Senior IT Applications Analyst

Our client is looking for a talented Senior IT Applications Analyst to join their team specialising in Systems/Information Technology.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Optimise Application Utilisation: By analysing and evaluating application functionality, you'll recommend ways to increase the use of standard features, enhancing business processes and capabilities.
• Tailor Application Configuration: You'll determine and document the best application setup and configuration to meet functional requirements, ensuring the system is tailored to the organization's needs.
• Stay Ahead of Trends: Developing expertise in emerging application trends, you'll provide functional recommendations that keep the organisation at the forefront of technology.
• Address Functionality Gaps: Through thorough analysis, you'll identify and recommend solutions to address any gaps in application functionality, ensuring seamless operations.
• Vendor Collaboration: Building and maintaining strong relationships with vendors, you'll work together to improve application functionality and resolve any issues efficiently.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Partnering with process owners, business analysts, systems analysts, and architects, you'll gather and review requirements to define functional designs that align with business goals.
• Subject Matter Expertise: As a go-to expert on application content, processes, and functionality, you'll provide valuable insights and support for projects and ongoing application maintenance.
• Create Functional Specifications: You'll create and manage detailed functional specifications, guiding the development and configuration of programs and applications to deliver complete solutions.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

• Strong Technical Expertise: Deep knowledge of Oracle EBS, MES IT solutions, and Oracle ERP R12.2, including experience with EBS technologies, custom development (Reports/Forms, Integrations, SQL, PL/SQL, Python, HTML, JavaScript), and Oracle Database structures and features.
• Project Management Skills: Proven ability to manage large-scale IT projects using both Waterfall and Agile methodologies, ensuring high-quality, reusable, and supportable IT solutions.
• Business Process Understanding: Comprehensive understanding of end-to-end cross-functional supply chain, logistics, and manufacturing business processes to align IT solutions with business needs.
• Effective Communication and Collaboration: Ability to elicit and understand business requirements, design and build IT solutions, and partner with central IT teams to ensure systems are fully operational and continuously improved.

Qualifications:

• College, university, or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or related subject, or relevant equivalent experience required.
• Intermediate level of relevant work experience required.

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