It Application Advisor

About Us
We are Yokohama TWS, a leading global supplier of tires and complete wheels for the agricultural, material handling, construction, motorcycles segments.
We design and manufacture tire and wheel solutions made for the future.
With a combination of value, safety and ease, our solutions provide a more productive and sustainable performance our customers demand.
We pair the expertise and power of our global reach with the care and knowledge of local proximity.
This brings innovation, technology and sustainability together to answer the specific needs of our customers.
All while continuing to reduce our and their impact on the planet.
Our people take ownership to deliver on this promise every day.
We are a global Company with a local reach, operating in more than 50 Countries worldwide with * employees of 40 different nationalities, 12 state-of-the-art plants and 4 innovation centers.
We are part of Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., a global leader in the tire industry with **** billion yen in revenues (approx. 6.7 billion euro), approximately 34,000 people around the globe and with operations in more than 120 countries.
If you have an entrepreneurial mindset, enjoy taking responsibilities and getting things done in the right way, join us
We are plenty of opportunities to grow and develop in a truly dynamic and easy-going environment.
This role is responsible for the design and high-quality implementation of specific IT solutions/applications.
He/she has a very good and deep knowledge of IT systems that are best of breed to support the business process execution.
He/she deploys this solution as specific project or support the IT Center of Excellence Manager in identifying and deploying projects or part of the projects thanks to the very good knowledge of both IT tools and business processes.
He/she works on analysis and implementation of Applications related to specific business areas with focus on Sales, Marketing, Communication, Human Resources and Legal.
He/she will liaise both with IT department and business in order to track and follow-on projects.
The candidate is also the applications reference person for related business.
Key RESPONSIBILITIES
Project Management and Service Management of assigned applications in coordination with IT CoE Manager
Effectively communicate with internal teams and external clients to deliver functional requirements like GUI, screen, and interface designs
Acting as an interface between business units, technology teams and support teams
Collect and analyse business requirements and transfer the same knowledge to the development team
Internal reference point and tutor about the topics in charge of him/her
Support and training the key users on system functionalities
Interview, analyse documents, draw out requirements like workshops, surveys, visiting sites, developing business processes using task flow analysis and work-flow analysis
Understanding business process management and business requirements of the customers and translating them to specific software requirements
Benchmarking of IT solution available in the market to support specific business functions or technical tools that can improve the quality/speed of IT projects delivery
To develop and to maintain the specific application tracking the features of the new releases
To collect and analyse the business requirements in order to define the project scope and the business case of the projects
To contribute to the project development for specific aspects where he/she has a very deep knowledge
Provide suggestions to the development team during the development stage of the solution to meet customer's business needs
Collect, evaluate, and compress data and information from multiple sources, resolve conflicts and differentiate between actual and required user needs
Deliver results after thorough research of functional needs by collaborating and communication between various users
Acquire deep knowledge of working systems and bringing efficient and effective changes for better performance
Make sure that the recommended solution is adopted and respected
Understand the technical designs as well as the specification
Design and execute the test scripts and scenarios
Manage any change requests related to the working project plans daily to meet the agreed deadlines
Manage and coordinate IT Application Specialist and Analyst
Key Deliverables
Speed and quality in identifying the best solution
Projects / IT Systems delivery and documentation
On time project in development and delivery
Process Design documentation
Functional Analysis documentation
Technical Analysis documentation
Training Material
Test Documentation
Data Validation Documentation
Job Requirements
Master's Degree in Economics or Engineering
At least 5-7 years o