role
AAK has embarked on an ambitious transformation of the digital application landscape, and this is a unique opportunity to be part of that journey as an application specialist.
The role of an application specialist focuses on business applications and involves designing, implementing, and maintaining software solutions tailored to meet the specific needs and objectives of the business, ensuring seamless integration, functionality, and efficiency in supporting business processes and operations.

As a team we are responsible for a broad set of business applications supporting HR, commercial and product areas. Your primary areas will be HR and product applications (PLM), but you will work closely with other application specialists and domain architects in other application areas like CRM.
Experience in both HR and product applications (PLM) is a plus, but it is not a must.

Responsibilities
-Responsible for the set up and configuration of platforms and solutions.
-Manage seamless IT system and solution integrations whilst minimizing disruption to the business and the users.
-Assure that adequate security measures are in place for the platform or solution.
-Understand and utilise cloud platforms and services applicable to the specific domain.
-Responsible for managing and optimizing data storage, retrieval, and data-related tools.
-Customize and ensure efficiency of the platform or solution through automation tools and scripting language.
-Create, maintain, and update technical documentation for platforms and solutions.
-Be the main point of contact for the specific platform or solution, providing trouble shooting and diagnostic that resolve technical issues quickly and effectively.
-Perform basic data analytics to support decision making within the domain.
-Understand programming language relevant to the platform or solution.
-Secure training and user adoption

About you
We are looking for a profile who is eager to work hands-on with technology. Some years of experience from a similar position would be preferred, but not a requirement. You like working close to business, translating requirements into our suite of IT applications. You are team player with a good eye for details and a structured way of working.

You are characterized by being proactive, customer oriented, responsible, well organized, and enthusiastic, and you have a strong personal integrity and a high willingness and ability to share knowledge and experience. As you will be working globally, you must have an international mindset, supported by a high level of proficiency in spoken and written English.

We are looking for a person who:
-has a bachelor’s degree or similar in computer science, information technology or a related field of study preferably with some years of experience from system applications.
-is capable of bridging business and technical language
-has ability to install, configure, and maintain various software applications effectively.
-is proficient in diagnosing and resolving application-related issues
-has excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
-is analytical, supportive, and communicative with a structured way of working.
-has good business process understanding and some experience with business process modelling
-has experience with training and user adoption.

Our offer to you:
We offer a job with a great opportunity to work in an international environment where you will be a part of a growing team. We have several offices around the world, and you can expect some travelling as part of your job. We are ready to invest in you and your career development.

We believe that good work-life balance is crucial to the overall well-being and productivity for employees, which means that it can sometimes be more efficient to work from home. We also believe in the power of in-person collaboration which provides more opportunities for communication, learning, creativity and relationship building.

You will be working in Global Business Application – Application Enablement Team and we would like you to be situated near one of the offices in Aarhus or Karlshamn where your colleagues are placed.

Curious and up for the challenge?
If you like the look of this job and know you can bring your skills to contribute to our purpose, we look forward to receiving your application as soon as possible. We would like the position filled as soon as possible and therefore the evaluation of candidates in ongoing – however we are willing to wait for the right person for the job. Please note that we only accept applications via our webpage.

We look forward to hearing from you!

AAK prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, religion, veteran status, and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under state or federal law in any aspect of the access to, admission, or treatment of students in its programs and activities, or in employment and application for employment.

Location:
Karlshamn